Monthly Archives: March 2004

Liberals forget that government’s money comes from our pockets My opinion column printed in today’s Free Lance-Star: TED HONTZ in his March 11 response to Del. Mark Cole [“‘No new taxes’? How about ‘no new progress’ on budget mess?”] offers … Continue reading →

Imaginary Foreign Leader Endorsement Have you ever been caught in a lie while running for President of the United States? If you want to make a current president jealous, look better in front of your political buddies who have real … Continue reading →

Selective Service System Begins Preliminaries for “Special Services Draft” Calling all Americans, 18-25. . . Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is adamant that he will not ask Congress to authorize a draft, and officials at the Selective Service System, the independent … Continue reading →

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bowl-a-Thon! Today is the BB/BS Bowl-a-Thon at Liberty Lanes. If you have one afternoon a month free, consider joining the organization and sponsoring a Little Brother or Sister. It is a teriffic organization that I certainly benefited … Continue reading →

VRE Expansion in Spotsylvania? The Committee of 500 is holding a forum to discuss the pros and cons of extending the VRE to Spotslyvania County. The panel discussion will take place in Room 212 at Germanna Community College off the … Continue reading →

Democrat Kerry Challenges Bush to Monthly Debates You gotta love this little line: “Surely, if the attack ads can start now at least we can agree to start a real discussion about America’s future,” Kerry said in remarks prepared for … Continue reading →

Madrid Train Terror Blasts Kill 190 The terror blast in Madrid today is being denied by the Basque separatist parties and the ETA, who usually take responsibility no matter how poorly planned or well-carried out the attacks were. However, there … Continue reading →

A Million Europeans Enslaved Usually when we think of slavery, we think of the tragedy of Africans being brought to the Americas. But not many realize that slavery was a worldwide fad between 1500-1800, most notably practiced by the Moors … Continue reading →

Spotsylvania Mulls 13% Tax Hike Gotta love the Free Lance-Star. Only they could characterize a 13% tax hike as a lower rate: Spotsylvania County supervisors voted yesterday to advertise a real-estate tax rate of 96 cents–5 cents less than the … Continue reading →