The next time you hear a politician use the Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, But one advertising agency did a good job of Putting that figure into some perspective in one...

    Let me see if I can clear this up?  THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO MONEY! The only money the government has is what it takes from taxpayers. Don’t care if it is County, State or Federal. If you get money from whatever government it is from the taxpayers.      We the...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama glossed over some inconvenient truths Tuesday in his climate-change speech to the United Nations. For one, as the U.S. cleans up emissions at home, it's sending dirty fuel abroad to pollute the same sky. As well, the U.S. is not cleaning up quite as...

GOA Sues ATF to Produce Documents The foundation of Gun Owners of America today filed suit in the U.S. District Court for D.C. to compel the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to produce thousands of documents related to Operation Fast & Furious. Depending upon...

 U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States reversed policy on Wednesday  and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms  sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics...

Do We Have a Democracy ? Have you ever pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Democracy for which it stands? Of course not. But then, what difference does it make? Don’t we have a Democracy? Isn’t it just a matter of semantics? Actually, a democracy and a republic...

The Uninformed Voter-Ignorance Runs Deep and Wide   Written on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by Ralph Barker   (They can destroy your future) Against logic there is no armor like ignorance -Laurence J. Peter Don’t believe for a second that the ignorance of others doesn’t threaten your well...

Charley Reese's Final column! Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel... He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN. This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican...

The Essex County T E A Party and other concerned citizens respectfully request that the Essex County Board of Supervisors submit the following ordinance for adoption following whatever action is required to invoke such an ordinance.   “Essex County declares that the right of the...

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government completed a survey of the counties and towns in the state and provided a report card result regarding their citizen ease of access for budget info. Essex county received an "F." The full report can be viewed throught the following link:...

  The next time you hear a politician use the Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, But one advertising agency did a good job of Putting that figure into some perspective in one...