The proposed North Carolina House District boundaries intended to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act were released to the public late last Friday afternoon and it is fair to say that not all are embracing the new districts with open arms. It is not only democrats who are raising questions either. According to the […]
… hide them from government agents. From the Big Brother run amok files, a heartwarming tale of kids, lemonade stands for charity, and rude awakenings: Thank goodness we have the government to protect us from rogue lemonade stands and budding entrepreneurs. Those little hucksters obviously were free-market capitalists in the making, evil incarnate that must […]
Four years ago last month I had already made my decision for whom to vote in the Republican Primary election for President. My support for Mike Huckabee came after an ever so brief bout of support for Mitt Romney. (Boy oh boy does it hurt to admit that given what I’ve since come to realize […]
Here’s the Democrats’ take on the economy, courtesy of party chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) today filed a federal lawsuit against President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, seeking to prevent the administration from using U.S. funds for military action in Libya. The White House, which was already prepping a report to Congress to […]
Beverly Perdue was the first North Carolina Governor to veto a state budget. She is now the first North Carolina Governor to have her budget veto overridden. While it was widely reported that the Thom Tillis led North Carolina House would vote to override the veto on Wednesday, it came as a surprise when it […]
Any speculation as to whether Governor Perdue would veto the recently passed North Carolina budget was put to rest on Sunday when she did what any good partisan running for reelection would do…she vetoed it and proceeded to send a fundraising email to supporters the following day claiming that the Republican-drawn budget will do “generational damage” to […]
The Constitution’s First Amendment clearly and properly protects the press from government intrusion. However, does the First Amendment allow reporters to ignore laws, or guarantee their access to a citizen’s every move? Ask Sarah Palin. Palin recently made news for reasons other than her unusual version of Paul Revere’s ride. The controversy centered on her […]
From the brilliant battlers of global warming comes the latest nugget of wisdom to save the planet by – killing camels? This from TIME: As Australia struggles to get out from under its status as the world’s largest carbon emitter per capita, at least one company has sensed an opportunity. Under the nation’s Carbon Farming […]
Let’s all agree that Anthony Weiner is a duplicitous, self-aggrandizing narcissist and a seriously deranged, habitual tweetvert. Think it’s safe to say there’s not much argument there. But in the grand scheme of political and moral transgressions, which is worse: lying about a freakish sexting jones, or lying about multiple financial catastrophes that threaten to […]
