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I know Bush must be behind the bad weather we've been having, Only problem is I can't figure out how. Do any of you know what he did to bring it on???
Thanks

Obama gets a new pastor

Pro-Life Display attack Update

First the Student Government reaction to the University of Wisconsin Administration:




The other video I posted had embedding issues so lets try another copy (Couldn't get the sound to work on any other youtube videos, Either temporary issues with youtube or my computer)


The Anger and Stupidity that Roderick King (the guy in the video) exhibits is Disgusting,
His assertation that because the Supreme Court defines something as a Constitutional Right, We lose our right to protest peacefully is beyond ridiculous.

All I can gather is that he was on some hardcore drugs.

When my Church creates a "Cemetary of the Innocents Display" this summer, You can bet that I'll be hiding outside with a can of bear mace

Family Research Council endorses Marshall for Senate

Apparently Gov. Gilmore's "Abortion is okay in the first 2 months" position has eroded support from the Evangelical wing of the GOP.

Press Release Below.

FRC Action, the legislative advocacy arm of the Family Research Council founded by Dr. James Dobson in 1983 to promote marriage and family and the sanctity of human life in national policy, on Tuesday endorsed Del. Bob Marshall for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

“Delegate Marshall is the conservative candidate in this race,” Connie Mackey, FRC Action’s senior vice president said in a statement released from its headquarters in Washington, D.C. “There is a clear and significant difference between Bob Marshall’s claim to the pro-life mantle and Jim Gilmore’s.

“During his more than 17 years in the Virginia House of Delegates, Bob Marshall has exemplified what it is to be a statesman. It is a great honor for FRC Action to endorse Bob Marshall for the U.S. Senate.”

Marshall (R., Manassas) and ex-Gov. Gilmore are vying for the GOP nomination at the Republican State Convention on May 30-31 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. They seek the seat held by retiring Sen. John W. Warner (R.). Former Gov. Mark Warner, no relation to the current senator, is the presumptive Democrat nominee for the office.

“ drafted and led the way for Virginia’s partial-birth abortion ban bill,” Mackey said in her statement. “He sponsored the successful ballot initiative preserving marriage. He protected the rights of Old Dominion taxpayers by dismantling the unelected tax authority in Virginia by winning a unanimous decision from the Virginia Supreme Court. He has proclaimed that he is a conservative, he has acted like a conservative, and he has won many battles as a conservative.”

Gilmore, on the other hand, “has insisted that abortion remain legal for up to the first eight weeks of pregnancy,” Mackey said. “Under Gilmore’s policy, it would be legal for approximately 700,000 unborn children to be killed each year.”

With Dobson’s leadership since it inception, the council, a 501(c)(3) organization, has exerted a strong national presence in promoting the traditional family unit and furthering the Judeo-Christian value system upon which it is built.

Attack on Pro-Life Display

Mark Warner rapes the Earth

I emailed an acquaintance who works with Conservation International (A carbon offset organization) with the flight distance's for Mark Warners private plane he used for his announcement tour, She emailed me back with the CO2 emissions that were calculated for his flights, His emissions were 8.5 TONS of Carbon and about 420 Gallons of fuel.
Mark Warner uses more fuel in 2 days than I use in 10 Months.

Warners Energy Position:

"Governor Warner believes we need to bring a transformative change to our national energy policy. We need a fresh approach that invests in renewable energy and eliminates our dependence on foreign oil. By making these new investments, we can create millions of new world-class jobs here at home and make our nation more secure. A new energy policy will also help us take-on the threat of climate change, letting us reassert America’s moral standing in the world."

He preaches climate change and Foreign Oil Independence, While Flying around in his private plane spewing Carbon Dioxide into the air and burning countless gallons of fuel, Why if I believed in Global Warming I'd be downright militant.
But I Don't see Marshall and Gilmore jetting all over creation, If the GOP is out of touch with the environment than how come we practice what they preach,
Take President Bush for example, His ranch in Texas is one of the best examples of a "Green" home you can find,

Geothermal heat pumps located in a central closet circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground where the temperature is a constant 67 degrees; the water heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. Systems such as the one in this "eco-friendly" dwelling use about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems utilize.

A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof runs; wastewater from sinks, toilets and showers goes into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is used to irrigate the landscaping surrounding the four-bedroom home. Plants and flowers native to the high prairie area blend the structure into the surrounding ecosystem.

His home is only 4,000 Sq Ft vs Al Gore and John Edwards 20,000+ Sq Ft houses and he has solar panels. Fortunately He's not so overbearingly full of himself as to scream this from the rooftops

And Guess which candidate has the longtime support of the Virginia League of Conservation Voter and the Sierra Club?
Well you would assume the Democrat right?

Wrong,
Its our very own Del. Bob Marshall, who shows the left is completely out of touch with reality, They live in the urban jungle and have no idea whats going on in Real Virginia, They can't understand that it's the Hunters that are protecting VA Wildlife and it's the incompetency of the Warner and Kaine appointed DGIF Bureaucracy that keep the Majestic Elk from once again roaming the Mountains of Virginia.
They don't understand that we need Nuclear and Clean Coal Power instead of White Elephants.
The Mark Warner's and Tim Kaine's of this world have no idea what needs to be done in the way of energy policy, If our gas prices are to come down then lets make electricity cheap (Thru Nuclear Power) and bring on the Plug-in Hybrids, The HAFC's, The Chevy Volt and the Hydrogen Cars.

Huckabee beats Paul

Although Gov. Mike Huckabee dropped out of the Presidential Race, He finished a strong second (for a guy who's not running) in Tonight's Indiana and North Carolina GOP Primary's, Although Ron Paul is still running (With 4 Million in cash) he couldn't pull off a victory. The Results...
Indiana

McCain	305,630	78%
Huckabee	39,765	10%
Paul	29,699	7%
Romney	18,854	5%

North Carolina

McCain	373,831	74%
Huckabee	61,676	12%
Paul	36,621	7%
No Preference	19,637	4%
Keyes	13,355	3%

The interesting thing in Indiana is that Mitt Romney finished with 1/2 of the votes Huckabee got, despite dropping out within weeks of Huckabee.

These results should show Sen. McCain that anyone who can still garner this much support is the obvious choice for the VP Slot.

The Racist Agenda of Planned-Parenthood

Leslie Byrnes campaign reeks of desperation

Leslie Byrne's campaign briefly joined Keith Fimian's Meetup, In hope's of guaging campaign activities. While this type of research occurs, It normally comes from campaigns that are either desperate, or have no confidence in their campaign organization.
Sources close to the Fimian Campaign state that they are not concerned with the opposition, All energy is focused on the Campaign and they are expecting to pull off a great win.

P.S I'm in Kentucky on business until Monday, no posting before then.

Why is this on Ron Pauls website???

Ron Paul is apparantly still trying to capture the presidency, His supporters pulled a stunt at the Nevada GOP Convention and his campaign doesn't plan to stop, Also from his website

"If we can turn out enough delegates, we can alter the course of the nation by helping Ron alter the course of the Republican Party. We need your help in:"

*Idaho

*Mississippi

*New Mexico

*Utah

*Vermont

When are these people going to learn that McCain has captured the nomination?
I Guess grasping reality isn't one of their strong suits.

11th District Netroots Analysis

We'll start off with the Social Networking sites.

Myspace:
Fimian (just added): 2 Friends
Connolly only has a profile for last years Chairmans race.
Byrne: no profile

Facebook:
Byrne holds the distinct lead with 46 supporters, Up from around 30 last week.
Keith Fimian is rapidly closing with 23 supporters, Up from 4 last week.
Gerry Connelly remains far behind with 13 supporters, Up from 1 last week.

Now we have the organization site
MeetUp.com
Keith Fimian is the only 11th District congressional candidate with a meetup page

As far as blog support goes, Fimian also has a 2-1 advantage over any other candidate, This of course being because he picked up the nomination without any opposition.

Fundraising-wise Byrne is the clear online leader, However a large part of her money is coming from outside the 11th CD, The reason this is bad is, Traditional Fundraising is a great way to build Grassroots and Establish a dedicated team of volunteer's, Leslie Byrne has resorted to hiring people to do jobs normally covered by volunteers and therefore will be very weak against Fimian in the fall.

So as far as web outreach goes I'd rank the candidates
1.Keith Fimian

2.Leslie Byrne

3.Gerry Connolly

Leslie Byrne's Volunteer Problems

From her Facebook page.
Does this mean that for all of that money flowing in from outside the 11th , She has failed to motivate any real volunteers inside the district? more analysis coming soon...

It's Gettin Spiritual up in here

From the Cuccinelli Compass

Dear Fellow Republican:

I’ve been quoting Ronald Reagan a lot lately (never a bad habit), but tonight we’re going to take a look at a quote from Nancy Pelosi and then get a little bit intellectual (don’t worry, not too intellectual, it is Friday night after all).

Recently, Nancy Pelosi insisted that the following is in the Bible: “to minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship.”

I’ll save you the trouble of looking. It doesn’t matter what version of the Bible you’re reading, that quote is not in there. However, I think that we can learn a lot about Speaker Pelosi from this quote.

Question: Where would such an expression fit in properly?

Answer: The Humanist Manifesto.

There are two “Humanist Manifestoes,” cleverly named Human Manifesto I and Human Manifesto II (I think Dr. Suess would call them Thing 1 and Thing 2). The first was written in 1933, and the second – the ‘update’—was written in 1973.

The first can be found at http://www.americanhumanist.org/about/manifesto1.html, and I’ve reprinted it in its entirety below. Read it. If this doesn’t scare you, then you need to read it again.

I’ve bolded some elements that are particularly relevant to our quotee of the day, Nancy Pelosi (especially the ninth “affirmation”).

Humanist Manifesto I (1933)

“The time has come for widespread recognition of the radical changes in religious beliefs throughout the modern world. The time is past for mere revision of traditional attitudes. Science and economic change have disrupted the old beliefs. Religions the world over are under the necessity of coming to terms with new conditions created by a vastly increased knowledge and experience. In every field of human activity, the vital movement is now in the direction of a candid and explicit humanism. In order that religious humanism may be better understood we, the undersigned, desire to make certain affirmations which we believe the facts of our contemporary life demonstrate.

There is great danger of a final, and we believe fatal, identification of the word religion with doctrines and methods which have lost their significance and which are powerless to solve the problem of human living in the Twentieth Century. Religions have always been means for realizing the highest values of life. Their end has been accomplished through the interpretation of the total environing situation (theology or world view), the sense of values resulting therefrom (goal or ideal), and the technique (cult), established for realizing the satisfactory life. A change in any of these factors results in alteration of the outward forms of religion. This fact explains the changefulness of religions through the centuries. But through all changes religion itself remains constant in its quest for abiding values, an inseparable feature of human life.

Today man's larger understanding of the universe, his scientific achievements, and deeper appreciation of brotherhood, have created a situation which requires a new statement of the means and purposes of religion. Such a vital, fearless, and frank religion capable of furnishing adequate social goals and personal satisfactions may appear to many people as a complete break with the past. While this age does owe a vast debt to the traditional religions, it is none the less obvious that any religion that can hope to be a synthesizing and dynamic force for today must be shaped for the needs of this age. To establish such a religion is a major necessity of the present. It is a responsibility which rests upon this generation. We therefore affirm the following:

FIRST: Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created.

SECOND: Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as a result of a continuous process.

THIRD: Holding an organic view of life, humanists find that the traditional dualism of mind and body must be rejected.

FOURTH: Humanism recognizes that man's religious culture and civilization, as clearly depicted by anthropology and history, are the product of a gradual development due to his interaction with his natural environment and with his social heritage. The individual born into a particular culture is largely molded by that culture.

FIFTH: Humanism asserts that the nature of the universe depicted by modern science makes unacceptable any supernatural or cosmic guarantees of human values. Obviously humanism does not deny the possibility of realities as yet undiscovered, but it does insist that the way to determine the existence and value of any and all realities is by means of intelligent inquiry and by the assessment of their relations to human needs. Religion must formulate its hopes and plans in the light of the scientific spirit and method.

SIXTH: We are convinced that the time has passed for theism, deism, modernism, and the several varieties of "new thought".

SEVENTH: Religion consists of those actions, purposes, and experiences which are humanly significant. Nothing human is alien to the religious. It includes labor, art, science, philosophy, love, friendship, recreation — all that is in its degree expressive of intelligently satisfying human living. The distinction between the sacred and the secular can no longer be maintained.

EIGHTH: Religious Humanism considers the complete realization of human personality to be the end of man's life and seeks its development and fulfillment in the here and now. This is the explanation of the humanist's social passion.

NINTH: In the place of the old attitudes involved in worship and prayer the humanist finds his religious emotions expressed in a heightened sense of personal life and in a cooperative effort to promote social well-being.

TENTH: It follows that there will be no uniquely religious emotions and attitudes of the kind hitherto associated with belief in the supernatural.

ELEVENTH: Man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of his knowledge of their naturalness and probability. Reasonable and manly attitudes will be fostered by education and supported by custom. We assume that humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene and discourage sentimental and unreal hopes and wishful thinking.

TWELFTH: Believing that religion must work increasingly for joy in living, religious humanists aim to foster the creative in man and to encourage achievements that add to the satisfactions of life.

THIRTEENTH: Religious humanism maintains that all associations and institutions exist for the fulfillment of human life. The intelligent evaluation, transformation, control, and direction of such associations and institutions with a view to the enhancement of human life is the purpose and program of humanism. Certainly religious institutions, their ritualistic forms, ecclesiastical methods, and communal activities must be reconstituted as rapidly as experience allows, in order to function effectively in the modern world.

FOURTEENTH: The humanists are firmly convinced that existing acquisitive and profit-motivated society has shown itself to be inadequate and that a radical change in methods, controls, and motives must be instituted. A socialized and cooperative economic order must be established to the end that the equitable distribution of the means of life be possible. The goal of humanism is a free and universal society in which people voluntarily and intelligently cooperate for the common good. Humanists demand a shared life in a shared world.

FIFTEENTH AND LAST: We assert that humanism will: (a) affirm life rather than deny it; (b) seek to elicit the possibilities of life, not flee from them; and (c) endeavor to establish the conditions of a satisfactory life for all, not merely for the few. By this positive morale and intention humanism will be guided, and from this perspective and alignment the techniques and efforts of humanism will flow.

So stand the theses of religious humanism. Though we consider the religious forms and ideas of our fathers no longer adequate, the quest for the good life is still the central task for mankind. Man is at last becoming aware that he alone is responsible for the realization of the world of his dreams, that he has within himself the power for its achievement. He must set intelligence and will to the task.”

There were 34 signers of the original of this document, and it was “updated” in 1973. You can read the “update” at http://www.americanhumanist.org/about/manifesto2.html. This is scary stuff, but only because it is so real… can’t you see how this has played out in our country since 1933? In the world?

Scary. Now you know some of what the liberals/humanists/progressives (pick your name, same thing) are after.

Let’s deconstruct what Nancy Pelosi said. Here it is again… she said the following was in the Bible: “to minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship.”

Setting aside her error regarding the Bible, it is clear that Speaker Pelosi fits right in to the Humanists’ notion that lobbying for government programs should replace actual worship of God. Apparently, we’re still in a transition stage, as she is still using God to bring her listeners around to her point. Hmmm.

Senate Rejects Governor's Pro Powerline Amendment

From Senator Holtzman-Vogel

I am writing to say thank you for your help on the power line vote today in the Senate. This afternoon the Senate voted to reject the Governor's amendment to SB 596!

In an effort to end the opposition to Dominion's power line project, Governor Tim Kaine had offered amendments to SB 596 that would virtually assure that the proposed transmission lines would be built in our district. It was a devastating blow to those who had worked so hard to defeat Dominion's proposed plan.

I emailed most of you earlier to alert you to this appalling action by the Governor on behalf of Dominion Power and many of you responded with calls to the Governor and other members of the General Assembly. It made a difference and stopped what can only be characterized as a shocking and heavy handed effort by the Governor and his caucus' Dominion allies to subvert the process and pull the rug out from under the people in our community who have fought this power line project.

During the election last fall, no one believed me when I said that those on the other side were only paying lip service to the power line fight and would prove to be on Dominion's side when the real fight came. Well, it happened and we stopped it and I just wanted to say hooray for all of you who helped! Your emails and your phone calls helped those of us who were fighting this get the votes in the Senate to fully reject the Governor's amendments.

Thank you again for your help and what a great day for the people who love the Valley and the Piedmont!

Secret Service Catch Mexican Official Nabbing White House BlackBerries

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352378,00.html

Palestinians for Obama

How Charming
(HT Al Jazeera and WND)

Kaine to Help Dominion Power scar the landscape of the Piedmont

From Sen. Jill Holtzman-Vogel
In an effort to end the opposition to Dominion's power line project, Governor Tim Kaine has offered legislation that will virtually assure that the proposed transmission lines will be built in our district. It is a devastating blow to those who have worked so hard to defeat Dominion's proposed plan.

We need to call it what it is - a shocking and heavy handed effort by the Governor and his caucus' Dominion allies to subvert the process and pull the rug out from under the people in our community who have fought this power line project.

During the election last fall, no one believed me when I said that those on the other side were only paying lip service to the power line fight and would prove to be on Dominion's side when the real fight came. Well, that is exactly what has happened and it is a sad day for us.

If you believe in property rights, if you care about this spectacular valley and piedmont, and if you are committed to conservation and the precious resources that we still have in our district, then please call the Governor!

We may have only a handful of legislators from around the state who will stand up and fight this bill. So I urge you to contact other elected officeholders and tell them how important it is that we defeat the Governor's proposal.

The legislation is in the form of amendments to Senate Bill 596. The amendments set new State Corporation Commission ground rules that prohibit consideration of certain critical evidence and effectively guarantee victory for Dominion in the SCC process.

I have made calls and asked others around the state for help, but we return to Richmond tomorrow for a special session and time is running out.

Thank you for considering this and I appreciate your help!!

Is the Gilmore camp worried?

I Received a call tonight from a lady identifying herself as working for the Gilmore campaign,
She stated that she was calling all of the registered delegates to find out which candidate they supported.
She seemed a little taken aback when I informed her, That although we have great respect for Gov. Gilmore, All 5 Delegates in our house were supporting Bob Marshall.

If the nomination is as good as secured (as Gilmore insiders have suggested) Then why are the Campaign wasting precious manpower to find out the status of the delegates? If the Gilmore campaign does not publicize the poll within the next week, I think it's safe to say that Marshall holds the lead.

FREE TICKETS

I have 4 extra tickets for the Robbie Knievel event at the Stadium this weekend if anybody wants them. He's going to try to jump 500 Democrats with a bulldozer.

Should be a good time!

BREAKING... Court upholds Kentucky's lethal injections

The Supreme Court case that Tim Kaine cited as the reason for halting executions has been decided and the court found in favor of the defendant, Executions are Upheld as Constitutional.

Will Gov. Kaine remove the moratorium now that the doubt as to the legality has been resolved?
If He doesn't then I will be moving forward with a recall campaign.

Turkey Hunting till Saturday, Expect a Post then.