Just a friendly reminder that today would be an opportune time to call your local representatives and strongly encourage them to support Rep. Glen Bradley’s NC Constitutional Hard Tender Act. On April 5, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, prohibiting the private ownership of gold and directing private citizens to turn their […]
I figured at first the uptown paper was a little slow on the calendar and this piece must be a belated April Fool’s spoof; but nope – just more proof that with our board of county commissioners, fact is indeed stranger than fiction. In this case, commissioners are considering bringing in a team-building consultant/group dynamic […]
How times have changed! The United States isn’t the imperialistic, blood-for-oil war machine that it was just a few years ago. We’ve shed the “I ride alone” image and become acceptable in the world community. Every charge levied against the United States following the Iraq invasion is yesterday’s news and America can again wage a […]
With Representative King’s hearings completed in the House of Representatives on Islam’s ties to terrorism, and with the ousting of President Mubarek in Egypt and news that the Muslim Brotherhood, the oldest radical Muslim terrorist group in existence, is participating in designing the future government of Egypt, many Americans are again asking the question to […]
Send us a youtube clip of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the rotation. This one’s for Kaliner – a class act through and through; see ya down the road, dude: This is The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Followed up with a little Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Some more Hendrix for good […]
What good are Presidents? Not much, if you ask me. From both Roosevelts to Wilson to Johnson to Nixon to Carter to Bush to Clinton to Bush to Obama, I’ve decided modern, corrupt, and Progressive Presidents are time bomb creators. What made me think of this is Carter and the Community Reinvestment Act, the time […]
The dire impact of Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s revolving courthouse door of alleged criminal justice has crossed state lines. In this case, it’s a multi-repeat offender who skated on a murder charge only to end up accused of another murder in Georgia. WBTV’s Tom Roussey runs down the sordid backstory: Stacey Dooley of Charlotte is charged with murdering […]
In a stunning move that left political pundits scratching their heads, NC House Speaker Thom Tillis, a Mecklenburg Republican, announced today that the GOP has signed off on a power-sharing agreement with Democrats, cutting short the Republican Party’s historic gains at the polls this past November. “It’s called reaching across the aisle,” said Tillis. “It’s […]
As many of you have heard by now, the new GOP majority is about ready to throw in the towel on requiring a photo ID to vote in North Carolina. This is causing quite a bit of outcry and confusion in Tea Party circles, since this was one of the major issues that Thom Tillis […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Carolina Speed dropped its home opener at Bojangles Coliseum with a 58-41 thriller against Albany. [nggallery id=142]
