The Tri-County Parkway: McDonnell’s Folly or just pure bullcrap?

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Washingtonpost.com:

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s administration has only itself to blame for arousing a major political and popular backlash against its effort to ram a new north-south highway through Prince William County along the western edge of the Manassas Civil War battlefield.

The Richmond authorities have seriously harmed one of their own pet projects — the Bi-County Parkway, which would link Prince William and Loudoun County southwest of Dulles Airport. They haven’t talked straight to the public about why they think the road is needed and what the full consequences would be.

They’ve gone back and forth on whether the road is necessary mainly to help Dulles Airport increase its cargo capacity. Back and forth on whether parts of it could be tolled. Back and forth on whether the plan is to open the road in seven years or 20.

“The rationale for this road changes week to week depending on who’s telling the story. I think that’s incredibly problematic,” said Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville), who’s helping to lead the opposition, which has mushroomed this spring.

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The Daily Character Assassination: Where is that Golden Rule?

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Logo-gate, Silver Lake, and Yorkshire.

I just ran over to a local blog to see whose character was being assassinated today.  I expected it to be a three-fer.  It exceeded my expectations.

Let’s see….Grant, Kaczmarek, Peacor and Nohe, the usual suspects.  They were basically mimicked, called liars,  stooges, stupid and disgusting.  Give it a rest, bloggers.  Handle the issues without the smug air of superiority, the demeaning tones, and the name calling.

I don’t mind governmental transparency or the questioning of govt actions.  I mind the name calling and lack of professionalism by the bloggers.  If history repeats itself, there will be some bull crap printed about Moonhowler and the woodshed.  Please don’t.  Just improve, develop some professionalism, and stop name calling.

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John Fredericks: Tea Party Stormed the Convention

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Is Fredericks actually saying that the tea party is going to cause the Republicans to crash and burn at the election? it sure sounds like it to me.

I am just not one to count chickens before they hatch.

The reality is, very few people are far right or far left anythings.  The people who win elections are those who appeal to the middle.  Elections are won and lost by the middle, not by the purists of either political extreme.

As I touched base with many of my Republican buds, I believe most of them were speechless.

I saw this happen many years ago, before there was such a thing as a tea party.  Ollie North and Michael Farris were somehow involved.  It was then I made my resolution to never attend another Republican convention, as a vendor or anything else.

State of the Union Address and Ted Nugent

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Rep. Steve Stockman, who recently threatened President Obama with impeachment over his executive orders regarding guns,  is allowed to bring one guest to the State of the Union Address.  He plans on bringing Ted Nugent who sits on the Board of Directors at the NRA.   That would be fine except for the fact that the Secret Service had to pay Mr. Nugent a little visit about a year and a half ago over his mouth flashing at an NRA convention.  Mr. Nugent told a crowd  that  he will “either be dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama is re-elected.

The Secret Service and probably the Capitol Police  should deny admission to Ted Nugent.  His comments were taken seriously enough that the Secret Service paid him a visit.  He can just sit out the State of the Union Address.  There are too many important people all under one roof to allow someone who has shown as little good judgement as Nugent to have access.

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Bob Marshall screws the pooch–again

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From NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia:

Del. Bob Marshall just doesn’t get it. Despite this past year’s backlash against his “personhood” bill and the now infamous forced ultrasound law, he is continuing his crusade against women’s health and rights.   Last week, the infamous anti-choice legislator pre-filed three anti-choice bills for the 2013 Virginia legislative session:

  • H.B.1314, H.B.1315 would allow your boss to refuse to cover birth control and sterilization procedures in your insurance plan based on their own personal beliefs. Bosses should not be able to decide which types of health-care coverage their employees should get.
  • H.B.1316 is one of the most deceptive bills we’ve seen. It exploits the issue of sex-selective abortion and pretends to support women’s rights. However, it penalizes doctors for failing to determine if sex is a factor in a woman’s decision to choose abortion.

Way to go, Taliban Bobby.  Didn’t you and your gang of oppressors inflict enough damage on to the governor last year?    Do Marshall and the rest of the  anti-choice zealots in the Virginia General Assembly realize that the governor is now know, nationally, as Governor Ultra-Sound?  We are the national laughing stock.

Why should anyone’s boss get to decide about what birth control someone uses or if your health insurance covers sterilization?

These are people who want the government out of your business?  I think not.   Bob Marshall has been an effen idiot since taking office.  Its time for him to SDASTFU.