By Paul Sperry
FrontPageMagazine.com | 12/5/2008

When the Saudi Embassy earlier this year asked officials to renew the lease of a radical school it runs in Alexandria, Va., local residents strenuously objected. They argued the school teaches hatred toward Jews and Christians, and has become a breeding ground for terrorists.

Gerry Connolly, at the time the Democrat chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, gave a full-throated defense of the Islamic Saudi Academy, even smearing protesters as anti-Islamic "bigots."

All the while, Connolly was running for U.S. Congress and according to the latest FEC records, accepting thousands of dollars in donations from Saudi bagmen -- including some whose homes and offices were raided after 9/11 on suspicion of terror financing (and whose donations to other Democrats have been quietly returned in shame).

Their investment appears to have paid off. The Saudi madrassa got its lease and is still in operation; and Connolly is in a more powerful position on the Hill. Last month, he easily beat GOP challenger Keith Fimian to take retiring Republican Rep. Tom Davis' old seat representing Virginia's 11th Congressional District.

Critics would be forgiven for questioning Connolly's motives for defending the Saudi madrassa in light of what appears to be an orchestrated outpouring of donations from Islamists with Saudi connections.

FEC records show that on Jan. 12, 2008, Yaqub Mirza gave Connolly $1,000, followed 12 days later by Nihad Awad, who chipped in $500. That same day -- Jan. 24 -- Hisham al-Talib donated $1,000 to Connolly's campaign, along with Omar Ashraf, who gave $500.

Then in May, Esam Omeish donated $250 to the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, which held receptions for Connolly and helped him raise money. And in June, Mirza gave another $1,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which also helped get Connolly elected.

Investigators say Mirza is a Saudi bagman, acting on behalf of Saudi millionaire and al-Qaida financier Yassin al-Qadi. He along with al-Talib and Ashraf run a Virginia-based network of Saudi-funded fronts called the Safa group, which is still the subject of an active federal investigation into terror-financing. All three Connolly donors' homes and-or offices were raided by federal agents after the 9/11 attacks.

Omeish is a violent jihad advocate who helps run a Saudi-backed mosque in Falls Church, Va., that ministered to some of the Saudi hijackers before 9/11. As I first reported in my book, "Infiltration," Omeish in 2004 used his home to bond out a terrorist suspect jailed for allegedly casing the Chesapeake Bay bridge. The suspect, Ismail Elbarasse, is also an accused Hamas money man who was employed by the Islamic Saudi Academy as comptroller. His college roommate, Hamas leader and fugitive Mousa Abu Marzook, sent his kids to ISA.

Awad, meanwhile, is a Hamas supporter who has personally accepted large checks from Saudis on behalf of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington. (He filed his donation to Connolly under the alias, "Nehad Hammad.")

These Islamist donors and their families support the Islamic Saudi Academy, an arm of the Saudi embassy. This spring, ISA's lease came up for renewal, and the Saudis knew they'd face resistance in the local community. The school had made national headlines since their last request for renewal.

Former school valedictorian Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was convicted of joining al-Qaida after leaving the school and plotting to assassinate President Bush. His ISA classmates voted him "Most Likely to Be a Martyr." His father works for the Saudi embassy.

Also, reports had detailed numerous hateful passages from academy textbooks, including a 12th-grade text teaching students that it's permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and apostates who leave Islam. Other passages in the school's texts state that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of Jews and those deemed "polytheists," or Christians.

Connolly shrugged off the complaints and accused critics of "slander" before rubberstamping the school's lease and accepting a rent check from the Saudi Embassy for $2.2 million.

"I find no evidence, no grounds, to do anything but renew the lease of an institution that has been a good neighbor," Connolly declared at the board's May 19 meeting.

The very next month, the head of the Saudi-controlled Islamic school was arrested and charged with failing to report a sex-abuse allegation brought to him by a young student. ISA director Abdalla Al-Shabnan, who also was charged with obstruction of justice, "stated he did not believe the girl's complaint," according to court documents.

Of course not. As in Saudi Arabia, a woman's testimony is not valid. Thanks to Connolly, the Saudis have been allowed to maintain a beachhead in the nation's capital from which to spread their misogynistic Wahhabism and indoctrinate youth into jihad.

Meanwhile, a federal grand jury in northern Virginia has been hearing evidence regarding alleged terror-financing by the Safa group, aka the SAAR Foundation, which was founded by Saudi patriarch Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi. Connolly donor Mirza is one of the original ringleaders of the group, and has been at the center of the federal investigation.

Though he's not been charged with a crime, Mirza is bad news -- bad enough that several other politicians, including even Muslim Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., have returned his terror-tainted cash. Why hasn't Connolly?

July 28, 2008

Kaine might outshine Obama.

Political Mavens: 

Kaine as VP?

Kaine for VP? Look at the fallout

Sunday, Jul 27, 2008 - 12:08 AM 

By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO

TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

With one word -- no -- Tim Kaine could end the overwrought musings about his presumed vice-presidential ambitions. Because he hasn't, assume that he -- unlike Mark Warner and Jim Webb -- is hot to trot with Barack Obama.

A naif on diplomacy, defense and the national economy, Kaine wouldn't add much to a Democratic ticket led by another kid. Besides, Kaine's popularity and record at home are underwhelming.

And there's the argument made by Democrats and Republicans that Obama, because he'll likely spend a ton more than the $3 million John McCain apparently is earmarking for Virginia, could carry this purple state without Kaine.

A Kaine vice presidency -- puh-leese! -- would not only change the lineup here, it could lead to a realignment. In Virginia, departures and death have done just that at least three times over the past 75 years.

The 1933 appointment of Harry F. Byrd Sr. to the U.S. Senate seat of Claude Swanson -- he was FDR's first Navy secretary -- solidified Byrd's status for three decades as conservative Democratic boss.

The death in 1971 of Lt. Gov. Sarge Reynolds cost Democrats a glittery moderate and a likely win for governor in 1973. Liberal Henry Howell won a special election for LG and promptly led Democrats into the wilderness.

In 1978, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dick Obenshain, a conservative icon, died in a plane crash. The victory of moderate stand-in John Warner helped split the GOP into warring camps.

History may be lost on Kaine. Headlines cloud one's judgment, especially when one's name is in them. The latest to plump Kaine for veep: Terry McAullife, former Democratic national chairman.

Even in come-here-dominated, 21st-century Virginia, the governorship remains, as Mills Godwin intoned, "no higher honor." No governor has left office before completing his term since the four-years-and-you're-out rule was adopted in 1852.

Besides, it's bad manners to put ambition ahead of obligation. Ask Doug Wilder. His presidential bid in the early 1990s sent his numbers into the sewer.

Kaine would surrender the key to the kingdom -- the governorship -- to a Republican, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. He's now running for re-election but likely would seek a full term as governor. GOP whisperings suggest that Bob McDonnell, current gubernatorial nominee-in-waiting, would defer to Bolling, run again as attorney general and take the party's top spot in 2013.

Packaging theirs as a seasoned slate, Republicans would need only a candidate for lieutenant governor -- and there are plenty.

Bolling might have an edge for governor because of voter fatigue. Virginians put up with an election every year but may not tolerate three governors over four years: Kaine in'05, Bolling in'08 and pick one in'09.

Governor Bolling also could thwart Kaine's unfinished business: kicking out the House Republican majority. Bolling could finesse the 2011 redistricting, extending GOP legislative power for another decade.

And that may have Virginia Commonwealth University rethinking Kaine as its next president. Why risk its slice of the state budget to more shoving between Kaine and Republicans?

Then the only place Kaine could get a job is an Obama White House.

June 26, 2008

COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA

Office of the Attorney General

Richmond 23219

Robert F. McDonnell                                                                                                                        900 East Main Street

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For Release: June 26, 2008                             Contact: J. Tucker Martin or David Clementson

Website: www.vaag.com                                                       Phone: 804-786-2071

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Statement of Attorney General Bob McDonnell on Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller

-Court Upholds Individual Right to Bear Arms-

Richmond- This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment “protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”

In response to this ruling Attorney General Bob McDonnell issued the following statement:

“I am pleased by today’s historic decision. The Court has recognized that the Second Amendment clearly protects the individual right to keep and bear arms. This basic right was so important to our Founders that they recognized it in the Bill of Rights. It is a fundamental individual right that government must respect and protect. The District of Columbia ban was an unconstitutional infringement of this right, and the Court has correctly confirmed this position. Last December we joined an amicus brief, with thirty other attorneys general, supporting the individual right to bear arms interpretation of the Second Amendment. This is a victory for the individual liberties of all Virginians, and all Americans.”

At Attorney General McDonnell’s direction, Virginia joined a multi-state amicus brief of attorneys general, written by Texas in December supporting the individual rights interpretation of the right to bear arms confirmed in the Second Amendment.

The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, arose from a challenge to the District of Columbia’s prohibition of personal ownership of handguns, and additional restrictions on personal ownership of shotguns and rifles. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the gun policies of Washington D.C. violated the Second Amendment. The court found that the right to bear arms is an individual right guaranteed by the framers. The Supreme Court agreed to review the case. The Supreme Court specifically ruled on the question of whether existing law in the < st1:place w:st="on">District of Columbia violates the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes. The case provided the first major review of the original intent and interpretation of the Second Amendment in almost 70 years. It is the first time since the amendment was ratified in 1791 that the essence of the meaning of the Second Amendment has been clearly defined.

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J. Tucker Martin

Director of Communications

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell

804-692-0552

Tucker.Martin@oag.state.va.us

www.vaag.com

May 27, 2008

A policy that obviously works.

No. Va. county sees signs of change amid crackdown

By Karen Mahabir

ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:37 p.m. May 26, 2008

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Business at Pedro Vargas' store, Club Video Mexico, has slid so steeply that only eight people walked through the door one day last month.

One thing he has been selling, however, are one-way bus tickets from northern Virginia to Texas and Mexico. Soon he'll be getting his own ticket out of town – seeking a friendlier and more lucrative place to do business.

“The last few months have been very, very bad for us,” said Vargas, who plans to move this summer from Prince William County, about 25 miles southwest of Washington, to Utah, where he recently opened another store.

Many say Prince William's new crackdown on illegal immigrants has created an environment so unfriendly that Hispanic people are leaving the county of more than 350,000, which according to the U.S. Census Bureau was nearly 15 percent Hispanic in 2006.

The county's policy, which has drawn heated debate and national attention, directs police officers to check the immigration status of everyone they arrest. Beginning July 1, illegal immigrants also will be denied certain services, such as business licenses and mortgage and rental assistance.

“That's like a smack in the face to me,” said Vargas, a 24-year-old Mexican immigrant who is living in the U.S. legally. “I've been living here my whole life, and now they pass this law?”

It is difficult to measure how many Hispanic people have left and their exact reasons for leaving. In addition to immigrants' fears over the new policy, the souring economy and mortgage crisis may be contributing to the departures. But anecdotal evidence increasingly points to a sudden cultural and economic shift in the county's Hispanic community.

Several Hispanic business owners say their sales have plummeted. Prince William school officials say enrollment in English for speakers of other languages classes fell nearly 6 percent to 12,645 students between Sept. 30 and March 31. Other northern Virginia counties had increases.

Salvador Caballero, pastor of Trono de Jehova Pentecostal Church in Woodbridge, said attendance at his Spanish services has shrunk to about 130 people from 200 in recent months. Some people, he said, have stopped coming because they're afraid to be out in public, and others have moved to other states or back to their home countries.

One family of seven packed up and went to Texas. “All they told me is they were going because they were afraid here,” Caballero said. “We're losing a lot of people here in Prince William. I hope they're not going to be sorry later.”

Stephen Fuller, director for the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., said the policy could end up tainting the county's image and scaring off investors.

“I think this will affect the county for several years even if they reverse the policy tonight,” Fuller said. “The damage has been done. It's like personal reputation; it's hard to build that back.”

Supporters of the changes, however, say the crackdown is working as intended. Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart said it already has had a “tremendous positive effect on the quality of life.”

County supervisors recently approved spending $2.6 million for the initiative. Prince William also has incurred higher-than-expected costs at the local jail due to overcrowding. Authorities were taking weeks to pick up suspected illegal immigrants rather than the 72 hours mandated under a partnership between the county and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. County officials were forced to pay to house inmates in other jails in the state.

A policy that went into effect in March directed police to check the residency status of anyone who is detained, no matter how minor the offense, if they believed the person might in the United States illegally. Prince William County supervisors changed the policy last month; now police check the immigration status of all suspects, but only after they are arrested.

Stewart says the change will reduce the possibility of racial-profiling accusations because everyone will now be checked.

But Kent Willis, executive director of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the organization still opposes the policy.

“This is an ordinance that through and through sends the message to police that they ought to be stopping and detaining people that speak a foreign language and appear to be from another country,” he said.

Nancy Lyall, of the immigrant advocacy group Mexicans Without Borders, says she doesn't know what effect the policy change will have, but that it appears to have already damaged the Hispanic community.

“The community is still completely devastated,” she said. “And for those obviously that have left, there's certainly no reason for them to go back.”

At the taco restaurant Ricos Tacos Moya, business has dropped by about 50 percent, and owner Salvador Moya said he doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to hold on. He was already forced to shut the doors this year on a second, much larger location in nearby Dumfries, where the bar and dance floor drew some 200 customers each weekend.

“We don't know what we're going to do,” said the Mexican native, who moved to the area 20 years ago and has worked his way up from being a dishwasher. “When the law started, business went down, down, down.”

March 28, 2008

A Chief of Police who undermines the law?

Greg Leteicq, Help Save Manassas:  Today it has been hot and heavy with the fiasco of Chief Deane engaging in secret meetings with agents of foreign governments, and the picture I'm getting here is that this is worse than we thought.

Before I get to that, here's a little report on what our members observed at the joint Police Department/Mexican Government meeting in Woodbridge tonight.

The Mexican Consul made a lot of statements in Spanish that weren't translated into English, but we have these on tape and hopefully will be able to get
some transcripts soon.  We suspect a lot of these demonstrate that this meeting was an effort of the Government of Mexico to undermine our laws and actively protect illegal aliens from the consequences of their unlawful behavior.  Mexicans Without Borders was there in force, along with the usual suspects in the illegal alien lobby and the county's Human Rights Commission,
and I have an unconfirmed report that representatives from the Government of El Salvador were there as well.

Deane was clearly on the spot tonight, and although this meeting was a terribly bad idea (in that foreign governments were involved) Deane did a good job of ducking a lot of obvious attempts to get him to say something wrong.  He's gotten a lot of practice, so this shouldn't be surprising.

Before this meeting happened tonight, Chairman Corey Stewart started asking the Chief a lot of pointed questions via email about what he's been doing.  The Chief not only was unresponsive to these questions and didn't answer them, but several supervisors are trying to give him cover and actually object to Corey Stewart even asking questions here.  I think most of us would want to know the answer to these questions:

1.      Who initiated the first meeting with the Mexican consul?

2.      How many meetings have occurred, when and where have they occurred, what specifically has been discussed at these meetings and were notes taken to be provided to the BOCS?

3.      How long has this meeting tonight been planned?

4.      Do you have any plans to meet with other Foreign National Government officials?

5.      Was the U.S. Department of State contacted to ensure proper diplomatic protocol is being met in regards to these meetings? If so, who was contacted and when?

6.      Did you inform the County Executive of these meetings? If so, who was contacted and when?

7.      Did you inform any of the Board of County Supervisors of these meetings? If so, who was contacted and when?

8.      Did you contact or seek advice from the County Attorney’s office regarding these meetings to ensure that the County is in full compliance of Federal Law? If so, who was contacted and when?

9.      Which Mexican National Government officials have you been meeting with and what is their contact information?

10.     Were any members of our Congressional Delegation notified of these meetings? If so, who was contacted and when?

Nohe, Caddigan, Principi and Jenkins seem to be interested in giving the Chief cover, NO MATTER WHAT HE'S DONE.

What hasn't been reported (yet) is that Deane has been conducting secret meetings not only with the Mexican Consul in preparation for this meeting, but has been speaking with the governments of almost every nation in Central America, and even the Government of Spain!  All of this has been without even telling the Board of County Supervisors what is going on, or with any coordination with the U.S. Department of State.  If you thought all these foreign governments are telling Chief Deane that they appreciate his efforts to discourage the unlawful presence of illegal aliens in Prince William County, you'd be wrong.  These governments are telling Chief Deane that our laws are wrong, and want his help to have them overturned.

How's that for context to explain why Deane is trying to make the Rule of Law Resolution the most expensive law enforcement program in county history?

March 6, 2008

Tax Refund?

The Washington Times:  State and local officials today will start trying to figure out how to refund $8.3 million in tax money collected by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA).

"It's something I am not very clear on," said Sen. William C. Wampler Jr., Bristol Republican. "I think it is very complicated and sets up a whole other dynamic. Obviously, if the courts tell us it needs to be done, we need to find out a way to do it."

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday that the General Assembly did not have the power to give the NVTA, a 13-member unelected body, authority to raise taxes for regional road and rail projects.

February 21, 2008

From VCDL:  RESTAURANT BAN REPEAL

Senator Hanger's restaurant ban repeal, SB 476, passed the House today  by a large margin (62 to 36)!   Not veto proof, but very, very close  to that magic 67 number.

The vote was bipartisan and should send a strong message to Governor  Kaine that a large portion of the House and Senate want this bill  signed into law.

February 15, 2008

"Tax me more" -- or maybe not.

The Washington Times:  State lawmakers can rule out Virginian's offering up more of their hard-earned money to fix the $1.4 billion budget shortfall Gov. Tim Kaine announced this week.  At least that is what a peek at the so-called 'Tax Me More Fund' suggests.  Since its inception in 2002, the fund has collected a total of $10,217.04.

(The program provides) generous taxpayers with a way to contribute more of their money into the state's coffers and allow lawmakers to highlight the hypocritical nature of higher-tax advocates.  'It's amazing how people want to tax other people for every idea they have, and they are not willing to step up to the plate themselves, said Delegate M. Kirkland Cox, Colonial Heights Republican and a sponsor of the legislation that created the Virginia fund. 'It's a real good way to make a point.'

January 29, 2008

January 15, 2008

Time for some action. 

From VCDL:  ACTION ITEMS:

It is time to get the restaurant ban repeal passed out of the Senate.   We also need to kill the Senate version of the so called "gun show  loophole"  (AKA private sale registration scheme) bill.

On the House side we need to get the college carry bill passed and the  House versions of the so called "gun show loophole" (AKA private sale  registration scheme) bill killed.

**Please do these items now**

To send an email automatically to YOUR Senator, click on the links  below and fill in the requested information, and the message will go  to the correct Senator:

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Repeal the restaurant ban:

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Support the college carry bill:

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Kill the so called "gun show loophole" (AKA private sale registration  scheme) bill in the Senate:

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December 19, 2007

The Virginia Inquisition

Our Own Mary Frances Berry   

Mark Krikorian, NRO:  When Mary Frances Berry left the Commission on Civil Rights three years ago this month, we'd hoped that the body would no longer be used to pursue liberal policy agendas unrelated its genuine purpose. While the climate at the Commission itself seems to have changed for the better, Linda Chavez is continuing in the Berry tradition at the Commission's Virginia advisory committee, in this case using the cudgel of federal civil rights harassment as a way to prevent local immigration enforcement.

She objected yesterday to my post criticizing a kangaroo court she'd convened to browbeat the elected officials of Prince William County, Va., into backing off from immigration-enforcement measures demanded by their constituents. Her letter simply strengthens my point: for instance, she scolds the county supervisors for having "spent little time gathering facts about the impact of immigrants in the county before passing judgment by way of passing new county laws." This raises two questions — is it really her position that elected representatives of the people have to hire social scientists before they're permitted to pass laws? What's more, what kind of conservative thinks it's a good idea for federal oversight bodies to stick their noses into local ordinances?

Linda claims that her inquisitorial panel "brought in experts who could provide empirical data." Even assuming it were any of her business, the only experts providing empirical data, according to the agenda I have, were two advocates for high immigration and loose enforcement — lawyer Muzaffar Chishti from the Migration Policy Institute and demographer Jeff Passel from the Pew Hispanic Center. The absence of my research director, Steve Camarota, who is Passel's counterpart on the low-immigration, pro-enforcement side of the debate, is all the information you need to divine the tendentious nature of the gathering. The second panel included the local officials Linda wanted to interrogate, and the third panel consisted of three more people supporting Linda's views — a leftist documentarian, a pacifist clergyman, and an immigration lawyer — plus two representatives of the restrictionist group FAIR, presumably to provide some nominal diversity of opinion.

Why Linda has become so obsessed with preventing immigration enforcement that she makes common cause with the post-American Left, and embraces its tactics is beyond me. But I have no doubt that's what's happening.

December 17, 2007

Presidential primary ballott list.

WINA:  Virginia's Democratic primary voters will find six names on their ballots, including U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois, and Joe Biden of Delaware. The other Democratic contenders in Virginia will include Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

The six Republicans who will appear on the February 12th GOP ballot include Arizona Senator John McCain, Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee, Former Governors Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Texas Congressman Ron Paul.

U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) will not be a ballot choice in Virginia. The same holds true for Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado), and GOP hopeful Alan Keyes.

The order in which the candidates are listed will be determined later this week.

November 19, 2007

Gilmore to run for Senate.

AP:  Former GOP Gov. Jim Gilmore announced Monday that he will seek the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Republican John Warner.

Gilmore's announcement sets up a campaign with another former governor, Democrat Mark R. Warner — a clash between two men with vastly different views about government and little affection for the other.

Mark Warner announced his intent to run for the seat in September and raised more than $1.1 million in just 17 days.

November 5, 2007

2008 senate race should be interesting.

Virginian-Pilot:  A long-brewing confrontation between Virginia's past two governors appears certain to be played out before voters next year, as Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Jim Gilmore move toward a show down for the U.S. Senate.

Warner, 52, announced his candidacy in September. Gilmore, 58, is expected to toss in his hat before Thanksgiving, according to several of his political advisers.

"These men don't like each other, they don't respect each other, and there should be a lot of fireworks," said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.

October 24, 2007

The issue in the upcoming elections.

Washington Post:  After years of simmering in the background, illegal immigration has quickly emerged as one of the key issues in Virginia's Nov. 6 election, particularly in Northern Virginia, where voters say they are seeking candidates who will address it, according to a new Washington Post poll.

Three-quarters of likely voters in Virginia said immigration is important to their votes in the election for state and local offices, while just a year ago, immigration ranked seventh of 10 listed issues in a Post poll before the U.S. Senate race. Since then, the percentage of Virginia voters calling immigration "extremely" or "very" important to their vote has jumped 15 points.

"That's heartening," said Corey A. Stewart (R-At Large), chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, who spearheaded efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants. "For many people, this has really become a serious threat to their quality of life."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102302425_pf.html

October 22, 2007

Without freebies and handouts, they leave.

Washington Post:  Supporters of the anti-illegal immigration measure adopted in Prince William County last week have argued that its most important purpose is to send a powerful signal to the county's mostly Latino illegal immigrants that they are no longer welcome.

It appears the message has already been received: Terrified that new policies will lead to mass deportations, illegal immigrants and the many legal immigrant relatives and friends who live with them have been moving out of Prince William ever since July, when county supervisors first approved the plan's outline.

October 3, 2007

I could support this.

National Review:  Draft General Pace

By The Editors

Gen. Peter Pace has retired after four decades in uniform, most recently as the first Marine to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense secretary Robert Gates declined to recommend Pace for another two-year term in the military’s top job, fearing that contentious Senate confirmation hearings would rehash past decisions about the war in Iraq. But Pace has another route to the Senate: Virginia conservatives should recruit him to be their candidate in next year’s race to replace the state’s retiring senior senator, Republican John Warner.

Former Virginia governor Mark Warner is the presumptive Democratic candidate for John Warner’s seat. On the Republican side, Rep. Tom Davis is considered Senator Warner’s heir apparent, though he hasn’t declared his candidacy yet. Another former Virginia governor, Jim Gilmore, is expected to challenge Davis for the nomination. If the GOP field is limited to these two candidates, conservatives who hoped that John Warner’s longed-for retirement would give them a chance to “trade up” will be disappointed in their choice.

The records of both Davis and Gilmore should give conservatives pause. Both are pro-choice. Although Gilmore, as governor, signed pro-life measures — including legislation to require a 24-hour waiting period and informed consent for those seeking an abortion — he supports legal abortion in the first trimester. Either candidate would be to the left of the irresolute John Warner on Iraq. Davis was one of only 17 House Republicans to vote for a resolution opposing the surge; he called the resolution a “purely symbolic message.” Gilmore initially supported the surge, but a few months later argued for a “limited deliberate drawdown” of U.S. forces — by which he meant fewer troops, with a scaled-back mission. During his term as governor, Gilmore significantly cut Virginia’s unpopular car tax, but anti-tax activists fault him for big spending increases. And Gilmore faces challenges apart from his record: Even his fans acknowledge that his stiff personality could make him a tough sell against Mark Warner, a more popular former governor.

According to Gallup polls, Congress’s approval rating is at 14 percent, an all-time low. In the 2008 elections, career politicians could face real competition from attractive outsiders. General Pace would be just such a candidate. Last year, Virginia sent Jim Webb, a fellow former Marine and Naval Academy graduate to the Senate.

The articulate and personable four-star would be a novice politician wise in the ways of Washington. As a veteran of the Pentagon’s senior ranks, he would have a commanding advantage over all other candidates on national-security issues. Unlike other senior military leaders, the Catholic General Pace has been outspoken about his conservative beliefs on social issues. In defending the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, he has forthrightly explained that he believes homosexual conduct to be “immoral” behavior that the military shouldn’t condone. Adultery, too, should not be tolerated in the military’s ranks, he has said.

When General Pace was informed that he wouldn’t be re-nominated to another term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he refused to retire voluntarily. Why? A soldier in Baghdad “should not think ever that his chairman, whoever that person is, could have stayed in the battle and voluntarily walked off the battlefield,” Pace explained. Only when it became public knowledge that he had been denied another term did he submit his retirement papers.

Pace has also explained that his experiences in Vietnam guided his decision about whether to retire voluntarily. Recalling the Marines who followed him onto the battlefield and lost their lives, he said, “I promised myself then that I will serve this country until I was no longer needed. I need to be told that I’m done. I’ve been told that I’m done.”

Virginia Republicans should tell this devoted patriot that he is not done, and encourage him to take on another mission.

Prince William County Board of Supervisors waffles.

Keith Walker, Potomac News:  Worries about budget concerns led the Prince William Board of County Supervisors to unanimously postpone action this afternoon on the proposed resolution to crack down on illegal immigration.

The board approved, in theory the resolution directing county police to check the legal status of people if they believe there is probable cause that they are illegal immigrants. They will take up the funding for seven officers to create the criminal alien unit on Oct. 16.

The vote stopped short of denying some county services which included prohibiting illegal immigrants from participating in substance abuse programs in the Prince William-Manassas regional jail and preventing illegal immigrants who are homeless from receiving rental and mortgage assistance.

A majority of the supervisors weren't ready to pass the parts of the resolution denying services until after the cost of implementing them until the board fully understood the cost [sic].

October 1, 2007

The Washington Times: 

Muslim group touts local political clout

October 1, 2007
By Audrey Hudson - How much political power does the Muslim American Society wield? Depends on whom you ask — and when.

"Ask Jim Webb what kind of impact we have. Ask the governor of Virginia what kind of impact we have," Mahdi Bray, the Muslim American Society's executive director told The Washington Times last week.

The Muslim American Society (MAS) claims credit for helping Jim Webb, Virginia Democrat, defeat incumbent Republican Sen. George Allen in 2006, and Democrat Tim Kaine defeat Republican Jerry W. Kilgore in 2005. MAS said it has registered 65,000 voters in Virginia since the 2005 gubernatorial race, and most of them backed Mr. Webb in a race decided by fewer than 8,000 votes.

"The Democrat's win hinged on the Muslim vote," Mr. Bray said during interviews Tuesday and Wednesday about the organization's political activities planned for upcoming elections in November and the 2008 presidential race.

On Thursday, however, the clout established by MAS was put to a political test.

The appointment last month of MAS President Esam S. Omeish to Mr. Kaine's immigration commission was suddenly withdrawn after Steve Emerson, head of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, posted videos on YouTube showing the Northern Virginia surgeon making references to the "Israeli war machine" and the "Jihad way."

Mr. Kaine asked for his resignation, and Dr. Omeish complied without complaint. He said that day that he did not wish to interfere with the committee's duties, but later blamed the fracas on a religiously motivated "smear campaign."

According to other Muslim leaders, the dust-up probably will lead MAS to shift the focus of its political clout, although it isn't clear what the overall effect will be on its efforts to register thousands of voters nationwide and to recruit future policy-makers and politicians from within its ranks.

"The fiasco associated with the appointment and resignation of Dr. Esam Omeish may actually empower MAS more within their own limited activist Islamist community because it allows them to trump up their victimization agenda even more," said Zuhdi Jasser, a physician and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy.

"The majority of Muslims, who I believe do not associate with Islamist organizations but rather look at politics through a secular national lens will, I believe, become even more reluctant to associate with Islamist organizations like the MAS, which primarily carry an agenda of political Islam," Mr. Jasser said.

There is some debate as to how influential Muslims have been in past elections, as well as on the number of Muslims residing in the U.S. because religion is not a census question. Population estimates run from 2 million to 8 million and include noncitizens, American-born, and foreign-born Muslims.

Religion is part of the exit polling by newspapers and television networks on election day, but the percentage of Muslims is too small to analyze closely, said Joe Lenski, executive vice president of Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International. In 2006, his group did 6,000 exit-poll interviews that noted the respondent"s religion.

"Muslims made up less than 1 percent of those, so it was less than 100 voters," Mr. Lenski said.

Muslim are gearing up for the 2008 presidential campaign through a dress rehearsal this fall in nearly two dozen states where key local and state elections are being held. The 21 states targeted by MAS include Virginia, Maryland, California and New York.

"We will focus on areas where Muslims are a large concentration of the population and increasing registration where Muslims have the highest possibility to win tight races," Mr. Bray said. "We are getting our people to understand you don't build your house from the roof down, but from the ground up. You have to be active at the local level, and this off-season election is a tuneup for the national election."

September 13, 2007

it's official: english SPOTSYLVANIA county also joining new coalition(sic)

BY DAN TELVOCK

Spotsylvania supervisors passed resolutions last night to recognize English as the county's official language and to join a coalition of governments that will study legislative solutions to illegal immigration.

Spotsylvania Supervisor Chris Yakabouski, who is running for the state senate against Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania), brought forward both resolutions, which passed on 7-0 votes. Supervisors met later in closed session to get advice from legal counsel "on issues affecting local regulations on illegal immigration."

The coalition resolution states illegal immigrants "may cause an increased burden on county-provided services, increased cost to the county and a potential increase in crime rates."

The Culpeper Board of Supervisors initiated the coalition. Spotsylvania is the first to join among nine other counties, three towns and two city governments that have been invited, said Culpeper County Administrator Frank Bossio. The coalition will brainstorm and then recommend legislative solutions to the General Assembly's commission studying illegal immigration.

Supervisor Hap Connors had added to the coalition resolution that the state government reimburse localities for the management and law enforcement costs "incurred by mandates from the General Assembly and as a result of the failure of both the Federal and State government to adequately address this issue."

"I do agree with you," Yakabouski told Connors. "This is another place where we have to take a leadership role and do what we can. I hope more localities will join with us in tackling this issue."

The resolution making English the official language, which is already state law, is largely a political statement. The resolution states that no county agency is required by law to provide translators or information and documents that are in any other language but English.

September 10, 2007

Washington Times:  Virginia's alien lawbreakers

Virginia residents and Gov. Tim Kaine should embrace legislation proposed by General Assembly Republicans to crack down on illegal aliens arrested for crimes in the state. GOP lawmakers are introducing legislation requiring state sheriffs to verify the citizenship of suspects they arrest. The measure will mandate that jails at all times have an onsite staffer who is certified by federal authorities to detain and begin deportation proceedings against illegal-alien suspects and criminals. A commonsense proposal, the plan would have sheriffs rely on the nationwide databases from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to quickly identify illegal aliens and ensure they are detained without bail. Leading supporters of the bill such as state Sen. Jay O'Brien rightly emphasize that noncitizens who are in the United States illegally are by definition lawbreakers and therefore a heightened flight risk.

The legislative proposal is further bolstered by recent findings from the Virginia State Crime Commission, which reported that nearly 10 percent of Virginia's inmates — some 21,000 people — are illegals. If sheriffs are given resources to access ICE's valuable data, these tens of thousands of illegal aliens will face a streamlined process of expulsion from a state that will be able to avoid costly booking and imprisonment costs currently paid by taxpayers.This latest measure has already won the tentative approval of the Virginia Sheriffs' Association, the organization representing Virginia's 123 sheriff's offices, many of whom oversee administration of the state's 80 regional jails. These men and women who would be most affected by the measure agree that it will help address the problem of illegal-alien criminals and put to rest objections raised about increased paperwork or bureaucracy.

It would be a welcome development if Mr. Kaine would take a stand, say no to the open-borders groups and support this commonsense legislation. But don't hold your breath.

September 7, 2007

Illegal Aliens Declare War on the United States, Part II
By Douglas MacKinnon
Friday, September 7, 2007
Townhall.com

When we last left it, Prince William County in Virginia was trying to defend itself and its legal inhabitants against the massive influx of illegal aliens pouring into the county. A migration that is putting a tremendous strain on the infrastructure of the county while substantially raising the crime rate.

Toward that end, the county logically decided that the best way to combat this invasion by illegal aliens was to simply enforce the laws. Mistake. At least as far as the illegal aliens, their left-wing lawyers, and the left-leaning Washington Post are concerned. The illegal aliens and their lawyers, with a huge public relations assist from the Washington Post, basically decided to declare war on the county in response.

Six weeks after writing my first column on this subject, the situation has gone from bad to worse for the law-abiding citizens of Prince William County. In late July, thousands of illegal aliens and their supporters met in Prince William County to declare that they would punish the county for daring to enforce it laws by boycotting non-immigrant businesses, striking against those innocent owners and suing the county into bankruptcy.

Earlier this week, as many as seven thousand illegal aliens and their pro-law breaking supporters – including Hispanic Priests – converged once again at the seat of the Prince William County government to intensity their militancy as they sought to intimidate the Prince William board and the legal citizens of the county. It should be noted that this threatening protest was led by a group that calls itself “Mexicans Without Borders.” An organization headed-up by an individual who, it has been reported, draws his inspiration from the violent Marxist Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Pure and simple, these militants intend to take the county down and then take their guerilla campaign to the next city or county that has the temerity to try and enforce the laws of the United States.

For the majority of the citizens of Prince William County, as well as the vast majority of the citizens of our nation, this thuggish attack from within represents a direct threat to our very sovereignty. We are a nation with borders and it is the job of our federal government to enforce those borders, and while doing so, ensure the national security of our country.

Horrifyingly, commonsense and the ultimately suicidal self-interests of many or our politicians dictates that as 500,000 illegal aliens per year cross into our country unimpeded, these elected officials will shamelessly grovel for their approval to stay in office. To get such approval, they will need to ignore border security and push various amnesty plans. The end result of such behavior will not only hasten the end of our sovereignty, but will put our nation at a much greater risk of terrorist attack.

Why? For confirmation, one need look no further than last year’s frightening report titled “Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border,” released by the House Committee on Homeland Security. Have not heard of it? That’s because the majority of our politicians and media chose to ignore it.

Little wonder. Chief among this report’s findings were that terrorists from Hezbollah and other Islamic organizations have and continue to enter our country through our southern flank. Yes, you read that right. Members of Hezbollah – an organization considered more dangerous than Al Qaida – have already entered our nation.

The report further stated that the U.S. Military and intelligence officials believe that Venezuela – at the direction of dictator Hugo Chavez – is emerging as a hub of terrorism in the Western Hemisphere. That the Chavez government is teaching Islamists how to speak Spanish, supplying them with Venezuelan identity cards, and facilitating their illegal entry into the United States.

What more proof do these irresponsible politicians, lawyers, and members of the media need? Are they waiting for a mushroom cloud to appear over an American city before they will admit that by not locking down our borders and controlling illegal immigration, we are putting ourselves at tremendous risk.

Point blank. If you are an American business that willingly employs illegal aliens, you are putting us all at risk. If you are the mayor or city council of a sanctuary city, you are putting us all at risk. Should the unthinkable happen, you will bear much of the responsibility.

Combative, illegal aliens have established a beachhead in Prince William County, Virginia. Millions of illegal aliens and their supporters around the nation are closely following this confrontation. Should the militant illegal aliens prevail in Prince William county, the others around the nation will be emboldened to try the same.

Should this happen, our borders will grow weaker and more terrorists will enter our nation. The clock is ticking.

August 27, 2007

A pizza for my country

By James Atticus Bowden
Enter Stage Right (www.enterstageright.com)

Shakespeare's King Richard III cried, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"  He would give his country to save to save himself.  Today, we need to give a pizza to save our country, or at least part of it – our Virginia.  Actually, we just need the money to buy a pizza.  Only 10 to 20 dollars.  Seriously.

You see, the Virginia's tax and spend politicians – both Democrat and Republican – insist their tax increases (sales tax '04, transportation tax '07) only cost a Virginia family about $10 to $20 dollars a month.  That's for the bogus average Virginia family of about 1.3 persons – and other cooked book number concoctions.

In fact, taxes eat at the little discretionary cash a real family has.  After rising gas prices take their big bites, there can be very little left.  So, the tax increases really do matter when it comes to ordering out that pizza for the family or not.  The tax increases kill jobs.   Every $150 million in taxes kills about 5,000 jobs.  So, when too many families can't have that pizza on family night at home, the pizza place has cut workers – or not hire.  The minimum wage workers are the first to go.

It'll take spending the money for a pizza a month, to elect at least one populist, Conservative Republican to the Virginia Senate – to roll back the tax hikes on Virginia's families.  Giving $10 or $20 a month – for August, September, and October 2007 can help get Tricia Stall elected as the Senator from Virginia's 1st Senate District on The Peninsula.

Tricia took out tax-and-spend incumbent Marty Williams in the June 12th Republican primary.  She was outspent over 10:1!  She had the people, the real grassroots of the good people of Virginia, with her.  Winning the general election means going up against the same big money, big government, higher taxes, fat cat good ole boy power.

The Democrats and their Mo'-Government-makes-me-rich business allies will put in over $1 million in this race. We had a fundraiser at my house for Tricia Stall recently.  We made almost $2,000.  Two thousand dollars vs. $1 million is long odds.  Of course, when Tricia helped the grassroots effort so much on the kNOw Campaign to beat the '02 Transportation Tax Scam, we beat $2.2 million with $40,000.  So, we really need that extra $20,000 or so to win this race. 

If one thousand Virginians – or other Americans - buy Tricia a $10 pizza - in other words make a $10 donation on line – for August, September and October, she will have $30,000 to stand up to the Million Dollar Monster of unelected, unaccountable Regional Government, transportation plans that don't work, more taxes, more eminent domain abuses, and coddling illegal aliens to exploit their  cheap labor – and place their every burden on the taxpaying citizens.

Tricia Stall really needs that donation worth the price of pizza or two.  For just a few months.  One election season.  And, it's so easy. Look at the right column of my blog and click on the pizza icon.   Make your secure donation on-line. 

If you can afford to give more than a pizza – then donate the gebillion, gazillion, gajillion dollars the Lord has blessed you to give.

The Good People of Virginia can take back our General Assembly one seat at a time.  Other Great Americans can help.  At the cost of one pizza or two from every family, each month this election time.

A pizza!  Two pizzas!  A pizza for Tricia Stall!  A Pizza for our Commonwealth!  A Pizza for our Country!

Make mine pepperoni, please.

August 5, 2007

"Abuser fees" not Constitutional.

Washington Times:  A second judge in Virginia ruled yesterday that the state's new "abuser fees" program that singles out resident drivers is unconstitutional.

The ruling was issued in the case of Joseph C. Fields, a Virginia man who was convicted July 7 in Richmond General District Court of reckless driving and faced a $1,050 abuser fee under the new program.

"The law requiring the assessment of Civil Remedial Fees only upon the Commonwealth of Virginia does violate the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States," Richmond Judge Thomas O. Jones wrote in his ruling.

His decision mirrored the ruling Henrico County General District Court Judge Archer L. Yeatts III issued a day earlier....

July 15, 2007

If the Feds won't, we will.

Los Angeles Times:  Using a municipal swimming pool or checking out a library book could soon be against the law for illegal immigrants living in Prince William County, Va.  The county's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution this week that aims to ban illegal immigrants from receiving most government-funded services, as well as increase enforcement of immigration laws at a local level.  The resolution, if it withstands legal challenges, would be among the toughest of a growing number of resolutions in the country seeking to deter illegal immigration.

July 12, 2007

Right idea, although I would have used different reasons.

http://petitiononline.com/va3202/petition.html -- an online petition to repeal the "abusive driver fees".  I think the new law should be repealed.  First, it violates a basic premise of taxation -- using taxes as a form of punishment.  Second, this law violates the equal protection of the 14th Amendment, since it applies only to Virginia violators, but not to out of state violators.  The same punishment should apply to whoever violates the law.  Third, this is not a law designed to deter unsafe or illegal behavior, it is designed as a revenue generator as stated specifically in the legislation.  This turns our police from law enforcement into tax collectors.  This is what we get for electing tax and spend Dems and RINOs. -- L

June 28, 2007

Get the lead out -- of your foot.

thenewspaper.com: Virginia Introduces $3550 Speeding Ticket
Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm.

Virginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new, multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B. Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.

"The purpose of the civil remedial fees imposed in this section is to generate revenue," the new law states. (Virginia Code 46.2-206.1)

Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.

Other six-point convictions include "failing to give a proper signal," "passing a school bus" or "driving with an obstructed view." The same $1050 assessment applies, but the conviction remains on the record for eleven years.

Although the amount of the tax can add up quickly, the law forbids judges from reducing or suspending it in any way. The tax applies only to Virginia residents, so that out-of-state motorists only need to pay the regular ticket amount. Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Texas also impose a somewhat more modest driver responsibility tax which they apply to out-of-state residents.

June 27, 2007

Warner to Retire?

The Washington Times:

Virginia Sen. John W. Warner has said little about whether he will run for re-election, but the 80-year-old Republican is giving clear indications that he will not return for another term and that his coyness is merely an attempt to help Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, a fellow Republican, replace him.

"There has been considerable discussion about the possibility that [Mr. Warner] might delay an announcement of candidacy, then announce he wasn't going to run, to allow Congressman Tom Davis to build up at the beginning of the campaigns, which would give Davis an advantage," said Morton C. Blackwell, chairman of the Virginia's Republican National Committee and leader of the conservative Leadership Institute.

June 25, 2007

Virginia's RINOs are out to get your money.

Stephen Moore, opinionjournal.com:  Starting July 1, residents and drivers in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads will be taxed by regional governments in which they have little say or influence. It's all part of a tax hike the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted earlier this year. And it's a sharp break from what the state has allowed in the past.

Previously, local governments had to first get permission from Richmond before imposing new sales taxes. But now, thanks to liberal GOPers in the Legislature, two regional transportation authorities have been given the power to impose, at their discretion, additional levies on consumers and tolls on drivers.

June 24, 2007

Hang on to your wallet.

John J. Miller, NRO:  Pulled over for driving 78 mph on a 55 mph road? In Virginia, it will soon cost more than $1,000. This isn't because Virginians are especially reckless drivers who require draconian disincentives in the name of public safety—it's a Richmond money grab. The state legislature wants to increase revenue but doesn't want to be accused of raising taxes. It's being called a "civil remedial fee." And thus our state troopers will become glorified tax collectors. Brilliant.

Michael Rubin, NRO:  It seems the legislator who introduced the higher fines, which the article you cite says will lead to an influx of business to law firms specializing in traffic cases is, you guessed it, co-founder and partner in a firm specializing in traffic/criminal law cases. His government position is part time, so the rest of his time, he can work on the cases his legislation generates. Gotta love Virginia politics.

What we need is a law prohibiting lawyers from holding elected office. -- L

June 7, 2007

Hateful anti-guns idiots in Virginia

The Northern Virginia Million Mom Marchers (all 5 or 6 of them), had a public meeting in a public library earlier this week.  Several gun owners, including some VCDL members, showed up to hear what the speakers were going to say.

All the gun owners were either carrying concealed or not carrying at all, and two brought video cameras.

The MMM representative tried to get the gun owners to turn off their cameras or sign the following agreement:

    "I agree that any photographic representations recorded at this meeting will be used solely by me for my private use and will not be copied, or made available to any other person or organization without the prior consent of the Northern Virginia Million Mom March."

A gun owner declined to sign the hastily written waiver.

That's where things got nasty.

The MMMs told the people attending the meeting [half of which were gun owners ;-)] that the meeting was going to be cancelled because the gun owners were INTIMIDATING the MMM's speakers with their video cameras!!! (I couldn't make this stuff up if I wanted to.)

Sorry, MMMs, but you disrupted your own meeting.

The person who didn't sign the agreement was then disparaged by saying he had a small penis (the comment is caught on the video below).

Could you imagine if I shutdown a VCDL meeting because an anti-gunner brought a video recorder and then disparaged her by commenting on the spacious size of her rump?  Egads.

What were they going to say that they didn't want to be held accountable for?

There was a uniformed Fairfax police officer in the room.  Was he providing security (!) or was he going to speak (!)?

Here are some quotes that show the kind of people that make up the MMMs:

"We have been threatened by them [gun owners] so many times.  And abused and badgered by them so many times that it is nothing to us." [Threatened and abused?  Oh, please.  Laughed at, yes. - PVC]

"Can they tape with us standing in front of the camera?  I mean
legally we can do that."

"We apologize for him [the gun owner who wouldn't sign the MMM's agreement]."

"He can't help it.  His penis size is too small."

"Permission to call him an asshole?"

Here are the videos - rated H for hateful:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsyrBTvN2g
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lc8uXTfpdHM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-CnDvnPFzL0

and more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOg1pEnddwM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq1h8_Y0P7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cD-H3s7aQ

-- Virginia Citizen's Defense League (VCDL)

January 5, 2007

Dem Governor does what Dems do best -- raise taxes.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday that the public's response to legislative gridlock on transportation improvements prompted him to renew his proposals to increase vehicle registration fees and the sales tax on new cars. Anti-tax Republicans, who control the House of Delegates, rejected the proposals during the extended session last year. Mr. Kaine, a Democrat, will ask lawmakers to reconsider during the 46-day election-year session that begins Wednesday. -- Washington Times