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The Wild West: Green Green Green Green Green

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:50:45 -0500

Hendersonville is one of 80 green communities awarded a plaque by the NC League of Municipalities for being green. As anybody could predict, somebody interviewed remarked:

This is so exciting.

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The Wild West: Taking the Bacon Where the Livin’ Is Easy

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:24:32 -0500

There is a problem. Nobody wants to buy carbon fibers enough to cover the costs of manufacturing them, apparently. To remedy the situation, industrialists extended their crippled, needy hand to the 21st century version of Father Christmas – the $12 trillion national debt. Representative Heath Shuler (D-Waynesville) announced today Fletcher-based [...]

Squall Lines: Nonprofit scam?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:31:37 -0500

Just what we need; another nonprofit organization. Carolina Beach “will have a new tool to help it acquire grant money” as Wilmington Star-News reporter Amanda Hutcheson puts it. Could this be another government-supported way to scam unsuspecting taxpayers out of their hard-earned money?

Carolina Beach Public Purpose Properties [...]

Piedmont Publius: Think about Fred Biletnikoff’s daughter

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:12:25 -0500

Any real fan will tell you he’s thinking about football more often than not, with random thoughts ranging from the present —who’s going to make the the playoffs this season —- to the great stars of his childhood, like Raiders receiver Fred Biletnikoff. Nothing better to do and this [...]

InterstateQ.com: Anti-gay pol to step down in N.C.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:21:19 -0500

North Carolina state Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston) announced Dec. 9 he’d step down at the end of his term in 2010. Hoyle, chairman of the Senate’s Finance Committee, had been considered the third most powerful member of the Senate’s leadership, after President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight and former Majority Leader [...]

The Village Scribe Online: 100 year old Historic Homes Demolished as Waxhaw’s charm suffers another blow.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:33:00 -0500

WCNC Report: Historic houses demolished Isn’t ironic that the developer who demolished these historic homes is called Historic Ventures, LLC. Share on Facebook [...]

Civitas Review Online: Travelgate – Perdue

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:23:01 -0500

Correspondence from the Perdue Campaign to the State Board of Elections revealed that there are 6 more flights that were previously unreported. Four of the newly reported flights (2 in 2004, 1 in 2005 and 1 in 2006) were provided by Raleigh attorney Terence McEnally III. McEnally bought the local newspaper La Conexion in [...]

News 14 Carolina: Grand jury recommends indictment for R.C. Soles

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:51:08 -0500

A Columbus County grand jury has found probable cause to indict state Sen. R.C. Soles. The grand jury requested that the attorney general's office submit a bill of indictment against Soles for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. [...]

Carolina Politics Online: Probable cause to indict Soles

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:47:40 -0500

R.C. Soles Jr., a N.C. State Senator from Tabor City will be indicted by a grand jury. This was reported in the News and Observer today.

The grand jury wrote in its presentment that it had reason to believe that Soles had committed a crime:

Twelve or more grand jurors concur [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: New Carolina Journal Online exclusive

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:21:00 -0500

The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Jon Ham's report on a judge's order that former Easley administration staff members undergo depositions in a public-records lawsuit. Judge Howard Manning refused the attorney general's request to have the suit tossed now... [...]

Under the Dome blog: Grand jury: probable cause to indict Soles

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:13:48 -0500

A grand jury in Columbus County has found probable cause to indict state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury in connection with an August shooting at Soles' Tabor City home.

Soles, 74, a Democrat, is the longest-serving [...]

EdCone.com: Burr steps in

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:12:18 -0500

An interesting take on Burr's decision to delay the nomination of Thomas Walker as the new US Attorney for the Eastern District of NC: "Burr is letting [Hagan] off the hook." I'm all for letting Holding finish his work, and...' [...]

BlogAsheville: Christmas Jam Road/Transit Info

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Street closures associated with Warren Haynes Christmas Jam

ASHEVILLE – The following streets will be closed from 5-9 p.m. Dec. 12 for the Warren Haynes Chris tmas Jam at the Asheville Civic Center :

* Flint Street from Haywood Street to Cherry Street
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Capital Beat: A Burr reversal?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:46:40 -0500

Last week, Sen. Burr’s office told at least two different outlets that he would not hold up Thomas Walker’s nomination to be U.S. Attorney for North Carolina’s Eastern District.

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News 14 Carolina: Prosecutor says Easley decision won't come before spring

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:45:34 -0500

The special prosecutor in charge of the campaign violation case against former Gov. Mike Easley says it might take until the spring before it's determined if charges will be filed. [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: More on Purdue

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:40:00 -0500

See Terry's post from earlier today and then check out this Under the Dome report where Perdue continues to "remember" that she accepted free airplace flights that she did not report or disclose, as is required by state law. Five more in addition to the seventeen she forgot and... [...]

BlueNC blogs: Elaine Marshall: Voters In North Carolina Like To Pick Their Own Candidates

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:14:06 -0500

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Under the Dome blog: Perdue discloses five more flights

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:37:05 -0500

Gov. Bev Perdue's campaign disclosed today that it did not properly report or pay for five more flights since 2004.

The disclosure follows her report in August that the campaign had issued checks to pay for 17 flights that had gone unreported.

Former Gov. Mike Easley is the subject of federal and state [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Better have some Tums handy

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:35:00 -0500

A select group of lawmakers and congressional staffers are getting quite the treat next week. The Washington Post reports that the USDA will serve them a school lunch - to show "the improvements the department has made in the nutritional quality - and taste - of the $1.2 billion of... [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Charlotte/Douglas boarding down 1%

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:39:47 -0500

The number of passengers boarding planes at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport declined 1 percent in October from the same month a year earlier. [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Re: Is the health care bill unconstitutional?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:12:00 -0500

Nancy Pelosi and her ilk fear and hate the constitutionality question like a vampire fears and hates garlic (at least, I think that's the tale). If Americans started to take the Constitution seriously again, there would be no end to the troubles for the big government crowd. Imagine if people [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Speedway Motorsports OKs share repurchase

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:08:43 -0500

The board of Speedway Motorsports Inc. has increased the company’s stock-repurchase plan by 1 million shares. (TRK) [...]

Public Policy Polling: Other politicians losing popularity too

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:55:00 -0500

Barack Obama's approval slide has received all the attention, but he's far from alone among politicians in seeing their popularity decline over the course of 2009.

Let's look at his approval and the favorabilities of Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin from our first 2012 poll conducted back [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Charlotte home closings fall 9.5%

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:43:06 -0500

The number of home closings in the Charlotte market fell 9.5 percent in November from October. However, the average sales price was nearly unchanged. [...]

Under the Dome blog: Poll: Half of NC likes Obama

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:41 -0500

About half of North Carolina voters remain happy with the job President Barack Obama is doing, according to a new poll.

The Civitas Institute surveyed 600 likely voters Dec. 1-3, and found that 48 percent had a favorable opinion of Obama. That is down from earlier in the [...]

EdCone.com: Sweet deal

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:00 -0500

Please consider helping with a fundraiser in memory of Jessica Cole. Proceeds from the candy-cane sale go to Kids Path, for which Jessica's friends have raised more than $8,000 over the years. Contact Carmi at cmedoff@greensboroday.org for details; I'll match...' [...]

The Progressive Pulse: Voters for Clean Elections celebrates 10 years of excellent work

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:35:14 -0500

Folks in the state progressive community should take note today of the ten-year anniversary of the reform coalition known as N.C. Voters for Clean Elections. The group, whose director Chase Foster is a regular contributor to the Progressive Pulse, has produced an impressive and [...]

The Meck Deck: Chris Whalen: Please Listen to Him

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:13:07 -0500

The financial sector is not a happy place, the TARP repayments just another form of propaganda.

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BlueNC blogs: It’s Not Real Reform If It Doesn’t End The Need For This

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:12:18 -0500

From the National Association of Free Clinics event going on now in Kansas City, MO:
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Citizen: Wake school board meeting Tuesday has a COW — early arrival advised

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:10:25 -0500

(Update 2: Word from Ron Margiotta is, there will be no controversial issues on the COW agenda Tuesday. Staff is putting it together, his email says, but he’s sure diversity will not be part of it. Hence all the x-outs below where it used to say otherwise, [...]

The Meck Deck: Our Post-Factual Existence

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:24 -0500

I’ve been putting off writing this post for a couple weeks now, thinking my inklings overblown. But when I read my old friend Rick Henderson’s account of the latest abuse of power by state government, well, there is just nothing else to say but this:

Facts do not matter any [...]

Scrutiny Hooligans: It’s Not Real Reform If It Doesn’t End The Need For This

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:53:26 -0500

From the National Association of Free Clinics event going on now in Kansas City, MO: Over at Firedoglake, nyceve has more. At timestamp 3:06, she starts losing it: [...]

Under the Dome blog: Conti says failure to communicate

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:48:50 -0500

Secretary of Transportation Gene Conti said his agency has not communicated well on the new financing plan for the I-485 loop around Charlotte.

The plan calls for the contractor to front $50 million of the $340 million cost. Conti emphasized that, if the contractor borrows its [...]

Right Angles: It couldn’t happen to a nicer rag

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:42:48 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Editor & Publisher is closing down. It thrived for nearly 99 years, but it took current editor Greg Mitchell only eight years to run it into the ground with his lefty agenda pushing:

The journalism trade journal Editor & Publisher is shutting down after 108 years of publication.

Editor & Publisher [...]

Under the Dome blog: Young gets his turn on TV

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:40:35 -0500

What goes around comes around: Andrew Young is scheduled to talk about his tell-all book Jan. 29 on ABC's 20-20 with Bob Woodruff.

Last August on ABC's "Nightline," Edwards categorically denied to Woodruff that he fathered Rielle Hunter's baby, Jim Morrill of The Charlotte Observer.

"Absolutely not true," [...]

WataugaWatch: We Rebuke Thee, O Sinner!

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:24:00 -0500

Impeach him for the highly public tickling of the fat potato-finger of lust? Not so much.

Instead, "the special [S.C.] House impeachment panel approved an official rebuke of Sanford for bringing 'ridicule, dishonor, disgrace and shame' on South Carolina, its citizens and the governor's'" [...]

EdCone.com: Semantics

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:15:52 -0500

Just War, or just war? It's a dangerous world. There are things worth fighting for. But there are also reflexive moves, habits and bad policies, and powerful interests that profit from war. I don't think Obama takes this stuff lightly....' [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Study: N.C. economy to grow 2.8% next year

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:15:38 -0500

North Carolina’s economy is likely to grow 2.8 percent next year from the 2009 level, according to UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton. [...]

Under the Dome blog: Burr will hold up U.S. attorney

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:10:52 -0500

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr does not plan to return his "blue slip" on U.S. attorney nominee Thomas Walker until the current investigations into two of the state’s most prominent Democrats are completed.

Burr informed President Barack Obama of his decision through the White House counsel’s office, Barb [...]

Public Policy Polling: South Carolina Governor looks pretty wide open

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:10:00 -0500

The big story to start out the South Carolina Governor's race is that most of the candidates aren't well known- and that for the one who is it's a bad thing.

We looked at Andre Bauer, Gresham Barrett, and Henry McMaster on the Republican side. For Democrats we tested' [...]

EdCone.com: Revolving door

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:04:44 -0500

Putting the "cash" in Kashkari: Kashkari's ability to cash in on his short-lived but high-profile tenure in public service seems likely to speed up the already fast-moving revolving door between government and the financial sector. And in southern California-based PIMCO,... [...]

Under the Dome blog: Hagan supported anti-fraud idea in '03

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:04:39 -0500

In 2003, then-state Sen. Kay Hagan supported an amendment to the state budget that would buy software to catch fraudulent Medicaid claims.

Dome has previously reported that Hagan, who is now a U.S. senator, was in a position six years ago to advance the proposal by Republican [...]

Capital Beat: Burr will block U.S. Attorney nomination

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:57:30 -0500

Republican Sen. Richard Burr says he will block Thomas Walker's nomination to replace George Holding as U.S. Attorney until investigations related to former Gov. Mike Easley and former Sen. John Edwards, both Democrats, are complete. Sen.

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BlueNC blogs: NC: The Blend interviews pro-equality U.S. Senate candidate Kenneth Lewis

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:56:08 -0500

I was surprised to receive a phone call from the Kenneth Lewis campaign a couple of weeks ago; I knew a few things about the Durham attorney, who has jumped into the U.S. Senate race to dislodge Richard "Bank Run" Burr from his seat -- 1) he [...]

WataugaWatch: Virginia Foxx: 'Let's Talk About Character!'

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:44:00 -0500

Talking Points Memo picks up on some spilled acid from Madam Foxx's recent interview with the Winston-Salem Journal. Democrats have no ideas, sez she, so they talk about character, including, we assume, hers.

Okay. We'll go for that.

Her behavior at the buffet' [...]

Under the Dome blog: Hearing for Diaz, Wynn set for next week

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:29:51 -0500

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on the nominations of two North Carolina judges for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judges Albert Diaz and Jim Wynn will appear before the committee at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The hearing offers senators the chance to question the nominees [...]

The Meck Deck: Wells Writing Down Golden West Loans

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:29:29 -0500

A tiny sliver of reality.

Bloomberg reports that Wells Fargo is dealing with the $120b. option ARM hangover Wells got when the bank took over Wachovia’s attempts to handle the Golden West “pick-a-payment” Ponzi scheme by simply writing down up 30 percent of the loan principal. In other words, Ken [...]

BlueNC blogs: Titan on very thin ice

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:25:59 -0500

A new lawsuit challenging the Titan permitting process reveals the absurdly weak case being put forth by the Department of Administration. The Wilmington Star News has the story.

Right Angles: News flash: The NY Times editorial writers have always been jerks

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:25:55 -0500

Some think the arrogance of the mainstream press is a recent thing. Not so. Check out this from a 1920 editorial ridiculing one of the pioneers of rocketry:

That Professor Goddard, with his ‘chair’ in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution, does not know the relation of [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Is the health care bill unconstitutional?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:00 -0500

Yes, according to this analysis by The Heritage Foundation. On October 23rd, a reporter asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the... " [...]

Under the Dome blog: Book by Edwards' aide coming soon

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:09:05 -0500

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards doesn't have long to wait for the book he isn't waiting for.

"The Politician" will be published by Thomas Dunne Books on Feb. 2, according to Amazon.com.

The author is Andrew Young, the one-time aide who claimed to have [...]

Civitas Review Online: Deja Vu All Over Again

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:58:36 -0500

Elaine Marshall campaign consultant, Thomas Mills, says Cal Cunningham “is in the race because Washington wants to choose who North Carolina’s nominee is going to be.”

So familiar…

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Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Corning Cable teams with Case Western

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:55:15 -0500

Corning Cable Systems of Hickory will supply product and design assistance to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland as the school tests super-high-speed Internet access in inner-city neighborhoods. (GLW) [...]

Civitas Review Online: Who Writes This Stuff?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:47:44 -0500

Raleigh’s Barack Obama re-election headquarters News & Observer offers this unthoughtful, economically illiterate Obama droolfest of an article regarding our President’s “plan” to create jobs.

The N&O editorial board must live in some alternate universe in which centrally-planned economies manage to efficiently allocate scarce resources without trampling on individual liberty. [...]

Squall Lines: The discoveries of Columbus

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:17:53 -0500

By which I mean to refer to the performance of the Columbus County and Whiteville City school systems in JLF’s recent parent-friendly schools study of all North Carolina districts.

For years, we’ve been offered a variety of excuses from the education establishment for continued poor performance. One is that [...]

The Meck Deck: NC DMV SNAFU

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:14:46 -0500

Classic. I drive all the way to Monroe to get my license renewed and “the system” is down. How long does is normally take to get it back up? “Could be five minutes, could be all day,” I’m told. “Raleigh didn’t tell us it would be down.”

Meanwhile, DMV has the [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Buying health care across state lines

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:13:00 -0500

I have been looking at health care insurance policies for my son who graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in NY in May. While he was a student dependent of mine, I bought an NC policy with a high deductible for about $100 per month. Since he graduated, he must have [...]

Public Policy Polling: GOP candidates sport best performance yet

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:11:00 -0500

With Barack Obama's approval rating hitting new lows in most polling it should come as no surprise that his leads over potential 2012 Republican opponents are as well. Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Tim Pawlenty all have their best performances relative to Obama in this month's poll and Mitt Romney [...]

EdCone.com: Vote of confidence

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:08:48 -0500

Pimco Buys Abu Dhabi, Qatar Bonds After Dubai Shock. That's encouraging. [...]

BlueNC blogs: Using NC law to break up the monopoly BCBS has in NC

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:03:24 -0500

If someone has already brought this up, then I apologize for the redundancy. I ran across this section from Article I of the NC Constitution this morning while being my usual nerdy self:

"Sec. 34. Perpetuities and monopolies.
Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free state and" [...]

EdCone.com: Best system money can buy

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:36 -0500

The party of the people: "A group of Democrats friendly to the interests of Wall Street forced a delay in consideration of the landmark financial regulatory reform bill scheduled to hit the House floor on Wednesday." Suggested campaign slogan for... [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Treasury Secretary Geithner extends TARP

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:55:54 -0500

U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is extending the Troubled Asset Relief Program through Oct. 3, 2010. (BAC) (WFC) (C) [...]

EdCone.com: As we see others seeing us

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:35:49 -0500

My visits to the Jersey shore center on family, food, and a nice time-warp vibe. We make a pilgrimage to Seaside, where many tribes gather on the boardwalk -- jocks, goths, preps, stoners, et al -- an entire high school... [...]

Under the Dome blog: SAS has no inside track

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:34:49 -0500

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan specifically mentioned Cary-based SAS as a company that could provide the federal government with software designed to prevent health care fraud.

Hagan, a Greensboro Democrat, said the company doesn't have an inside track on getting a federal contract. She said she was using [...]

Squall Lines: Let cooler heads prevail

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:29:33 -0500

That’s what the Jacksonville Daily News argues in an editorial about the Copenhagen summit on global warming. A key passage:

The theory of man-made catastrophic global warming is now highly in question. Currently, it’s less than 1-degree warmer than 157 years ago. That pales compared with increases over previous [...]

Under the Dome blog: Talking about Cal

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:19:49 -0500

Former State Sen. Cal Cunningham has made a splash in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Cunningham entered the race this week after months of consideration and announcing he would not run. But all that dithering may have paid off because it's Cunningham that the [...]

This Old State: Analyst: Basnight era is over

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 7
Analyst: Basnight era is over

Political analyst John Davis, who for years has gauged the business-friendly tendencies of the N.C. General Assembly, says the upcoming retirement from the legislature of Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, is one more sign how much the legislature is changing -- and becoming less business [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Harris Teeter raises $210K for food banks

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:14:12 -0500

The Harris Teeter Inc. supermarket chain raised $210,000 during its 2009 Harvest Feast Food Drive and Donation Card Campaign. (RDK) [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: In which nice President Obama changes his tune

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:13:00 -0500

For the first time in the last three years it looks like President Obama might get what it means to be president of the United States. The Cold War ended with jubilant crowds dismantling a wall. Commerce has stitched much of the world together. Billions have been lifted... [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: In which President Obama changes his tune

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:13:00 -0500

Right Angles: To the Left, conservatism is a hate crime

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:05:39 -0500

Number of comments: 2

I predicted about 15 years ago, while speaking on a panel sponsored by Durham’s Human Relations Commission, that political disagreements, meaning anyone who disagreed with “progressives,” would soon be labeled racist and classified as hate crimes. The audience and the other panelists (I was the only conservative in the room) [...]

Under the Dome blog: Fraud bill died in Hagan's committee

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:58:40 -0500

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan said from the Senate floor Tuesday that software could prevent billions in Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

It was part of a package of amendments Senate freshman advanced that were meant to lower health care costs by eliminating fraud, abuse and waste.

In [...]

Civitas Review Online: Obama’s Base

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:56:20 -0500

Over at Public Policy Polling Tom Jensen is comfortable with where President Obama is in the polls because “His approval rating with liberal Democrats is 95%”. I don’t know if I would hang my hat on that. In his own national survey the breakdown is:

Q8 Would you describe [...]

InterstateQ.com: Public prayer losing ground in North Carolina?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:51:24 -0500

County commissioners in the sleepy, liberal town of Asheville, N.C., have made a “consensus” decision to end public prayer at their meetings. The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners are set to bring the topic up for official discussion on Jan. 5. They’ll likely vote to stop opening board meetings with prayer. [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Gotta get me some of that school lunch goodness

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:39:00 -0500

I didn't think meat could get more questionable than the kind used by Taco Bell. Well, it can -- in public school lunches. A report in USA Today found that school lunch meat is less safe than meat sold by many fast food chains. In the past three years, the... [...]

Under the Dome blog: Marshall: campaign will help with grief

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:36:21 -0500

N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said Wednesday she is committed to next year's U.S. Senate race despite the death of her husband and a key national group's backing of another candidate.

"I'm in this race to stay," Marshall, a Democrat, said in interview Wednesday [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Goodrich lands deal with Lockheed Martin

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:33:18 -0500

Goodrich Corp. will supply lightweight composite structures to protect the acoustic sensors on the Spanish Navy’s new S-80 diesel-electric submarines. (GR) (LMT) [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: SPX unit wins $36M power contract

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:30:38 -0500

An SPX Corp. subsidiary has landed a $36 million power-plant contract in China. (SPW) [...]

Under the Dome blog: Perdue creates reformer image

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:25:02 -0500

GOV. REFORMER: Gov. Bev Perdue has sought to reshape her image into that of a reformer. On Wednesday, she signed three executive orders to strengthen ethics requirements for members of state boards and commissions. Critics say Perdue hasn't done enough, but many have to acknowledge that her [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Concentric Marketing lands contract

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:21:13 -0500

Mueller Sports Medicine has hired Concentric Marketing of Charlotte to provide strategic-marketing services. [...]

News 14 Carolina: Obama: Peace is goal, but war sometimes justified

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:12:45 -0500

President Barack Obama says war is sometimes necessary and justified, even as he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. [...]

Right Angles: Dick Cheney is Smiling

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:09:03 -0500

Number of comments: 1

I’m no fan of George W. Bush’s expansion of government and entitlements, but this Public Policy Polling survey of national registered voters made me smile. I’d bet a million bucks Dick Cheney is smiling, too.

Q5: Who would you rather have as president right now: George W. Bush or [...]

Right Angles: Hey, It’s Not My Fault

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:01:48 -0500

Number of comments: 1

This Vegas high-roller blames the casinos for the fact that he lost his fortune. I’d wager he also believes it’s the bank’s fault when he uses his credit card, and it’s the restaurant’s fault when he eats too much, and it’s the brewmaster’s fault when he drinks too much. [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: N&O: Perdue crafts reformer's image (not a parody)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:51:00 -0500

Apparently, Rob Christensen, Jim Morrill and Mark Johnson are serious when they call Governor Bev Perdue a reformer. Carter Wrenn has a different take on Perdue's... [...]

BlueNC blogs: Healthcare Reform is Personal

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:38:23 -0500

Cross posted at Daily Kos:

It was eleven o’clock just yesterday morning in the board room of the North Carolina Association of Educators’ offices in Raleigh. Twenty or so community leaders were gathered for a press conference calling for meaningful healthcare reform on a day that would include a [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Charter school news

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:31:00 -0500

- U.S. News & World Report names Raleigh Charter High School one of the nation's best high schools. - A new National Bureau of Economic Research study of Boston charter schools finds positive student achievement gains. "Estimates using student assignment... [...]

The Progressive Pulse: Top of the morning

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:27:23 -0500

Number of comments: 10

It has never been easy keeping up with all the lunacies of the right, but during the health care debate it has become downright impossible.

One of the Republican talking points about the latest health care reform proposal is that it slashes Medicare benefits. It’s not true of [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Taking on the bad rap against capitalism

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:57:00 -0500

Foes of free-market capitalism have used the latest economic slump to trumpet their arguments favoring increased government intervention. But Forbes Media CEO Steve Forbes isn't buying it. He's co-written the new book How... ' [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: New Carolina Journal Online features

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:48:00 -0500

The latest Carolina Journal online exclusive features Lee Raynor's report on opposition to annexation efforts underway throughout North Carolina. John Hood's Daily... [...]