http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/virginia/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:04:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419170/posts A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter, an attorney said Friday. A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m. Friday at the Falls Church, Va., home of Jenkins' parents. Miller did not show up with the girl, said Sarah Star, Jenkins' Vermont-based attorney. Jenkins has notified Fairfax County, Va., police that Isabella is missing, Star said. "She's very disappointed, obviously," Star said. "She's very concerned about Isabella and asks that if... iWon News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419170/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417738/posts While this may be a vanity, I believe it is another chapter in a growing trend of government to prey on its citizen subjects to add to their coffers.Yesterday, while returning home from a Christmas visit to relatives, my daughter was picked up on I-77 just north of the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel.She is 24, a cautious driver and never had a speeding ticket before. I'm 54 and have had only one, when I was slightly younger than she is now.The circumstances of the ticket are suspect. She was passing a semi-trailer going in the 50's on a steep downhill... Speedtraps.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417738/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415482/posts "U.S. mosques fear influences on young" "Extremists, especially online, can be a powerful lure. "I have to be a virtual imam," counters one Va. leader." Washington Post WASHINGTON - SNIPPET: "Mustafa Abu Maryam, a Muslim youth leader who has known the five arrested men from Alexandria since 2006, said he was alarmed by their decision to go to Pakistan after exchanging coded e-mail messages with a recruiter for the Pakistani Taliban." SNIPPET: ""I'm really concerned about what the Internet is doing to my young people," said Mohamed Magid, imam at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Va. "I... (WASHINGTON POST) via THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415482/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415271/posts In the past year, exposure of significant jihadist recruitment inside the United States has left Americans worried that "homegrown terrorism" may become a serious threat. Eight years after the atrocities of September 11, 2001, media and government appear stunned by the upsurge of jihad incidents in the United States, including two lethal attacks. The Fort Hood massacre on November 5, for which an Army psychiatrist, Nidal Hasan, has been charged with 13 deaths, has been followed by two more cases. On December 9, five college-age Muslims from northern Virginia were arrested in Pakistan. They were allegedly headed for terror training... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415271/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414569/posts RICHMOND | Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said Wednesday that a 1 percentage point increase in the state's income tax that he has proposed in his final weeks in office is the most responsible way to make up a nearly $2 billion shortfall in the state's finances. "I think the only other alternatives are draconian cuts that would squander Virginia's leadership position or kind of gimmicky 'Let's take a bunch of money out of the retirement fund' or 'Let's pull out the credit card and borrow a bunch of money.' But I think that would threaten our AAA bond rating," Mr.... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414569/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:07:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414459/posts A man suspected of taking hostages in a post office in the US state of Virginia has been arrested after a stand-off lasting several hours, police say. Authorities in Wytheville persuaded Warren Taylor to give himself up and release three people he was holding. Mr Taylor was reported to have entered the post office pushing a wheelchair and claiming to be carrying explosives. He initially fired shots from the building but no-one was reported to have been injured. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414459/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414350/posts SNIPPET: "...let's get back to the woeful tale of Bro. Ismail Royer, as presented at the Umar Lee blog:" SNIPPET: "Mr. Royer, formerly associated with CAIR, is currently serving a 20 year sentence for his work on behalf of designated Terrorist group Lashkar e Taiba. Lashkar e Taiba is notable among other things for having killed 171 people in Mumbai in 2008, among many other atrocities." INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414350/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414288/posts WYTHEVILLE, Va., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A gunman with explosives who had held hostages for about eight hours at the Wytheville, Va., Post Office apparently has surrendered, police said. The man rolled himself onto the street in a wheelchair and was lying on the ground on his stomach as about 20 officers wearing shields approached him, WSLS-TV, Roanoke, Va., reported Wednesday night. State Police Sgt. Mike Conroy said three hostages have emerged from the building and officers were checking to make sure nobody else was inside. Police exercised caution because "we don't know what he had," Conroy said, The Wytheville... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414288/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413942/posts The text that is in quotes are excerpts from Warner's canned response back to my first letter asking him to not support the bill! “...As the debate in Congress continues, it is of utmost importance to recognize that our current health care system is financially unsustainable. ..." Only the government run systems are unsustainable! All current US State run systems (Ca, Mass, Tenn, others) are in the red and don’t even come close to living up toward the extravagant promises made by the state politicians that insisted on them. In fact these systems sole recourse is to pass costs to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413942/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414013/posts WYTHEVILLE, Va. - Authorities in Wytheville are dealing with a hostage situation at the town's post office. Mayor Trent Crewe says five hostages are inside the building, including three employees and two customers. Shots have been fired, but Crewe says no injuries have been reported. The situation began at about 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The suspect has not been identified. WTVR Richmond http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414013/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414087/posts <p>The man entered the Wytheville, Virginia, post office about 2:30 p.m. and fired a shot, Mayor Trent Crewe said. No one has been hurt, but three postal workers and two customers are being held hostage, he said.</p> <p>There also are reports that the man has a "device" and it appears the man's car, parked outside the office, is equipped with some type of device, Crewe said. He did not elaborate on what the device could be.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414087/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:13:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413575/posts During Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's last radio show today on WTOP radio, he got a surprise call from a "Barry from DC." "Barry from DC is calling," Kaine said on live radio. "Go ahead Barry" "Well, uh, governor Kaine this is, uh, actually the president of the United States calling," Obama said joking that he had some, "questions about traffic in northern Virginia." Actually, the President was calling into Kaine's last radio show to wish him a congratulations for a job well done as Virginia's governor. Kaine is leaving his office as governor in January, but will remain chairman of... ABC Political Punch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413575/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:39:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412454/posts Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling sent a strongly worded letter to Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner Monday expressing outrage over special concessions given to certain states to obtain support for federal health care legislation from their Senators and asking them to oppose this legislation, which Bolling called “misguided.” “As you know, one of our major concerns with this legislation is the potential impact it could have on the cost of Medicaid for Virginia’s state government,” wrote Bolling. “Many reports have suggested that this legislation could result in much higher Medicaid costs for state governments across the nation, costs that state... whsv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412454/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:19:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412018/posts By MARTHA IRVINE and NAFEESA SYEED (AP) – 1 hour ago ALEXANDRIA, Va. — There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where several young men from Virginia suspected of trying to join Taliban forces stayed. Called "The Pact," that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who bond and eventually help one another through medical and dental school. "This is a story about the power of friendship. Of joining forces and beating the odds," reads one snippet on the back of the book. It is also a story with... AP via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412018/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:10:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412097/posts “Arrested Americans show no remorse about their terror plans” PTI Monday, December 21, 2009 14:44 IST SNIPPET: “Lahore: Five American Muslim youth arrested by Pakistani authorities on suspicion of terror links have shown no remorse about their plans to commit terrorist acts and one has even said they should be hanged so that they could become martyrs, a senior police official said today.” SNIPPET: “Zamzam, Waqar Hussain Khan, 22, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, 20, Iman Hasan Yemer, 17 and Omar Farooq, 24, were arrested in Sargodha, located 200km from Islamabad, on charges of planning terror attacks in Pakistan and abroad.” SNIPPET:... (PTI) via DNAINDIA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412097/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:08:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411997/posts Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) announced Sunday evening he will support Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) $871 billion health care reform package but warned that he could withhold his backing for the final bill as negotiated in the House-Senate conference committee if he is unhappy with any changes made to the legislation. Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411997/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:16:02 GMT 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-rlc/2411566/posts Liberty Republicans need to think about strategies to counteract the cooptation of the revived liberty movement that Rockefeller or Progressive Republicans will attempt. The Tea Party movement’s explosion shows that liberty Republicanism can succeed. As well, the failure of Rockefeller Republicanism under the Bush administration might keep big government Republicans from success, especially when we liberty Republicans refuse to cooperate with them. Because the Tea Party movement is composed of many fine and well meaning but inexperienced activists, it is susceptible to the same tactics that coopted the libertarian movement in 1980. If a Progressive Republican calls himself a “libertarian”... Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2411566/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:52:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410967/posts A US man has been charged with indecent exposure for being naked in his own home. Erick Williamson, 29 was observed without clothes through a doorway and a window, by a seven-year-old boy and his mother who were walking by. Williamson argued that it was his home, and therefore he could choose to go nude. But a judge found against him, saying that he intended to make himself visible to passers-by. The Virginia man said he will appeal the decision. "I think that being tried and found guilty of something like this is outrageous," Williamson said after he was convicted... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410967/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:06:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405915/posts J.P. Hale usually stands behind a pulpit, but this week he was standing in front of a police camera as they snapped mug shots. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office says this week the 73-year-old pastor was arrested and charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child. It’s a class six felony. Thursday afternoon we showed up at Hale’s house to talk to the accused religious leader, but he had been advised by his attorney not to talk. The Pulaski County Sheriff won’t give any details on the alleged crime or when it happened, but Sheriff Jim Davis did... WSLS TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405915/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409984/posts A loophole in state law is preventing Campbell County investigators from charging a woman they say killed her newborn baby. Deputies were called to a home in the 1200 block of Lone Jack Road in Rustburg around 11:00a.m. Friday. The caller said a woman in her early 20s was in labor. When deputies arrived, they discovered the baby had actually been born around 1:00a.m., about ten hours earlier. Investigators say the baby was already dead when deputies got there. Investigators tell WSLS the baby’s airway was still blocked. They say the baby was under bedding and had been suffocated by... WSLS10 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409984/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:08:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409334/posts Rob Wittman was 40 minutes late to his town hall meeting in Montross on Dec. 8, where he received less than the hometown treatment from TEA Party members. Held at Washington and Lee High School, the town hall meeting, sponsored by the Westmoreland County Citizens Association, was the public's opportunity to question Wittman on everything the actions of Congress and federal government. While many questions posed to Wittman, first congressional district representative, dealt with health care and the economy, the show was quickly stolen by TEA Party members. Catherine Crabill, former Republican candidate for the 99th district seat in Virginia's... The Northern Neck News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409334/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408345/posts Senate Republicans say they want to “smoke out” Democratic senators who could help them bring down the health care bill, and so far, they think they’ve found one in Sen. Jim Webb. With all the attention focused on four other fence-sitting moderates, Webb has voted with Republicans six times on the first series of amendments on the Senate floor — giving GOP leaders some hope that the unpredictable Virginian could buck his party in the end and block the bill. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, No. 4 in GOP leadership, said Webb’s votes “came as a bit of a surprise”... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408345/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:03:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408314/posts Dear Ms. Daniel: Knowing of your interest in the ongoing debate in Congress over health care reform, I wanted to update you on a number of votes and positions that I have taken during the process. Together with 60 of my colleagues, I voted in favor of proceeding to debate the proposed health care reform legislation. I have yet to decide whether I will support final passage of the bill. I have stated on several occasions my concerns that the Obama administration should have begun the health care process with a clear, detailed proposal, from which legislation could then be... my email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408314/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408258/posts Dear Friend, We thought you might be interested in the following column by Senator Webb published in today's Winchester Star. http://www.winchesterstar.com/pages/view/still.html Webb cites concerns, amendments, votes on health care Sen. Jim Webb Like all of my colleagues in the Democratic Party, I voted in favor of proceeding to debate the proposed health-care reform legislation. I have yet to decide whether I will support final passage of the bill. I have stated on several occasions my concerns that the Obama administration should have begun the health-care process with a clear, detailed proposal, from which legislation could then be put into place.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408258/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:50:35 GMT