http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fairfaxcounty/ en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:01:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411885/posts FAIRFAX, Va. - As Erick Williamson sees it, being naked is liberating, and if passers-by get an eyeful while he's standing in front of a picture window, that's not his problem. A Fairfax County judge saw it differently Friday, convicting Williamson, 29, of indecent exposure in a case that raised questions about what's OK when you're in your own home. Two women said they saw much more of Williamson than they cared to in October, even though he never left his home. He received neither jail time nor a fine but is appealing anyway, saying a larger principle is at... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411885/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:01:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407765/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/December/09-nsd-1338.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 14, 2009 Terrorism Defendants Sentenced in Atlanta Ehsanul Islam Sadequee Receives 17 Years in Prison; Co-defendant Syed Haris Ahmed Receives 13 Years Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, of Roswell, Ga., and Syed Haris Ahmed, 25, of Atlanta, were sentenced today in federal court following their convictions earlier this year in separate but related criminal trials, the Justice Department announced. "With their words and their actions, these defendants supported the wrongheaded but very dangerous idea that armed violence aimed at American interests will force our Government and our people... US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407765/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:14:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405811/posts ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The five young Americans detained in Pakistan as part of a terrorism investigation were wholesome kids who never exhibited any signs of religious extremism, according to the youth director at a mosque where they worshipped. "I never observed any extreme behavior with them," said Mustafa Abu Maryam, who served as a volunteer youth director at the Islamic Circle of North America's small chapter mosque. It's in a converted single-family home in a residential neighborhood a few miles south of the Capital Beltway. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405811/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:16:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405612/posts University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow didn't take home an award from the The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Thursday night, but he made national news from the red carpet with his date, the young woman he brought on his arm.She was Kelly Faughnan, 20, whom he met the day before. Faughnan had been diagnosed with a brain tumor just before Thanksgiving last year. Before surgery last year, her wish was to go to Disney World during the awards show to get a glimpse of Tebow. Faughnan is from Clifton, Va., according to several news reports.Fox News reported that... Ocala.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405612/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404432/posts Police conducted a search operation in Tehsil Bhalwal, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Kotmomen and Shahpur and arrested 64 persons, including five foreigners, from hotels and other places.The police said most of the arrested persons belonged to Afghanistan. Our correspondent adds from Washington: The arrest of US-born Pakistanis of banned militant organisation Jaish-e-Muhammad in Sargodha has apparently solved the case of mysterious missing of at least three Pakistani-American students from the DC metro area.Earlier, it was reported here that the US federal investigators were searching for a Howard University dental student and four other Muslim men reportedly missing from the Washington, DC area.... Jang, The News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404432/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402136/posts FAIRFAX, Va. -- Neither the first snow of the winter nor the slushy, untreated roads could deter hundreds of fans from coming here Saturday morning to get a copy of “Going Rogue” signed by it’s author, Sarah Palin. The BJ’s in the Fair Lakes Shopping Center welcomed hundreds of people to line up and wait for hours to meet the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate. People came prepared to withstand the elements. Winter coats, umbrellas and most importantly plastic shopping bags, protected their books from the chunky, wet falling flakes. Some cuddled an armful of books for their favorite... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402136/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401129/posts Sarah Palin brought a taste of the Alaska winter with her to a Saturday book signing at the BJ's Wholesale Club in Fairfax. After alternating between drizzle and rain for much of the night Friday, snow flurries began in earnest about 8:30 a.m. "I wanted to feel like I was at home" Palin said, as she walked into the store while the first snowfall of the season soaked a crowd of about 2,000 people who came to meet her. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401129/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:30:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400174/posts Time: December 5, 2009 from 11am to 2pm Location: BJ's Street: 13053 Fair Lakes Shopping Center City/Town: Fairfax VA Website or Map: http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin Event Type: book, signing Organized By: O. P. Ditch Latest Activity: 1 day ago Grassroots Network of the Republican Party of Virginia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400174/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397938/posts GOP Firehouse Primary for 37th Senate Dist. Posted on November 30, 2009 by Riley The firehouse primary to determine the Republican nominee in the special election to fill the 37th State Senate Dist. being vacated by AG-elect Ken Cuccinelli will be held TONIGHT! Here’s the details – Dec 1, 2009 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Centreville High School 6001 Union Mill Rd Clifton, VA 20124-1131 Identification will be required in order to vote All voters will be required to sign a pledge stating that they intend to support the nominees of the Republican Party in the future. Electronic voting machines... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397938/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:12:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397169/posts FOX News Reporting investigated the $10 billion dollar-a-year textbook industry and how the drive to be politically correct might be taking over American schools. Host Tucker Carlson, asked experts, teachers, publishers and parents the same question: "Do you know what is inside your children's textbooks?" From kindergarten through college, we found staggering errors and omissions which may be pushing agendas, hidden and otherwise. We spoke to the author of “The Language Police,” education historian Diane Ravitch, who said textbook publishers censor images or words they deem to be controversial in children’s textbooks. She told us that publishers pander to special... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397169/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:32:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396506/posts (snip) "I think it's time for us to start looking at this seriously," said Supervisor Gerald W. Hyland (D-Mount Vernon), who has been lobbying behind the scenes for the tax since the board's retreat this past summer. He said a meals tax would bring in about as much as a property tax increase of 5 cents per $100 of assessed value and would be spread over a larger group of people. "The best thing to say to a room full of people is that even though we're in a tough time and a recession, you still go out to eat,"... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396506/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390082/posts The wife of the most senior Republican in the Senate was arrested Wednesday night after her vehicle struck a parked car. Police said Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar's wife, Charlene, drove her car into the parked vehicle just after 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in their McLean, Va., neighborhood. No injuries were reported. nbcwashington.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390082/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389546/posts Archers will take to tree stands in Colvin Run Mill Park and Colvin Run Stream Valley in coming weeks to reduce the area’s burgeoning deer population, which poses a threat to motorists, hikers, flora and fauna, Fairfax County officials said. The Fairfax County Police Department’s Animal Control Division, working in conjunction with the Fairfax County Park Authority, began allowing select hunting groups into the wooded park areas on Nov. 16. Archery hunts also will be held at Laurel Hill Park in Lorton. Officials estimate the county is home to about 25,000 deer, or 60 per square mile, which is roughly... Sun Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389546/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:20:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389120/posts <p>Although most conventional wisdom rates Gerald E. Connolly of Fairfax County as the safest of three freshmen Democrats elected to Congress in Virginia last year, that wisdom rests on a rematch with Republican Keith S. Fimian in next year's midterm elections.</p> Washington Post - Virginia Politics Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389120/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388609/posts A $200 million genetic research facility planned for Fairfax County could bring with it thousands of jobs over the next decade and spur spinoff businesses that would focus on the fast-growing field of personalized medicine, Virginia officials and researchers said Monday as they announced the move. Enticed by millions of dollars in tax breaks and a location close to universities and federal agencies, officials with the Ignite Institute for Individualized Health, a nonprofit organization specializing in DNA research, announced that the center's facility would be in a 300,000-square-foot campus in the Northern Virginia suburb. A location has not been selected.... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388609/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:30:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386172/posts A 14-year-old Virginia boy is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu. Jordan McFarland, a high school athlete from Alexandria, Va., left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Tuesday night in a wheelchair nearly a week after developing severe headaches, muscle spasms and weakness in his legs following a swine flu shot. He will likely need the assistance of a walker for four to six weeks, plus extensive physical therapy. “The doctor said I’ll recover fully, but it’s going to take some time,”... msnbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386172/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:25:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381769/posts WASHINGTON — The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381769/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381217/posts And so a personnel file already teeming with red flags gets another giant one. If you’re wondering how a British newspaper managed to track down this information when the U.S. military apparently couldn’t, you’re not alone. There’s no question now that we need congressional hearings into how the army missed the warning signs on Hasan, especially given the suspicions as to why they might have looked the other way. Chop chop, Messrs. Boehner and Cantor. Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381217/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:30:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379576/posts Today there are lots of people trying to lobby their elected officials on the health care bill pending in Congress, and Gerry Connolly tried to get one of them arrested on false charges of assault, setting a new standard for utterly abysmal, beyond-the-pale horrible constituent service. This guy is absolutely unbelievable. Connolly is trying to claim he wasn’t aware anyone would want to meet with him today, and is refusing to talk to anyone standing in the long, long line of constituents that are snaking out of his office door and well down the hallway. Instead, his staffers are telling... Black Velvet Bruce Li http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379576/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:53:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378977/posts My Wednesday Examiner column, written as the 2009 election returns were coming in, stands up pretty well. But let me add some observations written as the course of the elections became clearer. First, in the governor elections in Virginia and New Jersey, the Democratic candidate ran far behind Barack Obama’s percentages in 2008 and the Republican candidates ran ahead of George W. Bush’s percentages in 2004. The numbers are pretty daunting. In Virginia Creigh Deeds won 41% of the votes, way behind Barack Obama’s 53% in 2008. And in New Jersey Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine won 45% of the votes,... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378977/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:01:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378209/posts When Republican supporters of candidate Robert McDonnell are asked why they voted, a surprising number refer to "he" or "him." The folks at the Chesterbrook polling place in McLean are not talking about McDonnell or his rival, Creigh Deeds, but President Barack Obama. McDonnell voter Christina Hoag, who owns a catering business with about 25 employees, said that she hopes a Republican victory would slow the growth of government and send the message to Democrats that they don't have the mandate in Washington they think they do to remake the economy. "There's anger right now within ourselves, and I think... WaPo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378209/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:23:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375553/posts <p>Republicans rallying this morning in Springfield had a new prop: A broom that read "McBolliNelli" on the handle.</p> <p>The Republican ticket is stumping throughout the state Saturday but began with a traditional GOP pep rally at Interstate Van Lines in Springfield. Gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell was joined by ticket mates Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, attorney general candidate Sen. Ken Cuccinelli and a variety for Republican luminaries, including Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association.</p> Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375553/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374970/posts Note: The following text is a quote: MS-13 Gunman Sentenced 80 Years for Attempted Murder ALEXANDRIA, VA—Dennis L. Gil Bernardez, 33, of Landover, Md., the gunman in an MS-13 shooting, was sentenced to 80 years in prison today for attempting to murder rival gang members on Oct. 6, 2008, at a park near homes in Reston, Va. His accomplice, Jose M. Aguilar Orantes, 18, of Reston, Va., who provided the firearm, was sentenced to 55 years in prison for his role in the attempted murders. A third member, Carlos B. Guzman Cruz, 25, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced to 144... WashingtonDC.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374970/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:28:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370366/posts This is new video of a Tea Party Protester asking Newt Gingrich at a book signing why he is supporting Scozzafava, the so called Republican in NY's 23 district, Newt's reasons are lame, (Video with Transcript) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370366/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370250/posts Eric Williamson, from Springfield, Virginia, was brewing coffee in his kitchen when a woman and a seven-year-old boy walked past the window and saw him. The woman complained to police who arrested Williamson shortly after the incident on Monday morning. Williamson, 29, insisted he did nothing wrong and that any exposure of his private parts were accidental. "Yes I wasn't wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got out of bed. It was dark and I had no idea anyone was outside looking in at me," he said. Williamson, who has a five-year-old daughter,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370250/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:23:19 GMT