September 23, 2011 – 7:47 pm
Why, you ask? Reacting to President Barack Obama’s statement last week that there were 153 “structurally deficient†bridges in North Carolina and that the government should not wait “until another bridge falls†to take action, Sen. Kay Hagan (D.-N.C.) insisted there are no bridges in her state in danger of falling. “No, no there are […]
August 25, 2011 – 9:34 pm
I’d totally forgotten about this one. Fortunately, Confederate Yankee didn’t Thanks to a brain-dead state law foisted upon us by a Democratic state legislature (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.7), every time the governor—in this instance, Democrat Beverly Perdue—declares a state of emergency, it is illegal from that moment onward to carry a concealed weapon until […]
August 12, 2011 – 4:36 pm
I know, I know, you’re as shocked as I am, because Democrats never commit voter fraud. From WRAL Three people were charged Thursday with voter fraud after authorities determined that they voted twice in Wake County in the 2008 election, and a fourth was charged with voting twice last year, officials said. Cherie Poucher, executive […]
June 28, 2011 – 1:26 pm
This has obviously made the abortion on demand supporters upset Following the lead of states like Indiana and Kansas, the Republican-led North Carolina legislature inserted a provision in the state budget targeting funding to Planned Parenthood. The provider of family planning services will no longer be able to do business with the state or compete […]
June 24, 2011 – 2:10 pm
Are you surprised that Booman is utterly shameless? My guess is that many of the same people who opposed abortion in 1968 also were in favor of forced sterilization of 14 year-old black girls. Now that these civil rights violations are being exposed 40 years too late, North Carolina is “considering” a payment of compensation […]
June 1, 2011 – 9:09 pm
Jeez, what did people do after hurricane in the old days before the vast over-reach of the federal government? In a meeting with President Barack Obama and federal emergency management officials, Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday stressed how important the federal government’s response is when a state is recovering from a hurricane. (snip) Perdue said […]
April 17, 2011 – 7:10 pm
Just kidding Good thing there’s nothing important going on. Apparently, he called NC Gov. Bev Perdue, said, how can we help ….hold on…no, you go ahead, I’ll tee off after you.”
April 17, 2011 – 8:49 am
No politics today this morning, folks. Just time to offer your prayers for those who were killed or injured on Saturday, and to their families A violent storm system slashed across central North Carolina on Saturday with apparent tornadoes touching down, causing multiple deaths and leaving a wide swath of property damage, downed trees, power […]
April 14, 2011 – 11:30 am
They’re worried that Latino’s are being mistreated One of North Carolina’s largest school districts is discriminating against Latino students and their parents by failing to provide them with adequate resources, according to a nationally known civil rights advocacy group threatening to file a federal complaint. But while the Southern Poverty Law Center’s criticism is directed […]
April 12, 2011 – 7:12 pm
Earlier today University of North Carolina student Quinn Matney is gay. For that, he says, someone scarred him for life. Matney said a man walked up to him last week near a foot bridge on the Chapel Hill campus, called him a derogatory name, told him, “here is a taste of hell,” and held a […]
