Please urge Governor McDonnell to keep his promise and reject any legislation that seeks to accommodate “Obamanocare.”

Message From Bob Marshall To You For Governor Bob McDonnell

Dear Fellow Virginians,

Please urge Governor McDonnell to keep his promise and reject any legislation that seeks to accommodate “Obamanocare.”  The “Affordable Care Act” does not require States to run their own Health Care Exchanges.  At least 26 states have refused to set up exchanges which are website marketplaces of health insurance plans meeting federal criteria. (Google: “Virginia Health Care Exchange.” Several private marketplaces already operate).

If states refuse to set up their own exchanges, it will probably take longer for the federal government to deform healthcare and perhaps postpone enforcement of mandates requiring abortion pills and “medical” inquiries regarding which homes have guns.

In 2010, Governor McDonnell’s Secretary of Health set up a Commission to study health care “reform” with a $1 Million grant.  I asked Secretary Hazel why Virginia was proceeding with government-run health care while we were challenging the law in federal court.  I was told Virginia must be “prepared.”

Governor McDonnell has publicly stated he would not set up a Virginia exchange. Now he appears willing to sign bills which authorize state involvement while purporting to provide state “oversight” of a federal exchange. In reality the bills commit Virginia resources, including personnel from several state agencies, claiming (without guaranty) that Virginia will be reimbursed by the federal government (still our tax money).  If this is not a state insurance exchange then what is it?

Instead of Virginia exercising its right to refuse to set up a state exchange as other states are doing, Virginia will use its authority, resources and personnel to grease the Obamanocare skids and objectionable mandates.

Several bills have already passed the General Assembly. Senate Bill 922, introduced February 11, 2013, passed the House of Delegates.  It states in part:

Section 32.1-16 (b): “The Department shall be compensated for expenses incurred in providing such services. “   Does this mean compensation by state agencies or Washington?  In either case, it involves additional tax money.

Section 38.2-326 (A)(i) states in part: “full funding is available.”  Funding from where?

Section 38.2-326 (A) (ii) states in part:  “technology infrastructure, including integration with federal, state, and other necessary entities, is made available to the commission by or through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources…”  Will funding come from the feds or the state? What are the costs? Understand that “made available,” does not mean “provided free of charge.”  If the feds “provide,” what will they charge Virginia taxpayers?

Section 38.2-326 (B) states in part:  “the Commission may contract with and enter into a memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency…”   A MOU with another state agency simply would obligate more Virginia tax money and resources from the other state agency to pay for costs associated with the plan.

Section 38.2-326 (C) states in part: “the Commission’s obligation to perform plan management functions described in subsection A is contingent upon receiving federal funding sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the plan management of functions.  The Commission shall seek full reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for such expenses.  “Seeking full reimbursement does not mean obtaining full reimbursement.   Without wording which states, “The SCC shall not perform plan management functions unless all Virginia expenses are paid in full by the Federal government” this section does not assure plan management functions will be paid for by the feds (still our money).   Even if the Commission has no obligation to perform plan management functions, there is no prohibition on their performing plan functions.

Section 32.2-326 (E) states in part that “Technology resources provided by the Commission in carrying out the plan management functions shall be limited to existing commission technology support functions…” How much will this cost Virginia taxpayers?

Section 32.2-326 (F) states in part that “The Commission shall make available to the public on its website a written report on the implementation and performance of its plan management functions during the preceding  fiscal year, including, at a minimum, the manner in which all funds utilized for its plan management functions were expended.”   How much will this cost the State to carry out this function? How many state employees will be needed? Will others need to be hired?

If you do not want Virginia to speed up compliance with “Obamanocare” please call (804) 786-2211 or email the Governor here: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/aboutthegovernor/contactgovernor.cfm

Ask him to veto any legislation that accommodates “Obamanocare.”

Thank you for your help!



P.S. I thank Dr. Mark Berg for his help and insights on this bill.

Contact your state Senators on HJ Res. 590 - VA GA - Gold and Silver Virginia Alternative Currency - Patron-- Bob Marshall

"Dear Virginians,

My HJ Res. 590 has already passed the full House of Delegates and the Senate Rules Committee.  It sets up a General Assembly study of ways to protect Virginians from cyber security threats and Federal Reserve policies which adversely affect our economy.

The full Senate vote is expected on Monday, February 18.

The Chair of the Senate Rules Committee announced that Forbes Magazine editor, Steve Forbes, wrote in support of my study.  Despite a few critics at the Washington Post, the study is a serious one, necessitated by cyber security breaches and devaluation of the dollar.

CYBER SECURITY BREACHES:

How long would your family “survive” without a working credit or debit card due to banks’ computers being disabled or losing records?  In mid-October, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave a speech in New York in which he recounted serious threats to our computer dependent economy:

“In recent weeks…large U.S. financial institutions were hit by…attacks delayed or disrupted services on customer websites…the scale and speed with which it happened was unprecedented.  But even more alarming is an attack that…infected computers in the Saudi Arabian State Oil Company Aramco…This routine replaced crucial systems files with an image of a burning U.S. flag.  

But it also put additional garbage data that overwrote all the real data on the machine.  More than 30,000 computers … had to be replaced … foreign cyber actors are probing America‘s critical infrastructure networks…chemical, electricity and water plants and those that guide transportation throughout this country…intruders have successfully gained access to these control systems.  

The collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber-Pearl Harbor: an attack that would cause physical destruction and the loss of life.”

FIAT MONEY, DEVALUED DOLLARS AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY:

Federal Reserve policies have hurt Virginia’s Retirement system and budget and are producing disincentives for families to save as bank accounts now provide near zero interest.  At the same time, the Fed is providing perverse incentives for self-indulgence by Wall Street and runaway spending by Congress.  Congress needs an “intervention” which only a state study by experts can provide."

 ~ Bob Marshall~

Please contact your own State Senator by 3:00 pm on Monday, February 18 and ask him to support HJ Res. 590. 

Res. 590. Click here to find out your state senator’s contact information.

Read the entire bill here 

Virginia 7th District Republican Primary Candidate Interviews

DISCLAIMER: The Virginia Liberty Party Endorsed Floyd Bayne

Kirby Harris wrote an earlier column about Eric Cantor having a challenger in the Republican Primary (here), so I thought I would follow it up with interviews. 

With the Republican Primary for Virginia's 7th District fast approaching on June 12th, a few days ago I extended an invitation to both candidents, Eric Cantor and Floyd Bayne, giving both candidates the exact same amount of time to respond to my request. As I figured would happen, Eric Cantor stood me up in 2012 like he did in 2010 (read about it here). Floyd Bayne granted me an interview.

Read Part One       Read Part Two

*Stay tuned for Kirby's interview with independent occupy candidate for the 7th District congressional seat Dr. Vivek Jain.

George Allen Anti-Gun Record, Bob Marshall Passed 100%

CHECK OUT THIS EMAIL FROM : Gun Owners of America Dudley Brown ✆ Dudley.Brown@nationalgunrights.org via bluehornet.com

George Allen's anti-gun record is dangerous to Virginia gun owners. With your Republican U.S. Senate primary taking place tomorrow in Virginia, I want to make sure you are armed with gun rights facts. Republican candidate Delegate Bob Marshall returned his National Association for Gun Rights Candidate Survey 100% in favor of our right to keep and bear arms. The bad news is, George Allen refused to respond. But I'm not surprised -- his anti-gun record is well-chronicled. Please read the detailed analysis of George Allen's anti-gun record in my email below. -- Dudley I have some bad news. George Allen’s anti-gun crusade will continue if he gets back to the U.S. Senate. More on that in a minute. Now, sometimes folks assume that just because a politician is a Republican, they ‘re a solid supporter of the Second Amendment. I hope you don’t make that mistake. You see, you and I are only a handful of votes shy in the U.S. Senate of losing our right to keep and bear arms. We have the most anti-gun administration in nearly 20 years. The last time such a rabid anti-gunner was in charge in Washington, we got the Brady Bill, a ban on an entire class of semi-automatic hunting and target rifles, and millions of gun owners lost their rights. Unfortunately, it’s virtually certain that we won’t have a true gun rights hero in the White House regardless of who wins this November. That’s why it’s especially vital that gun owners know where every candidate for U.S. Senate stands. And that’s why we sent candidate surveys to the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Virginia asking very specific questions about where each candidate stands on your gun rights. The results might shock you. First, the good news, Republican candidate Delegate Bob Marshall has returned his survey 100% in support of your right to keep and bear arms. This should come as no surprise. Delegate Bob Marshall has a long history of fighting for Virginian’s gun rights in the House of Delegates. In the General Assembly, Delegate Bob Marshall was the chief co-sponsor of the repeal of the unconstitutional one-gun-a-month rationing scheme that finally passed this year. Delegate Bob Marshall also led the charge to expand the right of law-abiding citizens to carry their firearms on college campuses. Marshall has pledged to continue his long support of gun rights in the United States Senate. However, I do have some disturbing news. Republican candidate George Allen refused to answer our survey. This isn’t new. Some politicians refuse to answer the tough questions we ask. Unfortunately, when politicians refuse to answer, it virtually always means they’d vote anti-gun if elected. Often, it’s a sign that they’re hiding their anti-gun views -- and George Allen’s anti-gun record will shock you! *** George Allen proudly declared his support for the so-called “Assault Weapons” ban and pledged to renew it. 1 *** George Allen supported and refused to repeal Virginia’s unconstitutional, and recently repealed, one-gun-a-month gun rationing scheme. 2 *** George Allen voted to crack down on private gun sales, and to end private gun sales at gun shows. 3 *** George Allen believes magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds of ammunition should be outlawed. 4 *** George Allen supports stringent background checks as a condition of owning a firearm. 5 *** George Allen voted for legislation that would coerce gun owners into locking up their firearms or face criminal prosecution. 6 *** George Allen believes that handgun buyers should be tracked in a massive centralized database. 7 *** George Allen pledged to support mandatory trigger locks for all firearms. 8 *** George Allen pledged a crackdown on enforcement of currently existing unconstitutional federal gun laws. 9 George Allen has joined with liberals time and time again in opposing your God-given constitutional right to self-defense. Furthermore, with Allen’s refusal to answer the National Association for Gun Rights candidate survey, voters have no idea if he is in favor of the U.N. gun controls that are right now looming over our head. Allen may not have answered our survey, but his abysmal record on our gun rights is crystal clear. All across the country anti-gun lawmakers and politicians are pushing the same anti-gun platform as George Allen has throughout his career. The next U.S. Senator from Virginia will face important choices on many or all of these issues. So, the question is: How long will it take George Allen to cave in like a house of cards as he has so many times before? Allen is likely to sell-out gun owners the first time it’s politically expedient to do so. It makes sense. Many of the gun controls that passed during the Clinton Administration were supported by weak-kneed Republicans who often say “politics is the art of compromise.” Nothing gets my blood boiling as much as politicians playing fast and loose with our constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms. With all that’s at stake this election year, and with your June 12th Republican Primary fast approaching, it’s crucial that freedom-loving citizens of Virginia State know exactly where their candidates stand on the Second Amendment. That’s why it’s vital you send George Allen a message. Demand that George Allen apologize for his abysmal record on gun rights. Demand that he answer the National Association for Gun Rights survey 100% in favor of your gun rights, and pledge that if elected he will stop acting like a gun-grabber and cast his votes in support of our Second Amendment rights. But there isn’t much time. Here’s what you can do to help: o   Thank Delegate Bob Marshall for his 100% support of your right to keep and bear arms! o   Give Republican candidate George Allen an earful by calling him at 804-726-2012. Demand that he answer the National Association for Gun Rights survey 100% in favor of your gun rights, and pledge that in the future, he will stand up to the gun-grabbers and cast his votes in support of the Second Amendment. There’s no doubt about it, the upcoming elections will have a greater impact on our Second Amendment rights than any other election in our lifetime. And with so much at stake, I’m really going above and beyond to make sure every person in Virginia who cares about the Second Amendment knows exactly where their candidates stand. And I’m counting on good folks like you to help make that possible. So please, consider making a generous contribution of $15, $25, $50 or perhaps even $100 -- or whatever you can afford -- to help me contact as many Virginia citizens as possible. But most importantly, contact Republican George Allen and tell him change his position on the Second Amendment. There’s not a moment to lose. Please act today!     For Freedom,          Dudley Brown     Executive Vice President P.S. Republican U.S. Senate candidate George Allen won’t answer the National Association for Gun Rights candidate survey -- and his long history of supporting left-wing gun control schemes is crystal clear. Gun owners must demand answers. It’s vital that you contact George Allen at once and demand he apologize to gun owners for his gun-grabbing past, and answer the National Association for Gun Rights candidate survey 100% pro-gun immediately! Reference: 1. The Washington Post, 9/13/2000; and George Allen for U.S. Senate Campaign press release, 9/12/2000. 3. Project Votesmart 2000 U.S. Senate Candidate Survey. 4. The Washington Post, 9/13/2000; and George Allen for U.S. Senate Campaign press release, 9/12/2000. 5. Project Votesmart 2000 U.S. Senate Candidate Survey. 6. Voted for SB 424 in 1990 and SB 685 in 1991 as a VA Delegate 7. 1993 Allen for Governor campaign policy statement. 8. Project Votesmart 2000 U.S. Senate Candidate Survey. 9. Project Votesmart 2000 U.S. Senate Candidate Survey. The National Association for Gun Rights is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the Constitutionally protected right-to-keep-and-bear-arms through an aggressive program designed to mobilize public opposition to anti-gun legislation. The National Association for Gun Rights' mailing address is P.O 7002, Fredericksburg, VA 22404. They can be contacted toll-free at 1-877-405-4570. Its web address is www.NationalGunRights.org/ Not produced or e-mailed at taxpayer expense. To help the National Association for Gun Rights grow, pleaseforward this to a friend. Help fight gun control. Donate to the National Association for Gun Rights!

The Virginia Liberty Party Endorses Bob Marshall for US Senate

The Virginia Liberty Party Endorses Bob Marshall for Virginia's US Senate Seat on June 12th in the Republican Primary.


Bob has proven himself in defending the needs of Virginian's and their natural born liberties by creating bills that have since become laws that defended us against Federal Healthcare, a De facto National ID and Indefinite Detention of American Citizens that are only suspected of terrorism, as well as many more great bills.


Visit his website here

Complete Video of the Virginia GOP Senate Debate in Roanoke

If you missed it live watch it here:

Does Governor Bob McDonnell want to kill HB1160 which would protect Virginians from indefinite detention?

Call and Email: 

By Web: Governor McDonnell By Phone: (804) 786-2211

Call your State Delegate and State Senator:

By Web

The Virginia General Assembly website, which you are currently on, contains a wealth of information. To learn who represents your district, visit our Who's My Legislator site. For additional information on the members, visit the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia membership pages.

By Phone

When the General Assembly is not in session, you may call (804) 698-1500 for the House of Delegates Legislative Information Office and (804) 698-7410 for the Senate Legislative Information Office. 

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Here is an open letter to Governor McDonnell:

VA Constitution Party, 2nd Tuesday Constitution Group Appeal to Governor McDonnell:

Are you in favor of indefinite detention for American citizens?

The events detailed below are confirmed by Del Bob Marshall, patron of HB 1160. The vote istomorrow, January 30th at 2PM in the House and could be landmark legislation, leading the way against NDAA for the rest of the country.

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27 January, 2012

Virginia, Cradle of the Republic, Roanoke 

For Immediate Release

ANSWER TO: The Free People of VA

CONTACT:   Dave Mason, Vice Chairman, Constitution Party of VA (540) 885-1730

Phillip Spence, 2nd Tuesday Constitution Group, (540)309-6650

2nd Tuesday Constitution Group and her Liberty Partners must know:

“Governor McDonnell, do you support the unlawful   detention of US Citizens?”

“Governor McDonnell, do you support HB 1160, claiming the rights guaranteed to United States citizens that have been nullified by the National Defense Authorization Act?”

For those enjoying the liberties long sought after and associated with life in these united states, is there any other answer, other than a resounding NO?

It has come to our attention that influence extending beyond the Courts of Justice Committee, where HB 1160 is being heard, has been exhibited in in the form of “intimidation”, an effort by our own Governor to “Drop a Poison Pill” on HB1160.

Prior to the subcommittee taking a vote on the anti “citizen detention bill” Governor McDonnell sent a note to Committee Chair Iaquinto expressing that he was “opposed” to the bill… the same bill that is designed to prevent the violation of the Virginia Constitution and our United States Bill of Rights.

We must ask Governor McDonnell:

“Are you compromised in your service to the Commonwealth of Virginia by your position on and commitment to this administration’s “Council of Governors”???

We are asking Governor McDonnell to be the Chief Protector and Supporter of The Constitution of Virginia, and her CITIZENS as it his SWORN Duty!! Governor, what is your response?

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From:  Constitution Party of Virginia

To:    Mr. Robert F. McDonnell

Governor of Virginia

c/o adam.zubowsky@governor.virginia.gov

Re:   HB 1160 Unlawful detention of U.S. citizens;

Resign the Council of Governors

Governor McDonnell,

We are writing to you to urge your support of HB 1160 in the current GA session.

HB 1160 is Delegate Marshall’s response to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA 2012) … and to the Act’s hideous affront to the American People by that Act’s flagrant disregard of the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments of the Bill of Rights. The Act also violates the Constitution of Virginia and suspends posse comitatus, a long standing American tradition by act of law (18 U.S.C. § 1385).

The NDAA 2012 is de facto violation of the Natural Rights of the People of Virginia.  After all, without avail to remedy in Law, no man or woman sitting in a federal Gulag cell is apt to believe that he or she is possessed of an unencumbered free exercise of Liberty.

With consideration to the above and acting in your capacity as the Chief Magistrate of Virginia, we would like to receive your assurances that you will support Bill 1160 to your fullest extent.

We also ask that you resign from the Council of Governors, being that:

The Council of Governors is an extra-state regional government which lies outside the jurisdiction permitted to the federal power by the organic Compact, the Constitution for the united States. Being so, creation of the Council is an act of Lawlessness. And so being, a participation in the Council must necessarily be a participation in Lawlessness by all sitting Council Governors. Also, the Council of Governors is unfriendly to, hostile to and inconsistent with the letter and intent of the Constitution of Virginia.

Many of Virginia’s People feel that, taken with the Patriot Act, the Homeland Security Act and the recent passage of the NDAA 2012, that the Council actively abets, enables and facilitates what is seen to be by many Virginians, an emerging American police state.

Accordingly, we ask that you disassociate and distance yourself from the illegitimacy that is the Council of Governors.

Fidelity to your oaths of office, fulfillment of your trustee obligations to the organic constitutions, this is how you may best honor the sovereign wishes and God-given Natural Rights of the good People of Virginia.

Thank you for your consideration in these matters,

And with our best wishes extended to you,

Dave Mason

Vice Chairman

Constitution Party of Virginia

cc: Members of the General Assembly

CPVA Members and Partners in Liberty List

Mitt Romney: “Yes, I would sign it” here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNHyGKf7OGQ

VICTORY for Liberty - NDAA Nullification bill passes State Senate Committee

Liberty Thrives in Virginia thanks to Patriot Legislators


Kudos to Delegate Bob Marshall for defending our liberties once again by introducing (HB1160) which nullifies provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) that allow the government to hold Americans it suspects of terrorism indefinitely without trial.


Also, kudos to the 96 Delegates who passed the House Bill, and now kudos for the 8 Senators who voted for the Senate version to pass committee. Hopefully it will now it will pass the full State Senate and be signed into law by our Governor.



This in from the Virginia 10th Amendment Center:

About an hour ago, Virginia House Bill 1160 (HB1160) which recently passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 96-4, was approved by the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. The vote was 8-4 with 3 abstentions.


The legislative goal of HB1160 is to codify in Virginia law noncompliance with what many are referring to as the “kidnapping provisions” of section 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA). The official summary of 1160:


“A BILL to prevent any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency of the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution, or detention of a citizen in violation of the United States Constitution, the Constitution of Virginia, or any Virginia law or regulation.”


HB1160 is sponsored by Delegate Bob Marshall, who recently told The New American – “They say this law [the NDAA] is designed to fight terrorists. You don’t defeat terrorists by adopting their tactics. I will be faithful to my calling to stand against these predators who would sell their birthright for a mess of pottage.”


(Read the full article here)

Virginia Liberty Party 2011 General Assembly Candidate Endorsements

Virginia Liberty Party 2011 Endorsed

General Assembly Candidates

State Senate

Ben Loyola - 6th State Senate District

Robert W. T. Short Sr. - 23rd State Senate Seat

Jeff Frederick - 36th State Senate District

Adam Light - 38th State Senate District

House of Delegates

Bob Marshall - 13th State Delegate District

Mike Kane - 41st State Delegate District

Joe Glean - 44th State Delegate District

Matthew D Simpson - 54th State Delegate District

Glenn R. McGuire - 95th State Delegate District

Real ID might not be as dead in the water as was orginally thought.

History

In 2005, both houses of Congress passed The Real ID Act, then signed by so-called conservative George W. Bush. The Act failed pass as a stand alone bill several times, but only passed when the sponsors had it tacked onto the back of an Iraq Defense spending bill.

In turn, thirty-four (34) states, including Virginia, enacted anit-real ID legislation that outlawed such provisions that were in the Act from becoming law in their state.

Virginia passed Anti-Real ID Act (SB 1431, HB 1587) which prohibits compliance with Real ID provisions. (Enacted 3/31/09)

Current Virginia Attorney General Ken T. Cuccinelli was the chief patron in the Virginia Senate and Delegate Bob G. Marshall was the Chief Patron in the Virginia House.

Other Senate Patrons: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr., Frederick M. Quayle, Jill Holtzman Vogel

Other House Patrons: Charles W. Carrico, Sr., Anne B. Crockett-Stark, Sal R. Iaquinto, Brenda L. Pogge

Which states enacted legislation and what such legislation entailed.

Virginia Anti-Real ID Patrons 


Dangers of Real ID

• Real ID mandates RFID readable chips thta cna be read by any one who buys a reader.
• Unfunded Mandates on the State governments costing Billions.
• A central database that must be shared with all states, localities and in some cases foreign entities.
• No statutory limitations on “official purpose”
• Creates a federal identity document that every American will need in order to fly on commercial airlines, enter government buildings, open a bank account, and more. 

The language says that those who don't have it can't participate in "Federal Activity", which is rather vague language that could be stretched into anything that comes under Federal Jurisdiction.

Here is a list of a few things that come under Federal Jurisdiction, law or oversight:

Getting a loan to buy a home, opening a bank account, getting any regular loan, getting a student loan, a car loan, refinancing your home, buying a gun, selling products across state lines, flying in a plane, driving your car (if your doesn't offer a state Drivers license alternative to real ID), getting a JOB, possibly crossing state lines (especially if the next state doesn't recognize your non-Real Id state license) and the list goes on and on and on. To see more about the dangers to your liberty and privacy click Here


Real ID Resurfaces

Computerworld.com reports:

"A controversial 2005 bill designed to create a national standard for driver's licenses may not be quite as dead in the water as many might have assumed, according to a report released this week by the Center for Immigration Studies." (Read More Here)

It goes on to say how the Federal government is trying everything they can to re-implement this draconian Nazi style identification system which will limit your freedom of choice and movement . The States rejected it but they keep trying to find new ways to enforce it on us against the wishes of the states and the People.

So tell every one you can to call their Local, State and Federal Officials and urge them to fight a national ID of any kind.

Check out  Kirby Harris' Articles in his Column at the Richmond Examiner.