Tag: North Carolina

Environmentalists: Just say NO, NO, No, No, and NO

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Environmentalists LOVE the word NO. They like to tell us NO, you can’t build that house or that office building or that church or that shopping center. They like to

Southern Pines 2011: Chris Smithson, The Sierra Club, and ‘Cool Cities’

Posted on October 9, 2011October 9, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Once again, Google is an amazing tool to supplement my election coverage. I found the following post, dated July 23, 2007 on the blog for the North Carolina

NCDOT board: More trouble than it’s worth

Posted on October 8, 2011October 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In this age of dwindling tax revenue and budgets drowning in red ink, I have a few questions for the new conservative majority in the legislature. Why are we still

Burr for Whip: Lots for him, little for us

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) has announced his plan to seek the #2 position in the Senate Republican caucus, once it is vacated by its current occupant, retiring U.S.

Frank Palombo (R) for Congress

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Walter Jones’s (RINO-NC) best friend, kooky presidential candidate Ron Paul, has come out to condemn the “assassination” of terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki: Paul said al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic cleric suspected

The N&O newsroom goes into overdrive to rehab Boss Bev

Posted on October 2, 2011October 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The newsroom at The Raleigh News & Observer appears to have taken over for Boss Bev’s war-weary Damage Control Team, which has been put through pure hell by their boss

Walter Jones has worn out his welcome

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I used to be impressed with the 3rd congressional district’s Walter Jones (RINO). While serving in the state legislature as a Democrat, he frequently broke with the leftist majority

North Dakota: America’s Saudi Arabia?

Posted on October 1, 2011October 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Fox News has been running a series on how “renewable energy” / “sustainable” / “green” energy companies have been scooping up tons of funding from the federal government with little

State pushing land deal that could benefit Bev’s son, Dem politicos

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Associated Press is reporting that the state is offering an economic development package to an industry that includes land owned by a team that includes a Democrat

Dem hack throws Boss Bev under the bus

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I was watching “The Five,” which is the panel discussion show replacing Glenn Beck on Fox News, on Wednesday. Democrat consultant Bob Beckel, who managed Walter Mondale’s disastrous 1984 presidential