Today’s Loser | Bob Goodlatte
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No longer the ranking Republican on the House Agriculture Committee. And you’re effective for us in Washington … how, again?
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It’s official – Perriello did it
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The wait is over. Tom Perriello was confirmed the winner of the Fifth District congressional race yesterday at the end of a recount process that saw the Democrat outpolling Virgil Goode by 727 votes. “I’m gratified that after an exhaustive democratic process, we now can say with certainty that this election is over, and the…
Sam Rasoul | 10 Points To Help Rebuild Our Economy
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On the verge of global economic collapse, we hear many ideas about how to improve our economy. Just spending more is not going to work. You can add all the fuel you want to a broken engine, but our nation needs to make some fundamental changes. If we are going to spend trillions in taxpayer…
Indonesian prof to speak today at EMU
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Fatimah Husein, a philosophy professor at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will speak twice at Eastern Mennonite University today.
AFP, New Dominion, local Dems headed to D.C. for Obama inauguration
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The Augusta Free Press/The New Dominion and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to sponsor a bus trip to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009, to witness Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th President of the United States.
Matt Caterine | Support Employee Free Choice
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On Nov. 4, the people of Virginia sent a loud and clear message to elected officials in Congress: they want leadership that will bring about real change in Washington. Despite misleading attacks from anti-worker special interests, voters elected Mark Warner to work with a pro-worker majority in Congress and a pro-worker president to take a…
David Cox | Count those blessings!
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Thanksgiving 2008 could not come at a better time. With the hubbub of the elections subsiding, one and all are taking new stock of what enormous problems incoming officials face: Rising unemployment. Citibank laying off 50,000 people — that’s lots more than everyone in our entire Lex/Rockbridge/BV region, including students who haven’t even been employed…
Perriello certified as winner in Fifth
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Tom Perriello is a big step closer to his swearing-in as the new congressman from Virginia’s Fifth District. The Virginia State Board of Elections has certified Perriello’s 745-vote victory over longtime incumbent Virgil Goode. “The citizens of the Fifth District have spoken, every vote has been counted and certified, and they have elected Tom Perriello…
Sanford D. Horn | Not Your Father’s Stock Market – Does Anyone Really Miss Oldsmobile?
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During Independence Day weekend in 2005 I bought a brand new Chevy Malibu. It’s such a nice automobile that General Motors now wants me to buy another one, except they won’t actually let me have the car. They, along with Ford and Chrysler want my money, but have nothing to offer in return. The same…
David Reynolds | Dear President-elect
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Before we go any further let me say that I did not vote for you. I do not care who you hung around with in Chicago, where you went to church and what Michelle wrote in her Princeton Senior Thesis. Most importantly, I don’t care what is the color of your skin. Obviously, the press…
