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Pinehurst: A welcome-aboard briefing for the new police chief

Posted on February 5, 2012February 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    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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Campaign 2012, Moore County, Politics

Fudging the jobless numbers — and scamming the voters — to aid reelection campaigns

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

              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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Campaign 2012, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Media, NC State Government, Obama, Politics

U.S. Senator Sock Puppet (D-NC) gets her dander up

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      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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Campaign 2012, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, Obama, Politics

Richard Burr’s EPIC FAIL on congressional insider trading ban

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        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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Campaign 2012, Congress, Economy, Law & Order, Media, NCGOP, Politics

NCFEF study illustrates tough task ahead for Dems in NCGA

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

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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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, Politics

Last one out, turn out the lights …

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

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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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics

Nominations for “Etheridge fo’ Guvnah 2012” campaign theme song

Posted on February 3, 2012February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

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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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

Who Am I? Ah’m gonna be yo’ next guvnah. BOOYAH! (Who ARE you?)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  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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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers

L’affaire Laroque offers unique glimpse into secretive world of legislative ethics

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        State Rep. Stephen Laroque — a close friend and political ally of House Speaker Thom Tillis — is taking a lot of heat over his management

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Campaign 2012, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis

Will Big Government Republicans scam conservative voters ONE MORE TIME?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      In 1994’s Contract With America, U.S. House Republicans pledged to eliminate 95 federal programs.  By 2010, according to The Cato Institute, spending on those particular 95 programs

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

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