How to stop ISIS? Send in the social workers!
If you’ve had some discomfort with the way DC has been handling the war on terror lately, the recent words of State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf should make you run
Continue reading#ncga: Crowd-funding, an interesting option in economic development debate
Politicians these days are all crowing about being “job creators.” Gov. Pat McCrory has emptied out the corporate welfare accounts at the Department of Commerce, and he’s coming to us
Continue readingFerguson-ing the Chapel Hill shooting
The recent murder of three students in Chapel Hill handed the drive-bys exactly what they were looking for. Ammo for whipping up hysteria over ‘racism.’ They tried with George Zimmerman
Continue reading#ncga: The era of ‘tax-and-spend’ Republicans
I took a look at that bill –portrayed in the media as a gas tax cut — that is really a gas tax hike. It lumps all kinds of changes
Continue reading#ncga: Things looking rather dicey in House for NC Chamber’s gas tax hike
Our sources in the lower chamber on Jones Street tell us that the vote on the gas tax hike / ”revenue stabilization” nonsense that passed the GOP-dominated Senate with flying
Continue reading#ncga: Are you ready for some welfare? (Corporate welfare, that is. $45 MILLION.)
The “conservative revolution” rolls on. We’ve obtained a draft of a bill (dated February 4) being drafted and pushed by legislative leaders (read REPUBLICANS) seeking $45 million bucks worth of
Continue reading#ncga: No money for roads. PLENTY of money for leadership staff salaries.
The “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is telling us the state is so cash-poor that it can’t afford some vital road repairs and construction. Yet, the folks at the AP are
Continue readingThe drumbeat for WAR
It is really interesting to see and hear all of these people who have badmouthed our military through every operation — dating back to Vietnam — beating the drums to go
Continue readingA primary opponent for Richard Hudson?
We reported earlier on an effort in Rowan County to censure congressman Richard Hudson. Now, it appears that county will be producing a primary challenger to Hudson in 2016. Rowan
Continue reading#ncga: A GOP surrender on taxes?
An awful lot of the Republican Party’s electoral gains statewide and nationally over the last 35 years can be attributed to the party’s championing of the idea of allowing people
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