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MARINE ENLISTED MEN once asked each other--maybe they still do--"What's the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts?" The liturgical answer: "The Boy Scouts have adult leadership." Substitute "Republican Party of Virginia" for "Marine Corps," and the question is no longer a joke. And many state Republicans aren't laughing. State GOP Chairman Del. Jeff Frederick, whose most conspicuous character trait is the yipping pugnacity of the ill-bred--he counts the darkly monolithic "media" among the party's archenemies--is on notice that the state central committee will vote on ousting him April 4. Master Frederick has vowed not to go quietly....

  8:30 Jeff Frederick Addresses 2008 RPV Convention Jeff Frederick Nothing less than 100% conservative. Winning against Democrats on Democrat turf. Now is not the time to return to good ole boy politics. 

I love RedState. No, really I do. You provide what may well be the single most valuable service to the online conservative movement. That said, I feel compelled to take you to the proverbial woodshed over this little nugget. I can’t believe that you guys would actually put your tag line on that story, much less trash a state party chairman on the front page. Your two proof points are a blog post from the squishiest RINO in Virginia and a complaint about his Twitter habits. Ah yes, I can see it now. Gov. Kaine was sitting at his desk...

Come Join We Support Chairman Jeff Frederick on RPVNetwork: http://www.rpvnetwork.org/group/wesupportchairmanjefffrederick?xgi=gLYEvuGThe RPVstate central committee is moving to remove Jeff Frederick asChairman of the RPV. We are starting a grassroots movement to supporthim. Please join this group to show that support. It is time to come together and support our chairman. Now is not the time to eat our own. What happened last election was more about events beyond our control and a  history of some Republicans not acting on principle as they should and some not willing fight as hard as they needed to win against a relentless set of opponents...

Sources tell Virginia Virtucon that RPV Chairman Del. Jeff Frederick will NOT resign from his post and will stay and fight the attempt to remove him. A vote to remove Jeff is now scheduled for April 3. While the 3/4 majority of State Central Committee members necessary to remove a chairman have signed on to the letter, which is said to include ten allegations against Frederick, Jeff is currently working on peeling away support for the letter.

<p>RICHMOND (AP) | The chairman of Virginia's Republican Party on Monday sought a statewide probe of what he said was voter registration fraud across a battleground state in this year's presidential race.</p> <p>The chairman, Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick, Prince William Republican, decried a "widespread problem across the commonwealth" after the arrests of three people last week in Hampton on election fraud charges. He urged Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, and Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell, a Republican, to begin a statewide investigation.</p>

Virginia GOP Chairman calls for criminal investigation into mounting evidence of coordinated voter fraud activities 7/28/2008 11:05:00 AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Richmond, Virginia (July 28, 2008) – Delegate Jeff Frederick, Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, this morning called on Governor Kaine and Attorney General McDonnell to open a thorough and rigorous investigation into what appears to be coordinated and widespread voter fraud activities occurring throughout Virginia. Frederick’s request is in response to a report last week of three individuals in Hampton, Virginia being arrested and charged with voter registration fraud, a Class 5 Felony, as well as reports...

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stood alone on an empty stage in an Air Force auditorium, two spotlights throwing odd diminutive shadows of the Pentagon chief on the curtain draped behind him. Looking tired and worn out, he faced another cold crowd of officers whose force has fallen from grace and whose leaders Gates swept aside last week in a stinging rebuke of their management of nuclear weapons. He glanced over the gathering of uniformed personnel at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, took a breath and plodded slowly into a speech...

When voters cast their ballots during Virginia's Feb. 12 Republican presidential primary, they'll be required to sign a document stating they intend to support the party's nominee for president in a strategy one conservative leader called a "bullying tactic" but a nonpartisan election official dismissed as just "a piece of paper." On Monday, the State Board of Elections approved text to be included with the ballot that states: "You can vote in this presidential primary only if you sign and print your name to the voter pledge below. You will not be permitted to vote if you refuse to do...

I officially call upon the head of the Republican party in Virginia to resign. In 2004, 70% of the estimated 200,000 voters in the Presidental race went to reelect President Bush. Then............ In 2005, We had a slamdunk for Governor, Jerry Kilgore, It should have been a blowout win, but we lost. In 2006, We had a slamdunk for US Senate, Sen George Allen, It should have been a blowout win, but we lost. Candidates don't always do or say the right thing, but if this trend continues, we will lose whatever majorities we have in the Commonwealth, and may...

<p>March 8, 2003 -- A report declassified by the United Nations yesterday revealed that weapons inspectors had recently found an undeclared Iraqi drone that could threaten troops with a biological attack.</p> <p>U.S. officials were outraged that U.N. weapons chief Hans Blix did not tell the Security Council about the unpiloted plane, but instead tried to bury the bombshell revelation in his 173-page report, the Times of London reports.</p>

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- In a 173-page dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix says Baghdad may possess about 10,000 liters of anthrax, Scud missile warheads filled with deadly biological and chemical agents, and drones that far exceed the 150-kilometer (93-mile) limit. The report, obtained late Friday by The Associated Press, traces the history of Iraq's weapons programs and outlines the many areas where questions remain - many old but some new. Blix told the Security Council earlier in the day that he planned to cull the document...

Defense News May 21, 2002 U.S. Study on Future of UAVs Reveals Bad News and Good By GAIL KAUFMAN, PORTSMOUTH, VA. Although Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are in great demand by warfighting commanders worldwide, Pentagon of-ficials have major concerns about the reliability and cost of the promising but immature aircraft, a U.S. defense official said here May 21 “As we transition UAVs from [Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration] to production, the systems are suffering in areas of reliability and maintainability, payload restrictions, limited growth potential and no infrastructure for high-rate production,” said Suzanne Patrick, deputy undersecretary of defense for industrial policy...

Weapon Of Future Getting Baptism In Afghanistan Pentagon predicts pilotless aircraft will soon fill crucial role By Tom Bowman, Sun National Staff WASHINGTON - The U.S.-led conflict in Afghanistan may one day be remembered less for the ouster of the Taliban or as the first salvo in the war on terrorism than for the pilotless aircraft that cruised silently and almost unseen above the barren landscape. The aircraft, called unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are in their infancy but will become crucial around 2020, Penta-gon officials predict. Making long, high loops over a battlefield, they will provide live video of...