List of accomplishments...

Delegate Chris Saxman made some excellent points in his article that was published in the NewsLeader last week. Chris provided an example of what the Delegates accomplished this last session as compared to the reports by local media that had the Delegates doing nothing but stalling and not working with the Democrat Governor on his “pet” projects.

Unfortunately the local media elected to focus on petty issues involving the budget negotiations and ignore reporting what the Delegates accomplished. Below is the example of environmental protection provided by Delegate Saxman and the link to the entire article that appeared in the NewsLeader…

Pollution Reduction
HB #1055 will reduce mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions. This is an aggressive move and is well ahead of the federal guidelines that will result in the air quality of the valley improving sooner then later…

http://newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/OPINION01/607090323&SearchID=73250732515892

Security Issue?

Waaaaa!!!

While at a gathering in Germany the President was handed a famous baby by it's mother for a photo-op with the President...

The question is how did the Secret Service allow the Icon for the Democratic Party to get so close to the President???


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=395610&in_page_id=1770

"To a new Low"...

The Democrats have taken the road to a new "Low" in their tactics to get back in power...

Commonwealth Conservative has a great post on the subject and additional links...

http://vaconservative.com/archives/2006/07/13/absolutely-disgusting/

Tim Kaine License Plate?

K- Plate

Slow night last night so I took a look over at the local Dem site to see what those guys were up to. I found that it is now possible, for a additional cost of $10, you can show your pride in VA. Governor Tim Kaine by purchasing a special Virginia license plate... The license plate with have a "K" in front of or following the other numbers to show your pride in the Governor...

Now where does the additional $10 go and towards what? True sense of the word "Vanity" plate...

Hey. Will it be possible to get license plates with the letter "D" used the same way? Not for the "D" to represent "Democrat" but rather "Delegate" so we can show our support of the Delegates who stood up to Kaine and his attempts to raise our taxes?

I kid you not. Below is the text from the license plate application form...

GOV. KAINE LICENSE PLATE!
To enable supporters of Governor Timothy M. Kaine to demonstrate their pride in his leadership of our Commonwealth, a special series of license plate numbers has been established. This special series consists of a number preceded or followed by the letter “K.” The number can be used on virtually any of the many license plate designs, such as the Seal of the Commonwealth plate or the standard type of license plate.
The charge to have a “K” plate is $10, which is paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles after the plate is assigned and when it is actually ordered from the DMV. (There is an additional charge for the various license plate designs.)

Stuarts Draft Fireman's Festival Parade...

Stuarts Draft VA.
7 July 2006...

Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Augusta County Supervisor David Beyeler, Delegate Ben Cline, and Delegate Chris Saxman joined in and walked the 2006 Stuarts Draft Firemens Festival Parade...

The Augusta County Republican Party float was assembled and supported by Scott & Rhonda Winfield, Courtland & Carter Winfield, Lynn Mitchell, Alex Davis, David Beyeler, and Sheila Jennings... The float was completed in the area in front of the Hollister plant for the short walk up to the Firehouse in Stuarts Draft after passing an impressive crowd that was lined up along the parade route...

Congressman Bob Goodlatte was greeted by many happy parade watchers along the route after making a visit to the Target Distribution center just down the road. He also stayed for dinner at the Firemen's Festival and met with many constituents afterwards...

Delegate Ben Cline walked the parade route and saw many of his constituents from nearby Sherando and South of Stuarts Draft...

Chris Saxman was glad to attend the parade where he has received strong support from the people of Stuarts Draft and the South River district...

Scott Winfield provided the truck to pull the float for the parade and had one of the "better" seats for the length of the parade...

The Winfield boys Carter & Courtland, ages 8 and 10, elected to ride the float during the parade and to take up the task of throwing candy to parade watchers along the parade route... This is a favorite practice and tradition to small parades and was enjoyed by many at this one also. But it was interesting that we ran a little short of candy towards the end of the parade...

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Staunton 4th of July Parade #1...

Staunton Virginia 2006
4th July
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The Republicans of Staunton and Augusta County once again made an impressive presentation at the 4th of July Independence Day Celebration. The booth featuring the campaigns of Senator George Allen and Representative Bob Goodlatte attracted many visitors to find information on these "Valley Republicans" who are both running for re-election in November... Visitors also found information on the Marriage amendment and the opportunity to meet with Rhonda Winfield who authored the book "When Johnny Doesn't Come Marching Home, A Mothers Story of the Price for Freedom"...

A local couple asked if we could display a flag from their son that had flown aboard a Pennsylvania National Guard aircraft during a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom...

In addition to the booth the Republicans participated in the parade that traveled all of "Gypsy Hill Park" and was viewed by many...

Representative Bob Goodlatte and his wife walked the entire length of the parade and is a annual favorite of the local crowd. Delegate Steve Landes was joined by his Son during the parade also...

Delegate Ben Cline has also made it a annual tradition to walk the Staunton parade and support the Republican Party of Virginia...

Staunton 4th of July Parade #2...

Staunton Virginia
4th of July 2006
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Representative Bob Goodlatte had his nice "Ride" but elected to walk the route of the parade to be able to meet and speak with the people along the parade route...










State Senator Emmett Hanger took the lead of the parade with "Old Glory" and received a warm welcome by the crowds...








The Republicans also provided a float in the parade which was welcomed by many of the people along the parade route by cheers, applause, and greetings at every turn...

The Augusta Valley has always been a strong and proud supporter of Senator George Allen...

The parade was joined by David Beyeler and Wendell Coleman of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors...


As well as a strong showing from the military...

Declaration of Independence...

4 July 1776

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Marketing, Marketing, Marketing...

Learned back in college that marketing is a very important function of both society and the business world... If at times things do not seem to be going right or selling you may just need to "Market" it in a different way... Now lets say you have a wet piece of property you wanted to sell. It would be called a "Swamp"...

Now if a environmental group wanted to keep you from building on that same piece of land it would be classified as "Wetlands"...
For many years the working stiffs out there have been drinking Coffee everyday...
But to market this same drink to the student at a higher learning campus it should be called a "Latte"

Now starting out those "Dixie Chicks" sang Country songs and did pretty well with the "Common Folk" out there...
Then it seems they decided they needed to grow and evolve into more "Popular" songs and political issues. This resulted in numerous show dates in their present concert tour being dropped due to poor ticket sales across the "America Tour"...
And then there "was" the potential Dixie Chick "World Tour"...
And for the longest time we have had the party from the Right, "Conservatives", and the party from the Left, "Liberals"... Even the Left has marketed themselves, now they call themselves:

PROGRESSIVES !!!

"Lets put it to a vote"...

Vote Record

The House of Representatives rejected a proposed timetable for pulling the troops out of Iraq by a vote of 256-153...

The Senate also turned down a proposal by Democrat John Kerry calling for withdraw all combat troops from Iraq bu 1 July 2007... The vote there was
86-13...

Some of the statements made by our elected Representatives:

"Stay the course, I don't think so Mr. President. It's time to face the facts," House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California stated. "The war in Iraq has been a mistake. I say, a grotesque mistake."

"The choice for the American people is clear; don't run in the face of danger, victory will be our exit strategy," Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., predicted that terrorism would spread around the world, and eventually reach the United States if the United States were to "cut and run" before Iraq can defend itself.

"We must give them that support and not send a signal that we're going to pull possibly the rug out from under them," Sen. John Warner, R-Va.,

Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., said: "It is time to tell the Iraqis that we have done what we can do militarily."

*Thanks to Sacred Cow for the Graphics and NewsMax for the quotes...