Submitted by: Rebecca Grace York Technical College’s Barnes’ Theatre was filled to capacity Wed Apr 27 with concerned voters wanting to know what Representative Mick Mulvaney had to say about the country’s expanding deficit. The recently elected representative was greeted with a standing ovation and set the audience at ease with his sense of humor […]
Shortly after moving into the White House, Barack Obama returned the statue of Winston Churchill that had been given to President Bush by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Not too long after that, Obama saw fit to give the Queen of England a pack of movie classics on DVD that were in the wrong format […]
May 9th: Scott Stone Campaign Kickoff Event featuring Special Guest Mayor Pat McCrory Join Scott Stone, Special Guest Mayor Pat McCrory, and other Charlotte residents to help kick off Scott Stone’s campaign for Mayor of Charlotte Monday, May 9th at Jay M Robinson Middle School. The event will begin at 7pm and is open to the entire […]
Following is a segment that is most ironic about how rail transit negatively impacts a portion of society that most depends on mass transit. It is from page six of Randal O’Toole’s “A Desire Named Streetcar”. In the early 1980s Los Angeles increased transit system ridership by 35 percent in just three […]
Lewis’ Guignard’s recent PunditHouse post on Obama’s Hypocrisy, while excellent, barely warmed the tip of the (allegedly melting) iceberg. Obama’s hypocritical statements and actions are legion. Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy Obama’s opinion on the debt limit in 2006, when he voted against increasing the ceiling: “ The fact that we are here today to debate raising […]
So the CRVA boss, Tim Newman, has been discovered – by of all news gathering organizations The Charlotte Observer – providing “gifts” to his employees on behalf of the CIAA Tournament. The largest gratuity involved one of the CRVA’s female employees, who apparently captured the fancy of one of the male CIAA honchos, who then […]
In the liberal city of Raleigh, North Carolina, I recently went online to make a reservation at the Fairfield Inn in Raleigh at Crabtree Valley. As it turns out, the State Government rate is $65.90. The AAA rate is $71.00. The Standard, Everyday Rate for anyone is $79.00. Yet, the Military/Federal Govenment Rate is $90.00 […]
The ongoing deficit battle, which many had feared would shut down the US Government, has seemingly been averted, but only for now. We can probably expect these “shutdown scenarios” to be played out several more times at least in the upcoming weeks, if not months, as both the hypocrisy and the disingenuity of those who […]
Let’s talk about “ANTI-birther” blather for a change shall we? The new mainstream media has officially reached a trembling crescendo of state-mandated reactionary rhetoric concerning the President’s mystifyingly elusive birth certificate. In fact, unless our relatively now state-sanctioned media can be relegated to the perpetual plagiarists category, it would appear that our fearlessly intrepid news […]
Representative Glen Bradley has partnered with Representatives Harry Warren, John Torbett, and Kelly Hastings to produce, file, and introduce House Bill 587, the North Carolina Job Growth Through Regulatory Reform Act. The NC Jobs Bill addresses the heart of the regulatory process to remove bad regulations, stop new bad regulations from being enacted, prevent regulatory […]
