As Americans we like to think we’re the hardest working, smartest, and most productive people to have ever lived. Maybe we were at one time. But not anymore. In fact, we work less hours per person per year than the average OECD nation. What’s worse, when we do work – get this – 96% of […]
Editor’s Note: Former WBT talkshow host, and frequent House Guest contributing columnist, Pete Kaliner has been knocking it out of the park with his gig behind the mic at Asheville’s 570-WWNC. Case in point: his recent challenge to shave his head if listeners help him raise $500 for the Wounded Warrior Project. I’m in with […]
Join CAUTION and PunditHouse.com as we welcome to Charlotte Doc Thompson, the host of The Morning Blaze on Glenn Beck’s Blaze Radio Network and a frequent guest host on the Glenn Beck Program. Charlotte’s municipal elections will have just recently concluded, putting us on a collision course with next year’s important midterm elections. This event […]
If you add up the following people: Americans receiving means-tested federal benefits (108,592,000) Americans who work full time for the US government (21,880,000) Americans who work full time for the state governments (7,558,000) You get 138,030,000 or 138 million. Subtracting the government employees above, there are 72,278,000 full time workers in the US. That’s 138 […]
*Editors note: A heartfelt congratulations to Kayser! We appreciate him sharing this non-political, yet most exciting bit of personal news. We know a lot of readers enjoy his columns with us and we figured a little human interest story wouldn’t hurt anybody. 🙂 As many of my friends and colleagues know, following a miscarriage in […]
Both Nationally and right here in North Carolina, it seems the only thing separating the Rs from the Ds is gay rights and abortion. They both want to use tax policy to control the population, they both want to screw the little guy in favor of the Banks and other large corporations, they both wantonly […]
Early this morning, a PunditHouse source provided us with the audio from the now famous Executive Committee debate on an anti-HOT lane resolution during this past weekend’s NCGOP Convention. There have been several stories posted to date regarding the shenanigans that led to the resolution not passing the committee. This post by Kurt Naas of […]
**Submitted by Kurt Naas of WidenI77.org Dear Commissioner McAulay, The Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MUMPO) Public Involvement Plan states that MUMPO is “committed to meaningful public involvement in the regional transportation planning process. MUMPO believes public participation is not a simple “add on” or “after thought,” but a method that guarantees high quality transportation […]
A very vocal segment of Charlotte’s sports enthusiasts have just gotten their wish. As speculated last week, the Charlotte Bobcats NBA franchise has officially requested that their name be changed to the Hornets for the 2014-2015 season and beyond. This is the letter released today by Michael Jordan. Today marks a monumental occasion for our […]
Oh my. This report from ABC News is pretty damaging. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland raised specific objections to this paragraph drafted by the CIA in its earlier versions of the talking points: “The Agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa’ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya. These noted that, […]
