Today’s the Day…Tomorrow’s the question

Today America ushers in the 44th President of the United States. With that, a promise of a better America for all
Americans will be put to the test, not in the first 100 days, but in the first 100 hours.

Happy Easter from Tennessee…

While Conservative Viewpoints resides in Virginia traveling is a love of mine. Seeing new places or, as is the case for this trip, visiting family is always a welcomed event.

Easter is the most significant holiday for Christians. The importance of the weekend only adds to the time spent with my father in the great state of Tennessee.

I hope each of you finds the time to celebrate God’s faith in you shown through the sacrifice of his only son for the forgiveness of our sins. It is the one time to truly consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ, what it means to you, and perhaps what purpose surrounds your existence.

Conservative Viewpoints headed to the beach…AGAIN!

Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!

That’s right, once again Conservative Viewpoints is heading to the beach to see all the best America has to offer!

Happy Memorial Day…from the beach!

While CV heads to the beach for the holiday weekend, we wish everyone a sense of peace and happiness.

Please take time this long weekend to think about our troops currently in harm’s way and the millions of military men and women who have placed their lives on the line to allow us to enjoy freedoms that no other country in the world enjoys.

Gingrich sharing solutions and ’shades of green’

Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House and candidate for the 2008 Republican Party nomination, is a man that enjoys finding and discussing solutions. It is apparent that this former leader of the House of Representatives sincerely enjoys the presence of others. He is a careful listener, a thoughtful conversationalist, and a person dedicated to finding solutions.

Whether one agrees with the Speakers comments or not may be secondary to the main issue that makes him a valuable presence in politics. His commentary challenges listeners to find a better way to address the nations needs. To be sure, this is not a man that takes his interaction with citizens lightly. Gingrich spoke with Conservative Viewpoints and the New Dominion offering thoughts on young people involved in politics, Solutions Day, the environment, and more.

Unimaginable, unspeakable, unthinkable horror at VA. Tech

On this day the world has stopped. War means little. Gas prices don’t matter, and life’s rough spots seem petty. Today 32 innocent people have been taken from us. Future engineers, leaders, mothers, and fathers lost at the hands of an insane gunman.

There will never be an explanation that satisfies the families and loved ones associated with this tragedy. There will never be an answer to the question of, why? Not really. Law enforcement officials will try to fill in the holes and provide explanations, but they will do little to take away the pain that will endure a lifetime for those left to pick up the pieces.

Prayers don’t seem like enough, and yet they are the best we have to offer. Faith will carry the day for many that witnessed this horror. Faith will prevail in the midst of despair.

Ethanol: Friend or foe

The ethanol craze that seems to be taking America by storm is a confusing panacea. On the one hand, the corn filled fuel suggests an alternative to oil dependency, a positive step for the environment, and a strike against oil rich companies. On the other hand, there are questions regarding ethanol’s ability to tear the country away from its oil addiction, new environmental concerns are being raised, and oil companies don’t seem to be slowing down.

So which is it, friend or foe?

Shell says ‘Filler-up’ with straw and wood chips please

Is America beginning to do more then play lip service to alternative forms of fuel and energy?

Shell, in partnership with the German bio-fuel company Choren, is planning to make a new road fuel made from wood chips and straw. The synthetic diesel, made using a novel biomass-to-liquids (BTL) process, will shift the bio-diesel industry into a higher gear by using waste plant material instead of valuable food crops.

Urban Growth demands people driven solutions

Government instituted urban growth boundaries have a long history of failure with respect to containing growth. In A History of London, Stephen Inwood writes that Queen Elizabeth I established an urban growth boundary in London in 1580. It failed to contain growth and development continued outside the urban growth boundaries.