The road to setting up an Obamacare health exchange in North Carolina could be headed for a new twist this weekend, when a resolution is likely to be offered at Saturday’s NCGOP State Executive Committee meeting calling for Pat McCrory, Thom Tillis and Phil Berger to return the $73.5 million in federal money accepted by […]
Something about the inherent ‘unfairness’ and ‘regressive’ nature of the Powerball lottery got me to thinking: ‘How much do poor and lower-and-middle income people pay in taxes anyway each year?’ I fully put lottery payments into the ‘tax revenue’ category since they go to support government functions such as public education at the state level. […]
Many people who live in states with appointed judges are appalled when they learn some states like North Carolina actually elect our judges. Honestly, I can’t say I disagree with them. To me, electing judges somehow just doesn’t feelright. Judges should be above the political fray as much as possible. That’s why Federal judges are appointed […]
Al Capone and John Gotti could have learned a thing or two from Mecklenburg County officials. The two mob bosses clocked hard time for running organized criminal enterprises that reaped millions of dollars through theft, extortion and racketeering; county officials in Mecklenburg get off with a slap on the wrist and another chance behind the […]
Is it just me, or did anyone else seem to notice how the murder-suicide by that NFL player seemed to get media coverage that was… odd. The player, Jovan Belcher, reportedly shot his girlfriend and then drove to the stadium and shot himself in the parking lot. The reporting seemed to carry a sort of “What a […]
Two quick hits that were buried under headlines of a football player who offed himself and his baby mama. Not to be cold-hearted, but since we’re all consumed with the fiscal cliff I thought it relevant to see what we can expect…. From BBC News: UK government researcher says UK government hospitals “full to bursting” and a dangerous […]
Is ‘hack’ still an acceptable moniker for taxicab drivers, or am I hopelessly behind the PC curve? In any event, you know you have a tough job when it involves cleaning up the bodily fluids of your customers. At least in Charlotte, taxicab drivers will soon be able to reap a little extra compensation for […]
How long before we hear the rallying cry that, “you can have my shoes when you pry them from my cold dead feet?” I ask because apparently feet, not to mention hands, are more lethal than guns. This from the Daily Caller, which relates results from the FBI’s 2007-2011 “Murder Victims by Weapon” report: The […]
Some days I think if I see and read the word “sustainable” one more time, I’m going to go into convulsions, throw up, and pass out. The word has become so ridiculous at this point you could substitute the word “rubbish” and get the same meaning. It has to be the most used and abused word that […]
I’ve taken a lot of heat over the past several weeks for not having voted in the most recent election. Especially since most of the people I know believe that had I voted it would have been for Romney. However, even those who know I would have voted for Paul as write-in are up-in-arms that […]
