Category: NC State Government

Huh? What? A listening tour?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The campaign silly season is upon us. Politicians are running all over the countryside kissing babies and telling us how bad the other guys are. Thanks to the Tea Party

Pat McCrory and the polls

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The folks at the N&O’s Under The Dome column appear a bit giddy over the latest data on the 2012 NC governor race from Triangle-based Democrat consulting firm Public Policy

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.

N&O tries to carry Bev across the finish line

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen and the boys in the N&O newsroom appear to be quite excited about a new poll from Colorado-based Magellan Strategies showing Pat McCrory only leading Madame Governor by

A Whole Lotta Sex-Talk in Raleigh

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

Well, the “honorables” in the North Carolina House have voted overwhelmingly to put the issue of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the May primary election ballot. Of course,

STILL not passing the smell test …

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

NC PolicyWatch, a Raleigh-based leftist think tank, is ratcheting up its reporting on NC State Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston): N.C. State Rep. Stephen LaRoque tapped a federally-funded non-profit he ran

The N&O stands up for The Ruling Class

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The N&O’s Rob Christensen is at it again — going to bat for Ruling Class bureaucrats and politicians against those EVIL , know-nothing taxpayers and voters. Rob wants us

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

Some common sense on voter ID laws ….

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It has been a little while since Madame Governor vetoed what many of us thought was a very sensible piece of legislation — requiring voters who show up to cast