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Thunder Pig: Franklin Comes to Franklin Ben Franklin Speaks About the US Constitution

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:10:00 -0500

This is a 10 video play list of an appearance by John Armor portraying Ben Franklin.

Franklin comes to Franklin in "Ben Franklin Talks About the Constitution" was held at the Macon County Community Facilities Building, Hwy. 441 south, [...]

The Wild West: Paying Government to Marginalize and Replace You

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:49:25 -0500

It is grand ARRA funds are saving jobs. The state unemployment rate is back up to 11%. It has been around 11% all year. Most job losses were in construction, where money borrowed from the Chinese is creating lots and lots of jobs. (I know it’s a lie. I’m [...]

The Wild West: Property Rights Only Apply to What One Owns

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:37:06 -0500

Macon County residents are resisting another attempt to create a comprehensive land-use plan. The stated reason is they mistrust government’s outreach for buy-in because it has never listened to them in the past. Visioneers who moderate community forums have a way of knowing what the outcome will be and [...]

Katy's Conservative Corner: Wake GOP Chairman Files Election Law Challenge against Clay Aiken

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:46:33 -0500

Claude E. Pope, Jr, Chairman of the Wake County Republican Party, Friday, filed a Notice of Challenge with the Wake County Board of Elections, challenging the right of Clayton H. "Clay" Aiken to remain registered to vote in Wake County.

“It has come to light [...]

The Wild West: This Is Not Government

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32:30 -0500

Dr. Mumpower wants public safety officers in the City of Asheville to undergo fitness tests. The dumbest thing about it is I actually bothered to read his supporting documents. One gave a statistical analysis of fat rolls pinched on officers over 12.5 years. In Charlotte, where the study was [...]

BlueNC blogs: Considering unaffiliating myself from NC Democratic Party

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:01 -0500

It's been more than a week since the Progressive Democrats of North Carolina issued a statement and a letter to NCDP Chairman David Young asking him to champion a very reasonable request to clean up North Carolina fund raising.

Scrutiny Hooligans: Windiana

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:21 -0500

Our trip to Chicago this week took us up I-65 through Benton County, Indiana and past the midwest’s newest and largest wind farm, the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm 90 miles north of Indianapolis. A project of BP Wind Energy and Virginia-based Dominion Resources, the site is now producing about 400 [...]

News 14 Carolina: Health care reform bill to tax plastic surgery

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:08 -0500

The Senate's version of the health care bill includes a tax for those who choose plastic surgery. The bill would tax most plastic surgical procedures by 5 percent to help pay for health care reform. [...]

Civitas Review Online: Education stimulus funds: Who are they helping?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:43:34 -0500

Today’s fun fact: Federal stimulus money to K-12 public schools in the United States totals $68 billion. That’s $68 billion over and above what the feds normally spend on public education.

What are Americans getting for the extra spending? Not much. That’s the conclusion reached by Chester Finn and Frederick Hess in [...]

BlueNC blogs: Weekend wound up & open thread

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:31 -0500

Yawn

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Piedmont Publius: Scooter’s back on the beat

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:53 -0500

Former Greensboro Police detective Scott “Scooter” Sanders will return to work as a patrol officer after being cleared of all allegations related to the controversy surrounding former chief David Wray.

The N&R reports that Sanders “was flanked by several, other white police officers who had been implicated in the probe.” [...]

Piedmont Publius: Schools’ choice: Taser or .45

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:22 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Guilford County Sheriff B.J. Barnes at yesterday’s community meeting on Tasers in schools:

Barnes said he believes stun guns are safer than pepper spray. Stun guns disrupt the nervous system and cause muscles to contract. The 5-second, 50,000-volt shock causes a stunned person to “freeze up.”

“Pepper spray has been attributed [...]

Civitas Review Online: $100 Million for One Vote

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:42 -0500

ABC News reporter Johnathan Karl sheds light on a provision in the Senate health care bill revealing how our rulers in DC “debate” legislation:

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care [...]

BlueNC blogs: Tony Rand Brought Rock-and-Roll to Rockingham

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:43 -0500

Persons interested in North Carolina politics have been all abuzz over the last two weeks about the surprise decision of Senate Majority Leader and uber-lawmaker Tony Rand to retire.

Equally surprising – and yet still related to Senator Rand – is the most common reason for visitors [...]

Wayne's World: Politics in and around NC's 8th District: Tony Rand Brought Rock-and-Roll to Rockingham

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:00 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Persons interested in North Carolina politics have been all abuzz over the last two weeks about the surprise decision of Senate Majority Leader and uber-lawmaker Tony Rand to retire.

Equally surprising – and yet still related to Senator Rand – is the most common reason [...]

News 14 Carolina: Republicans blast 'bait and switch' health bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:35 -0500

Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.' [...]

BlueNC blogs: Goodwin Appointments to FAIR, Beach Plan Boards: First African-American Female, First Native American and Lumbee

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:51 -0500

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced his appointment of five new members to the N.C. Joint Underwriting Association and the N.C. Insurance Underwriting Association, better known as the FAIR and Beach plans, respectively.

"I’m proud to announce the new appointees to the FAIR and Beach plan boards, and" [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: A Hail from Jerry Agar

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:00 -0500

Our long-time friend Jerry Agar, formerly of WPTF radio, has continued to read our stuff, and is doing some good writing of his own of late. Jerry shared some of his latest thoughts on the idiocy of government wealth redistribution (never creation of wealth, mind you). in an article that [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Re: Advice for Palin

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:00 -0500

Michael, I completely disagree with Julie Ponzi's criticism of Palin that you highlight in your post. Palin's point isn't that the picture itself is sexist, but that the use of that [...]

Thinking Out Loud: Books page dates

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:52 -0500

Mark your calendars for these Sundays that will features Books pages in the Ideas section:

Nov. 29

Dec. 13

Dec. 27

Jan. 10

Jan. 24

Feb. 7

Feb. 21

March 7

March 21

April 4

April 18

May 2

May 16

May 30

June 13

June 27

July 11

July 18

Aug. 1

Aug. 15

Aug. 29

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Under the Dome blog: Price: It's more than a military decision

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:41 -0500

As President Barack Obama continues to ponder the future of American troops in Afghanistan, U.S. Rep. David Price stressed this week that the matter isn’t just one for the military.

"Nobody thinks this should be a rushed decision – or a decision that should just be about the [...]

Wayne's World: Politics in and around NC's 8th District: Goodwin Appoints New Members to FAIR, Beach Plan Boards: First African-American Female, First Native American and Lumbee Join Board

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced his appointment of five new members to the N.C. Joint Underwriting Association and the N.C. Insurance Underwriting Association, better known as the FAIR and Beach plans, respectively.

"I’m proud to announce the new appointees to the FAIR and Beach" [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: DC parents go after Obama

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:52:00 -0500

The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program parents and supporters are going after Obama and the Democrats in Congress for their attempt to end this program that provides low-income students with up to $7,500 to pay for private school education. They are running this hard-hitting TV ad. [...]

Public Policy Polling: NC Democrats' Senior Problem

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500

A majority of voters under the age of 65 in North Carolina like the job Barack Obama's doing as President. They say they'll vote for an unnamed Democrat by a 42-41 margin over Richard Burr, plan to support Democrats by a 47-41 spread for the legislature and also plan to' [...]

Under the Dome blog: Money request rankles lobbyists

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:18 -0500

There has been some grumbling among lobbyists who through it was inappropriate that they received a campaign solicitation from Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, whose office regulates lobbyists.

Marshall, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate race next year, sent out an e-mail solicitation on her birthday [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: The Nation beats up Lieberman

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:00 -0500

The Nation magazine beats up Lieberman in this slide show for his stand on the Democratic health care bill. Note that there is no link or source provided the the statement, "public option will actually decrease the deficit." I guess The Nation considers the CBO... [...]

The Progressive Pulse: Making sense of the numbers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:55 -0500

First the good news: North Carolina state government has more than $600 million to close any budget hole this fiscal year.

Now the bad news: Revenues are $95 million less than what lawmakers projected when they passed a $19 billion budget last summer. Adding to the problems, the state’s unemployment rate [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: BofA cuts charity funding

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:44 -0500

Bank of America Corp. will no longer match charitable contributions made by its retirees. (BAC) [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Route chosen for Gaston toll road

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:42 -0500

The N.C. Turnpike Authority has chosen the route for the Garden Parkway in Gaston County. [...]

Under the Dome blog: The search is off

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:24 -0500

Local school districts no longer have to hunt for former students who left school without diplomas to offer them the chance at the credential.

Former students who did not graduate because they failed state competency or computer skills tests are now eligible for diplomas if they earned enough credits, Lynn Bonner [...]

Public Policy Polling: Looking back on Missouri's Governors

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:00 -0500

Could John Ashcroft make a return to public office in the future, perhaps as a candidate for the Senate or Governor in 2012? It seems like a far fetched possibility but Missouri voters may be somewhat open to it. Ashcroft came out on top of our newest poll asking folks [...]

Under the Dome blog: SEANC wants watchdogs with teeth

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:13 -0500

Recent overpayments to hospitals by the state health plan are more evidence of the need to put the plan under new management, said the State Employees Association of North Carolina.

A preliminary audit last week showed six hospitals owe the state $2.5 million for overcharges.

"Overpayments in those amounts are [...]

BlueNC blogs: Jesus plus nothing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:43:57 -0500

The intrusion of god into public policy has long been a source of concern for me. It started early in my Navy career, at the Naval Academy to be precise, when roughly four thousand Midshipmen were rousted out of bed on Sunday mornings and marched off to church. We were [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Ron Paul, call your office

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0500

Seniors and near-seniors aren't going to like this: Slate's Mickey Kaus notes a provision in HarryCare (the Senate health bill) setting up an unelected, Federal Reserve-like panel that could impose cost cuts on Medicare. [W]hat it seems to... [...]

EdCone.com: Singing for my supper

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:41 -0500

What I actually went to China to do: look serious during the simultaneous translation while waiting to use that mic in my hand. Only conference I've attended where speakers got boutonnières, and my speaker pass read "Distinguished Guest."' [...]

Thinking Out Loud: O no! Oprah's leaving

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:44 -0500

Oprah closes shop on her daytime show in 2011.

All the sobbing and whimpering you hear is from all of the local TV affiliates that carry the iconic show.

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Under the Dome blog: Basnight to Navy: Save your money

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:58 -0500

N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight told the state’s congressional delegation today that North Carolina doesn’t need any more study about a Navy outlying landing field.

The Navy, he wrote, can save its money.

“I am pleased to inform you that these studies and their significant costs are [...]

Capital Beat: RNC not waiting to accuse Hagan of flip-flop

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:01 -0500

The RNC can read Sen. Kay Hagan’s mind, at least that’s the impression you’d get from a web ad targeting the Greensboro Democrat.

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EdCone.com: Let us now praise famous men

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:38:58 -0500

"I needed to sort through the lives of these men I loved, to follow the trails of their daily lives." Joe Killian eulogizes his grandfather and his uncle, fishermen lost at sea. UPDATED link now open to everyone. [...]

Under the Dome blog: Questions of tax fairness

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:35:26 -0500

Generally speaking, folks don't like taxes.

But North Carolinians seem divided on the question of tax fairness, according to a new poll by Elon University.

Almost half (48 percent) of North Carolina residents polled Nov. 16-19 say the current state tax system is either "not at all fair" or "not too [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: More on the Senate health bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:00 -0500

Sheldon Richman tears into Harry Reid's monstrosity here. Among other points, he shows that the constitutional justification being offered ("the Commerce Clause says we can regulate interstate commerce and that means we can... [...]

Under the Dome blog: Stay the course, whatever it is...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:07 -0500

North Carolinians may not know much about how the state's judges are selected. But they know they don't want to change it.

A new poll of North Carolina residents by Elon University found that 90 percent of those surveyed were either not familiar or only "somewhat" familiar with how North [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: The Senate health care bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0500

The Heritage foundation daily email "The Morning Bell" has this analysis of the Senate health care bill that will be voted on tomorrow. Last Saturday night Speaker... [...]

Under the Dome blog: Burr pans Democratic health bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:12:26 -0500

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr said on the Senate floor this morning that health reform should empower Americans to make healthier choices.

In a conversation ahead of a key Senate vote Saturday about health reform, Burr criticized the bill put forward by Democrats, reports Barb Barrett. He said [...]

Charlotte Blogs: Monday November 23 | North Carolina Nature Conservancy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:25 -0500

Today we go where the wild things are. We’ll visit a vast maritime forest, a swamp filled with carnivorous plants, and learn about the oldest trees in Eastern North America. Each year the North Carolina Nature Conservancy publishes a field guide of our state’s most precious natural areas. We’ll learn [...]

Civitas Review Online: Inside the ACORN Videos

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:26 -0500

Do you think we have seen the last of the undercover videos exposing ACORN’s true nature? Not by a long shot. Check out this interview from ReasonTV with Biggovernment.com editor Mike Flynn.

One of the revelations in the interview is that Biggovernment.com has several more videos that [...]

WataugaWatch: Too Many Mad Hatters at the Tea Party

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Trouble in the "tea party" movement.

Sez a Texas tea party organizer: "You have some interesting folks in the Tea Party movement -- some of them I can support, but some of them are kind of out there and radical, and I don't want'" [...]

The Meck Deck: Unemployement Up in NC. Whoops.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:20 -0500

And the only inkling of job growth is from….government jobs. Ta-da!.

We are well on our way to permanently crushing private sector job creation in much of the country — including North Carolina.

But I’m more convinced than every that we will stay on this path unless and until 1) [...]

Under the Dome blog: Neumann running for Senate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:04 -0500

Rep. Wil Neumann, a Belmont Republican, plans to run for the Gaston County senate seat currently held by Sen. David Hoyle, a Democrat who lives in Dallas.

The district is Republican, but Hoyle has managed to hold the seat because of his pro-business record and ties to the [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: N.C. joblessness hits 11%, 12.1% in S.C.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:47:51 -0500

The jobless rate in North Carolina rose to 11 percent in October from 10.8 percent in September. [...]

Right Angles: Cary’s Downtown Wayfinding Program – more wasteful spending?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:25:22 -0500

Every week the Cary Watchmen (www.carywatch.com) seem to find another questionable program, this time it is the “Downtown Wayfinding Project”.The Town believes that more signs throughout the Town will lead to more visitors. One thing is for sure, it will lead to a veritable forest of roadside signs and [...]

Right Angles: Cary’s funding of non-profits may be illegal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:23:40 -0500

The Cary Watchmen found another $134,000 of your tax money being spent on another 16 non-profits. Despite a mountain of debt and spiraling debt service costs, the Town of Cary approved spending of another $134,000 of your tax money for 16 more non-profits. See the list here. According to [...]

Right Angles: It’s Time for a Cultural Change in Cary

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:20:08 -0500

The Cary Watchmen (www.carywatch.com) propose the development of a new culture of frugality and thrift to replace the current culture focused on spending and image creation. Read our latest position paper here.

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Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Ohioans to pay more for Duke’s smart grid

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:19:17 -0500

Duke Energy Corp. has signed a settlement to recoup costs for “smart grid” upgrades that would raise residential electric and natural gas rates in Ohio, according to the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. (DUK) [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: N.C. accuses firms of duping home buyers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:48 -0500

The N.C. Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit alleging three companies duped customers into buying overpriced homes and taking on loans they couldn’t afford. [...]

Under the Dome blog: Hagan helping with party cash

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:13:15 -0500

On the day before a key Senate vote on health reform, U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan sent an email to Democratic party faithfuls asking for cash and reminding them of Republicans’ ways.

The e-mail (subject line: Yikes) began: “Imagine a battalion of right-wingers, tea partiers and ultraconservatives [...]

BlogAsheville: 2nd Annual Vance Craft Explosion!!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:06:00 -0500

The Vance Holiday Craft Explosion will be held Sunday, November 22nd from noon-5pm in the gym at Vance Elementary. The event will be right off the lower parking lot on Clinton Avenue, but there will be plenty of parking all around.

There will be [...]

The Progressive Pulse: Another legislator calls for probe of Blue Cross

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:04 -0500

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that Buncombe County lawmaker Susan Fisher has joined Ellie Kinnaird, Pricey Harrison, and the Pitt County commissioners in calling for an investigation into anti-health reform mailers and robocalls produced by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

The elected officials are calling [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: Advice for Palin

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:49:00 -0500

Julie Ponzi over at the Ashbrook Center blog No Left Turns critiques Sarah Palin's response to the Newsweek cover featuring her in running shorts here. The entire post is worth reading. Was the cover telling? Yes. But it told me more than perhaps you wanted me to... [...]

Scrutiny Hooligans: Friday Open Thread: Starting With Shuler

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:44:25 -0500

Quite a lot of you are debating the merits of our Azure Canine Congressman in the wake of revelations about TVA and Genentech and after his vote against health care reform. I’m of a mind that the district isn’t going to get anyone better anytime soon, but I’m willing to [...]

Public Policy Polling: Monthly 2012 Numbers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:43:00 -0500

Barack Obama's still leading all of his top potential opponents for 2012, but with his approval rating nationally below 50% for the first time his margins against a couple of them have dropped below what he won against John McCain last fall.

For the eighth month in a row [...]

The Progressive Pulse: State Sen. Clark Jenkins gets a challenger

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:11 -0500

It has been rumored for some time that Greenville resident Frankie Bordeaux would run against Jenkins. Now it’s official.

Bordeaux now has a campaign website. He could make it a tough race for Jenkins, a politician who has quickly gained influence in the Senate.

Share and Enjoy: [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: N.C. unemployment rates climbs back to 11 percent in October

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:36:00 -0500

Joe Coletti offers reaction here and in the video clip below. [...]

Civitas Review Online: N.C.’s Unemployment Rate Climbed to 11% in Oct.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:44 -0500

New data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statisticsshows that North Carolina’s unemployment rate climbed to 11% in Oct., up from 10.8% in the previous month.

The 11% places NC with the nation’s 8th highest unemployment rate – topping the list is Michigan at 15.1%. The national rate stands [...]

Right Angles: N.C. Unemployment Rate Hits Staggering 11%

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:38 -0500

Joe Coletti, fiscal policy analyst for the John Locke Foundation, doesn’t mince words about North Carolina’s staggering unemployment rate — we’re now 9th in the nation — or what to do about it.

“The governor has pledged to seek every ‘recovery’ dollar she can get for the state,” Coletti added. “But [...]

Scrutiny Hooligans: Reason #1,487 We Love Susan Fisher

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:25:05 -0500

AC-T: Rep. Susan Fisher, D-Buncombe, followed other state legislators Wednesday in calling for an investigation into Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s campaign against a public health-insurance plan. The insurer has called and sent mailers to voters urging opposition to a public plan that would compete with private insurers. In a [...]

The Meck Deck: How Many Hmong Speakers in Charlotte?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Good thing those new Wells Fargo ATMs include that language, huh?

This is the clearest sign yet that WFC is just transferring its West Coast template to points East without any type of re-jiggering. ATMs with options for Hmong, Korean, and Vietnamese might make sense in California. In Waxhaw, not [...]

EdCone.com: Antipantheonistic

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:19:46 -0500

I was grateful for "Damn the Torpedoes" when it came out, both for the music and the message that rock was not yet dead, and I'd put this on my list of best-ever videos, and Benmont Tench is a great...' [...]

The Progressive Pulse: NC Blue Cross in 1994 health reform debate: “Government bad, trust us instead!”

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:04 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The year was 1994 and President Clinton’s plan to reform health care was being hotly debated. NC Blue Cross was right in the midst of it as usual when then-CEO Ken Otis penned an editorial for the Durham Herald-Sun laying out Blue’s position. It boiled down to three [...]

BlogAsheville: Need Something to do with your Thanksgiving Visitors?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:11:00 -0500

Okay, your family is on their way into town. What will you do for 5 days?

How about a fun Turkey Ride on the big purple LaZoom bus? More details on Pollinate Asheville. [...]

Carolina Politics Online: Graham Lets AG Holder Have It Over NYC Terrorist Trials

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:56:31 -0500

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JLF > The Locker Room: The union mentality on (ugly) display

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:50:00 -0500

Michelle Malkin covers a most enlightening flap regarding government union bosses versus volunteer efforts in this column. In a move to balance its budget, a town in Ohio reduced the number of its employees, members of the Service Employees International Union. When a local... [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Microsoft launches N.C. tech program

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:49:14 -0500

Microsoft Corp. will offer a free technology-training program to N.C. residents. (MSFT) [...]

EdCone.com: Freedom of the press

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:41:21 -0500

Just a bad plan all the way 'round: "Arnholt said that banning the media would not only be illegal, but it would not solve concerns about a political incident because so many people have personal blogs, post video to YouTube...'" [...]

BlueNC blogs: What's up with Watt?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:40:04 -0500

Does anybody have any insight into this? Sounds like Mel Watt got leaned on by Obama's boys to go along with the Big Money Protection Racket.

In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with [...]

Piedmont Publius: Middle school insanity

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:27:08 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Please, somebody tell me what the kids did wrong here:

Officials at Reidsville Middle School suspended two students last week after their parents brought them fast food for lunch, violating a policy that prohibits outside food.

On Thursday, Charles Finney brought his daughter food from McDonald’s for lunch. That night, Brittney, [...]

Piedmont Publius: Hagan supports Senate healthcare bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:04 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Sen. Kay Hagan has said the whole time that she would only support a healthcare bill that didn’t increase the deficit and —ta-da!—– the Senate produces a bill that won’t increase the deficit. So naturally Hagan supports it.

If that’s true, Charles Krauthammer says he’ll eat his hat. At [...]

The Progressive Pulse: Top of the morning

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:44:06 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Governor Beverly Perdue seems to be trying to have it both ways on the provisions in the State Health Plan that subject state employees to random mouth swabs to verify they are not smoking and charging workers more if their weight is deemed out of line.

Perdue told [...]

JLF > The Locker Room: CNN profiles BASIS Charter School

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42:00 -0500

BASIS is one the best charter schools in the nation. The BASIS model should be replicated in North Carolina. [...]

News 14 Carolina: White House at odds with bishops over abortion

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:34:56 -0500

The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. [...]

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Catawbas get $100K for small business

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:33:56 -0500

The Catawba Indian Nation will receive a $99,999 rural development grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [...]

Squall Lines: The competitive Southeast

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:17:09 -0500

My prior post on Julia Boseman’s impending retirement from the state senate reminded me to look over the Civitas Institute’s handy North Carolina Partisan Index, which uses prior votes for federal and state offices to determine the partisan lean in each of the state’s 120 House and 50 [...]