For an analogy to be worthwhile it must achieve the desired result. For example, one might illustrate a poor decision by comparing it to benching Payton Manning in favor of a rookie quarterback. Conversely, no one wanting to praise a military campaign will say it was as successful as Hitler’s siege of Stalingrad. Such a […]
By Charlotte Ruse Oh! You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I’m telling you why: Obama Claus is coming to town! Obama Claus hails from a cold city in the far north, Chicago, where he learned the corrupt political games we are now watching. Unlike former visits from a Mr. Claus, this […]
President Barack Obama last visited Charlotte on the eve of his election victory in November of 2008. On April 2, 2010 he is returning (presumably on the theme of jobs and the economy) two weeks after Mayor Anthony Foxx and a group of local business leaders visited the White House to talk about the Charlotte area’s […]
By Sharon Hudson, Public Relations Chair of North Mecklenburg Republican Women I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. For months “Obamacare” loomed on the horizon, a dark storm threatening to erode a huge chunk of my liberty. Still, there was hope. A few bright rays peaking through the gathering tempest. Against all odds, Scott […]
Breaking news this morning is that the healthcare bill will indeed need to be sent back to the House of Representatives for another vote due to some parliamentary success by the GOP. One of many stories on the subject is posted below to help fill in the details. While this may initially be thought of […]
The Daily Diatribe: I love what Google did in China. For those who are not aware, Google decided to abandon its Chinese-language search services hosted on mainland servers. There are many out there who believe that Google erred by choosing to ignore a 1.4 billion person marketplace. I applaud what they did. I heard Jack […]
Taking lots of people for lots of rides, actually, and at an eye-popping annual cost of about $5-million for taxicab trips alone. It’s taken local attorney and always-vigilant House Guest columnist Tom Ashcraft months to pry loose details on the copious amounts of loot the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services doled out for transportation […]
What should we make of a recent editorial arguing that the Obama White House has made no attempt to infringe upon the Second Amendment and that Obama openly declared his respect for the right to bear arms during his presidential campaign? It’s true that President Obama hasn’t advanced the gun control agenda. He hasn’t even […]
You might as well go ahead and click on this great song by The Tams, “I’ve Been Hurt” to listen to as background while you read the rest of this article, and especially shout out the words, ‘Baby you cheated, mistreated, you cheated, cheated on me. And you told me, you told me… You told […]
House Guest columnist and former WBT talker Jeff Katz has been named morning drive-time host for Boston’s new conservative talk radio station, “Rush Radio 1200” WXKS-AM. Katz slides behind the microphone for the weekday morning show, 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., on April 5. (Phew! For a second there, we thought it was going to […]
