Category: Economy

Cold hard truth re: social security

Posted on September 15, 2011September 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

While most all of Barack Obama’s prospective Republican opponents are busy pandering to the media over social security, one columnist, Michael Walsh of The New York Post, is

Celebrating job creation — in Latin America …

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

We in North Carolina are being blessed with the honor of a visit from the great Barry-O. He will be speaking to students at NC State University in Raleigh and

The Tea Party is living rent-free in Bev’s head

Posted on September 13, 2011September 13, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The alleged mainstream media (MSM) spends a lot of time and energy trying to tell us that the Tea Party is an extremist fringe who should not be taken seriously.

Rethinking Romney ….

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I know I gave major props to Mitt Romney in an earlier post about “job creation” and the silly season. An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal has me rethinking

Judicial tyranny at its worst …

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Superior Court Judge Howard Manning has said the state MUST fully fund pre-K classes, and that state legislators have no recourse but to do what he says. Wow. One lawyer

Getting sued by the feds for LISTENING to Washington …

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Reports are out about the Feds suing big banks for all of the bad housing loans they gave out in the run-up to the crash

Job creation and the political silly season ….

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

“Job Creation” is THE buzz moving through the media and the political class as the 2012 campaign season starts to gear up. Barry-O is giving us a speech on Thursday

A big ZERO for Barry O ….

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. Official economic reports indicate that no new jobs were created for August. That’s the first time since World War II: The US economy created no jobs and the

LaRoque fires back on loan controversy …

Posted on August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

NC State Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston) called a press conference this week to counter ethics questions raised against him by a left-leaning public interest group: Rep. Stephen LaRoque on Tuesday

Renee Ellmers “grows in office” …

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

That spells BIG trouble for us, fellow taxpayers. You see, The New York Times — like The Raleigh News & Observer — does not care for ANYTHING even remotely conservative.