Jan26

HB 1160: Will Virginia Lead the Way Against Indefinite Detention of her Citizens?

on January 26th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Posted In: State Politics

We received this message earlier today, from Catherine Turner of the SWVA/Abingdon/Bristol Tea Party, regarding current legislation in Richmond that answers to some frightening portions of the recently signed National Defense Authorization Act.

Cathy is without question, one of Virginia’s most ardent Tea Party activists, particularly with regard to tracking various legislation in the VA General Assembly. She writes:

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Unlawful detention of United States citizens. Prevents any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency or the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of a United States citizen in violation of the Constitution of Virginia.

It’s short, sweet and one paragraph long. And it asserts that US citizens stand safe under the protection Article 1 of the US and Virginia Constitutions. Safe from our government.

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Jan25

Where is the real Ken Cuccinelli?

on January 25th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Posted In: State Politics

Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli has just issued a rather alarming statement, which contends that the recently phased-in Federal ban on incandescent light bulbs passes Constitutional muster.

In this session of the Virginia General Assembly, Delegate Robert “Bob” Marshall has introduced a bill to allow the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs within Virginia’s borders, even as new Federal energy standard provisions in a 2007 law take effect. Marshall has stated this is a 10th Amendment issue, and is based on the fact that the U.S. Constitution has not given this authority to the Federal Government, therefore the authority falls to the States; hence the light bulb ban is unconstitutional.

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Jan25

STATUS QUO MAINTAINED IN ROANOKE COUNTY

on January 25th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Posted In: Agenda 21

If you attended the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors evening meeting on January 24th, or possibly watched it on TV, you should have come away with a sense of disgust with Roanoke County government. At issue was continued membership in ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and local government failed miserably in a 3 – 2 vote to keep ICLEI. By bowing down to the neo-environmentalists, the Board of Supervisors betrayed every resident of not just Roanoke County, but the whole valley. 

A Roanoker with considerable foresight stated twenty years ago that “environmentalism is the new communism” and that warning couldn’t be more apparent than at that meeting. Watching the queue of indoctrinated ‘Greenies’ speak was humorous to some degree given the propaganda they spew so fluidly. I use the word propaganda because most of it is so patently false. Their talking points such as 99% of climate scientists agree that global warming is man-made, that ICLEI has no affiliation with the United Nations or U.N. Agenda 21, that the terminology change from ‘man-made global warming’ to ‘climate change’ for marketing purposes has all been thoroughly debunked. It could be said that you aren’t a liar if you believe the lies, so the intelligence level of those speakers could be in question or they do know they are spreading falsehoods. Either way, those ‘useful idiots’ are a danger to society in general and our liberty in particular.  ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan25

It was 2-1 In Our Favor, With 2 Republicans to Vote…But The Battle Rages On…..

on January 25th, 2012 at 2:21 am
Posted In: Agenda 21

The Battle Indeed Rages On

As you know if you’ve been keeping up with our site, we had a major showdown tonight on Roanoke Couny’s relationship with ICLEI. We want the county to sever ties with the United Nations partner group that is promoting an agenda that is antithetical to property rights.

It was looking pretty good.

After a rather contentious night of back and forth with our sustainable development “friends,” two of the three Independent member (Ed Elswick and Butch Church) voted to sever ties with ICLEI. Ed in particular was effective when he talked about  information on the bogus report submitted by ICLEI on carbon dioxide reductions in Roanoke County. This information was provided to the board by our Green Menace team. They gathered this information through Freedom of Information Act Requests and presented it to the Board at the January 10 meeting.

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Jan24

Action Alert: Tonight Is A Big Night

on January 24th, 2012 at 8:43 am
Posted In: Agenda 21

Roanoke, VA - 01/24/2012 – The Roanoke Tea Party is asking all Roanoke County citizens who are concerned about property rights and Agenda 21 to attend the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, January 24. The meeting will begin at 7PM at the County Administration building. The first item on the agenda deals with the County’s ongoing relationship with the United Nations partner group ICLEI. We are pressing the board to vote tonight to sever ties with ICLEI during this meeting. The county pays $1200 a year to be a member of ICLEI, a group that is an official partner of the United Nations.

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