Sometimes you have to wonder if people actually listen to their own rhetoric. Surely if they would just say out loud what they intend to write down, the very words would make them laugh so hysterically that putting pen to paper with such commentary would no longer be an option. An oft-used line that is […]
Since this is my first opportunity to add the traditional “Saturday Night House Party” video, I thought I’d mix it up a little bit genre-wise and share one of my favorite bands. This is Finland’s Sonata Arctica singing “Paid in Full”.
Our regular readers will have noticed that over the past week, Mark Pellin has not been posting the usual wit and wisdom that you have become accustomed to reading. He has been on a much-deserved family vacation. His return to Charlotte, however, was met with the news that after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, his […]
Be sure to listen to the House Report tonight at 9:00 on News Talk 1110 WBT. Joining Pete Kaliner and Christian Hine will be two guests making independent appearances in Charlotte this week. From 9:00-9:30, join actor, author, public speaker, educator, and conservative commentator Ashley Stinnett as he discusses his recent PunditHouse columns as well as his […]
At the recent state convention of the NC Latino Coalition, in front of 1500 Hispanic immigrants and special interests promoting Amnesty, B.J. Lawson had a clear message: Assimilate. It takes some serious backbone to stand alone in a crowd and espouse a viewpoint unpopular to the vast majority in it. Nice to see some folks […]
With Monday’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to place a stay on a trial judge’s overruling of California’s Proposition 8, which banned same sex marriage, the social media has been tweeting debates that range from the intriguing to the patently absurd. Here, hopefully, is an intriguing one. We hear from the proponents of same-sex […]
Judy Kidd, President of the North Carolina Classroom Teachers Association, recently addressed Charlotte’s CAUTION (Common Americans United to Inspire Our Nation), with a message rather critical of the National Teachers Association (NEA). The question asked can not be any clearer. Between the two organizations, which is actually supporting teachers while simultaneously seeking practices that are in the […]
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It seems almost depressing that in North Carolina politics, or indeed any body of elected officials or government bureaucrats, that there is a need for so-called “ethics” legislation. (Why yes Jim, it is unethical for you to accept thousands of dollars in cash from a favor seeking lobbyist while visiting the bathroom of the Capital Grille. […]
On May 20, 2010, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (the first in the colonies) was celebrated with the unveiling of a statue called “The Spirit of Mecklenburg,” which captures Captain Jack Johnson’s ride to deliver the Meck Dec to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. To learn more about this event, and the “Meck […]
