President Obama is taking a lot of flack over jet-setting off for posh Martha’s Vineyards, as the country’s economy crumbles and families and businesses struggle to make ends meet. Personally, I wish a long and leisurely vacation for The One. The busier he stays duffing around the links, the less time he has to tee […]
Honestly, I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. First comes news that global warming is a likely contender as the cause for a jump in shark attacks: An apparent increase in shark attacks may well have a human cause, with low-cost air travel but also over-fishing and possibly global warming among the hidden […]
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he doesn’t have any intention to run for president, but let’s assume a Republican wins anyway. Here’s the new commander-in-chief’s first move: tap Christie as his (or her) secretary of education – the vid below says it all. The same video also relates on a local level, just substitute […]
As the federal government sinks into a growing abyss of debt that has drawn rebuke from Standard & Poor’s rating agency with a national credit downgrade and calls for reduced spending, the Charlotte Area Transit System is seeking upwards of $63 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation. If the grant applications […]
Four people, all registered Democrats, have been arrested in connection with voter fraud in Wake County, and at least five others are being sought by authorities, stemming from charges of double-voting in the 2008 presidential election. Republicans have been quick to pounce on the case as a prime example of why Gov. Bev Perdue was […]
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Gee, who could’ve seen this coming? Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James let loose one of his infamous e-mailers yesterday, in response to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s reaction to flash mob riots in that city. James’ e-mail, which carried a subject line “Philly blacks attack whites in roving mobs” follows: Just like Charlotte…………………..the Moral Sewer erupts across […]
Based on the results of a study that has missed two deadlines for the release of its findings, the City of Charlotte could see a shift from its current race-neutral program used for awarding public contracts to a race-conscious program similar to one that landed the city a lawsuit less than a decade ago, sparking […]
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Downgraded from AAA by Standard & Poor’s, in late action Friday night (i.e. after the markets closed). This from Reuters: “The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government’s medium-term debt dynamics,” […]
