Not chosing sides here myself. Neither would be my candidate. But, does Jeff Frederick have a valid point of view? As I recall, McDonnell was one of his harshest critics.
Guardian Angel Cop Rescues Baby
Prince William police Officer Heath Oyler was just running radar over in Yorkshire. Minutes later he was a hero.
Some driver was speeding–doing 45 in a 25 mph early this morning. Officer Oyler turned on lights and sirens but the driver did not stop. The police officer decided not to chase the speeding car. Instead he followed him at safe speed. He came upon the car which had crashed and was billowing smoke from the engine. The driver attempted a getaway on foot but couldn’t get far because of his injuries. At this point, he informed the officer that his baby was in the car. (Thus becoming eligible for the father of the year award–NOT.)
Officer Oyler immediately attempted to remove the child. The door was jammed and he had to go to the passenger side to get the baby from its car seat. Quick thinking, Officer Oyler, and good decision making that probably saved lives.
This officer should be highly commended and should receive special recognition from the BOCS since he sure won’t be getting a raise. The driver should be pulling some major jail time for endangering his child and putting his own safety above that of his child.
Here is Corey Stewart’s email so readers can contact him to recommend Officer Heath Oyler for meritorious recognition. [email protected]
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[UPDATE: Several readers have emailed me that they have gotten very positive responses from both Corey Stewart and Chief Charlie Deane. It is good to know our county leaders recognize the outstanding achievements of their employees and that they respond so quickly.]
Flags at the Capitol
Yesterday, while watching the Senate side of the Capitol steps fill with staffers, congressmen, and senators, to bid a farewell to Senator Kennedy, I watched a rather quiet exchange. Some woman near the top left hand side of the stairs held a rather large flag. Green/White/Orange
I immediately recognized it as the Irish Flag. Holding an Irish flag seemed an appropriate thing to do considering it was a Kennedy send off–recognition of one’s roots is not a bad thing. Before I realized what was happening, some other woman, quietly went over, said something to the woman, and the flag was lowered from the view of cameras. I assumed that there was some protcol that prevented the flags of other nations from being flown on the steps on the Capitol.
Does anyone know anything about this type of protocol? I was unable to find it. It seemed like an odd thing to get corrected over, given the circumstances. It was handled quietly and discretely. I am just very curioius. Was it appropriate to unfurl an Irish Flag at the Capitol during that brief Kennedy ceremony?
A Racist for Supervisor? Say it isn’t true!
From the New Dominion Project:
Rodney Thomas has lived in Charlottesville all his life. He went to Lane High School and as a freshman, was president of the Young Republican Club in 1958, the year Governor Lindsay Almond closed the school rather than integrate it.
“We got along fine,” he says of African-American students. “I think it was a pure government thing to force down people throats. Blacks had the best school. We loved to go over there [to Burley].”
In his office at Charlottesville Press, he’s listening to “The Schilling Show” when a reporter arrives. A book he’s reading currently– The Hunt for Confederate Gold by Thomas Moore– is on his desk.
The author, Thomas Moore, also of Charlottesville, is chairman of Southern National Congress. You have to check this one out for yourself. It appears to be Uber-nativist as well as other things. SPLC appears to have nothing on this organization.
What’s so unusual about finding someone who feels like Rodney Thomas does? Nothing other than he is running for Rio Magisterial District Supervisor in Albemarle County against the Democratic incumbent, David Slutzky. (No, I am not kidding.)
