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Redskins InsiderWe’re beginning to hear about Cho Seung-Hui’s suicide note:
A law enforcement official who read Cho’s note described it Tuesday as a typed, eight-page rant against rich kids and religion.
Gee, who preaches class envy and distrust of religion? I wonder…
So, all you liberal elitists and sanctimonious Europeans so ready to criticize Virginia and the U.S., take [...]
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Morons.
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A few quick numbers from 1Q (1/1-3/31):
In Virginia’s 29th Sen. Dist. -
Chuck Colgan - Starting balance: $39,100.83 / Contributions this period: $1,250 / Expenditures: $5,276.13 / Cash On-hand: $35,074.70
Bob FitzSimmonds - Starting balance: $24,244.24 / Contributions this period: $7,580 / Expenditures: $13,782.96 / Cash On-hand: $18,089.57
In Virginia’s 51st House Dist. -
Julie Lucas – Starting balance: $0 / Contributions this period: $18,067 / Loans this period: [...]
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From the Jerusalem Post:
As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 76-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech College that left 33 dead and over two dozen wounded.
Professor Liviu Librescu, 76, threw himself in front of the shooter [...]
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Pres. Bush has ordered the nation’s flags to half stalf following the tragedy at VA Tech.
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MSNBC’s Howard Fineman has already signaled — on both MSNBC this morning and the Dennis Miller Show earlier today – the attacks to come on Virginia following the massacre at Virginia Tech — Virginia’s “liberal” gun laws are at fault; Virginia is the home of the NRA; etc. (Not Larry Sabato pointed out yesterday how within hours [...]
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The Potomac News has an article up on Frank Principi, one of the Democrat candidates for Woodbridge supervisor. Looks like we dug up most of his background before he even announced. The one thing we had been unable to find out was who he worked for on Capitol Hill. The Potomac News article answers that [...]
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Wrap up of news stories covering front pages the day after:
Gunman Who Killed 32 Lived in Va. Tech Dormitory – Washington Post
Massacre at Virgnia Tech – Washington Times
Horror at VA Tech – Richmond Times Dispatch
Local residents reflect on Tech shootings – Potomac News
Rappahannock girl one of the victims – Free Lance Star
Shooting victims at Tech [...]
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-- President Ronald Reagan from "The Speech" - October 27, 1964
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