Despite the rolling up of the illegal alien welcome mat by North Carolina’s Sheriffs with the 287 (g) program, criminal activity associated with illegal immigration continues to rise in the Old North State. Officials with the NC Department of Motor Vehicles report a 20% increase in arrests for driver’s license fraud over last year and [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
- Nov30
IDK MY BFF JILL!
Tomorrow, HB 9, No Texting While Driving, takes effect. That’s right; get your texting done today because starting tomorrow if you are caught texting behind the wheel you can be fined up to $100. Gov. Purdue signed the Act in June making it unlawful to use a cell phone for email or text messaging while [...]
- Nov30
Follow the Money
Want to know how many earmarks your U.S. Senator or Representative has requested? Go to the “earmarks” tab of the website WashingtonWatch.com and check it out. You can sort by individual politician or by earmark request status. The site makes for a handy tool for all you budget watchdogs out there.
- 1Nov30
Global Warming’s Final Days
We’re slowly putting together the funeral for the Climate Change movement. As President Obama eagerly picks up a Nobel prize for endeavors he has yet to achieve and pushes for trillions of dollars to be taken away from our economy in the name of Climate Change, the world is reeling from revelations that top climate [...]
- Nov25
Voter Fraud in NC
In an article by Josh Shaffer in Saturday’s newsobserver.com, local “Democratic strategist” Perry Woods said that he thought that as long as Clay Aiken didn’t vote in Chatham county (the county where Aiken resides) he would likely be “in the clear.” Woods sends the wrong message to North Carolina voters when he says, “he can name [...]
- Nov25
The Economic Lessons of Thanksgiving
The Independent Institute reminds us with this article of the real story behind the very first Thanksgiving. We should all take a moment to think about these lessons between servings of stuffing. Many people believe that after suffering through a severe winter, the Pilgrims’ food shortages were resolved the following spring when the Native Americans [...]
- Nov25
Charters Applaud Court Ruling; WCPSS Mulls Budget Impacts
Commenting on the impact of the State Court of Appeals ruling that said the Charlotte Mecklenburg School system undercounted money it owed to charter schools, Ann Majestic, the Wake County School Board attorney, said, “It’s going to have a major impact. . . It will take away money from the school system.” An interesting comment. Majestic [...]
- 1Nov25
Bad, Bad BCBS. But Thanks for the Money.
20 lawmakers have sent a letter to Attorney General Roy Cooper and Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin asking for an investigation into Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s (BCBS) postcard campaign to get people to contact Sen. Kay Hagan to oppose the public option. Apparently these 20 feel BCBS’s actions are at the least “bad public policy” [...]
- Nov24
So Much for “Choice and Competition”
Proponents of the federal government’s push to further politicize the delivery of medical care in this country have continuously touted that part of their ”reform’s” benefits will be choice and competition for health insurance, and that nobody will lose their current coverage if they like it. This WSJ article exposes that lie. Consumer-driven health care plans, such [...]
- Nov24
The Real Impact of Health Insurance Benefit Requirements
Both the House and Senate bills propose that all private health insurance plans (individual, employer, employer group, or union provided) must adhere to detailed federal regulation. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently provides recommendations on health services ranging – A,B,C,D – where B, and C are “recommended” and “not recommended”, respectively. The reform bill [...]