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As readers of PunditHouse may know, North Carolina’s Campaign for Liberty spent most of last year sounding the alarm about a bill winding its way through Congress that posed a serious threat to competition and choice at the grocery store. This bill sought to impose greater regulations and costs on food producers, and like most […]
January 31, 2011 | Posted in Adam Love,Carolinas,House Guests | Read More »
According to a recent Rasmussen Reports survey, support for the overall repeal of the federal government’s health care overhaul has never fallen below 50 percent. However, many Americans are slowly accepting the idea that an all out repeal may be a mere fantasy since Democrats presently control the Senate by a slim margin, as well […]
January 31, 2011 | Posted in Ashley Stinnett,House Guests,National | Read More »
Yet another global warming, run-around-like-your-hair-is-on-fire claim has apparently bitten the dust, this time the whopper about the Himalayan glaciers imminent demise. This from The Telegraph UK: Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing rather than shrinking. The discovery adds […]
January 29, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »
Send us a youtube clip of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. A little vintage Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Followed up with some Traveling Wilburys:
January 29, 2011 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
So our armed forces are implementing “programs” to facilitate the inclusion of homosexuals in the military. The Soviets forced human beings they controlled into “reeducation camps” to be properly “conditioned” for the many splendored wonders of communist life. Our elitist rulers don’t miss a thing, do they? The reality of the repeal of DADT is […]
January 29, 2011 | Posted in House Mail | Read More »
The request to place a $10 million funding grant for Bright Beginnings on the agenda for next week’s board of commissioners’ meeting, submitted by Commissioners Chairman Jennifer Roberts at the request of Commissioner Vilma Leake, two Democrats, set off an e-mail exchange between several commissioners, in addition to an earlier reply from Republican Commissioner Bill […]
January 29, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
School Board member Rhonda Lennon drew some strange looks at last week’s meeting when she started shooting from the hip with gun metaphors during a budget debate. “We cannot continue to have bullets in our arsenal and not put them in the gun,” Lennon said, supporting a proposal to study the outsourcing of some CMS […]
January 29, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,CMS Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
The Democrat majority on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners is prepping for a push to fork over $10 million to save the Bright Beginnings pre-kindergarten program, via a special grant in addition to any normal operating funding the county provides CMS. It’s slated for discussion at the board’s meeting next week. Below is the […]
January 28, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
Whenever conservatives question stale Regressive talking points they are accused of stifling dissent. Of the five myths frequently tied to conservatism – racism, poverty, sexism and environmentalism being the first four – this is the greatest myth of all. Once again, apply the slightest common sense to the Regressive’s accusation and it melts like ice […]
January 28, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,National | Read More »
No real surprise here: the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 34-0 yesterday that Rahm Emanuel’s name can remain on the Chicago mayoral ballot. OK, I kid: it was a 7-0 ruling, but with Chicago politics… This from the Chicago Tribune: The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor […]
January 28, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »