The Daily Haymaker

Why stop at Wall Street? Think bigger!

Posted on October 26, 2011March 3, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Southern Pines 2011: The Pilot makes a good call

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Kudos to Moore County’s thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize winning local newspaper for its endorsements Sunday in this November’s Southern Pines municipal elections. The Pilot endorsed the reelection of longtime veteran

Herman Cain lays out solid defense of 9-9-9

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain, under attack from BarryO, Hillary, his primary opponents, and the alleged Mainstream Media has released a simple primer detailing key points of

Pinehurst 2011: Howard and …… JOAN??????????

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Yes, like many Moore Countians, I had to do a double take at that picture in the Sunday edition of The Pilot (of course, after wiping up the mouthful of

The eloquence of the ‘Occupy’ Movement

Posted on October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

After watching the interview with this woman, this whole ‘Occupy’ thing is making soooooooo much more sense. (I personally think she needs to go occupy a seat in

Where’s Walter? NC’s barely-there Lt. Governor

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Is it just me, or did Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton simply vanish after the 2008 elections? This guy has got to be one of the most low-key statewide politicos we’ve

George Will: Romney = Dukakis

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s the comparison the conservative establishment scribe made recently on ABC’s This Week during a discussion about the GOP presidential field. His comments were based on the

Pinehurst 2011: Village govt speaks up on ‘deficit spending’ claim

Posted on October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Charges of deficit spending by village leaders have arisen in the current campaign for mayor and village council. Sensitive to the charge, the professional staff at Village Hall has

Pinehurst 2011: More village govt numbers

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I got my hands on the financials for village government, as of June 30 2011. Click here to see them for yourself. The package includes some gems like: The total

Rep. LaRoque and the latest on the smell test