Alternate Headline: “Housing Whores,” which actually might be both more appropriate and accurate. After years of recklessly backstopping toxic loans with little to no regard for fiscal implications, losses are swamping revenues over at the Federal Housing Administration. A new study released last week shows the FHA some $16 billion under water. So naturally, bailout. This […]
I would’ve bet dollars to doughnuts that Democrat Linda Coleman was willing to take the long slog down recount row in her efforts to steal the state’s lieutenant governor’s race from Republican Dan Forest. Turns out winning once will be enough for Forest. Trailing by nearly 7,000 votes and facing the prospect of sticking taxpayers with […]
No worries with Capt. Timmy at the helm. This from CNSNews: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday that Congress should stop placing legal limits on the amount of money the government can borrow and effectively lift the debt limit to infinity. On Bloomberg TV, “Political Capital” host Al Hunt asked Geithner if he believes “we […]
Send us a link with your favorite tunes and vids and we’ll work them into the mix: Kicking things off with some post-election optimism, of a sorts, via hal hood who notes “the preservation of civilization,hope from the youngsters”:
The food police are at it again, this time in California where they’re eyeing your ribeye. This from the L.A. Times: For one day each week, the Los Angeles City Council wants residents to go vegetarian. In a unanimous 12-0 vote, the council approved a resolution Friday endorsing the “meatless Monday” campaign and asking residents […]
A newly released outside audit of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ communications department revealed comprehensive flaws in the division’s performance and effectiveness, tied largely to “inadequate strategic communications leadership.” So naturally, Superintendent Heath Morrison reacted to the $20,000 audit by firing the executive director in charge of the department shifting the chairs on the deck of a sinking […]
Ron Paul made his farewell speech yesterday to the House of Representatives. Nailed it in the first 10 minutes: “In spite of my efforts, the government has grown exponentially, taxes remain excessive, and a prolific increase of incomprehensible regulations continues. Wars are constant and pursued without Congressional declaration; deficits rise to the sky; poverty is […]
A few years back the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority put its handsomely paid brain trust to work and crafted the genius slogan “Charlotte’s got a lot” to market the Queen City as a tourist destination. Cute, no? A Lot in ChArLOTte? And the marketing wizards who gin up this stuff are pulling down insanely high […]
Cutting through all the head scratching, number crunching, moaning, groaning and gnashing of teeth coming from the GOP trying to figure out what went wrong at the polls this week, Ron Paul cuts to the chase and puts it in stark perspective. This from his interview with Bloomberg TV: “If you look at the numbers […]
Less than 24 hours after voters with a conservative bent help the GOP not only retain but expand its sway in both houses of the N.C. General Assembly, and put a Republican in the governor’s mansion to boot, we’re treated to this for the effort: Republicans bent on lower taxes and smaller government might be […]
