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Lt. Gov. Bolling on Non-Discrimination Issue

Bearing Drift has the statement from Governor McDonnell.

Here is the statement from Lt. Governor Bolling.

Discrimination will not be tolerated in any form. The hysterical ranting from the left over the non-issue is now concluded.

Commonwealth of Virginia

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

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Gays Protest Cuccinelli Opinion at VCU

One would think that if discrimination on a basis of sexual orientation were such a problem that the state need include protections in our laws that the gays protesting at Monroe Park at the VCU Campus would fear reprisal and dismissal from school.

Ironically, their protest actually proves that protection is unnecessary and that the General Assembly killing such measures was the appropriate response.

And if VCU Administration officials do round up the self-outed for dismissal from the school, would someone please let me know? Because that would indeed be a major news story.

Senator McConnell: Does It Make Sense to Spend $2.5 Trillion to Raise Premiums, Costs, Taxes?

This press release was issued by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) a short time ago:

WASHINGTON, DCU.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday regarding health care reform:

“The American people are looking at what’s going on in Washington right now and they’re wondering what the White House and Democrat leaders in Congress are thinking.

“The fact that we’re still even talking about a health care bill that raises costs, increases premiums, and increases government spending is a complete mystery to most people.

“Americans have issued their verdict on this bill. They don’t want it. It’s that simple.

“And that’s to say nothing of the process.

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On Virginia Law and AG Cuccinelli

During the  2010 General Assembly session, a number of bills were killed by one body or the other. The bills advocating the state grant special status to gays, adding “sexual orientation” to Virginia’s anti-discrimination laws were one. Other bills that were killed called for additional restrictions on abortion, and easing handgun restrictions.

I am just wondering that if a state university should deem it appropriate to adopt an anti-abortion stance identical to a defeated bill, or pro-gun policies as called for in other defeated bills would cause as much illogical response should the Attorney General offer an opinion that the schools overstepped their authority under the law?

The ignorance on display by the left and the gay community boggles the mind. The juvenile temper tantrums being thrown really portray these groups in a bad light.

And the fact that no one is claiming discrimination based on sexual orientation at any Virginia University just makes you look silly.

Video - Democrat Dick Durbin Admits Premiums Will Go Up With ObamaCare

PRESIDENT SAID MONDAY THAT THE HEALTH BILL “REDUCES MOST PEOPLE’S PREMIUMS”

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “Our Cost-Cutting Measures Mirror Most Of The Proposals In The Current Senate Bill, Which Reduces Most People’s Premiums.”(President Obama, Remarks, Glenside, Pennsylvania, 3/8/10)

THEY SAID IT: DURBIN SAYS HEALTH BILL WON’T LOWER PREMIUMS

“Anyone Who Would Stand Before You And Say Well, If You Pass Health Care Reform, Next Year’s  Health Care Premiums Are Going Down, I Don’t Think Is Telling The Truth”

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “Anyone Who Would Stand Before You And Say Well, If You Pass Health Care Reform, Next Year’s Health Care Premiums Are Going Down, I Don’t Think Is Telling The Truth. I Think It Is Likely They Would Go Up, But What We’re Trying To Do Is Slow The Rate Of Increase.” (Sen. Durbin, Floor Remarks, 3/10/10)

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ADD MY VOICE TO KENNETH STARR'S CRITICAL OF THE LYNN CHENEY AD

I might get fired as a blogger for citing Keith Olbermann but Kenneth Starr, former Whitewater special counsel, federal judge, and dean of the conservative Pepperdine School of Law (and ought to have been Justice Starr) adds his weight to the criticism of the Lynn Cheney/Bill Kristol “Al-Qaeda 7″.   Several conservative lawyers spoke out.  I agree. 

Highlights:

As attorneys, former officials and policy specialists who have worked on detention issues, we consider these attacks both unjust to the individuals in question and destructive of any attempt to build lasting mechanisms for counterterrorism adjudications.

To delegitimize the role detainee counsel play is to demand adjudications and policymaking stripped of a full record. Whatever systems America develops to handle difficult detention questions will rely, at least some of the time, on an aggressive defense bar; those who take up that function do a service to the system.

It also had support from other Bush era and conservative lawyers:

The Bush officials clashed repeatedly with some of the detainee lawyers, such as the current deputy Solicitor General, Neal Katyal, whom they are now defending. The signers include former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, John Ashcroft’s No. 2, and Peter Keisler, who served as acting attorney general during President Bush’s second term. They also include several lawyers who dealt directly with detainee policy: Matthew Waxman and Charles “Cully” Stimson, who each served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs; Daniel Dell’Orto, who was acting general counsel for the Department of Defense; and Bradford Berenson, a prominent Washington lawyer who worked on the issues as an associate White House counsel during President Bush’s first term. 

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Cajun Skills

H/T to Rachal

Even after the recent Super Bowl victory of the New Orleans Saints, I have noticed a large number of people implying with bad jokes that Cajuns aren’t smart. I would like to state for the record that I disagree with that assessment.

Anybody who would build a city 10 feet below sea level in a hurricane zone and fill it with Democrats is a damn genius.

Virginia Right! News Hound for 3/10/2010

The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites.

Hot Air:

Chief Justice Roberts: Obama’s SOTU knock on the Supreme Court “very troubling”; Update: Gibbs responds

Oh my: 68% now oppose passing ObamaCare without Republican support

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Repeal: Obamacare as the New Prohibition

From The American Spectator:

The tale of Prohibition and its repeal should serve as a cautionary tale to Obamacare supporters — and a source of inspiration to its opponents.

Simultaneously it shows in vivid historical fashion the impact of the law of unintended consequences on ambitious societal reforms — while showing with precision that it is certainly possible to reverse Obamacare if in fact it is passed.

By the end of the Prohibition period, politicians demanding repeal were a dime a dozen so politically safe was it support the cause.

It was over.

The so-called “noble experiment” had been tried, had failed miserably, and was undone by a furious American population that had learned something the hard way about how to reform — and how not to reform — society’s ills.

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How to Beat a Speeding Ticket Legally

The first step is to run out and but a Toyota. It does not have to be one involved in the current recall, it only has to say Toyota.

Next, drive any speed you wish. In a hurry, floor it. Toyota owners can now beat any ticket by blaming “sudden acceleration”.

Back in the ‘70, I was riding in the back seat of a Chevelle SS owned by a friend, who was driving. Two other friends were in the car and we were out cruising on a Friday night. We blew through Highland Springs like we were in and Indy Car race. Then we saw the red flashing lights.

“Crap, I’m doing 60 in a 25″ my friend said, referring to his speed. “They will put me under the jail”.

He pulled over to the side, threw the shift into neutral and told the guy in the passenger seat to stomp on the gas and keep it pressed to the floor.

As the cop pulled up behind us and got out of the car, my friend was already opening the hood of the dark green SS and the roar of the revving engine grew louder!

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