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ShaunKenney.com is one of Virginia’s oldest political blogs, focusing on the role of religion and politics in public life. Shaun Kenney, 34, lives in Kents Store, Virginia and is Supervisor for the Columbia District of Fluvanna County, Virginia.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Tax Wars (or Edd Houck Strikes Back)!
ShareDoubling the car tax is the fix for all the Senate Democrat’s woes! Great idea guys! No new solutions, just higher taxes when McDonnell sets the boundaries. Pathetic. 2011 can’t come soon enough.
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Wilder on Campaigning vs. Governing
ShareThat’s really the thrust of what former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder is trying to say regarding both President Obama’s leadership and DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s leadership for the Democratic Party: This is worth watching, if not to see Governor Wilder’s … Continue reading
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Reason #345,390 not to travel in a snowstorm
ShareShare this with others: This was Interstate 64. No joke — unless you know how to drive in the snow and ice, stay off the roads.
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Global Warming Makes Blizzards Worse?
ShareAccording to TIME it does: There is some evidence that climate change could in fact make such massive snowstorms more common, even as the world continues to warm. As the meteorologist Jeff Masters points out in his excellent blog at … Continue reading
Posted in National Politics
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Fear and Gambling
Share…seems they are more connected than you’d imagine: The researchers compared the women’s responses to 12 people with undamaged brains. They noted this kind of study usually involves only a few people as it is not possible or ethical to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Economics, Philosophy
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I support HB 570
ShareBearing Drift has the great news: Currently, when a taxpayer believes he is being overcharged, he faces an uphill battle because the government’s assessment is presumed to be correct in any appeal. Iaquinto’s bill would lift that burden off the … Continue reading
Posted in Fluvanna, Virginia Politics
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The 5,000 Year Leap
Share …is more like lemmings off a cliff. I just finished reading the book, given to me as a gift along with a copy of the U.S. Constitution. While I readily recognize some of the theories in there as a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Philosophy
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Maryland’s condescending paternalism
ShareGovernment knows better than you. Didn’t you know that? Of course, I tend to believe that individuals are best fit to sort out their own lives, without the government telling you or coercing you into how you should live — … Continue reading
Posted in Central Virginia, Culture, Virginia Politics
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Score one for the 10th Amendment
ShareFrom the WaPo, Virginia’s Senate rejects the health care mandate from Washington, with five Democrats voting with the GOP minority. Supporters argued that the bill was not about health-care reform but whether the government can mandate that a citizen purchase … Continue reading
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