Most people believe you can hear the ocean roar if you place a conch shell to your ear. I’ve always thought the sound was more like a steady and annoying wind, the kind that blows endlessly in no particular direction. When you think about it in that light, Louis Farrakhan is quite like a conch […]
Has so-called national security become Kryptonite for the Tea Party? Seems to be the case, judging by the roll call vote for CISPA – the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which despite its inherent toxicity to individual privacy and liberty breezed through the House with significant help from members of the Tea Party Caucus. […]
From a Keith Larson post late Wednesday night on WBT’s Facebook page: Eyes will be Poked for awhile longer, i have been appropriately assured with a new contract. I am deeply grateful for all your support; the last week has been indescribable. More tomorrow morning… And this from the uptown paper: Neither Larson nor Rick […]
May 1, International Workers Day, has been designated by the left for the “first General Strike in American History:” A Day Without the 99%. No Work—No School—No Housework–No Shopping. Take the streets! But … the call for the General Strike did not getting traction from us — the 99%. We whose interests it purports to […]
May Day, the international socialist holiday, usually sees a collection of union thugs deployed to carry on about imaginary slights around the world, while here in the United States it is normally just another quiet day. The occupy minions promised that May Day 2012 would be different, and I suppose it was. Depending on where […]
I went to a Republican candidates forum for North Carolina State offices last month. (Suddenly I want to sing, “I went to the Animal Fair.”) First of all, we are in worse trouble than I thought. Why? Because there were more candidates than audience members, and speaking with several of the candidates before the event, […]
While competing for the DNC, our uptown leaders crowed about the fabulous economic impact the convention would have on the area. Now we know that many, if not all workers in the uptown area will be told to stay home. And it goes much deeper than that with the closing of Central Piedmont and many […]
You didn’t really think you could make it to May 8 without an email blast about Amendment One from Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James, did you? The county board is slated tonight to discuss and vote on a proposed resolution opposing the gay marriage amendment. James jumped-started the debate with a pro-amendment missive he distributed over […]
Just in time for the start of early voting, Ed Driggs hits the airwaves with an ad spot on WBT 1110-AM. I can’t recall the last time any candidate challenging incumbent District 6 Commissioner Bill James ran a credible campaign in a Republican primary, much less actually dumped money into radio ads. Win or lose, […]
Remember the halcyon days of yore, way back in February 2011, when city leaders were bursting pride and joy that the Queen City had just been crowned with the Democratic National Convention. Officials crooned that the DNC would shine a national spotlight on Charlotte, highlighting its world-class dreams and aspirations and paving a road for […]
