Category: Moore County

The Pilot ignores facts, accepts leftist spin on poverty

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local newspaper here in Moore County — which some say was first brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — is no stranger

Hi-HO HI-HO It’s off to court we go (AGAIN!)

Posted on July 27, 2012July 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the wake of the 2011 Pinehurst village council elections, we were promised an end to business as usual at village hall. For years, standard operating procedure at village hall

retired teacher: no vote for felons, making people show ID at polls = GOP tiptoeing toward fascism

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you’ve ever wondered why your kids come home from school spouting leftist nonsense that runs afoul of your family’s values and teachings, a letter from a

The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps up the scare tactics

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local paper — whose first edition was reportedly brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — does a nice job of scaring its readers

Four hours to go: Get OUT AND VOTE !!!!

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s too bad that I have to step in and fill the void left by our lazy local newspaper and equally somnambulant county GOP organization. Our

Study sheds more light on Ellmers’s performance in Congress

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Govtrack.us is a non-partisan web site devoted to the study of Congress and its legislative process. It also has on-going scatter diagram studies tracking Members based on the

NC Campaign 2012: An alliance between libertarians and Tea Partiers for November could be mutually beneficial

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

2010 was a great year for fans of limited government. A lot of candidates preaching the virtues of government were swept into office at the state and federal levels. Since

2nd district Democrat Wilkins gets some national publicity, raises some eyebrows

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Steve Wilkins, a Moore County Democrat seeking to replace Renee Ellmers in Congress this year, was featured in a June Time magazine column. In the article, Wilkins made

Frustrated with Renee Ellmers? Well, you do have options in November.

Posted on July 7, 2012July 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In May, U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC02) had a rather underwhelming primary victory against three relatively unknown (and poorly funded) challengers. She lost Randolph County, and had a

Red Light, Green Light: The Pilot labels Democrat’s “mistake” a GOP dirty trick

Posted on July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Democrat machine operatives who own — and control the editorial content of — our thrice-weekly Emmy Award-winning, Nobel Prize-nominated local newspaper are at it again: stretching the truth and