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A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
Sat Apr 7, 2012 3:42 PM EDT
Unless there are still a few hermits living in log cabins with no access to the rest of the world then pretty much everyone is at least to some extent familiar with the Trayvon Martin shooting incident. The nationwide reaction to this shooting though and the reporting by various …
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McDonnell cautious on campus firearm ban
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:43 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)
RICHMOND — Gov.
McDonnell touts 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:30 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)
RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell rolled out his 2012 energy initiatives Thursday, proposing $500,000 to promote the development of wind power off Virginia's coast and knocking the federal government anew for blocking oil and gas development in the same waters.
Virginia wineries honored by Wine Enthusiast magazine
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:21 AM EST (The Roanoke Times)
Folks in the governor’s office and the Virginia Wine Marketing Office are excited about a recent article on Wine Enthusiast magazine’s web site.
Who's the bigger hypocrites on taxes?
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:33 PM EST
Since 2009 we've seen the democrats and their supporters repeatedly say that letting the Bush era tax cuts expire is not increasing taxes while the republicans have adamantly claimed it is raising taxes.
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Taxing the $200k wealthy and corporations more to balance the budget - some surprises here
Wed Aug 3, 2011 4:30 PM EDT
There's been a lot of debate over the idea of letting the 2001 and 2003 tax rate reductions expire only on the "wealthy" who earn over $200,000 a year. There's also a lot of talk about eliminating "loopholes" for corporations.
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A simple solution for Medicare and Social Security
Tue Aug 2, 2011 10:44 AM EDT
With all the recent news about the deficit and speculative talk about the Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security programs being cut or transformed all the attention seems focused on big changes.
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Once again the Senate holds up debt limit
Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:35 PM EDT
While I can't say that I had any significant interest in Boehners debt limit bill itself, seeing it scrapped in the Senate without even an attempt at modification shows how dysfunctional both the Senate and our two party political system has become.
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Fairness-Sacrifice-and Class warfare- Food for thought
Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:35 AM EDT
Many people today seem to be subscribing to the soundbite class warfare being perpetrated by politicians and their allies.
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HR 2560 Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 The REAL FACTS
Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:28 AM EDT
Now that the votes are counted and the bill has passed the House of Representatives the negative comments have begun in earnest against it with a threatened presidential veto if it passes the Senate.
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Lightbulbs - What's your preference?
Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:57 AM EDT
With the traditional light bulb of the last century basically going the way of the dinosaur through legislation and decreasing sales we have a couple of alternatives. This short simple article will be to conduct a survey poll of peoples preference toward light bulbs.
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More than a Scout project - Roanoke.com
Seeded on Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:28 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)
BLACKSBURG -- Josh Williams remembers bare cupboards and empty pantries growing up. The 17-year-old grew accustomed to a diet of chili and rice as his then single mother, April Amodeo, struggled to put food on the table for her six young children.
GOP gains early edge in Nov. 8 elections - Roanoke.com
Seeded on Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:18 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)
RICHMOND -- The pivotal 2011 General Assembly elections are more than four months away, but Virginia Republicans already have one important advantage over their Democratic Party rivals.
Why "default" on August 2nd might be the best option
Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:32 PM EDT
So much has been lost in the debate and the news coverage of the impending August 2nd deadline that the larger overall picture is being ignored.
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Between Young and Old, a Political Collision - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 3:42 AM EDT (The New York Times)
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Economic wreckage in America’s older population is easy to find in the ashes of recession.
Al Qaeda Urges Attacks in West - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 3:29 AM EDT (The New York Times)
In a new video, an American-born spokesman for Al Qaeda urged Muslims in the West to initiate attacks against Western and Jewish targets. The English-language appeal from Adam Gadahn, the Qaeda spokesman, came in a 100-minute video that included clips of a half-dozen other Qaeda …
House Rebukes Obama for Continuing Libyan Mission Without Its Consent - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 3:19 AM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Friday to rebuke President Obama for continuing to maintain an American role in NATO operations in Libya without the express consent of Congress, and directed the administration to provide detailed information about the cost a …
Hiring in U.S. Slowed in May With 54,000 Jobs Added - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 3:01 AM EDT (The New York Times)
This from the article says it all : “The economy clearly just hit a brick wall,” said Paul Ashworth, chief United States economist at Capital Economics. “It’s almost as if it came to a complete standstill.”
Sheriff Hunt ordered dispatcher mum on deputy's threats, transcript says [with transcript] - Roanoke.com
Seeded on Sat Jun 4, 2011 2:38 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)
This is a follow up report on this article
Raising the debt limit - What's really at stake
Fri Jun 3, 2011 3:16 AM EDT
With all the hype and doom and gloom scenarios being propagated about what will happen if the debt limit isn't raised it's time to put some true perspective on it.
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Memorial Day shooting: 911 call warned of deputy's plan - Roanoke.com
Seeded on Wed Jun 1, 2011 7:22 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)
Almost a half-hour before Jennifer Carter Agee was shot to death on Memorial Day, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office was warned that her sheriff's deputy ex-husband had an assault rifle and was driving to Salem to kill her. But Sheriff Ewell Hunt told his dispatch center not to …
Serious and realistic federal budget cuts
Tue May 24, 2011 9:53 AM EDT
I want to try a little experiment here and see what kind of discussion we can get going on realistic ways to cut the federal budget. In that spirit let's go with a couple of basic ground rules for the discussion.
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Some common political myths and misconceptions
Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:42 PM EDT
There is a lot of very good and useful information to be found on Newsvine and the Internet in general, but there is also a large amount of disinformation out there as well.
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The end of "Big Oil"?
Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:42 PM EDT
Last night at work I was listening to a very interesting show on the radio which made me look a little into the topics discussed because they dealt with alternative energy and that's been a topic of study for me.
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Attention conservatives, republicans, tea party, and moderates
Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:02 AM EST
Much speculation and debate has centered on who might run for the 2012 republican nomination, but yesterday that speculation was put to some rest.
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I'm one of those people full of interesting contradictions to myself. I'm a fiscal conservative, but a moderate in most other ways. I spent 7 years as …
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A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?
A nation of law or a nation of emotional opinion, which is modern America?