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The Charlotte area is riding high in our fair state capital these days. The governor is a former mayor of The Queen City. The lieutenant governor is the son
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NCGA Boobs looking at Busting Broads for Baring Breasts
There’s just something about Asheville and boobs. The other day, we get the big boob himself from DC in town. Now, we’ve got the NC General Assembly focusing like
Continue readingBetter Late Than Never to The ObamaCare Fight
Gov. Pat apparently has seen the light (or, more likely, the statewide polling or the whip counts in the state House) and come over from the dark side. Until today,
Continue readingAnti-GOP march or Krispy Kreme PR stunt? You make the call.
Well, The McClatchy Gang hit us with THIS headline about an event that took place in Raleigh on Saturday: Thousands march in Raleigh against GOP policies in NC legislature
Continue readingUgly Power Grabs vs. PRETTY ONES
Our local paper — the first and only lesbian-owned and -operated thrice weekly Nobel Prize-nominated community paper in The Carolinas — is beside itself about those dastardly Republicans
Continue readingThe N&O’s John Frank: ObamaCare’s Gunga Din
Gunga Din was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in literature — and later in movies. He was a poor, hapless, shuffling, kowtowing, water-carrying man-servant to some British soldiers in India. The
Continue readingSURPRISE !!!!! Tax increases hurt the economy and damage personal finances.
We’ve said our peace in opposition to the NC General Assembly’s campaign to increase unemployment taxes for employers across the state. We’ve received SOME criticism over that position —
Continue readingGov. Pat seeking to “slow down” / derail NCGA’s anti-ObamaCare efforts
Gov. Pat and his troops are headed to battle stations over the bill passed by the state Senate which blocks ObamaCare-related Medicaid expansion: Gov. Pat
Continue readingN&O learns elections have consequences
This headline screams at us from today’s web site: Bill would give McCrory, legislature control of some state boards Wow. If you’re just reading the headline, you might be thinking
Continue readingNC Senate to Gov. Pat: We have final word on ObamaCare. (And that word is NO.)
The North Carolina Senate voted Monday to block expansion of Medicaid — a key component to the implementation of ObamaCare in NC. The move put the Republican
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