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Memo to NCGA: More CUTS before MORE confiscation …

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Legislation to address the state’s debt to the federal government is moving its way along Jones Street.  Basically, the plan calls for: (1) cutting back the amount of payments

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

Skip Stam: Statist Troublemaker?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem).  Apparently, state

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Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Paul Stam, Politics
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Former legislator aiming for NCGOP vice chairman post

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Word has been seeping out that current vice chairman Wayne King will not seek reelection to his post.  That has set off a flurry of political activity. Former state

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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The latest from the ‘It Needed to Be Said’ Department …

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

          The “rules” of political correctness suggest that white folks are to merely sit back and TAKE whatever nonsense scam artists like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton,

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McCrory / Wood presser: kudos for calling out Medicaid waste, but new questions raised

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

      Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference.  Auditor Beth Wood

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

A little more needed in NC ObamaCare fight

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        House AND Senate leaders are being cheered by grassroots activists for introducing legislation that offers AT LEAST SOME resistance to ObamaCare.  The NCGA legislation orders work

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The Tenth Amendment rides again in Raleigh

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — which basically says, if it ain’t specifically in The Constitution, it’s a state matter — has been rediscovered by

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Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Obama, Politics

Wayne King headed to Congress?

Posted on January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Sources within the staff of Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC-11) are confirming that NCGOP vice-chairman Wayne King has been hired onto the congressman’s staff as a “senior adviser.”   Word is

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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McCrory vs. UNC: Opening a Pandora’s box, inviting lefty jihad?

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      (No, lefty jihad is not an old basketball coach.)  Gov. Pat  has trained both barrels on the public education establishment — specifically those folks within the UNC

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Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics, Republicans

The Tillis Technique: (1) Go with what Pat says. (2) If people holler, change your story.

Posted on January 30, 2013January 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        An aide to Speaker Tillis has finally responded — kinda —  to Don Reid’s query about voter ID: From: Joe Nolan (Speaker Tillis’ Office) [mailto:Joe.Nolan@ncleg.net] On Behalf Of Rep.

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