March 3, 2006 – 7:25 pm
Tthe things one misses as Real Life® interferes. It was right up the road. From WRAL CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar. Police said they would charge […]
March 2, 2006 – 10:22 am
In meetings all day. Started screwing around with the WordPress default theme, noticed an issue with popup comments, looks like something to do w/Sitemeter interference. open trackbacks?
February 24, 2006 – 1:17 pm
If only they would spend as much time going wonky over illegal immigration as they have on this whole ports issue. Case in point, Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC, out of the Charlotte area) Dear Mr. President, In regards to selling American ports to the United Arab Emirates, not just NO-but HELL NO! Sincerely, Sue Myrick […]
February 7, 2006 – 7:51 am
There has been lots of furor in the Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) over the proposed lite rail system. It is something that was pretty much not a left/right issue. Polls showed most people were against it. Liberals were calling in to Bill Lemay’s show (conservative) and saying they were against it. Most people […]
January 19, 2006 – 3:21 pm
Earlier in the month, Ogre provided some interesting stats (via Jake Jacobson): The results of the survey indicate that the gap between the opinions of the American people on immigration and those of their leaders is enormous. The poll found that 60 percent of the public regards the present level of immigration to be a […]
January 5, 2006 – 9:09 am
Back on October 3, 2005, I wrote a post Triangle Rail System: Just Say No. Recently, Elizabeth, a local resident, had this to say: If you think that the rail system does nothing then what do you think is the solution to traffic on I-40 and the continuing misuse of resources to sprawl. Many a […]
December 31, 2005 – 8:32 am
Are you familiar with Frank Ballance? No? Well, he is the former US Congressman (NC-D) sentenced to prison for a variety of charges (original story here). They had one party for him. Then they had a sendoff for him a few nights ago. It was a time of frivolity and a celebration of how great […]
December 17, 2005 – 4:00 pm
Quick shot, gotta run to a Christmas party. RALEIGH, N.C. — Get ready to pay more at the pump in January– and you can blame the state for it. North Carolina is raising its motor fuel tax by nearly 3 cents a gallon. That’s the largest increase in 16 years. Officials say the tax hike […]
December 5, 2005 – 8:23 am
An interesting article in Sunday’s Raleigh News and Observer, written by Republican Political Strategist Carter Wrenn (Talking About Politics). Sometimes I think the folks over at the Triangle Transit Authority must be living in "Cloud Coo-Coo Land." This morning there’s a picture in the newspaper of a spiffy "mock-up" they’ve built — sitting in the […]
December 3, 2005 – 7:52 am
Interesting. While Republicans were out there, including President Bush, decrying what Rep. Duke Cunningham did, Democrats are celebrating former NC Rep. Frank Ballance going to jail: Former congressman Frank Ballance, due to start a four-year prison term by the end of this month, will be given a send-off this weekend featuring an appearance by comedian […]
