Category: NC legislature

Civitas: Pinehurst’s Blake is NC Senate’s top conservative

Posted on November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 by Brant Clifton

According to NC Civitas, a Raleigh-based conservative think tank, Senator Harris Blake (R-Pinehurst) is wrapping up this session at the top of the class, with a perfect

Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking

Let the scare tactics begin …

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

When liberals realize they can’t win a debate on the issues, they almost always turn to the scare tactics. Lyndon Johnson got the ball rolling in

Put up or shut up time for NCGOP

Posted on November 23, 2011November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

There are a number of developments brewing in Raleigh that will tell volumes about whether North Carolina made a wise investment in the Republican Party

GOP legislators seek business POV; Dems & Media cry FOUL

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, it really turns my world upside down to see something published by The N&O staff complaining about not including both sides of a story. Until recently, I thought “fracking”

Surprise! Media, Dems demagogued NC state budget cuts.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev, legislative Dems, and their hench-persons in North Carolina’s alleged mainstream media (MSM) tried to tell us THE SKY WOULD FALL if budget cuts pushed

A surprisingly thoughtful piece by an N&O reporter …

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The debate over abortion frequently gets clouded by PR spin and code-words like “choice,” as well as sign-wielding activists screaming at each other. Earlier this year,

Tillis: Laroque mess headed to ethics committee

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina state House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius) says allegations swirling around taxpayer-subsidized loans by state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) to himself (Laroque), family members and legislative

Finally! Jimmy Carter is making sense.

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Until now, Jimmy Carter has been widely regarded as the worst president EVER to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania. (BarryO, the Carter family can’t thank you enough for taking this monkey

NC prosecutors seek an end to ‘Racial Justice Act’

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s elected prosecutors are seeking the legislature’s assistance in overturning one of the worst travesties to ever pass through Jones Street: The Legislature should act