After 11 days of deliberations, the federal jury stuck deciding the fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial apparently hit a wall Wednesday, sending the judge a note indicating they can’t reach a verdict – at least not on all the counts Blago is facing. What that means is anybody’s guess; even the attorneys […]
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[Editor’s Note- See Adam Love’s comment below the story for information on how to meet Gov Johnson during his trip to Charlotte on August 18.] As the Governor of New Mexico, I spent eight years dealing with issues unique and specific to our state – addressing immigration, education, the privatization of our prison system, ways […]
And, shocking, hitting Uncle Sammie up for a few more billion dollars, on top of the billions that have already been gobbled up with little chance of ever being repaid – a total approaching $148 billion. Continuing the grim news of the Obama Administration’s self-proclaimed Summer of Recovery, mortgage-finance mutant Freddie Mac is reporting a […]
Before taking Michelle Obama to task for her jet-setting and outlandishly lavish summer vacation, let’s take a moment to put it in some context, provided by none other than President Barack Obama. The First Family, you see, feels your pain, can relate to the plights and problems faced by millions of the working class across […]
Article One, Section Three, of the US Constitution says: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of Two Senators from each State, chosen by the legislatures thereof, for six Years…..” In 1912 The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was proposed and it was ratified in 1913. It says: “The Senate…. shall be composed […]
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So sayeth Sen. Lindsey Graham, explaining the divine inspiration behind his vote to confirm the pro-abortion Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. From CNSNews: “But at the end of the day, those of us in the Senate have to understand that every branch of government includes human beings and there is a rule that […]
N.C. Senate leader Marc Basnight, a Down East Democrat, might want to reconsider his latest power move to insert big government into every facet of the private market. Recall that Basnight was the driving force behind a total ban of plastic bags on the Outer Banks, going so far as to mandate that retailers offer […]
Gotta love the hed of this article from Reuters: “Obama freezes bonuses for some government workers.” Almost makes it sound like the Chosen One has heard Main Street concerns over exorbitant government pay, while private-sector unemployment rages. Turns out, not so much; Obama remains as tone-deaf as ever to the common folk. His idea of […]
