Or how to blow up teachers, scorch parents and burnout students; call it what you will, it’s all part and parcel of Gorman & Company’s wonderful world of control central. In this case, it’s CMS running to Raleigh to get legislation approved that would allow the district to pull the trigger on its coveted teacher […]
By Sen. Rand Paul, naturally, who blisters President Obama with a scathing indictment of his handling of the war in Libya. This from The Hill: In a floor speech Wednesday, Paul introduced a motion to the Senate that would condemn Obama’s decision to attack military installations controlled by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi without authorization from […]
Recent reports trumpeted the news that President Obama’s approval ratings have fallen to “only” 42% of the people approving of his performance in office; 50% of them say they “disapprove” of his work so far. With unemployment still in double-digits, millions of Americans out of work with many of them having zero chance of returning […]
Well, that didn’t take long. Empowered with an overwhelming mandate from the people to govern with a rational, conservative bent, it’s taken the Republican majority in the NC General Assembly all of three months to scuttle the first semblance of rational conservatism. Not sure how else you can read the so-called compromise being pushed on […]
It’s just come to my attention that a handful of Republican legislators, including Charlotte’s own Ruth Samuelson, have introduced the kind of legislation we thought we’d seen the end of after last November’s landslide election. They’ve introduced HB 495, the euphemistically-titled “Solar Jobs Bill.” The bill requires Duke Power and Progress Energy to double the amount of electricity it purchases from […]
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It was a gloomy day in Columbia, SC, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of FairTax supporters from across the state who came to witness the official launch of the South Carolina FairTax Act (H3993) in the State House of Representatives. Speaking to the media at a 2pm press conference were House Representative Bill Taylor […]
Ban cars from London and other major cities across Europe, under the pretext of what the UK Telegraph tags as “a draconian EU masterplan.” The European Commission on Monday unveiled a “single European transport area” aimed at enforcing “a profound shift in transport patterns for passengers” by 2050. The plan also envisages an end to […]
A lot more, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department statistics that show 61 arrests logged at the University City high school through February of the current school year, a staggering jump from only six arrests during the whole of the previous school year. The most recent outburst of violence went down yesterday morning in the school […]
The following opinion piece from me was submitted, but NOT printed, by the Charlotte Obfuscator. I thought it was worth sharing…. Several of the Charlotte Observer’s “Opinion” writers simply can’t understand why anyone would want to turn down money from the federal government for a new rail boondoggle…er, “project” from Charlotte to Raleigh. (The fact that the governors […]
