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Fetuses all across the Virginia are smiling on their sonograms this week in the wake of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s opinion that concludes the Commonwealth can legally resume oversight over “clinics” that abort the unborn.

Now Missy — on the way to abort her child — will be comforted by the knowledge that she will soon enjoy service and thoughtful attention from the same type of competent, licensed professionals she encounters at the veterinary hospital when she takes Fifi in to be spayed.

Curiously enough, the thought of a safer abortion outrages the unborn death lobby. They are so angry it makes you thankful they are opposed to personal ownership of handguns.
 

My local delegate to the Virginia state house, Bob Marshall (R—Prince William) is not particularly popular in Richmond because he’s conservative even when it’s inconvenient.

This is why he’s urging Gov. Bob McDonnell to refuse to accept a penny of Obama’s latest $26 billion government 'stimulus' bill. Marshall knows it’s easy to oppose government spending when you aren’t getting any of the money. It’s more difficult to be frugal when Virginia is confronted with 249 million reasons to swallow conservative principles and take the cash.

The judgment of the GOP establishment is that old Bob is just saddling up to tilt at yet another of his many windmills. But before you join their jump to conclusions, consider Marshall’s reasoning in the context of the larger issue of Democrat–induced runaway government spending.
 

(Note to Democrat press secretaries: even the mainstream media will ask embarrassing questions regarding immigration after a drunk illegal runs over a nun.)

Virginia’s Sen. Mark Warner (D–Waffle) successfully dodged commenting on the death of Sister Denise Mosier for almost a week. But last Friday’s “news” conference to take credit for an agreement to improve record keeping at Arlington National Cemetery was hijacked by an undocumented question when he was asked to share senatorial thoughts on the eminently preventable death. Warner observed, “It’s a tragedy.”

Thanks, senator, we needed that.

Democrat Jim Webb, the senior senator from VA and a man who knows something about avoiding incoming fire, found no time to speak on the issue; while local Cong. Gerry Connelly (D–What Else?) lost no time in ducking the question entirely.

The DC metro area suffered a little collateral damage this week as part of Democrats long march toward 'Social Justice.' One nun was killed and two were hospitalized after their car was hit head on by an auto with a drunken Carlos Montano at the wheel.

But three nuns is a small price to pay in return for the feeling of moral superiority you get from enjoying affordable landscaping and watching Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in Congress.

Montano is evidently here in the US to drink the beer Americans didn’t want to drink and he gets an early start because he smashed into the nuns at 8:30 AM on Sunday morning. This was his third DUI and fourth alcohol–related offense. What’s more, Montano has been belting down cold cervezas in the US for FIVE YEARS.

My age and marital status have combined to place severe limits on what are acceptable topics for my formerly rich fantasy life. I’m pretty much down to dreaming about food and fantasy football.

I’ve found that if you talk too much about food fantasies, people will begin slowly sidestepping away at parties. Until, after a very short while, the only people listening are really skinny adolescent girls who ask you if the carrot stick they just ate makes them look fat.

Fantasy football is a much more serviceable topic for the socially inept. The women clear out pretty fast, usually at the first mention of your draft strategy, while the men stick around.

What’s more, talking about the digital fantasy game is an improvement over talking about real analog sport, because you don’t have to listen to Cowboy fans boasting about what Arlington’s Team is going to do this season.

Last Friday at 5 AM, after a quiet spell of some 13 years, Prince William County, VA had an earthquake. For commuters 5AM is when they’re getting ready to head to work. For drunks and night owls it’s the time they are arriving home. So thousands of people were out of bed and functioning, more or less, yet only six residents here called 911.

So I’m wondering: if this is a good thing or a bad thing?

The quake was a magnitude of 3.6, which is hardly San Fransiscan in intensity. If you were sleeping, it probably felt like the dog jumped on the bed. But that didn’t stop the good residents of Montgomery County, MD from dialing their 911 center. Thousands of residents there called in to report the obvious.