The jobs report came out this morning and it was more of the same, with unemployment perched above 8 percent and minimal jobs added. We need to upwards of 150,000 jobs per month just to hold steady, we’re told by economists, but we added just 80,000 in June. Toss underemployment into the mix and the […]
At least you’d think so; unfortunately it’s a lesson that seems to be lost on most of Congress, and which Sen. Rand Paul is trying correct. This from The Hill: After blasting the Senate last week for passing a 600-page bill no one had time to read, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation that would […]
Roger Clemens’ trail is over and he has been cleared of all steroids and perjury charges. The verdict opens the door for the “Rocket’s” detractors to cry foul while his defenders validate his storied career. So it goes with celebrity trials. Each side remains convinced of their rightness no matter the evidence or the jury’s […]
Leave it to Mecklenburg County’s own Becky Carney to showcase how by sheer ineptitude even an aggressively liberal Democrat can sometimes stumble onto the correct side of an important vote. In Carney’s case it came when she hit the wrong button to override Gov Bev’s veto of the state’s fracking bill, which clears the way […]
During his seven-term stint as Charlotte’s mayor, Pat McCrory did little to win favor with the lean-right conservative base of the Republican Party. Indeed, from his cheerleading for light rail to his cozy ties with the uptown lunch bunch, McCrory in many cases actively ostracized the same, leaving small-government, liberty-minded voters with a stale taste […]
One can draw various conclusions from the recent Obamacare ruling by the Supreme Court. There is even floating around the wishful thought that Chief Justice John Roberts made his decision in order to influence the next election. Even if true that idea does nothing more than emphasize that the court is not a court of […]
Following the outburst from Politico’s headline that 13-year-old Conservative, Jonathan Krohn, is now 17 and Liberal, it was impossible to not be reminded that the GOP does not know &%$# when it comes to getting the youth vote. But let’s look on the bright side; the GOP can make a change. They’re just going to […]
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which […]
Today is a day to celebrate your LIBERTY and FREEDOM!!!! Well, not too much…. ’cause if you love liberty or God, the Department of Homeland Security has recently labeled you a terrorist in their most latest report, “Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, 1970 to 2008.” According to this report, […]
Every American knows we will be celebrating the 4th of July on Wednesday; not enough of us remember why. Few of us truly grasp the profound significance of the separation between the American people and our government. We are a nation of self-sovereign individuals, and as the term implies, our government has no authority over […]
