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January 5, 2009
BEWARE THE BELL: Wall Street to open lower as investors wait for latest auto sales figures
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INVESTORS BOOST STOCKS WORLDWIDE, as they shift into riskier assets on "hopes"
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OBAMA ATTEMPTING TO SELL HIS $775B STIMULUS PACKAGE AS A $300B TAX CUT Without telling us how he intends we pay for either
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ECONOMIC BAILOUT What is your government really committing you to? - Add 'em up - It's your money, not the government's
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FOREIGN INVESTORS DUMP $89B IN U.S. SECURITIES in historic fire sale: "We've had a global panic. Everyone is pulling their money home"
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AS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY DROPS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 28 YEARS, indicators don't point to a banner economic year in 2009
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Local Headlines
SELF-DESCRIBED 'CONSERVATIVE' DEMOCRAT TO CHALLENGE GOP Del. Tom Gear for 91st District General Assembly seat
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'CRUMBS'
TO THE MASSES
as Norfolk tosses new $7.4 MILLION recreation center (at taxpayers' expense) to the masses today as it's "TROLLEY FOLLY" continues to suck out big tax bucks. But maybe now they won't notice!
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BACKGROUND, 'INSIDER' POLITICIAN moves to forefront as Suffolk's newest council member
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OOOPS! IN WRONG PLACE @ WRONG TIME LEADS TO MURDER of captain of Maury football team in Park Place
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State & Regional Headlines
FORMER DNC CHAIRMAN, DEMOCRAT POWER POLITICIAN ENTERS VA DEMOCRAT NOMINATION RACE: Terry McAuliffe has had all that money can buy
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TERRY McAULIFFE MAY BE CRAZY, BUT HE'S LOADED: And, since he bought Virginia for Tim Kaine to play with, there is no reason he cannot buy Virginia for himself - The sheeple don't care
More TO COMPLETE McAULIFFE SWAP, KAINE NAMED AS NEXT DNC CHAIRMAN Who knows, maybe he can destroy the Democrats like he did VA
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JUSTICE? WHAT JUVENILE JUSTICE?VA legislators to get issues from study involving juvenile justice
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LET THE (HOMICIDE) GAMES BEGIN as Richmond kicks off new year with its 1st murder
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TECHNOLOGY v TECHNOLOGY NC man using laser light to annoy police helo nailed by helo's FLIR
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SMALL PLANE CRASH LANDS AT WILMINGTON airport after landing gear malfunction. No injuries reported
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National Headlines
8 DIE IN LA OIL SERVICES HELO CRASH; one survivor in critical condition
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BUT THEY DIDN'T CATCH HIM ... SLICK! MADOFF TARGETED 8 times in 16 years by suspicious regulators who failed to detect largest Ponzi scheme in history
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WALL STREET CROOKS - DUCK! B.O. and his band of marauding Democrats plan major overhaul of U.S. financial regulation
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CROOKED CLINTONS CONTINUE CRIMES: Developer gives Slick Willie's foundation $100K; Senator Slick Hillie gets developer million$ of your tax money to help him build his mall - "No connection" claim Clinton propagandists
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  SILVER BULLET AWARD: To 2 South Bend, IN residents who shot and injured 2 would-be home intruders in 2 separate incidents. One shot in face, other in leg. Next time fellows go for the GOLD BULLET Award
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IT AIN'T OVER "TIL IT'S OVER: MN officialdom will anoint Franken as Senate race victor today - Likely lawsuit has several avenues to revise count, bar Franken from Senate - But, as VNS has been telling you since November, Minnesota officialdom is controlled by Democrats, from the Supremes on down through the election boards, recount committees, etc., and they have now stolen the election for their comedian - Coleman may sue; it is unlikely he'll win
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"DIRTY HARRY" REID ALSO PRESSURED ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ON OBAMA SENATE REPLACEMENT: No wonder Harry won't seat Blevins on Tuesday; Reid has his own horse in the race
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NEVER GIVE UP CT heart attack victim's last lotto ticket wins $10M for his widow
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DEMOCRATS SET TO CRAM THROUGH STIMULUS PLAN BEFORE ANYONE CAN OBJECT: If not this week, ASAP - The only unanswered question - how are you (not Obama) going to pay for it
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WHERE DO YOU FIND AN HONEST DEMOCRAT? Richardson forced to withdraw from Obama nomination to be Commerce Secretary, in light of federal grand jury investigation into some of his under-the-table commerce: California firm makes donations to PACs supporting Richardson in New Mexico; state sends its finance business to the firm - Perhaps B.O. could send Diogenes out to look
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PERKS LESS FOR DEPARTING BUSH: First ex-prez to face limit on Secret Service protection
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IT'S A GAS - NOT! Most, but not all of deadly U.S. VX nerve agent destroyed
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International Headlines
DON'T ASK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW: India provides Pakistan evidence tying Mumbai terrorists to Pakistan, after weeks of Islamabad demanding it be produced - if it existed
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"ROOT CANAL" FOR TERROR is next stage in the Gaza op: Main objective is now to search and destroy terror infrastructure, kill gunmen
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ISRAEL'S "CAST LEAD" LEAVES PHONELESS TERRORISTS CONFUSED: Almost of all of Gaza's cell phone system is out of order, television stations have been hit and the Hamas website is down
More 13 HAMAS ROCKETS HIT SOUTHERN ISRAEL MONDAY, after night of relative calm
More EGYPT TO DEMAND HAMAS ACCEPT IMMEDIATE TRUCE IN GAZA: Turkey's P.M. accuses Israel of committing "inhuman" acts in Gaza that would cause it to self-destruct
More FRENCH TRY TO BROKER TRUCE AS ISRAEL presses forward with ground assault in Gaza
More IRAN, BAHRAIN OFFICIALS CALL ON MUSLIM COUNTRIES to use oil as a weapon to end Gaza fighting
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CATHOLIC CHURCH CHALLENGES SOCIALIST POWER GRAB IN BOLIVIA: Opposes President Evo Morales, whom it accuses of seeking an "excessive concentration of power" in his bid to remake Bolivia as a socialist state - Their silence over the Socialist power grab going on in this country is deafening
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EUROPES' POLICE SET TO STEP UP HACKING OF HOME PCs: Warrantless searches possible in EU 'surveillance state" - And who says they won't hack your PC, too
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BREAKING ... GLASS ... WATERFORD CRYSTAL maker takes bankruptcy
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| Editorials: NO DEFENSE OF MCDONNELL'S ACTIONS |
 Pat Murphy writes "I had to laugh when someone recently wrote that Bob McDonnell was "just doing his job" when he defended the Commonwealth of Virginia and HB3202 in a case brought against the state by citizens who, even though they weren't the highly trained Regent University Lawyers that Bob claims to be, could see that the law was UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The defense was, since it was a suit against Virginia, Bob had to defend it!
The fact is, Bob didn't have to defend the illegal unconstitutional law."
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Posted by moerowe on Monday, January 05 @ 06:26:54 MST (28 reads)
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| Editorials: You Just Can't Bail-out our Deficit of Trust |
 Guest Columnist writes "by Thomas Pastore
Orlando, FL
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
The above words are those spoken by Senators and Governors, when they take office. These are the same words that were taken by those Candidates who Ran for President in this last election.
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Posted by moerowe on Sunday, January 04 @ 06:26:41 MST (23 reads)
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| Letters: Impeach those who violate their oath |
 Editor:
Americans should take a stand and IMPEACH everyone of these elected elites that have violated their oath of office.
Sad part is, most Americans have accepted the new American SOCIALISM and do not have the will to defend or protect our Constitution.
Most Americans have no clue what our Constitution is. They continue to support government control over the most basic rights - such as controlling what we eat and drink.
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Posted by moerowe on Saturday, January 03 @ 12:28:21 MST (18 reads)
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| Are bailouts as illegal as they are unjust? |
Guest Columnist writes "by Tibor R. Machan, Ph.D.
Member of the Board of Scholars of the Virginia Institute for Public
Policy, and
R. C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics & Free Enterprise at
Chapman University's Argyros School of Business & Economics
It is becoming common practice for governments to intercede with their legal powers whenever politicians believe that private firms need to be bailed out after their imprudent business decisions have lead them to the
brink of disaster.
Interestingly, such practices are justified by the cheerleaders of government intervention on the grounds that now and then they help. For example, when Chrysler Corporation was near collapse several decades ago, the government advanced money to it, which served to keep the company in business. Chrysler did manage to recover and, in time, pay back what it borrowed."
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Posted by moerowe on Saturday, January 03 @ 11:41:16 MST (6 reads)
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| Letters: A Soldier's Simple Request |
by SFC Geraldo N. Fournier
23rd Chemical Company
Ft. Lewis, Washington
Distributed with permission of the author by Larry Stewart for publication.
The life of a soldier is hard and misunderstood sometimes. People ask, “What makes a soldier brave and face danger? What Makes them suffer the pain of death?” I have seen death up close. I have watched a brave man die in front of me while serving in Iraq. I believe death is unpredictable and certain for us all, but I am not talking about an everyday death that will take us all, but the death of a soldier who is willing to die to make others free and help them live a life of peace.
Some people assume that when a soldier is in war, they are comfortable in the battlefield with death because they are trained to fight or die. This is far from the truth! I agree that a soldier is prepared to give because of war. The difference between everyday people and a soldier is that they are wiling to die for what they believe in without question or remorse. I soldier fights to defend the people whether helpless or not. He will fight to protect those he loves which include his family and his country. This is what drives him to face death, to build courage and to gain a brave heart, not for selfish gain. If a soldier goes to war for, self, then he is lost in a world of misconception and misunderstanding. The courage and bravery that rages from within will never be well balanced in his soul if it is for selfish reasons.
Upon his return home, all he asks is a simple request of his country and his family is to be respected and loved. If his life is lost in battle, all he asks of them both is to never be forgotten and to be buried with dignity and respect.
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Posted by moerowe on Saturday, January 03 @ 10:54:55 MST (6 reads)
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| Letters: Let government run NV's sex industry! Is that anyway to screw people? |
Editor:
I hear the next administration is going to have a once a quarter government paid trip to the "Whorehouse State of Nevada" for every American.
The places will still be in the capable hands of private management thus assuring a well run operation.
The idea is that men that have that to look forward to will be less tense and trouble making, thus a kinder and gentler society with less male hormon induced crime. There will be a voucher system. The only problem is the "Every American" bit.
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Posted by moerowe on Saturday, January 03 @ 10:38:46 MST (15 reads)
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Photo of the Day
Movin' on down the line!
Or where's the road go, George, as the Anson trestle disappears down the hill and around the bend in rural NC.
VNS staff photo Jeanne Holland-Newton
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