Better 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,
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Ugly 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 readingMainstream media continues with John Skvarla’s colonoscopy
Do you remember the name of Bev Perdue’s DENR secretary? His name was Dee Freeman. Search for him on Google, and you get a total of TWO mainstream media stories
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 readingRunning Like Hell from limited government
It would appear that an awful lot of NCGOPers in Raleigh are taking advice from Pink Floyd. I am willing to bet that bus rides around our fair capital city
Continue readingSelf-service imprisonment?
I saw a rather unusual sight today as I was passing through the big city of Raeford in Hoke County. A team of about a dozen prison inmates was working
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
Continue readingVirginia is for (gas)Tax-Cutters
Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating
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