How many out there would support a reform to our own system. Basic components of the reform would include term limits for Congress, adjusted term limits for future presidents, committee reforms, congress salary reductions, added members to House & Senate to shrink district sizes for each Rep., and reformation for the process of selecting... Read More »
On February 13, 2013 U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), along with Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), introduced Startup Act 3.0 in the Senate.
This broadly popular, bipartisan legislation is the latest effort to expand the available pool of visas for highly-educated and entrepreneurial immigrants to stay in the United... Read More »
Keeping watching/learning from Senator Rand Paul and Senator Ted Cruz discuss Drone attacks on Americans in the USA right now LIVE on C-SPAN: http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
10 hours and still going strong!
Keep Defending. Keep Speaking. Keep Standing.
Stand with Rand Paul!
Called Senator Dick Durbin's (IL-D) office and they weren't taking any more phone calls because they were receiving a high volume today. Hmmm... I wonder why???
Also called Senator Mark Kirk's (IL-R) office and left a message.
Let your voice be heard. For every ONE person who calls their senator, they count it as representing ONE HUNDRED citizens.
Watch Senator Rand Paul discuss Drone attacks on Americans in the USA right now LIVE on C-SPAN: http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
I am just wondering as all this starts going down are people going to kick in my door and try to take my guns. If I do not go through a FFL then they will not know I have it. I am just curious.
I see the sun came up today... is this what Sequestration is like? Because its a beautiful day where I live...
There is a reason that few of us subscribe to TIME magazine. With the selection of Mr. Barack Hussein Obama as person of the year, one wonders why alternative choices were ignored. Certainly, Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani women's rights activist who survived after being shot in the head and neck by Taliban, Fabiola Gianotti, one of CERN’s head... Read More »
The federal government has very limited powers when it comes to forcing states to implement policy. In the past, it has used the "carrot and stick" method, providing or withdrawing funding for one program or another to coerce states to pass laws which the federal government favors. The 55MPH speed limit is a good example. States had to pass the speed limit law... Read More »
I was curious as to how Loudoun voters voted in the recent Presidential election.
I gathered some data and made a map to depict how Loudoun's Election Precincts voted. Each precinct is shaded to indicate the margin of victory for the candidate, whether President Obama or Governor Romney.
Interestingly enough, had third party candidates not been a factor in the voting,... Read More »
I, like many people frustrated with the choice of just two (viable) candidates for major national office, have often lamented the silly, but enduring two-party system of US politics. I reasoned that if there were more choices, people could find candidates they'd be happier with, candidates who more nearly fit their personal values. This is a big... Read More »
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Copy of my Oct. 12, 2012 Letter to the Editor of Leesburg Today.
Dear Editor: The absurd $50M legal action against the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors by OpenBand is one that should come as no surprise to anyone! Instead accepting the fact that the majority of its 4,200 subscribers (myself included) are disgusted with its dismal service and... Read More »
Romney Campaign debt = $0Obama Campaign debt = $2,832,414
Voting 2012: A Personal Essay
Michael Farris
This has been the most unusual election season of my life. The chief reason for the difference is my very active participation in Facebook—which has thrust me into a wide-ranging discussion (and sometimes heated debates) in a format that is very egalitarian in nature. I can only hope that I have contributed to others as... Read More »