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Audit raises questions about NC public schools’ use of federal stimulus money

Posted on July 20, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Amid all of the leftist sobbing about mean Republicans cutting school budgets, causing teacher assistants to lose their jobs (and, of course, kids to get dumber), an audit of the

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Redistricting reboot: From bad to worse for NC Democrats

Posted on July 20, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Left threw a major tantrum over the first congressional redistricting map released by the conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly.  Leftists claimed the map was unconstitutional, unfair

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Democrats, Howard Coble, Larry Kissell, Law & Order, Mike McIntyre, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, redistricting, Renee Ellmers, Republicans

voting plus showing ID equals …. HITLER?????

Posted on July 18, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It used to hold that a loser in an argument / competition screamed ‘uncle’ when he was losing.  Modern-day leftists in North Carolina have apparently replaced the word ‘uncle’ with

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Public school shortcomings blamed on everyone BUT the true culprits

Posted on July 18, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Reports have been all over the mainstream media lately about teachers in Atlanta public schools being caught helping their kids CHEAT on system-wide standardized tests meant to measure students’ progress:

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ANOTHER sensible idea emanating from Raleigh …

Posted on July 16, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

This is getting kinda scary.  Some in the GOP legislative majority are proposing merging several small community colleges in order to save the state some money.   Florence and Darlington

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Moore County’s “Casey” trial …

Posted on July 15, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The nation has been captivated recently by the sensational trial in Florida of a young mother accused of killing her two year old daughter.  The tabloids, newspapers, and TV shows

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Redistricting revisited …

Posted on July 15, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

  Reports are that the congressional redistricting map produced by the state legislature in Raleigh has been challenged by The U.S. Justice Department over concerns about compliance with the Voting

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Democrats, Harris Blake, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, redistricting, Republicans

A lesson on reading polls …

Posted on July 14, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Over the past couple of days, there have been a few misleading stories in the N&O regarding political poll numbers.  I am going to assume the best — that Rob

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Fact: The N&O LOVES liberals

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I often harken back to the eight year period (1984-1992) when we last had a GOP governor in Raleigh. That is also the last occasion when The Raleigh News &

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Democrats, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers, Republicans

One more from the “It Needed to be Said” division of North Carolina state government …

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

“He spent the last 20 years predicting we were going to lose and when we did declared victory … He was right 1 of 20 times. A broken clock is

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