Monday night’s House session was recessed in order for an Appropriations Committee meeting to occur. Once the House Appropriations Committee made their way out of the chamber and down to a meeting room, Approps. Chairman Mickey Michaux (D-Durham) relayed the news: "We’re deadlocked." Rep. Leo Daughtry (R-Johnston) asked what were the sticking points. Michaux responded [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
- Jun30
Energy is Bugging Everyone…
… so send in the entrepreneurs. Annually, commuting for Americans is now costing the average citizen over $2,000 dollars, according to the US Department of Energy. The world forecast for energy consumption over the next 20-25 years will double. With negative news regarding energy production flooding daily headlines and prices at the pump steadily climbing, [...]
- 1Jun30
Gas Prices: Whenever you hear “these speculators”…
Your next thought should be that the person uttering this phrase is challenged in terms of economics. Here’s a good explanation. The Congressional leadership would like to find a scapegoat for energy prices. "Speculators" have been blamed for everything from the Great Depression to the housing bubble. But a fundamental understanding of futures markets – [...]
- Jun27
Blue Ridge Community College: Public Not Invited
As reported below, Blue Ridge Community College is renting out space tomorrow to the Mexican consulate’s mobile unit which will be meeting with illegal aliens to supply them with consular ID cards (matricula consulars). The college is making $360 from the deal — to rent out the space beginning 6 pm tonight and ending 9 [...]
- 1Jun27
N.C. Community Colleges Working with Mexican Consulate to Hand Out Mexican IDs
NC Listen is reporting that the Mexican consulate’s mobile unit is going to be on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College issuing matricula consulars (Mexican IDs) to illegal aliens on Saturday, June 28, 2008. Read the press release: NC LISTEN – PRESS RELEASE June 27, 2008 Blue Ridge Community College (Flat Rock – [...]
- 2Jun27
“Father” of Canadian Health Care Admits its a Failure
Just yesterday, I wrote about how unpopular the British healthcare system has become. Today comes news that the man largely responsible for Canada’s conversion to a single-payer health care system has admitted the system’s failure: "Back in the 1960s, (Claude) Castonguay chaired a Canadian government committee studying health reform and recommended that his home province [...]
- Jun27
The Impact of Nationally-Certified Teachers in NC? Another View
There’s been much publicity (News & Observer) about a recent National Research Council study that says students taught by teachers with National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Certification (NBPTS) do better in school than those whose teachers are not nationally certified. Educators and teacher groups around the state are touting the study as proof that [...]
- 1Jun27
Teachout’s Reachout Harms War Hero
So much for giving peace a chance. Darling of the left and one of the original "Deaniacs" – Visiting Duke University Law Professor Zephyr Teachout – apparently got a little rough with former Senator and WWII veteran Bob Dole at AFP’s Take Back Our State rally. Classy. Word has it former Senator Dole ended up [...]
- 1Jun27
Which One of These Men is Lying?
Looks like business as usual again in Raleigh as budget-makers stage behind closed door meetings to determine how to spend your tax money. As this N&O article notes: "House and Senate leaders held such a meeting on Thursday morning. But when a News & Observer reporter tried to enter, they barred him." So much for [...]
- Jun27
“Smart Growth is the New Jim Crow”
Love this from the Anti-Planner: That’s why Joseph Perkins, head of the Northern California Home Building Association (who happens to be black) says that “smart growth is the new Jim Crow.”