NC GOP House leaders are set for their first big legislative tussle with a vote slated for Wednesday to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Protect Healthcare Freedom Act, a bill that would block the provision of Obamacare requiring people to buy health insurance or face a penalty. Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory has […]
When he hasn’t been out hitting the links, The One has apparently taken to home-brewing in the White House. This from The Hill: The blog Obama Foodorama reported this week that the president’s Super Bowl party featured a selection called “White House Honey Ale,” brewed right at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. … Although the White House […]
Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman was besieged by a mob of union members and assorted Democrat goons this week outside the state Capital in Madison. Grothman manages to make his way to an entry of the Capital building, but the door is locked and he finds himself cornered by the mob. Democrat legislator Brett Hulsey […]
Those skyrocketing oil prices, don’t worry about it. No big deal. This from The Washington Times: President Obama’s top economic adviser said Thursday the White House is monitoring the spike in oil prices as a result of uprisings in Libya, but said that recent fluctuations aren’t likely to derail the U.S. economic recovery. Austan Goolsbee, […]
More of your money, more of my money, more of everybody’s money. For a little distributing of the wealth, don’t you know. Check out the latest from Flinthead elitist Michael Moore: “They’re sitting on the money, they’re using it for their own — they’re putting it someplace else with no interest in helping you with […]
Leave it to Democrat Gov. Beverly Perdue to whip out the veto stamp and slam it smack down on teachers and taxpayers. That’s essentially what Perdue did this week in her first major tussle with the Republican-led legislature, when she vetoed the Balanced Budget Act. Perdue claims the bill, which included a Republican plan to […]
First we have Democrat legislators fleeing Wisconsin, holing up in out-of-state mystery locations to avoid voting on a fiscal bill designed to save help save the state from bankruptcy by limiting collective-bargaining rights for most state union member workers; now we have more of the same in Indiana. All because left-wing Democrat politicians, bastions of […]
It’s a neat trick if you can pull it off, which is apparently what the North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer did, according to a recently released report by the state auditor’s office. This from Forbes: In the report, the auditor states that State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s office failed to report $771 million in […]
Always vigilant House Guest columnist Michael Love forwards us an enlightening and sobering chart that’s been floating around the ‘net. Take a look for yourself and share your thoughts: January 2009 TODAY % chg Source Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.104 69.6% 1 Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43.48 $99.02 127.7% 2 […]
Don’t be fooled by the smoke and mirrors. Beverly Perdue’s proposed budget isn’t saving any teacher jobs, opting instead to disingenuously pass the budget ax to local counties, including Mecklenburg. It’s the same stunt Democrat legislators pulled this year, when they raided lotto funds and used the stolen loot to “save” teacher jobs, but at […]
