Tag: Don Rippert
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Has Virginia's Economy Officially Tanked?
Into the bit bucket. Back in August, 2013 I wrote an article for this blog titled, “Is Virginia’s Economy Tanking?”. The essence of the article was that Virginia’s Gross State Product (GSP) was growing by less than the increase in federal spending in Virginia. Moreover, that trend had been holding true through the prosperous economic…
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Has Virginia’s Economy Officially Tanked?
Into the bit bucket. Back in August, 2013 I wrote an article for this blog titled, “Is Virginia’s Economy Tanking?”. The essence of the article was that Virginia’s Gross State Product (GSP) was growing by less than the increase in federal spending in Virginia. Moreover, that trend had been holding true through the prosperous economic…
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The problem with the death penalty
D.J. Rippert Virginia’s non-debate. Politics in Virginia includes a lot of debates. Trasnportation funding. Medicaid expansion. Taxes. However, one critical aspect of Virginia law has fallen from view – the death penalty. This lack of debate over the death penalty is not due to a lack of executions. Since 1976 Virginia has posted the third…
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Elections have consequences
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y9oVC-mGW8?rel=0] by D.J. Rippert What a difference two years make. In the run up to the 2012 election Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debated foreign affairs. Obama had recently been caught making an offhand comment over an open mike to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Obama promised the Russian that he (Obama) would have “more…
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Is Virginia America’s Most Corrupt State?
by DJ Rippert As the Rolex turns. The McDonnell family corruption trial has Virginians transfixed. People can’t wait to get the latest installment in this soap opera of a trial. Most Virginians wonder at how this could have happened. I wonder at how it could have taken so long for America’s most corrupt state…
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Conservative vs. Progressive: Global Climate Change
Killer Bs. In an unprecedented move, two prominent Virginia blogs, Bacon’s Rebellion and BlueVirginia, have agreed to cooperate in a structured debate over a series of possible programs designed to combat global climate change. The programs were selected based on two major criteria – they had to be applicable to Virginia and they had to encompass actions…
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Christmas at Bacon’s Rebellion!
Christmas time is here and with a few lapses all of you bloggers and commenters have been very good little boys and girls this year. So, here is what you can expect to find under the tree or in the stocking: Jim Bacon: His very own MOOC course titled, “A conservative’s take on everything in…