Commentary from Colorado...

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A little commentary from some friends in Colorado:

Weather Bulletin - DenverUp here, in the "Mile-High City", we just recovered from an Historic event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.

FYI:George Bush did not come.

FEMA did nothing.

No one howled for the government.

No one blamed the government.

No one even uttered an expletive on TV.

Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.

Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.

Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm.

Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.

No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.

No one looted.

Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.

Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.

No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.

No Sean Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.

Nope, we just melted the snow for water.

Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.

The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny.

Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.

Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.

We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.

We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".

We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.

Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.

I hope this gets passed on.

Maybe SOME people will get the message.

The world does Not owe you a living.

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan

This was sent to me in a e-mail that is being passed along.

Please do the same...

RightsideVA

Saxman Townhall Meeting...

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Delegate Chris Saxman, seen here with Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, has been holding numerous TownHall meetings in the area before heading down to Richmond this week for the Assembly session.

The Daily News Record has some great coverage of a Townhall meeting held this week and it is good to see a local Newspaper cover this interaction between a Republican Delegate and his Constituents.


http://dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=8132&CHID=1

Terry Kilgore to head up team...

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Delegate Terry Kilgore Elected by Colleagues to Serve as the Majority Caucus Chairman

- Kilgore Honored to Serve on the House of Delegates Leadership Team
RICHMOND, January 9, 2007 - Virginia House of Delegates Republican Caucus today elected Delegate Terry Kilgore (1 st) of Gate City to serve as their Caucus Chairman.

"I am honored that my colleagues elected me to be their House Majority Caucus Chairman. I look forward to supporting Speaker Howell (28 th – Stafford) and Leader Griffith (8th – Salem) as we present an agenda that will address the many challenges facing Virginians. Building on the accomplishments of past-chairman Delegate Landes (25 th - Weyers Cave), I promise to work as hard as I can to promote commonsense solutions for our citizens."

Delegate Kilgore will assume his leadership responsibilities on Wednesday, January 10 when the 2007 General Assembly convenes in Jamestown . He will serve as the leader for the 59 member-caucus.

Delegate Terry G. Kilgore represents Scott County, Lee County and parts of Washington and Wise Counties.

http://www.terrykilgore.net

Christmas "Improvised" in Kalsu, Iraq...

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The gang over at T-Bonetooter's "From Our Hearts" program once again sent over 110+ care packages to our Troops in Iraq & Afghanistan just in time for Christmas. Mike Flook, who is stationed in Kalsu Iraq, sent back this photo showing how they improvised the "Spirit"...
Full post at: http://fromrhearts.blogspot.com/

Keeping an eye on the ball...

Mike over at "Hard to the Right" has a good post about the recent controversy about publishing harsh photos from terrorist attacks.
http://hard2right.blogspot.com/

It shows that we must not let up on the war on terrorism for as soon as we do we will be attacked again...

"H-e-e-e's BACK ! ! !"

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(SSG. Herb Harman with Delegate Chris Saxman)

SSG. Herb Harman is back in the states from serving more then one year in Baghdad Iraq with his unit the “Four-One element” of the 654th MP Company…

Herb landed today in the United States and is presently at Fort Dix in New Jersey, which is somewhat better then downtown Baghdad, ( I can say that, I grew up in NJ and know Fort Dix well) and will be processing out this week. Herb should be back in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia soon and I will be sure to post more after talking with him.

I will also be posting more in the next day or two on his return and the award presented to “From Our Hearts” group for their efforts in sending “Care Packages” to the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Please check for more info:

http://fromrhearts.blogspot.com/

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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"Ahmadinejad has said, Israel must be "wiped off the map," and "...God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism," according to a quote published by Iran's state news outlet."

President Gerald R. Ford

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1913 - 2006

CAUTION: "The brow is up again"...

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Remember awhile back when it was discovered that Democratic VA Governor Tim Kaine has surrounded himself with ex-Union officials in his cabinet after taking the most in political contributions from Unions in Virginia history?... http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2006/10/big-unionsbig-moneymany-votes.html

"Labor Money in Virginia In his 2005 campaign for governor, Tim Kaine received more than $1.4 million from organizedlabor. Including contributions to his inaugural committee, Governor Kaine received more than $1.55 million in union money. This is far and away the largest amount of money ever spent by labor unions in a Virginia statewide election. To put this in perspective, Governor Kaine received more than 10 times the amount of money than the previous governor received."

Seems now the Governors staff has increased a bit since he got into office...

The guys over at the VA-Cost-Cutting blog have reported:

"If you haven't checked out the publication Executive Amendments to the 2006-2008 Biennial Budget, you should. It gives you a chance to start to drill down on some of the departments of your government.

Starting at the top for instance, on page B-33 one finds the Office of the Governor.In FY 2003 there were 29 employees for a total cost of $2,088,562 = $72,000 ppIn FY 2008 there will be 41 employees for a total cost of $4,379,423 = $107,000 pp

From there one can start asking questions on why the staff has increased positions by 41% and why the total cost has increased 110%."

http://vacostcutting.blogspot.com/2006/12/final-teams-are-in-place-on-house-side.html

Keep an eye on that brow...

The "Dog"...

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Something came to a boil last week in the local blogworld that has been developing all over the world for years since the attacks of 9-11 and the beginning of the proactive war on worldwide terrorism by the United States. A local blogger responded to attacks on Congressman Virgil Goode for his comments on Islamic immigration and the planned swearing in of a recently elected Congressman who intends to use the Koran instead of the Bible. Congressman Goode made some strong statements on cautioning both the legal and illegal immigration of people observing the Islamic faith, which many of this faith believe in the elimination of the “Infidels”.

The blogger posted some very graphic photos of recent decapitations committed by Islamic terrorists to show that this subject has been downplayed by many on the left and the MainScream media at times, and that these attacks cannot be forgotten. http://generalgrievousdog.blogspot.com/2006/12/wake-up-call-goode-is-right.html The blogger, the “Dog”, was promptly dropped by another blogger who controlled a blog service that posts and catalogs numerous blogs into one format making it much easier to review the days posts…

“For the first time ever, I've removed a blog from the Virginia Political Blogs aggregator -- this one. That image is disgusting. Those who killed this man did so to use his image for their political gain. Now you, too, use his image for political gain. I'll use my site to distribute any political viewpoint you care to express -- as I have -- but this sort of political pornography is inexcusable, and I will not subsidize it.”


It is interesting to see that this statement may be true, “Those who killed this man did so to use his image for their political gain.” it is also interesting that hiding photos like these also results in “Political Gain” for others.

I started off this post with a photo of the World Trade Center towers before they were destroyed by Islamic terrorists flying high jacked airliners into them killing 3,000+ people. For some time it was feared that displaying and publishing photos of the attacks often would not be wise for the general population was not ready to be reminded of this traumatic event. There was fear it would result in unreasonable anger and possible attacks on people associated with the terrorists. The “Dog” showed that we need to be reminded of what happened on 9-11, as well as before and since that date that will (also) “Live in infamy”…


The terrorist attacks on September 11th were not isolated but were just another incident in a long history of World terrorist attacks: First U.S. Aircraft Hijacked, May 1, 1961, Ambassador to Guatemala Assassinated, August 28, 1968 / U.S. Agency for International Development Adviser Kidnapped, July 31, 1970 / Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972 / Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973 / Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976 / Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979 / Grand Mosque Seizure, November 20, 1979 / U.S. Installation Bombing, August 31, 1981 / Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981 / Murder of Missionaries, December 4, 1981 / Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut / April 18, 1983, Naval Officer Assassinated in El Salvador, May 25, 1983 / Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983 / Naval Officer Assassinated in Greece, November 15, 1983 / Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984 / Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12, 1984 / Golden Temple Seizure, June 5, 1984 / Kidnapping of U.S. Officials in Mexico, February 7, 1985 / TWA 847 Hijacking, June 14, 1985 / Air India Bombing, June 23, 1985 / Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped, September 30, 1985 / Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985 / Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985 / Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986 / Berlin Discoteque Bombing, April 5, 1986 / Kimpo Airport Bombing, September 14, 1986 / Bus Attack, April 24, 1987 / Downing of Airliner, November 29, 1987 / Servicemen's Bar Attack, December 26, 1987 / Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988 / Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988 / Attack on U.S. Diplomat in Greece, June 28, 1988 / Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988 / Assassination of U.S. Army Officer, April 21, 1989 / U.S. Embassy Bombed in Peru, January 15, 1990 / U.S. Soldiers Assassinated in the Philippines, May 13, 1990 / Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991 / Kidnapping of U.S. Businessmen in the Philippines, January 17-21, 1992 / Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992 / World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993 / Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, 1993 / FARC Hostage-taking, September 23, 1994 / Air France Hijacking, December 24, 1994 / Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995 / Tokyo Subway Station Attack, March 20, 1995 / Bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995 / Kashmiri Hostage-taking, July 4, 1995 / Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995 / Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995 / Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995 / Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995 / Kidnapping in Colombia, January 19, 1996 / Tamil Tigers Attack, January 31, 1996 / IRA Bombing, February 9, 1996 / Athens Embassy Attack, February 15, 1996 / ELN Kidnapping, February 16, 1996 / Hamas Bus Attack, February 26, 1996 / Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996 / West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996 / USAID Worker Abduction, May 31, 1996 / Zekharya Attack, June 9, 1996 / Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996 / Red Cross Worker Kidnappings, November 1, 1996 / Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996 / Abduction of US. Citizen by FARC, December 11, 1996 / Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997 / Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997 / ELN Kidnapping, February 24, 1997 / FARC Kidnapping, March 7, 1997 / Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997 / Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997 / Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997 / FARC Abduction, March 21-23, 1998 / Somali Hostage-takings, April 15, 1998 / U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998 / Colombian Pipeline Bombing, October 18, 1998 / Armed Kidnapping in Colombia, November 15, 1998 / Ugandan Rebel Attack, February 14, 1999 / FARC Kidnappings, February 25, 1999 / Hutu Abductions, March 1, 1999 / ELN Hostage-taking, March 23, 1999 / ELN Hostage-taking, May 30, 1999 / Shell Platform Bombing, June 27, 1999 / Diplomatic Assassination in Greece, June 8, 2000 / ELN Kidnpapping, June 27, 2000 / Kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, August 12, 2000 / Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000 / Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000 / Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001 / Hamas Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001 / Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001 …

http://www.terrorism-victims.org/terrorists/terrorists-1961-2001.html

I must admit I was surprised by the number of terrorist attacks during this 40 year period and that does not include the many that have happened since 9-11 all over the world. Fortunately due to many aggressive programs initiated after the Sept 11 attacks we have not had any major attacks on U.S. soild and have disrupted numerous planned terrorist attacks.

More then five years have passed since the major terrorist attacks on Sept 11th and some have become fatigued with this war on terrorism and want to pull back to a less aggressive stance on this fight. I now hear high school graduates who have an astounding and limited knowledge of the facts of the attacks on Sept 11th. Amazingly some of these “Graduates” obtain the majority of their “Current Affairs” information from the likes of the “Daily Show” by Jon Stewart. These students state that the United States got what it deserved for the way it has abused the people of the Middle East and only wanting their oil. Further conversation will discover the slanted teachings of many public school systems and Liberal teachers. On the other hand I know of Men & Women just a year or two older who witnessed the Sept 11th attacks and understand the threat to America and it’s citizens. Many of these Men & Women also volunteered, when they did not have to for “Economic” reasons as Charlie Rangel claims, to serve in the military and understand the importance of the war on terrorism.

Public opinion has also changed to where there is outrage when numerous Islamic men are removed from an airplane after chanting loudly in Arabic, requesting seat belt extensions when not needed, moving to sit in strategic seats similar to the seats the 9-11 terrorist occupied, and the likes. Many people on the plan demanded the removal of these men due to their actions and suspicious actions. Some people and civil rights associations have become upset by the removal of these men from the airplane and claim discrimination and the likes. But yet these groups were silent when a young girl in a middle school in Virginia was told that she could not read the Bible during her free time between classes. “Amber Mangum was a frequent reader during lunch breaks at her Prince George's County middle school, silently soaking up the adventures of Harry Potter and other tales in the spare minutes before afternoon classes. The habit was never viewed as a problem -- not, a lawsuit alleges, until the book she was reading was the Bible.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100201238.html


People need to be reminded of those out there dedicated to the elimination of the infidels and intend to do that. We must be sure not to condemn individuals that practice the same religious beliefs as these terrorist but at the same time we must remain vigilant in protecting ourselves. This will be a long ongoing war on terrorism and one that we cannot ignore or look away from the tragic photos that remind us of this evil…
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