A webcam streaming live from Basnight’s $25 million fishing pier in Nags Head is now up and running. Check it out here, hosted by the Division of N.C. Aquariums. For just $3,000, the web camera, cabling and software was purchased by the Aquarium Society and linked to the existing state-funded N.C. Aquariums web site. Be [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
- Jan29
Another Climate Note
One of the recurring criticisms of those who don’t swallow the Climate Change kool-aid is that we often mention weather related events as examples of faulty change rhetoric. I don’t contest the criticism as weather incidents are not climate. But the other side has, for years, utilized the same tactic without eliciting the same reaction. [...]
- Jan29
“Little Governor” Goes to Court
I just returned from Ruffin Poole’s initial appearance in federal court before U.S. District Judge Terrance Boyle. Poole, advisor to former Governor Mike Easley, was led into the courtroom with his hands cuffed behind his back. Boyle read a summary of the 64-page indictment that refers to Poole as the “Little Governor” because of his [...]
- 1Jan29
Draft DPI Standards Promote Abortion Rights
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has proposed draft Essential Standards in the Social Studies: Civics and Economics that ask students to use three Supreme Court cases (e.g. Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, or Korematsu v. U.S.) as support to explain how the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld rights against oppressive government. It [...]
- Jan29
Obamanomics = Corporatism
Sheldon Richman points out that Obama’s recent State of the Union speech further eradicated any doubts about the President’s vision for our economy: corporatism. The upshot? In Obama’s mind, the way to make America (the entity) — us — No. 1 is to have the central government coordinate economic activity, to set goals, and to [...]
- Jan29
Bin Laden Joins Global Warming Political Movement
One must wonder when Al Gore and Bin Laden might just hold a joint press conference. From Bin Laden’s latest release. In the tape, aired in part on Al-Jazeera television Friday, bin Laden warns of the dangers of climate change and says that the way to stop it is to bring “the wheels of the [...]
- Jan28
What a Waste of Money
If you wanted to increase travel efficiency between Raleigh and Charlotte, what is the better use of $520 million? 1. Upgrade a rail line (but not fully) that serves a few hundred people per day that could possibly grow to a couple of thousand people per day. 2. Replace the Yadkin River Bridge ($300M) and [...]
- Jan28
Most Interesting Poll Result
If you missed the monthly poll luncheon yesterday at the Clarion, you missed out on probably the most interesting poll finding we’ve had in our nearly 5 years of polling. We asked voters if they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of our good friend, Dallas Woodhouse: And interestingly enough, Dallas is actually more popular [...]
- Jan27
Marriage Penalty for Health Care
The Heartland Institute reports that a penalty included in both the House and Senate health care bills could result in premium increases to low and middle income married couples of up to $2,000. Those couples whose combined income exceeds 400 percent of the federal poverty level will receive limited subsidies and have no caps on [...]
- Jan27
Economics for the Next Generation
The Mercatus Center and George Mason University Professor Russ Roberts along with filmmaker John Papola have created a rap video about the economic crisis – Fear the Boom and Bust. How does one convey the importance of the battle of ideas that have steered economic policy for decades? More importantly, how do we make it [...]