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More, um, “fan mail” from the Planet Mars …

Posted on February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      When you speak your mind in a public forum, you tend to hear from from all kinds of people — out in left field, right field, and

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Media, Moore County

Is the BlueprintNC brouhaha REALLY all that big of a deal?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    It’s been fun watching all of the sputtering and posturing about the strategy memo reportedly circulated by the leadership of a lefty group calling itself BluePrintNC.   The

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Media, Politics
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Being a politician AND keeping your stories straight IS HARD!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Renee Ellmers is a busy lady these days — riding around in John Boehner’s back pocket, getting all of those promotions, and all.  She’s being mentioned as a potential

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Congress, Media, Moore County, Politics
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Gov. Pat, a conservative? (Cue the video)

Posted on February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 by Brant Clifton

A  loyal reader of this site forwarded me a recently-published piece in National Review by John Hood, president of the Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation.    Hood’s piece, about conservatism “thriving”

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Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Those Congress rankings and the distortion of the term “conservative”

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        Well, every year groups from the ADA to the ACU to National Journal to The Club For Growth release ideological rankings of the 535 voting members

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Congress, Media, Politics
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Refunds for EVERYONE: Mecklenburg [bureau, Demo] -crats learn MATH IS HARD

Posted on February 23, 2013August 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have had it rough.  Charlotte got the — ahem — privilege of hosting the Low-Information Traveling Circus (a/k/a the DNC)  this past year.

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Media, Politics

Reading the tea leaves on Gov. Pat’s personnel moves

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      A recent personnel shuffle at NCDOT caught my attention.  According to media reports, Deputy DOT secretary for transit Paul Morris was “removed” by newly-appointed DOT secretary Tony

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Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Don’t believe the sequester HYPE!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  We’re talking about $85 billion (cuts to GROWTH in spending)  over at least two years.   Congress passed a  Hurricane Sandy “relief” bill worth around $56 billion.  The Federal

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Congress, Media, Politics

Bring on the sequester !

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  The mainstream media and The White House are warning of a coming apocalypse brought on by “draconian” spending cuts in the budget sequester that is to kick in on

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Congress, Media, Politics
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Ban bare boobs. Legalize Pot. (The Carolina Comeback?)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    OK.  We’re billions in debt.  HHS is in shambles literally and fiscally.  ObamaCare is breathing down our neck from DC, as is an effort to wipe out our

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Economy, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

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