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  • WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY

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    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIAEvent: Winter Storm WarningAlert:...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO6 AM EST SUNDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENINGTO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 [...]
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    Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:21am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • A Crowded Field and Digging a Deeper Hole

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    Complicated or refreshing? When you look at the field of candidates contending for the GOP nomination in the First Congressional District, either one of these words could come to mind. Yes there is currently a bewildering array of contenders, some strong, some with more of an outsiders' chance. They agree' [...]
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    Posted: December 18, 2009, 12:37am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • NOAA: WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

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    WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGHLATE SATURDAY NIGHTTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGHLATE SATURDAY NIGHT.* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 5 INCHES.* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 3:01pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Capito Votes Against Democrats’ Year-End Spending Spree

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    House Leaders Rush to Spend Even More as 2009 Session Comes to CloseWASHINGTON – With the House of Representatives finishing up the year today with appropriations measures and a hike in the debt limit, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., didn’t mince words when discussing her views on the Democrat’s year-end [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 9:19am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Tea Party Movement Now More Popular Than Either Political Party

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    This morning's news broadcast out of Washington made an interesting statement. For a few weeks now polls showed that the Tea Party movement outstripped the Republican Party in popularity. This morning the Democrats now find themselves looking up at the Tea Party in terms of support numbers. Liberal media types [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 9:08am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Troops In Afghanistan Face More Restrictions Than Your County Sheriff

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    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/16/us-troops-battle-taliban-afghan-rules/print/This article is almost a month old, but worthy of mention for anyone with loved ones in Afghanistan, as my family has.It speaks for itself but fails to point out an important salient fact. Your county sheriff, or any other law enforcement officer in the US, has more latitude in [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:51am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Guest Commentary: And Another Thing....

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    Hey y'all. Fatcat here again, Obama and the Commie left's favorite whipping boy.Yesterday we talked about how Obama likes to rip on fat cats to score political points. A little mouse told me, before I ate him, that Obama was not literally talking about cats. Apparently that is a term' [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:11am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Why Is This Man Still In the Executive Branch?

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    Warning (seriously) the following link has graphic and fairly disgusting material within that relates promotion of bizarre sexual practices to young boys and girls with the "Safe Schools Czar" appointed by Obamahttp://biggovernment.com/2009/12/09/fistgate-iii-obamas-safe-schools-czars-black-book-for-kids-included-tips-on-fisting-and-piing-on-your-partner/Where does Barack Obama find people like [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 3:16am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Irony, Global Warming Style . . .

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    http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,663858,00.htmlIf they were not so dangerous, this would be hysterical. [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Guest Commentary: A Response to Barack Obama

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    Hi America. I'm mad as H ee double hockey sticks and I am not going to take it anymore!Every darned time some liberal or left wing pinko Commie gets a bee in his bonnet about the business cycle or banks or just rich people in general, they attack me. Why?' [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:34am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Medical Marijuana

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    This is another one of those posts that comes with a caveat of "opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the opinions of everyone at Potomac Highlands Conservative, etc. etc. etc."However, with that caveat in mind, the time has come to consider the positives of introducing some form of marijauna [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:20am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • It's About Time

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    It is about that time again. Campaign season.Some people welcome it. Some shrink in horror. Many don't notice any difference at all until they see signs up at every road corner. Nevertheless it is almost upon us.People involved in politics get jaded because the parties tell us every election year' [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 1:43pm EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Apologizing For America Leads Not to Peace, But to War

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    Over a hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt sent the United States Atlantic Fleet under Admiral George Dewey into the Caribbean. He feared that the presence of a debt collecting European fleet off the coast of Venezuela might destabilize the entire region and produce dire consequences for America. Now it [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:33am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Come to Crazy Nancy's! She Has a Deal For You!

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    Nancy Pelosi said "we would do almost anything to pass healthcare" before Christmas.What exactly does that mean? Well Crazy Nancy will throw in some perks for seniors, leave out the "Cadillac health plan tax" for union workers. She'll do almost anything because she WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL TODAY!That is,' [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:57pm EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • A Chilling Look At the Mindset of an Abortion Advocate

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    In yesterday's Charleston Gazette, WV Free director Margaret Chapman Pomponio leads her commentary with the following:I work for a reproductive justice organization. That means that for almost 10 years, I’ve been advocating for West Virginia families to improve education on reproductive decisions, increase access to affordable birth control, and protect [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:17am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Capito Reacts to Idling of Clay County Mine

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    Ambiguity from EPA, Courts Leaves Miners in the LurchWASHINGTON – In light of reports that as many as 300 employees may face layoffs at a Clay County coal mine, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement:“Today’s news is a sobering reminder that continued uncertainty surrounding mine permits poses [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:49pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Capito on the Federal Response to the Mortgage Crisis

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    Congresswoman’s Opening Statement to Financial Services Committee HearingWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community and Opportunity, made the following opening statement at this morning’s full committee hearing to discuss the status of federal efforts to address the mortgage [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:35am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Obama Urged to Violate Constitution

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    The United Nations Climate Fraud Conference in Copenhagen has an understated theme that might cause havoc in the United States. It wants Barack Obama to use his executive powers to sidestep the Constitution and Congress and impose UN generated emissions regulations.Senator Jim Webb (D) VA issued Obama a harsh rebuke [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:11am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Borrowers Get Time for Proper Review of Documents in Bean-Capito Mortgage Rights Bill

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    Full mortgage documents would be available days in advanceWASHINGTON – Homebuyers would get three full days to review their complete mortgage documents before signing them at closing under a bipartisan proposal from Congresswomen Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.“Buying a home is one of the most important financial [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 2:01pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • USS West Virginia (BB-48) December 7th, 1941

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    On Sunday, 7 December 1941, West Virginia lay moored outboard of Tennessee at berth F-6 with 40 ft (12 m) of water beneath her keel. Shortly before 0800, Japanese planes, flying from a six-carrier task force, commenced a well-planned attack on Pearl Harbor. Several 18 in (460 mm) aerial torpedoes [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:40pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

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    As we endeavor to push to a final conclusion our current war against an evil aggression which struck our nation, let us remember the defining milestone moment of the twentieth century for our country. Let us also remember the men who died on this day in 1941, as well as [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:59am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Urgent Weather Message for Eastern Mineral, WV

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    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 450 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009.LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND THEN EAST OF THE DELMARVA TOWARD THE GULF OFMAINE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MID [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:59am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Climategate: Not a Victimless Crime

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    As time passes, details trickle instead of flood out about Climategate. We saw for ourselves how global warming skeptics risked denunciation as heretics by the "faithful," forced to confess their sins of non progressivism or face purification by the fire of not getting important grants. We now know that a [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:38am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • As a Parent I Want to Thank KPMS, Keyser High School, and Mineral County Schools

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    Thank you Keyser Primary Middle School, Keyser High School, and Mineral County Schools.This has been a trying week for parents, teachers, administrators, and law enforcement. Four days of bomb threats have disrupted school repeatedly. Government does not always act efficiently or effectively, but in this case, major kudos to all [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:27pm EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Something Rotten in the State of Denmark

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    Horatio: He waxes desperate with imagination.Marcellus: Let's follow 'tis not fit thus to obey him.Horatio: Have after-To what issue will this come?Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of DenmarkSomething indeed. The global warming community meets very soon in Copenhagen to direct the next round of sweeping proposals for change' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:27am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Capito Opening Statement at Financial Services Committee Hearing on FHA Actuarial Report

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    WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made the following opening statement this afternoon at the House Financial Services Committee hearing with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and other witnesses to address the financial soundness of the Federal Housing Administration and the recently released FHA Actuarial Report:“Mister Chairman, thank you for [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:23pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Capito Statement on President Obama’s Afghanistan Address

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    WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement this morning in response to President Barack Obama’s address to the nation regarding his administration’s strategy for the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan:“First and foremost, our men and women in uniform must know that we stand fully behind them and [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:22am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • A Couple of House of Delegate Races Worth Noting

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    Another election year will be upon us in a few weeks, which means that we need to start thinking about ways to start supporting candidates who will return government to the people.Republicans will concentrate a lot of their donations and time on congressional races this year. We have a shot [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:23am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Private and Public Lives

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    Watching the Pitt game the other night (and congratulations to Bill Stewart, his staff, and the West Virginia Mountaineers for a tremendous victory), we couldn't help but to notice that every thirty seconds ESPN would feel the need to update its viewers on a mysterious car crash near Orlando. By' [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:09am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • And This Is What Thanksgiving Is All About

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    Hat tip to Pastor William Linhart, Calvary United Methodist Church. This shows the mindset of our Founding Fathers in the Continental Congress in the time of their most desperate fears. As our country enters increasingly troubled times, we ought to be mindful of these words.O Lord our Heavenly Father, high [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:46am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Kudos to Keyser Police Department

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    Yesterday afternoon I was walking off some turkey before my next meal by walking around Keyser. I could feel a few drops of rain, so I figured I would walk over through Keyser Square in case it started to rain heavy I could walk under the awning. As I was [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:06am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Happy Thanksgiving

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    On this Thanksgiving Dayit seems more important than everto count our blessings.May the years ahead bringPeace, Good Health andmuch Happiness to you and yours. [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:33am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Palin Derangement Syndrome

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    Palin Derangement Syndrome should hit the DSM IV any day now. It refers to the chronic delusion among liberals and left wingers that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is both irrelevant and a major threat. It is closely related to Bush Derangment Syndrome, symptoms of which included the beliefs that [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:14am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Health Care Debate Gets Uglier For Democrats

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    The Democratic Party is nearly as old at the Republic and occasionally it has split. Before the Civil War it divided over the slavery issue; about ninety years later on Communism and segregation. As we approach the election year of 2010 another fundamental issue, again based on freedom, threatens to [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:47am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Obama: Industrial Efficiency Bad!

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    Industrial efficiency is the foundation of our high standard of living. Building more goods with less workers lowers cost and raises the standard of living for all. It allows more people to purchase the same good increasing demand, requiring more product to be built thus increasing employment. The President needs [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:28am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Thankful For Wal Mart

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    You get thoughts at the strangest times. This morning's thought came as I made my sone a grilled ham and cheese sandwich before taking him to basketball practice. It centered on how good kids have got it these days.I cannot get across to my children how things have changed in [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:17am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Republicans Stand Up For Taxpayers : Democrats Stand Up For Tax-Hikes

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    Republican Delegates Block Democrat Speaker Thompson's Attempt to Ram Through 15 Million Dollar Tax Increase on Working West VirginiansYesterday evening Republicans in the House of Delegates successfully used a parliamentary maneuver to fend off, for at least one more day, a proposed Democrat gas-tax bill that if passed will cost [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:12am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Capito Opposes House Effort to Blow Another $210 Billion Hole in Budget

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    Congresswoman Criticizes Democrat’s ‘Doc Fix’ as Latest Example of Budget-Busting PoliciesWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement today as the House of Representatives considered the so-called ‘doc-fix’ which will add yet another $210 billion to the deficit:“In what’s becoming an incredibly troubling pattern, the House today [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:05am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Capito Statement on Meeting With EPA Administrator Jackson

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    Congresswoman: “The bottom line from today’s meeting is that Administrator Jackson and the EPA believe they have no obligation to take economic factors or jobs into account when it comes to mine permits.”WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore, R-W.Va., released the following statement today after meeting with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:03am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Another Stupid Attack on Property Rights: Now You Cannot Even Hang Your Laundry Outside

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/us_nm/us_usa_laundryThis link may or may not take you to an AP story about various local governments either using social pressure or legislation to prevent people from hanging up their laundry putside to dry.What's the problem? Neighbors complain that they don't like the sight of it. Some say the whole practice' [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:10am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Mammogram Study Highlights Perils of Government-Run Care, Capito Says

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    As Most Push for Early Detection, Government Panel Considers Saving Lives to be InconvenientWASHINGTON – A government panel’s recommendation would turn back the clock in the fight against breast cancer and cast a troubling shadow over the prospect of government-run health care. That was Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s, R-W.Va., message [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:58pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Bill Stewart and Sarah Palin

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    Republicans in West Virginia have found that Governor Joe Manchin is a much more difficult target than Democrats at the national level. His competence and common sense in office have far outstripped anything seen from Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. Manchin gives us details to criticize, not a completely flawed vision. [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:19am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Taylor County Republican Executive Committee will host their annual Christmas dinner

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    The Taylor County Republican Executive Committee will host their annual Christmas dinner on December 22, 2009, beginning at 5:00 p.m. for our gathering. We will eat at 6:00 p.m. The menu will be Chicken or ham, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green beans, Salad, Drinks of Coffee or tea. Desert and gratuity will [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:30pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Capito Applauds Passage of Fire Grant Reauthorization

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    Program Benefits Dozens of West Virginia Fire Departments Each YearWASHINGTON – A federal program designed to provide support for community fire departments got a lift today with passage of the HR 3791, the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., praised House passage of the measure, [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:21pm EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Help Stop Obamacare Now!

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    Today in Charleston, Joe Manchin, Democrat members of the Legislature, Democrat staffers and Democrat congressional aides will gather to celebrate Senator Byrd becoming the longest serving Congressional member in U.S. history. It is also widely rumored that Senator Byrd himself is planning on attending. But while Democrats party under the [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:03am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Reporting In From the GPSA Conference.

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    Last week I had the honor of chairing a panel on gender and politics at the Georgia Political Science Association's annual conference. If some folks' ears were burning last Friday in West Virginia, it is because I spent some time informally and on my panel discussing some of the efforts' [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:22am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • Congratulations Anti-Smoking Crusaders. You Made Smoking Cool Again.

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    All the laws you had passed by non elected boards, all the millions in taxpayer dollars spent in education programs, posters and commercials have led to one result. For the first time in fifteen years Americans smoked more than they had the year before.Smoking received a huge boost in the [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:56am EST
    by Stephen Smoot

  • The Changing Political Map of West Virginia

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    This is the current political look of the of the state by county. Between 1996 and 2006 the Democratic Party in West Virginia went down from having 63.48% to 57.05% of registered voters, while Republican gained from 29.69% to 30.15% in the same time frame.If current trends continue, next election [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:39am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Lone American distrupts a major Obamacare Rally

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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:09am EST
    by Gary Howell

  • Swine Flu (H1N1) vs Seasonal Flu Statistics

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    Seasonal Flu * 5 to 20 percent of the population get the flu (15 to 60 million people)* More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications* About 36,000 people die from flu-related causesSwine Flu* 7.3 percent of the population has gotten the Swine Flu (22 million people)* About 98,000 [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:17am EST
    by Gary Howell
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