Virginia News Stand: April 12, 2010
Annotations & Elucidations
Time For Tea (Parties)
It’s a busy Monday version of the News Stand. We’re in the news, again, because liberals are complaining about us. Translation: We’re doing an effective job thwarting their agenda.
Someone else doing an effective job are the lobbyists paid for by local governments with your tax money, who lobby, mostly, against interests of taxpayers and for the interests of government. Hundreds of thousands of dollars across the state, in fact. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot features one such lobbyist and the dough she rakes in for the Virginia Beach School Board. However, some localities have stopped paying for outside help, which is good. But they continue to lobby the General Assembly with in-house staff. Not much better. Elsewhere, Tea Parties are spring up across the state and there are several dispatches regarding such. In news sure to cheer Planned Parenthood, a Catholic pharmacy which did not sell contraception, closed.
Nationally, we see the class exhibited by the New Jersey teachers union (it circulated an e-mail wishing for Republican Governor Chris Christie’s death). In Analysis, Internet safety activist Stacy Rumenap looks at a recent big win in federal court against the FCC and Henry Lamb discusses how President Obama got that national security force he campaigned for . . . in the health care bill! Nancy Pelosi was right. We did have to pass the bill to learn what was in it! In Commentary, Michelle Malkin and Mark Tapscott examine how the left in the media and out will try to sabotage the Tea Parties.
News
*UR recognition of Family Foundation leader protested (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
*Jepson alumna condemned by students for leadership award (The Collegian)
*Family Foundation lobbies McDonnell on abortion, stem cell research (Washington Post Virginia Politics Blog)
Some school divisions think lobbyists worth the investment (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)
Catholic pharmacy shutters in Virginia (Washington Times)
Tea Party: We’re taxed enough (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Farris, Viguerie To Speak At Culpeper Tea Party (Culpeper Star Exponent)
Tea Party seeks to ‘wake up’ America at Freedom Rally (Danville Register & Bee)
New flap brings McDonnell’s national viability to fore (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
‘Jobs’ governor’s first 90 days have veered off course (The Daily Press)
Mims sworn in as Supreme Court justice (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
After loss, Va.’s Deeds tries to regain his footing (Washington Post)
National News
Teachers union memo ‘prays’ for governor’s death (CNN.com)
Obama election-year jobs agenda stalls in Congress (AP/GOPUSA.com)
GOP senators push for ‘mainstream’ court nominee (AP/GOPUSA.com)
Psst: Hilary Rodham Clinton for court? (AP/GOPUSA.com)
GOP Chairman Steele: ‘I’ve made mistakes’ (AP/GOPUSA.com)
Analysis
Obamacare Will Be at Center of High Court Hearing (Michael Barone/GOPUSA.com)
Obama’s Private Army (Henry Lamb/GOPUSA.com)
Court Rules FCC Lacks Authority to Regulate Internet (Stacy Rumenap/GOPUSA.com)
Commentary
Crash course: Your illustrated guide to Tea Party saboteurs (Michelle Malkin/MichelleMalkin.com)
Will Mainstream Media reporters and editors expose, screen out, or help Tea Party saboteurs? (Mark Tapscott/Beltway Confidential-WashingtonExaminer.com)
Are All Cultures Equal? (Thomas Sowell/GOPUSA.com)