The northeastern counties of Virginia did not walk away from Richmond or Washington D.C. when the time came. Some tried. Most did not. There was too much historical inertia built up over the decades for them to reverse the flow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for March, 2021
Most of the western, central, and southern Virginia counties simply walked away from Richmond when the capital ran out of the money to pay the soldiers and police it took to keep them in line. Gaining their freedom was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Richmond’s turn as the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia came to an end with a whimper, not a roar. Richmond had enforced ruinous taxes on their business sector and plundered the public treasuries to fund pet political projects for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Richmond was the center of power in the Commonwealth of Virginia before the Second Great Depression. Before the politicians of the day took the final steps that herald the ends of empires. They thought their word was law, and they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression saw the Commonwealth of Virginia in desperate times. Richmond had long since been taken over by those far more loyal to Washington D.C. than to Virginia, and they did not take well to any who refused[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One year ago, the lockdowns began. Months later, the BLM and antifa protests began to fill the streets with their protests against the police and the government in general. We watched government buildings attacked on a nightly basis for months.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One year ago, we were told to stop gathering together for any reason. Only essential workers were allowed to go outside the home. Church was banned in many areas. Political rallies in support of the President were shut down in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One year ago, we were shutdown. The economic engine that drove America into the best economy of my lifetime went into lockdown and businesses across America began to close for good. If it had just been the “14 Days to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One year ago, my place of business was humming along nicely. I work in the hospitality industry, and we were doing well most nights. Then, came the national emergency due to the Covid 19 outbreak. We locked down for 14[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One year ago, we were starting to realize that there was a shortage of various medical devices. Some States and businesses had simply refused to spend the money to fill the stockpiles they were required to have. As the Wuhan[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…