October 4, 2011 – 7:50 am
Obviously, there has been a big kerfuffle over the “targeted killing” of Anwar al-Awlaki, a United States citizen turned al Qaeda big wig (along with Samir Khan, another traitor who hails originally from North Carolina). Said kerfuffle is bipartisan in nature, with many saying that killing him amounts to assassination of a US citizen, and […]
October 3, 2011 – 4:26 pm
Hey, remember this from back on August 25th? Even with almost zero common ground between them, President Obama and Republicans in Congress generally concur on the need for free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. But they disagree on whose fault it is that those agreements — years in the making — have still […]
October 3, 2011 – 8:47 am
Let’s start with a setup to add context (WRAL) Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Raleigh and Durham on Sunday to show solidarity with an ongoing protest against corporate greed and social inequality on Wall Street. So, commies gathered on Sunday? People who aren’t smart enough and aren’t willing to do the hard work to […]
October 2, 2011 – 9:10 am
It’s amazing. The Occupy Wall Street protest is just like one of those gatherings by the TEA Party. Remember when hundreds were arrested at Glenn Beck’s 8/28 gathering? And the big march on Washington? The tax day protest? Oh, wait, there weren’t? But, still, you know it is only the TEA Party that’s violent and […]
October 1, 2011 – 7:54 am
Of course, they aren’t planning legal challenges over sanctuary cities and failures to enforce the law, no, they may sue over tough illegal immigration laws (Fox News) After suing Arizona and Alabama over their strict immigration laws, the Obama administration is seriously weighing whether to legally challenge similar measures in four other states. “To the […]
October 1, 2011 – 7:46 am
ATM’s, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, European debt, Arab spring, you name it, the voters aren’t buying blaming it (Fox News) Most American voters blame bad leadership for the condition of the economy, and think Democrats and Republicans alike have hurt more than helped the situation. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Friday. President Obama […]
September 30, 2011 – 8:33 am
Obviously, this is Bush’s fault. Or the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Iraq. Afghanistan. Republicans. America has “gotten a little soft.” Bad luck. European debt. Greece. The Arab Spring. Bo ate his plan. (CNN) Three years after a financial crisis pushed the country deep into recession, an overwhelming number of Americans – 90% – say […]
September 29, 2011 – 10:08 am
At first, Team Bev called her comment about suspending elections for a few years “hyperbole“. Now it’s (Raleigh N&O) On Wednesday, Perdue continued to try to walk back her comments, which her staff initially described on Tuesday as hyperbole. “My point was one of sarcasm,” Perdue told reporters in Thomasville. “We really just need to […]
September 29, 2011 – 8:35 am
Why? Well, why not? They have all this Monopoly money from the Stimulus to spend, and had to spend it by September 30th, so, what the hell. Here ya go. Enjoy. (Washington Post) The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, […]
September 27, 2011 – 6:47 pm
Was she joking, or, was this simply a matter of speaking off the cuff and coming out with a gaffe? Remember, in Democrat World, a gaffe is when a lefty says what they really think. Anyhow, the liberal leaning Raleigh News and Observer tries to go with the “just joking” route Speaking to a Cary […]