Nancy Pelosi isn’t long as Speaker of the House. But if there’s one constant in our ever-changing world it’s that Pelosi will prove unconscionable until the gavel is wrested from her hand. During a recent speech on the House floor she expressed opinions about unemployment insurance and tax policy that seem irrational even for her. […]
The governor of New York gets slapped with a hefty fine for accepting free tickets to a World Series game; Mecklenburg County commissioners and Charlotte city councilmembers continue to receive “free” tickets to the annual CIAA basketball tourney, after greasing the skids by doling out $400K a year of your tax dollars to the CIAA. […]
In a twisted case of legislative resuscitation, Senate Republicans have somehow managed to help breathe new life into the monstrosity that is the so-called Food Safety Bill, which late Sunday night was approved by unanimous consent in chamber with a voice vote. The food safety bill, recall, was left for dead earlier this month after […]
What is it about the Tea Party that is so objectionable? The attacks are too regular and varied to require recounting. It appears the Tea Party is a movement back to our anti-federalist origins; a movement advocating the restrictions on government found in our Constitution. If that is true then the attacks are from those […]
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Recently, the Charlotte “Obfuscator” published what was clearly a politically-motivated article detailing the compensation of Howard Levine, CEO of the Family Dollar chain. What on earth was the point of the author, Ely Portillo, in doing so? I could not help but notice that Portillo’s screed came at a time when the latest Democratic party […]
Or maybe just gross would be more appropriate. As if watching the Panthers hasn’t been painful enough this year, the stage is set for potentially true horrendousness. Imagine Jimmy Clausen on a tuck-and-bail, synched to the harmonics of “Achy, Breaky Heart.” It could be coming to a TV near you, courtesy of Fox Sports. This […]
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Wonderment over this “grand compromise” of the recent tax deal is similar to the one Clara Peller, the great lady who did the Wendy’s commercials in the early 1980’s, had when she asked, “Where’s the beef?” Our 2010 questions are these: 1) Where’s the Compromise? 2) Where’s the Courage? 3) Where’s the Sacrifice? It is […]
Here’s a piece of good news: CMS students not making headlines for brawls. Quite the opposite in fact, where over at Olympic High you’ve got students up at the crack of dawn, braving wintry weather to drive to school and wrap gifts they collected for kids at Hidden Valley Elementary, as part of their Homelessness […]
