Category: Congress

One More Time: Government DOES NOT CREATE JOBS

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Economist Paul Gregory has an excellent piece on Forbes.com slapping down the notion put forth by BarryO and his allies that MORE government spending is

Renee Ellmers: THERE she is …

Posted on December 6, 2011December 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers is beginning to give a lot of ‘street cred’ to those blonde jokes. I watched a recent floor speech by the 2nd district congresswoman dealing

Howard Coble: 1978 was a very good year. (or was it?)

Posted on December 4, 2011December 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I was really bored, trolling around on the Internet, and found this biographical info on Congressman Howard Coble’s official web site: Professional -1961-67 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Claims

Senator Hagan and payroll taxes

Posted on December 3, 2011December 3, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s junior U.S. Senator Kay Hagan — affectionately known around Capitol Hill as “Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet” — is stepping into the fray

Indictment of Boss Bev cronies is like deja vu all over again …

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If I talked to you about a governor with cronies laundering money to sidestep campaign finance laws, you’d think I was talking about Mike Easley. We went through a

Machetes, body armor, and the biting of cops — Oh My!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Despite all of the propaganda in the alleged mainstream media (AMSM) — and the rambling emails from Occupiers to this blog — I am still NOT buying the

The selective coverage of politician “sins”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen, senior political writer and resident newsroom wonderboy at The N&O, wants us to believe that today’s allegedly mainstream media (AMSM) is MUCH tougher on political

Congressman McIntyre: Barry who?

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Mike McIntyre (D-Lumberton) has represented North Carolina’s 7th District since 1996. He’s voted for Democrats for Speaker, but has still managed to get campaign contributions from Republicans in the district.

Regulating Mother Nature

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Nothing coming out of Washington surprises me anymore. Thanks to our thrice weekly Pulitzer Prize winning local paper here in Moore County, I learned that the EPA

DeMint stands alone against ‘pandering’

Posted on November 17, 2011November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

No one can accuse South Carolina’s U.S. Senator Jim DeMint of being a typical Washington politician — wetting his finger and holding it up to see which way the wind