Category: Congress

Lay off Small Business

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The title of this post is the same as the title for an excellent, thought-provoking op-ed a Moore County small business owner penned in a recent

Ellmers looking weak in congressional money chase

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The most recent round of campaign finance reports indicate a weak showing for North Carolina’s freshman U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn). Ellmers, representing the state’s Second District (which should include

Oh look, dear. A head on a stick …

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

(Yes, that is a severed head on a pike at the Occupy Wall Street ‘event’ in NYC. More specifically, it is an effigy of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s

Exposing the expensive ‘green jobs’ myth

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Environmentalist rhetoric about the wonder of ‘green’ environmentally-friendly jobs is not matching up to reality. The Washington Post, not exactly a conservative propaganda rag, has pointed out that, just

Hagan’s tax holiday: not a job creator, but a sweetheart deal for lobbyist pals

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The News & Observer, busy with rehabbing our buffoonish governor, is going to work to prop up our junior U.S. senator Kay Hagan, a Democrat — of

Preaching today’s sermon … The EEOC!

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

A recent item in The Wall Street Journal indicates that the federal bureaucracy is taking an increasing interest in regulating the internal affairs of America’s churches: Today, the Obama administration

U.S. Economy keeps stumbling along

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

BarryO and his sycophant accomplices in the alleged mainstream media keep telling us about “job creation.” People who actually know something about business and the economy will tell

One more point to silence the “assassination” crowd

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Followers of Ron Paul, Walter Jones, Dennis Kucinich and others on the far-left of the spectrum have been up in arms over the recent successful drone strike on terrorist

Burr for Whip: Lots for him, little for us

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) has announced his plan to seek the #2 position in the Senate Republican caucus, once it is vacated by its current occupant, retiring U.S.

Former U.S. AG addresses leftist whining about “assassination” of terrorists