The Republitarian

Other legislation going into effect is a law that punishes repeat offenders in another area, hiring illegal immigrants.

-from today’s DNR

I know of one particular business in the ‘Burg that has knowingly hired an illegal immigrant and pays him under the table…….

I hope they don’t catch him.

With all of my farm projects out of the way for the summer, I have spent most of my time engaged in “front porch sitting”.

My time on the front porch has made me realize that I just like being alone. I have derived much enjoyment just thinking and singing and I think this blog will suffer as a result.

I’m not quitting the blog…..just ratcheting down the intensity.

In tommorow’s paper there will be a story on Becky’s influence on legislation.

While some are taking issue with Governor Kaine on the death penalty and his belief that more revenue is going to be needed to fund transportation, I believe that most Virginians are happy with his job performance. Certainly the economy is hurting, but I don’t think raising the gas tax 5 cents over 6 years is going to knock anyone’s personal finances out of alignment, like an unrepaired pothole would.

I’ll give Tim a B+…he’s done a good job. Mark Warner would be proud.

“[The refinement process] will probably be simple, but it has not been worked out,” Sage said. “Kudzu roots are like large sweet potatoes. Simply wash, grind it up, and treat with enyzmes to break down the starch and sugars to glucose, and ferment with yeast or bacteria and then distill. The kudzu stems could be burned for distillation.”

Google “kudzu” and “ethanol”…..very interesting.

-Rushville, VA

In a stunning turn from promoting moral purity, Republitarian.com, a local blog run by Myron Rhodes, has announced their sponsorship of a wet t-shirt contest for the those involved in local politics. The event will be held ‘Rain or Shine’ in the upstairs of the Rockingham County courthouse.

Rhodes says that he understands that some may question the odd venue but maintains that such events are commonplace for the courthouse and should any uprisings occur, local law enforcement will be very close at hand.

Scheduled to compete in the contest so far are Carolyn Frank and Charlie Chenault representing the Harrisonburg City Council, Suzanne Obenshain, wife of Mark Obenshain, Penny Imeson, candidate for Harrisonburg City Treasurer, Bill Kyger, president of VaCo and BOS member, and Richard Baugh, candidate for Harrisonburg City Council.

“All of these people need maximum exposure right now, and this fundraiser is a great opportunity for them to get themselves out in the public eye”, says Rob Boberts, political analyst for JMU.

Rhodes adds that the proceeds from the event will go to fund the widening of Port Road near the hospital. “Many of our local officials promised that money would be forthcoming from the state to pay for the widening. Last time I checked, every tax-paying citizen is a member of the state…… I’m just trying to let people enjoy a good contest and help the local politicians keep their promises.”

The sponsorship of the ‘first of it’s kind’ contest has raised many eyebrows in the community. “Mr. Rhodes is well-known for his dedication to rock solid family values. Many of us our shocked at this abrupt change in morality”, said a disappointed Wean Delty, chairman of the Virtue and Vice Committee for the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

Mr. Rhodes, quick to acknowlegde Mr. Delty’s concerns, says that there has been no loosening of the standards on his blog. “As long as we are doing good in the community the appeal to people’s lust is justified. It’s not like we’re doing a swan dive for the gutter or anything…..I mean, it’s not like we’re hosting a Texas Hold’em poker tournament or something of that nature”.

The contest will be June 32nd and the master of ceremonies, and chief water pourer-onner for the event will be Marl Kagenhofer from VWSA

If all of the readers of this Blog donated $5 to Mark Warner, well, he’d have a little more money to roll over Jim Gilmore this November.

Mark Warner 2008

Reader –

Gas costs more than $4 per gallon. And we’re sending billions of dollars abroad to buy oil from anti-American countries. But instead of action, all we see out of Washington is partisan bickering and sound-bite solutions.

Last week, the U.S. Senate took up legislation to extend tax credits for investments in renewable energy, something virtually every Senator claims to support. But in a scenario that is all too typical of Washington politics, the bill was filibustered and never saw the light of day — and we’ve done nothing to halt the flow of money to terrorists attacking our troops.

This is exactly what is wrong with Washington and I’m determined to put a stop to it. We need to move beyond the same political games and change the hyper-partisan atmosphere in Congress.

But in the past couple of weeks, my opponent has engaged in the same kind of petty name-calling and divisive politics that have doomed real reform in Washington. So please, help beat these attacks by donating $5 so we can reach our goal of raising $53,355 by the upcoming FEC deadline on June 30th and post a record number for the fundraising period. Reaching this goal will enable us to continue reaching out to voters and demonstrate our commitment to pointing our country in a new direction.

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As long as our elected officials favor delay over progress, politics over policy and meaningless posturing over real results, we have little hope of meeting the enormous challenges facing our country. We can no longer make do with 20th century solutions to 21st century problems.

Last week I put forward some ideas on how we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and provide some relief at the pump; I encourage you to visit my website and read about them. But we need to remember that our energy crisis is an extremely complicated problem and there are no easy answers. We must debate this issue honestly and openly and approach differences of opinion with an aim toward finding common ground - not scoring political points.

That’s the kind of Senator I will be — working with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents to point our country in a new direction. That’s how I got things done in Richmond as Governor. And that’s what we need right now in Washington, DC. But I need your help to get there.

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Thanks so much for your support. Together, we’ll work to achieve real solutions, not over the next decade, but starting in January of 2009.

Thank you,

Mark R. Warner

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I would be very curious to know if any of my readers believe that the coaches didn’t have “direct knowledge” that prescription drugs were being used by some players of the HHS football team?

The police say they KNOW the coaches knew about it and have put that in an affidavit….and the school board declares that their investigators found nothing, zip-zero.

I don’t generally trust cops, but I trust Kurt Boshart. If he says it happened, then it happened.