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Pinehurst 2011: Mayoral ‘qualifications’

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Don’t you just love the empty buzzwords and catchphrases political candidates use in their ads? As an example, let’s look at the campaign of Pinehurst mayoral wannabe Joan Thurman.  Her

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

Media lets Leftist mouthpieces attack Cain’s 9-9-9 plan

Posted on October 16, 2011October 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

  You can tell who the Left fears the most by looking at who the media attacks the hardest.  McClatchy Newspapers — which owns The N&O and The Charlotte Observer

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Politics, Republicans

Pinehurst 2011: The Police Department

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

  I’ve always been a huge booster of law enforcement.  I have a lot of friends who put on badges and strap on their holsters to go to work every

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

Exposing the expensive ‘green jobs’ myth

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

  Environmentalist rhetoric about the wonder of ‘green’ environmentally-friendly jobs is not matching up to reality.  The Washington Post, not exactly a conservative propaganda rag, has pointed out that, just

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Campaign 2012, Congress, DENR, Economy, Media, Obama, Politics

Campaign 2011: Inside The Pilot’s endorsement deliberations

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

  Yes, Moore County.  Our thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize winning local newspaper is in the midst of preparing its endorsements for the municipal elections in November.  The paper’s editorial staff has

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

Alleged MSM trying to take Tillis to the woodshed

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

  Our state’s alleged mainstream media (MSM) has successfully swept under the rug Boss Bev’s rant (and the supporting audio tape) about suspending elections.  Now, they are focused on beating

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Economy, Law & Order, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics, Thom Tillis

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

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Economy, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

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

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

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

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Campaign 2011, Moore County, Politics

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

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Politics
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