The Financial Recession Excuse
Former US senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) — a PhD in Economics — and co-author Mike Solon put together a fantastic piece this week in
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Incomes on rise in energy mining areas, falling in manufacturing regions
According to data published this week in The Wall Street Journal, regions of the U.S. where energy mining is on the rise are seeing an economic boom, while industrial and manufacturing
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Pinehurst: A welcome-aboard briefing for the new police chief
Our thrice-weekly Nobel Prize-contending, Pulitzer Prize-winning local newspaper ran a nice article this week on new Pinehurst police chief Earl Phipps. Change was really needed at the PPD.
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Fudging the jobless numbers — and scamming the voters — to aid reelection campaigns
I’ve always cautioned people against believing what they see in the mainstream media. Today’s media-gasm on the drop in the unemployment rate is
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U.S. Senator Sock Puppet (D-NC) gets her dander up
The folks who enjoy abortion, and the generous government funding it enjoys, like to refer to themselves as “pro-choice.” But anyone who dares to make a “choice”
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Richard Burr’s EPIC FAIL on congressional insider trading ban
The U.S. Senate voted 93-2 to move forward on the STOCK bill, which lowers the boom on Members of Congress who use info they gain via
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NCFEF study illustrates tough task ahead for Dems in NCGA
The NC Free Enterprise Foundation, a Raleigh-based non-partisan pro-business group, has released an analysis showing just how tough it will be for the Democrats to take back the state House
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Last one out, turn out the lights …
Boy, the rats sure are abandoning the sinking ship. I believe it is incredibly symbolic, fitting, and appropriate that BarryO will be holding his convention in a state where the
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Nominations for “Etheridge fo’ Guvnah 2012” campaign theme song
I think I got some mischief started. (Fancy that.) I already proposed using The Who’s “Who Are You?” (AKA The CSI theme song). One of my partners-in-crime suggested “Stranglehold” by
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Who Am I? Ah’m gonna be yo’ next guvnah. BOOYAH! (Who ARE you?)
He’s back. Hide your kids. The sanctimonious, Bible-thumping, corn-pone snake oil salesman (and sidewalk wrestler) from Harnett County is hauling his carcass into the political spotlight ONE more time.
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