While warnings about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, (aka ACORN) have been landing on the deaf ears of the media for years, evidence of how deeply they have penetrated the voting process in this nation is starting to emerge. ACORN has made voter registration one of there main focuses. Now we hear [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
- Mar20
Bankrupting the Nation
Apparently, President Obama's policies are going to put the nation deep into debt: In a new report that provides the first independent analysis of President Obama's budget request, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that the administration's agenda would generate deficits averaging nearly $1 trillion a year over the next decade – $2.3 trillion more [...]
- 1Mar20
Guns: two different views
A NC House Judiciary debated House Bill 270 by Representatives Hilton, Steen, Burr, Cleveland (same as Senate Bill 235) which is “an act to allow persons with concealed handgun permits to protect themselves and their families in restaurants.” In practice this would allow people who have been trained and licensed under state law and regulations [...]
- 1Mar20
Must See Video — Bush Administration Warnings on Fannie/Freddie
John Ham over at Right Angles posts a video that everyone needs to see. It presents a timeline of Bush Administration officials calling for more oversight into Fannie and Freddie and the consequences of letting the entities run amok. With a special guest appearance by Rep. Frank saying… well, I don't want to spoil it [...]
- 5Mar20
30,000 people = Everyone
The outright distortions of fact and truth from those on the left wishing to raise taxes to build inefficient and costly light rail in the Triangle seem to have no end. Karen Rindge, who heads up a so-called progressive organization WakeUp Wake County, says that raising the sales tax on all residents in Wake, Durham [...]
- Mar19
What? You Can Build a Data Center Without Incentives?
In a stunning new development, it appears that companies can build data centers without massive handouts from the government. I know many of you will be shocked by this, especially those in Caldwell County who saw their property taxes increase by 31%. But really, it's happening! SAS plans to build $70M data center. And they [...]
- Mar18
A Taste of Their Own Medicine?
Looks like the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is running into a bit of a quandary in its attempts to reduce its staff by 75. According to the WaPo: The staff union's leaders say that SEIU is engaging in the same kind of practices that some businesses use — laying off workers without proper notice, [...]
- 6Mar18
Shock! Fitzsimon Embraces Corporate CEOs
It's good to see resident progressive Chris Fitzsimon come full-circle and now realize that big business CEOs are worthy individuals and most knowlegable in creating jobs. No more "greedy, lying, worker-rights destorying CEO" rhetoric from Fitzsimon. Nope, he is now taking them at their word when it comes to the business climate in North Carolina. [...]
- 1Mar18
Your General Assembly Hard at Work
From the "They Don't Have Anything Better to Do?" files… And no, I'm seriously not making this up. Rep. Jim Crawford has introduced H683, a bill declaring "The second Saturday in September is designated as North Carolina Hot Sauce Day." Don't get me wrong, I love Texas Pete on my chicken filet biscuit from Bo's [...]
- 1Mar18
Stimulus Money Supports Extortion
Remember back about a year and a half ago when Lowe's Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith blackmailed threatened the Cabarrus County Commission and the state of NC that he was going to move the track out of NC unless they gave him $80 million worth of incentives? Max wrote a fantastic piece about the whole [...]