1. Jan
    06

    Climate Commission Challenged

    Posted in Legislative Activity, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon

    In view of Chris’ post below, I found it interesting when I recieved another email about the commission from Senator Andrew Brock (R-Davie) From: Sen. Andrew C. Brock Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:30 PM To: @All Exchange Users Subject: Dismissal of commission Speaker Joe Hackney and President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, Hope you are [...]

  2. Dec
    22

    ACORN Still Out There

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns By Jeff Mixon

    Despite the lack of recent media coverage of the continuing scandal known as  ACORN, America’s leading “community Organizers” are still at work.  What you don’t hear from the so-called “mainstream” media are shouts from members of Congress like Rep. Steve King of Iowa who recently told the American Spectator, “It’s thousands of times bigger than [...]

  3. Dec
    11

    Breaking News! Massive Global Warming Protest

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jeff Mixon

    In consideration of the Copenhagen Cabal, Climategate and the current temperatures in North Carolina, I felt compelled to repost this photo (which, incidentally, was one of the most read posts on our blog the last time it ran).  Too bad for the believers of the Global Warming religion that every time they have a big [...]

  4. Nov
    30

    Fake ID’s Grow in NC

    Posted in Immigration By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , ,

    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 [...]

  5. Nov
    20

    Inside the ACORN Videos

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jeff Mixon

    Do you think we have seen the last of the undercover videos exposing ACORN’s true nature?  Not by a long shot.  Check out this interview from ReasonTV with Biggovernment.com editor Mike Flynn. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-5IhF9zBI&feature=player_embedded One of the revelations in the interview is that Biggovernment.com has several more videos that have yet to be released.  They also [...]

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    Oct
    21

    NC Gun Shop Under Fire

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , ,

    Brace yourself. There is a store in Nashville, NC that sells guns.  (I know this is hard for some people to believe but, I swear, its true.) This same store has posters in the window featuring the main product of the store: Guns. (Again, I know its difficult to believe but, stick with me.) These [...]

  7. Oct
    21

    NC Elections Bd. Opens Easley Hearing Monday

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , , ,

    So, the North Carolina State Board of Elections is set to hold hearings on former Governor Mike Easley’s campaign finance irregularities that mostly relate to his use of private planes owned by big time donors. Talk around Raleigh has it that that the US Attorney already has the goods on the former Guv and will [...]

  8. Oct
    21

    New Group Adds up the Costs of Cap & Tax

    Posted in Legislative Activity By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , ,

    A new group has formed to inform the public of what the costs of Obama’s climate change (what happened to global warming?) legislation. The Cost of Energy Information Project (CEIP) is being formed with the help of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. If you want to see how much you energy bills will rise after Cap [...]

  9. Oct
    20

    Black Man with a Gun Spotted in Greensboro

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , , , , , ,

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhsF9I9lOc A video hit youtube on Saturday, October 17th that shows an incident from Greensboro that involved abortion, guns, your rights and how the police interpret them.  26 year old small business owner, James Penn noticed a group of Christians being questioned by a Greensboro officer.  The Christians had gathered near an abortion mill off [...]

  10. Oct
    20

    Rep. Jones Speaks Out On Navy Blog

    Posted in Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged ,

    When the district you represent contains a huge military base, you tend to focus your attention on  the Marines and Sailors that are stationed there.  Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC3) has an interesting interview on the Marine’s V-22 Osprey aircraft on the Naval Institute’s blog. The interview delves into Jones’ attempt to exonerate the records of [...]

  11. Oct
    15

    Heath Shuler Sponsors “Guns On A Train” Bill

    Posted in Legislative Activity, Politicians & Politicking, Transportation & Infrastructure By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , ,

    Western NC Congressman Heath Shuler continues to frustrate liberals by sponsoring another 2nd Amendment bill in Congress.  This time he has teamed up with fellow Democrat Mike Ross (D-AR) and Republicans John Fleming (R-LA), Spencer Baucus (R-AL), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Denny Rehberg (R-MT) to sponsor HR 3789 to finally sort out how law abiding citizens [...]

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    Oct
    14

    Who Benefits From Illegal Immigration?

    Posted in Immigration By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , , ,

    Well, the alien themselves obviously benefit from coming to this country illegally but who else receives benefit from the violation of US sovereignty? Illegal immigration is BIG money.  Mexico’s 3rd highest source of income behind oil and offshore US manufacturing comes from illegals working in the US.  $24 Billion was sent from the US to [...]

  13. Oct
    14

    A Glimmer of Democracy

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon

    As the the dust settles from the municipal elections last week, an interesting story has emerged from the small Nash county town of Dortches, NC.   A local farmer, dissatisfied with the choices on the ballot for the town’s Commission, decided to offer himself as a write-in candidate. Write-in candidacies rarely are successful.  There are two [...]

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    Oct
    09

    McHenry Hunting ACORN

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , ,

    North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry has ACORN in his sights and and is readying to take the shot.  At the Sept. 30 hearing conducted by the House Financial Services Committee, as reported by not by CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times or the Washington Post but by BigGovernment.com, he was on the hunt. McHenry [...]

  15. Oct
    08

    Wake School Bd. Election A Long Time Coming

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , ,

    Twelve years ago, a candidate that opposed the status quo, business as usual of the Wake County School Board attempted to bring accountability to the system that constantly moves kids, year after year, from school to school in what has become an annual bout of torture that turns families upside down and erodes parents’ time [...]

  16. 3
    Oct
    07

    Standing Up For Perverts

    Posted in Legislative Activity, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , ,

    The Associated Press has a story today about an effort by convicted child molesters to sue the state of North Carolina to allow them to go to church. At least, that’s the way the article is framed.  What a shame, a person is being denied his right to freely worship!  Call the ACLU! (Don’t worry, [...]

  17. Oct
    06

    So Much for Obama’s School Speech

    Posted in Education, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon

    Remember all of the hubbub over the President’s speech to every school kid in the country?  What ever points he was trying to score with students will fly right out of the door when the kids hear about his latest plan for their futures: Year Round School. Wake county already has this in place in [...]

  18. Sep
    30

    Gaston Lawmakers Oppose College for Illegals

    Posted in Education, Immigration, Legislative Activity, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , ,

    Two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Gaston County have announced their opposition to the recent policy decision by the NC Board of Community Colleges to admit illegal aliens.  Representatives Pearl Burris-Floyd and Wil Neumann, both Republicans, plan to introduce legislation when the General Assembly returns to Raleigh in May of 2010 [...]

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    Sep
    17

    Colorblind Press in Charlotte City Elections

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , , , , ,

    As I read through the Charlotte Observer’s partisan primary run down of municipal elections in the Queen City, I was looking to see if some of my friends on the right had been victorious in Tuesday’s balloting.  Instead of fully enjoying the victory of Tea Party Activist Matt Ridenhour as well as the win by [...]

  20. Sep
    12

    Live from the CLC-Investigating Public Corruption

    Posted in Civitas Events, Politicians & Politicking By Jeff Mixon | Tagged , , , ,

    Panelists Don Carrington of the Carolina Journal, former FBI Special Agent in Charge of Raleigh office Frank Perry and former NC State Auditor Les Merritt are presenting an excellent program on investigating public corruption. Best line so far: “State agencies have a poor record of investigating themselves.” -Perry Don Carrington has covered the Mike Easley [...]