US Airways unwittingly foiled an annual taxpayer-funded boondoggle from unfolding this weekend, when one of its jets developed mechanical problems and forced the cancellation of the Charlotte Chambers’ planned Inter-City Visit to London. The chamber’s annual trip, in which business leaders pick up their own tab for the junket and taxpayers foot the freight for […]
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Three strikes and you’re out in baseball; here’s hoping the same standard applies to presidential politics, where Congress tossed yet another major league curveball past an Obama-crafted budget, leaving The One smarting from an 0-for-3 shutout. This from The Hill: A budget resolution based on President Obama’s 2013 budget failed to get any votes in […]
Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones might want to steer clear of Las Vegas, where people who make wild wagers are gobbled up faster than a cheap buffet. As part of the $1.4 billion county budget recommendation Jones rolled out this week, he included a $9.1 million funding increase for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. A hefty chunk of […]
In what is fast becoming a depressing trend, the dismal state that Democrats have made of our state’s political scene is once again attracting national attention. This time around it’s Tar Heel voter fraud, exposed in devastating fashion by video journalist James O’Keefe and crew at Project Veritas. This from Breitbart’s Big Government: In the […]
Running with the hoops sports analogy, the latest from Public Policy Polling has former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory up three buckets – six points, 46-40 – over Democrat Walter Dalton in the race for governor. I’ve long held that this election isn’t for Democrats to win, but rather for McCrory to lose. Thought the same […]
Here’s an excellent clip-and-save for the next time you hear any politician bemoaning the draconian cuts that have allegedly been made to state spending, while pushing for a tax hike as the only way to pay for more programs to save the children, or something. The poor-mouthing is misleading, at best, and outright deception at […]
Shoot us a link with your favorite tune or vid (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix: Yowza! Garrett McNamara catches a whopper and sets a world record. Surf’s up – and up and up … Puts me in the mood for some: And in full from Link Wray:
A growing number of Americans are dangerously obese and obviously need big government intervention to help win the battle of the bulge. That’s the conclusion of new report released by the Institute of Medicine at a three-day Weight of the Nation and Centers for Disease Control conference. The IOM warns that 42 percent of Americans […]
A proposal to outlaw the use of cellphones and hands-free cellphone devices while driving within Charlotte city limits has been forwarded to the city council’s community safety committee for review and possible recommendation for approval by the full council. The proposal’s referral to committee gained unanimous endorsement from councilmembers last month after Mayor Pro Tem […]
