Remember, folks, according to our economist-in-chief, the private sector is doing fine. This from WaPo, which reports that the last three years have “wiped out nearly two decades of Americans’ wealth, according to government data released Monday, with middle-class families bearing the brunt of the decline.” The Federal Reserve said the median net worth of […]
With a pair of votes that Democrat Mayor Anthony Foxx decried as being everything from “incongruous” and “irresponsible” to “troublesome” and “disgusting,” the Charlotte City Council on Tuesday night shot down a proposed 8-percent property-tax hike budget while approving an $8 million taxpayer subsidy for the Charlotte Knights’ uptown baseball stadium. Let’s take a minute […]
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Lewis, Katz, Kaliner, Servatius and now Coakley, who is being shown the door after a one-year stint over at WBT 1110-AM, which is apparently intent on doing its absolute best to drive off its core audience and replacing it with … I’m not sure what. WBT program manager Carl East says the decision to replace […]
Rand Paul, that is, as opposed to his father and still GOP presidential contender Ron Paul. So is this enough to get diehard Romney RINO critics to jump on the bandwagon, or at least make pulling the lever for him a somewhat less bitter pill to swallow? Including any of the horde of passionate and […]
The Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA/aka The Stimulus) has indeed packed one heck of a wallop, although not exactly the type being perpetually hyped and hawked by The One. Far from it. This from last month’s Congressional Budget Office report: When ARRA was being considered, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the […]
Like a wayward kid who can’t be trusted with his allowance for fear it will all be blown on candy and trinkets, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education needs an adult to ensure it makes the right budget decisions, specifically honoring a commitment to provide pay raises for teachers and school employees. Enter the Mecklenburg Board […]
Michelle Obama, in this case, who must be a closet racist. You know, like those evil conservatives who want to implement Voter ID laws, which all good liberals know are inherently immoral because many minority voters, they claim, lack photo identification. Racist, in other words. Except when you’re the First Lady trying to hawk a […]
Let us not forget the sacrifice and courage: Jump over to ARMY.MIL and listen to the audio. UPDATE: Speaking of not forgetting; guess who forgot? President Obama spent the day flying around the country, working in not one, not two, not three, but four campaign stops, skipping entirely any D-Day Anniversary tribute. This […]
The latest friendly tips and suggestions coming from the Department of Health and Human Services encourage parents to use bowls and plates for meals instead of eating directly from containers. This from CNSNews: The advice is found through a link on the HHS Web site’s home page to the “Let’s Move” Web site, which promotes […]
