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shedding some light on cops & hoodies

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The hubbub over this shooting case in Florida has created some new spin about black men being unfairly targeted because they are wearing hooded sweatshirts (AKA “hoodies.”) A friend of

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Campaign 2012, Law & Order, Media, Politics

More fracking nonsense

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Two North Carolina state House Republicans are throwing in with the fact-less, scare-tactic left on fracking.  The N&O dutifully reports on opposition research dug up by its masters

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Campaign 2012, DENR, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

Grading McCrory’s “education plan”

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      I teach at the community college level — part-time — so I get to see, up-close and personal, a lot of the end-product of North Carolina’s K-12

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John Locke’s Hood misrepresents Amendment One

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      First it was Renee Ellmers.  Now, it’s John Locke Foundation president John Hood.  We’ve had a mini-outbreak of alleged conservative leaders throwing in with the left to

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Campaign 2012: Big lead for McCrory against each of top three Dems in Civitas poll

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        The right-leaning, Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has released polling apparently showing Republican Pat McCrory in the driver’s seat for the 2012 race for NC governor.  (Remember, it

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

Raleigh pol wants reserved spots, free electricity for tin-can smartcars

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      Reserved parking spots get abused ALL the time.  I see plenty of people with handicapped parking passes looking pretty able-bodied as they stroll the short distance from

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Politics

Boom Boom’s double-standard

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  Flash back to 1996.  DPI Secretary Bobby “Boom Boom” Etheridge was running for Congress against freshman Republican incumbent David Funderburk in North Carolina’s Second congressional district. We all know

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NC Campaign 2012: Our stupid, biased mainstream news media

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got record unemployment, an economy in the tank, underperforming public schools, crime problems, and rampant corruption in Raleigh.  The mainstream media gets all three main Democrat gubernatorial candidates together,

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Boom Boom is not happy: UNDECIDED expanding lead in Dem primary for NC Gov

Posted on March 27, 2012March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Boom Boom is NOT HAPPY. This guy “Undecided” is really coming on like gangbusters in the Democrat primary for North Carolina governor.   Public Policy Polling, a Democrat firm from Durham,

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

Fun with The Internet

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  Former state Rep. Richard Morgan’s long-time web site address (www.richardmorgancampaign.com) now redirects to a site filled with anti-Morgan information and propaganda. Even curioser — if you type in  www.communists.com

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Obama, Politics

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