What a rag. They can’t seem to get by without going to, and taking stories from, my and other’s lowly little hate-blogs.
On September 14, 2008, I published a post about how the fine folks at Germanna Community College decided to spend money to send staff to India to find IT internships for people at the […]

Matt Kelly had a good post on his blog Question Everything today.  It raises the question as to whether a government should raise taxes to keep up with the services we’ve come to enjoy.  My point as a conservative is that new and more taxes are NOT the answer.  His position as a fiscal moderate-leaning-liberal […]

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The winner of the Nez Perce County Fair hog calling competition?
Jolee Bacon

I’m sure the statistic odds of this happening are on the order of 1 in 1,000,000 but still:

Also:

H/t: FAIL blog.

Andrew Sullivan (at 1:10 into the clip) of the Atlantic Daily Dish:
[Palin] is a farce.   The nomination of this person to potentially be the President of the United States next January, technically speaking she could be President next January, is a joke.   It is absurd.   It is something that should be dismissed out of […]

In the blizzard of comments on my last post a comment by Eric Martin caught my attention. In a reference to my service on Council he noted, “…he’s only human, and except when he raises taxes and says yes with the crowd to things that a government h…

There are two albums, one from the 4-H show, and one from the Virginia Military Institute, which is also in Lexington.

From 4H State Horse Show

From VMI

From the Free Lance-Star today:
Sally O’Keefe writes:
The story of 81-year-old Charlie Williams having to go before the Board of Zoning Appeals so he can put his own horse on his own property is a perfect illustration of the new face of Stafford County government: overly regulatory, intrusive, and restrictive [“Farmer, friends test Stafford ordinance,” Sept. […]

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
                                                        – Ronald W. Reagan, 1980
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
                                                        – George W. Bush, 19 September 2008
Seven. Hundred. Billion. Dollars.  The biggest government intervention since the Great Depression.
For nearly 30 years the Republican […]