The Daily Haymaker

Boss Bev preps for her second taxpayer-funded Asian invasion

Posted on October 15, 2011October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev has “The First (hen-pecked) Husband” packing the bags for a big taxpayer-funded trip to Japan and China. Our buffoonish governor defends her participation in

Southern Pines 2011: NIMBY ticket seeks Town Council majority

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

We’ve reported on the Village Action Team-endorsed ticket of Cashion, Fiorillo and Parson in Pinehurst. Now, in Southern Pines, it appears the hardcore anti-development crowd in Southern Pines

Southern Pines 2011: Former mayors endorsing David McNeill

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

A regular reader of this blog called me today. This person was doing business in downtown Southern Pines when they came across four former mayors of Southern Pines — Jane

Meet the puppetmasters pulling the strings of the ‘Occupy’ movement

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The allegedly mainstream media has been trying to paint the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC, Occupy Raleigh, etc. movements as spontaneous acts of taxpayer frustration. The Fayetteville Observer

Tea Party, meet The Flea Party!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Conservative columnist Ann Coulter’s latest work takes a thought-provoking, hilarious look at the Occupy Wall Street “movement” and the efforts by the alleged mainstream media and the Democrats to compare

Herman Cain vs. BarryO: consider the possibilities

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The left fawned over BarryO’s victory in 2008, describing the event as the coming of a ‘post-racial’ era in American history. In 2012, we have the distinct possibility of

Compromise = Doing EXACLY what the leftists want

Posted on October 13, 2011October 13, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Raleigh political consultant John Davis is trying REALLY hard to be taken seriously. He sends out all of these emails BEGGING you to pay hundreds of dollars for a newsletter

Pinehurst 2011: Dueling attorneys

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If Pinehurst village attorney Mike Newman gets paid by the hour, he is having ONE HECK of a windfall this year. His latest action involves the controversy over

Lessons for us all from yesterday’s elections in Raleigh

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

One good way to really stoke the wrath of Leftists is to separate them from the government teat. A good example of this is the two-year drama surrounding the Wake

Pinehurst 2011: A mayoral connection?

Posted on October 12, 2011October 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It appears that — if Nancy Fiorillo and David McNeill are successful in November — The Village of Pinehurst and The Town of Southern Pines will have a very friendly