Saturday’s N&O published my guest column on defending marriage here in North Carolina. The column pointed out that North Carolina is the only state in the southern United States that still does not have a Defense of Marriage Act on the record despite public pressure and bipartisan support in the General Assembly. While some 30 [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
- Aug31
Is swine flu a health care reform tactic?
The hustle and bustle of new fall classes brings football games, new student orientation and the nostalgic school supply list. This year, nestled in between the usual suspects of #2 pencils, TI-83 Calculators, and loose-leafed notebook paper, the unusual request of a thermometer finds its way on the school supply list. Schools across North Carolina [...]
- Aug31
Sen RC Soles (D-Columbus) Update
Storm clouds are still swirling around NC’s longest serving legislator. They’re not the typical clouds you might see in any kind of normal weather system, they’re more like what you’d see in a sci-fi movie with bad CGI effects. All of the twists and turns seem to make sense only to Soles for now. The [...]
- Aug29
Does WakeMed hospital endorse ObamaCare?
Is WakeMed supporting ObamaCare? On September 3rd they are allowing Organizing for America to use the WakeMed North Healthplex for a rally in support of “Health Insurance Reform,” the new name for Health Care Reform (ObamaCare) which may shortly be changed to KennedyCare. As I posted in January, Organizing for America is President’s Obama political arm or permanent political campaign. This is [...]
- 10Aug28
What’s In a Name?
It appears that some of our statist friends are offended by some of my recent terminology. After Under the Dome referenced my rebuttal to an article by the Budget & Tax Center, there was some focus on my descriptive phrase, “The North Carolina Budget & Tax Center, an outfit driven by Marxist ideology.” There was [...]
- Aug28
Congressman McIntyre hedging on healthcare
More rather indirect than direct answers from Congressman McIntyre on the health care situation. Even my cousin Elizabeth Wright gets a question in on WWAY. (Of note, she’s the daughter of former legislator Richard Wright of Columbus County, a good cousin!) (HT-PA) Short version, on Tort reform, if the president doesn’t bring it up, neither [...]
- Aug28
Democrats Ducking On HealthCare
It’s pretty clear that the health care fiasco has become a nightmare for sitting congressman and a certain freshman Senator from North Carolina. Rather than have the temerity to admit that the citizens have decried the public takeover option they’re now hedging their positions to say they want to “look at it more closely” or [...]
- 2Aug27
911 Calls. . . Sen. Soles Favorite Phone Number
Believe it or not, there have been 17 calls to 911 from the home of Sen. RC Soles (D-Columbus) since August of 2008. Apparently lots of his clients “worry him” from time to time. Anyone just think this gets weirder and weirder? (HT-David WIlliams) Sad that it took Myrtle Beach, SC to expose it. Addendum: [...]
- Aug27
Have Your ID Ready-Town Hall Edition
I have seen it all, now. When a Congressman won’t let a constituent speak at a town hall until he checks their ID, what have we come to? Northern Virginian Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) did just that at a town hall on Obamacare KennedyCare this week. (Unfortunately for him, the camera was there too.) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljAg770W_-k [...]
- 1Aug27
Bizarro-World “Analysis” From NC’s Leading Statists
The North Carolina Budget & Tax Center, an outfit driven by Marxist ideology, put out this brief trying to convince people that somehow tax increases don’t adversely affect job growth. How do they back up this fantasy-world claim? First, they try the “oh, $1.3 billion in new taxes really isn’t much, so nobody will change [...]