Join us on the bus to Richmond, Thurs. Mar. 6

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY DAY AT THE CAPITOL

Thursday March 6

Bring your best friends and join your fellow fiscal conservatives for a day in Richmond at the General Assembly. Meet with Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, Attorney General Bob McDonnell, Paul Harris, Del. Ben Cline and other state officials of AFP and our member legislators.

Free bus transportation and lunch is included, as well as tours of the newly remodeled Capitol and passes for the House and Senate galleries. Don't miss this great opportunity to take our message of lower taxes and spending right to our lawmakers - while they are debating the budget!!

Just climb on the bus at the following locations and leave the driving to us!!!

ROANOKE -- 5:45am (bus departs at 6am) from Exit 150B (Troutville exit) Park and Ride

LEXINGTON -- 6:45am (bus departs at 7:00am) from WalMart Shopping Center parking lot on Rt. 11

WAYNESBORO -- 7:45(bus departs at 8:00am) Exit 94 off of 64 in the new Target/PetSmart shopping center (used to be the old outlet mall).

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- 8:45am (bus departs at 9:00am) Exit 124 off 64 in the Giant Shopping Center on Pantop Mountain

Space on the bus is limited so to reserve your seat, or for further info, reply via email or call:

Trixie Averill

gopgirl2@aol.com
540-890-6519

Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP) is the nation's premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP Website

Why we have an illegal immigration problem

R.I.P. William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008)

William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008)

Kathryn Jean Lopez

I’m devastated to report that our dear friend, mentor, leader, and founder William F. Buckley Jr., died this morning in his study in Stamford, Connecticut. He died while at work; if he had been given a choice on how to depart this world, I suspect that would have been exactly it. At home, still devoted to the war of ideas. As you might expect, we’ll have much more to say here and in NR in the coming days and weeks and months. For now: Thank you, Bill. God bless you, now with your dear Pat. Our deepest condolences to Christopher and the rest of the Buckley family. And our fervent prayer that we continue to do WFB’s life’s work justice.

National Review

Top Psychiatrist Concludes Liberals are Clinically Nuts

(Folks, we've really known this all along...now here is scientific proof.....)

Top Psychiatrist Concludes Liberals are Clinically Nuts

Eminent psychiatrist makes case ideology is mental disorder

Posted: February 15, 2008© 2008 WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON  Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder.

"Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded," says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, "The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness."

"Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave."While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and a life virtually free of activism and links to "the vast right-wing conspiracy."For more than 35 years he has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500 patients as a board-certified clinical psychiatrist and examined more than 2,700 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. He received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago.

Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by the two major candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination can only be understood as a psychological disorder."A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity as liberals do," he says. "A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation's citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state as liberals do."Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:

• creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
  
• satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
  
• augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
  
• rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.

"The roots of liberalism and its associated madness can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind," he says. "When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious."

Louis Farrakhan heaps praise on Barack Obama

Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world."

Associated Press reports that Farrakhan, addressing some 20,000 people Sunday at the annual "Saviours' Day" celebration in Chicago, never explicitly endorsed Obama but spent most of a nearly two-hour speech praising the Illinois senator. AP says Farrakhan compared Obama to Nation of Islam founder Fard Muhammad, who also had a white mother and black father. He suggested that Obama "could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall."

According to the Chicago Tribune, Farrakhan spoke about the war in Iraq, the nation's economic problems, and the increase in natural disasters, saying the world was in a perilous state and Obama could help it recover. "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be a better place," he said.

The Tribune reports that Obama's people moved quickly yesterday to try to downplay the praises of Farrakhan, who has a history of controversial remarks -- particularly regarding the Jewish people. The newspaper quotes Obama spokesman, Bill Burton, who said that "Senator Obama has been clear in his objections to Minister Farrakhan's past pronouncements and has not solicited the minister's support."

Onenewsnow.com

"White people are potential humans…they haven’t evolved yet."
Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/18/00

ROANOKE VALLEY GOP LUNCHEON

ROANOKE VALLEY GOP LUNCHEON

FRIDAY MARCH 14

THE PLANTATION AT SUNNYBROOK
7342 Plantation Road

with Special Guests
ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB MCDONNELL
Senator Ralph Smith
Delegate William Fralin

Buffet lunch - pay at the front desk - $11.46 per person, including gratuity.

PROGRAM: The Attorney General and our local legislators will present a summary of the completed General Assembly session and update us on the status of both new and old laws, and how they will affect us. This is an excellent time to invite someone new to come and meet our Republican elected officials.

Please join us and bring a friend!!
PLEASE RSVP to Trixie by Wed March 12
at GOPgirl2@aol.com or 890-6519
(We really need a count for the restaurant)

The place to be and the people to be with!!

McDonnell, I.C.E. Announce Arrests of Criminal Alien Sex Offenders in Virginia

McDonnell, I.C.E. Announce Arrests of Criminal Alien Sex Offenders in Virginia

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Puts 171 Sex Offenders into Removal Proceedings

Attorney General Requested Review of Sex Offender Registry; Offers it as National Model

RICHMOND - Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, joined by leaders of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Virginia State Police, today announced a major law enforcement action to remove 171 convicted criminal alien sex offenders from Virginia. The joint action will serve as a model for other states. ICE called this "Operation Cold Play," and said it was a component of "Operation Predator," which is a multi-year effort targeted at sex offenders nationwide. Today's announcement concludes Phase I of this ongoing operation.

In 2006, Attorney General Bob McDonnell worked with the Virginia General Assembly on numerous improvements to Virginia's Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. In addition, the Attorney General assisted in securing 45 new state trooper positions to ensure compliance with Registry regulations and investigative violations. In July of 2007, with the additional investigative resources dedicated to the Sex Offender Registry, the Attorney General requested that the Virginia State Police check the birthplace of each individual on the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry, and share this information with ICE. The Virginia State Police compiled the list and turned it over to ICE in July of 2007. The original list consisted of 527 names.

ICE agents ran the list against two different federal databases. The process led to the following findings and action:

84 Convicted criminal alien sex offenders on the list had already left the country or been deported

135 Convicted criminal alien sex offenders were incarcerated in the Commonwealth of Virginia (state and local facilities) and are now being processed for removal from the U.S. upon completion of their incarceration

36 Convicted criminal alien sex offenders have been recently taken into federal custody through a joint action involving ICE and Virginia State Police and have been put into removal proceedings.

"This is a milestone in our effort to remove criminal illegal aliens from the Commonwealth," McDonnell said. "Using the data from our improved Sex Offender Registry, and the additional manpower of the troopers assigned to the new State Police Sex Offender Investigative Unit, we were able to get specific information to ICE and remove dangerous criminal alien sex offenders from Virginia. We have the resources in place to make significant progress in removing criminal aliens from our Commonwealth. Public safety demands that we utilize these resources."

McDonnell continued, "I trust all Virginians agree that there is no place in Virginia for criminal alien sex offenders. We must take every possible step to remove these dangerous criminals from our Commonwealth and nation. Criminal aliens threaten our citizens and our communities, and they undermine the rule of law. I thank the dedicated officers at ICE and the Virginia State Police for their important, and continuing, work on this public safety initiative. Virginia will be safer because of what we have accomplished today."

"Since the establishment of the Sex Offender Investigative Unit in 2007 and with the assistance of Virginia Probation and Parole, the Virginia State Police have made significant progress in the maintenance and enforcement of Virginia's Sex Offender Registry," said Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent. "Working with ICE is one more partnership the state police utilizes to enhance the safety of our communities throughout Virginia."

"Operation Cold Play is a joint effort between the Commonwealth of Virginia and ICE. This kind of team work among law enforcement agencies ensures a successful outcome," said Vincent Archibeque, Acting Field Office Director for ICE Detention and Removal. "Aliens who commit crimes like this in our communities will not get another chance to victimize our citizens. We will continue to work towards our shared goal of removing these predators from our communities.

"ICE will continue its efforts in Phase II of this initiative to include a review of the remaining convicted criminal alien sex offenders on the initial list and a review of any recent additions to the list.

Nationalities, Localities and Offenses of Recently Detained Criminal Aliens*Due to Federal Privacy Act Provisions, Names Cannot be Provided

Nationality Locality Criminal Offense

Bolivia Alexandria, VA Sexual BatteryEthiopia Alexandria, VA Rape; Failure to Register

India Alexandria, VA Use of Communications System to Contact a Minor

Peru Alexandria, VA Attempted Aggravated Sexual Battery

El Salvador Alexandria, VA Indecent Exposure; Indecent Exposure; Indecent Exposure

Honduras Alexandria, VA Taking Indecent Liberties with Children

El Salvador Alexandria, VA Carnal Knowledge of Child 13-15Argentina Arlington, VA Rape

Laos Beaverdam, VA Rape; Assault

Mexico Blacksburg, VA Taking Indecent Liberties with Children

El Salvador Burke, VA Aggravated Sexual Battery

Iran Burke, VA Taking Indecent Liberties with Children

Cuba Chester, VA Indecent Liberties with Child by Custodian

Honduras Clifton Forge, VASexual Battery

Honduras Culpeper, VA Carnal Knowledge of Child 13-15; Failure to Register

Mexico Dumfries, VA Lewd/Lascivious Acts with Child under 14

Peru Fairfax, VA Lewd/Lascivious Acts with Child; Failure to Register

Mexico Front Royal, VACommunicate with Minor for Immoral Purposes

Thailand Harrisonburg, VA Taking Indecent Liberties with Children

Scotland Lorton, VA Sexual Battery

Germany Manassas, VA Indecent Liberties with Child by Custodian; Aggravated Sexual Battery

El Salvador Manassas, VA Aggravated Sexual Battery

Guatemala Manassas, VA Carnal Knowledge of Child 13 to 15 years old

El Salvador Manassas, VA Carnal Knowledge of Child 13 to 15 years old

India Norfolk, VA Taking Indecent Liberties with Children

Mexico Purceville, VA Taking Indecent Liberties with Children

El Salvador Richmond, VA Aggravated Sexual Battery

Cambodia Richmond, VA Aggravated Sexual Battery; Aggravated Sexual Battery, Failure to Register

Jamaica Spotsylvania, VA Sexual Battery

Haiti Stafford, VA Use of Communications to Contact a Minor

El Salvador Sterling, VA Sexual Battery

Honduras Waynesboro, VA Rape

Turkey Williamsburg, VA Use of Communication System to Contact a Minor; Attempted IndecentLiberties with Children

Guatemala Woodbridge, VA Indecent Liberties with Child by Custodian

Philippines Woodbridge, VA Sexual Abuse

Egypt Woodbridge, VA Aggravated Sexual Battery


The following was released this morning from the Office of the Attorney General:

COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell
900 East Main Street,
Richmond 23219
For Release: February 20, 2008
Contact: J. Tucker Martin or David Clementson
Email: tucker.martin@oag.state.va.us or dclementson@oag.state.va.us
Phone: 804-786-2071
Website: www.vaag.com

U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Ernestine Fobbs
Phone: 202-514-2648
Email: Ernestine.Fobbs@dhs.gov