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Panthers Fan Fest

Photos by: Glen Simmons Panthers fans gear up for the start of the gridiron season with a solid turnout for Fan Fest on Saturday at Bank of America Stadium. [nggallery id=62]

August 9, 2010 | Posted in Photos Not Featured | Read More »

The Obamas Feel Your Pain

Before taking Michelle Obama to task for her jet-setting and outlandishly lavish summer vacation, let’s take a moment to put it in some context, provided by none other than President Barack Obama. The First Family, you see, feels your pain, can relate to the plights and problems faced by millions of the working class across […]

August 8, 2010 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

The Continual Campaign Problem

Article One, Section Three, of the US Constitution says: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of Two Senators from each State, chosen by the legislatures thereof, for six Years…..” In 1912 The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was proposed and it was ratified in 1913. It says: “The Senate…. shall be composed […]

August 8, 2010 | Posted in House Blends,National | Read More »

Saturday Night House Party

Send us your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. This is Madonna. Enjoy.

August 7, 2010 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin | Read More »

WWJD? Vote Kagan

So sayeth Sen. Lindsey Graham, explaining the divine inspiration behind his vote to confirm the pro-abortion Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. From CNSNews: “But at the end of the day, those of us in the Senate have to understand that every branch of government includes human beings and there is a rule that […]

August 7, 2010 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

Basnight Breeding Bacteria

N.C. Senate leader Marc Basnight, a Down East Democrat, might want to reconsider his latest power move to insert big government into every facet of the private market. Recall that Basnight was the driving force behind a total ban of plastic bags on the Outer Banks, going so far as to mandate that retailers offer […]

August 6, 2010 | Posted in Carolinas,House Blends,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Brain Freeze

Gotta love the hed of this article from Reuters: “Obama freezes bonuses for some government workers.” Almost makes it sound like the Chosen One has heard Main Street concerns over exorbitant government pay, while private-sector unemployment rages. Turns out, not so much; Obama remains as tone-deaf as ever to the common folk. His idea of […]

August 5, 2010 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

485: Move Goal Posts, Declare Victory

N.C. Department of Transportation officials have announced that a widening of the south Charlotte parking lot known as I-485, from Johnston Road to South Boulevard, is slated to begin in 2014, a year ahead of the state’s current schedule. That should come as giddy news, except for the inconvenient fact that the widening project was […]

August 5, 2010 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,City Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Karl Marx Was (Almost) Right

If Karl Marx was writing today, he might amend his famous comment about religion and conclude that the true opiates of the American people are tax cuts, more spending and more debt. We have been struck time and time again by the fact that the American voting public, on both ends of the political spectrum, […]

August 5, 2010 | Posted in House Blends,National | Read More »

No Vote On The Quarter-Cent

Not in November at the polls; not even Tuesday night by commissioners, when George Dunlap’s motion to put a quarter-cent sales tax up for referendum didn’t even draw a second, much less any debate. But that didn’t prevent Dunlap, a Democrat, from rambling for nearly 10 minutes explaining why he didn’t necessarily support a new […]

August 4, 2010 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

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