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...face to those from various countries who have come to the U.S. legally. Unlimited immigration would strain any country's health, schools, and job market. I was incensed when I heard some people compare the protests by Mexicans and other Latinos to our civil rights movement. Barbara Kelly Richmond, Virginia...
...laptop-toting lawyers, economists, teachers, housewives and others from around the country showed up for a Las Vegas convention put on by the liberal blog Daily Kos, they were joined by three members of Congress, four presidential candidates and at least seven staffers from the office of former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, one of the 2008 hopefuls. Warner spent thousands on a rooftop bash that included chocolate fountains and a sushi bar, and Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico and another potential candidate, flattered the bloggers as if they were a bunch of campaign fundraisers about to hand...
...respectful and sincere. The first one was about whether Warner was correct in asserting that Iran is a greater threat to our national security than Pakistan. A better question might have been, how valuable is the opinion on such matters when it comes from a one-term governor of Virginia...
...Karin Agness, a recent graduate of the University of Virginia (UVA), got the idea for NeW when she returned to college after a summer spent interning for Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) in Washington. "I loved being around other conservative women and wanted to find more women like that at UVA," says Agness, 22, who hails from Indianapolis. "Unfortunately, all the women's groups on campus were really liberal and biased. And when I asked a [women's studies professor] if anybody would be interested in sponsoring a conservative women's group, she just laughed...
...Value of the priciest trip--a London sojourn for Virginia Republican Thomas Billey Jr., courtesy of Brown & Williamson Tobacco...