December 13, 2004 – 10:01 pm
In a totally expected move, the North Carolinian Electors through their 15 Votes to President Bush. William Trotter (R-9th district elector) stated, "It’s a great historic occasion, one that’s very important to me, to get to vote for our President George W. Bush." While Trotter cast a vote for the Charlotte area, Judy Keener (R-13th […]
December 8, 2004 – 7:55 am
Jeremy at American Warmonger was discussing You Might Be a Geek 001, and part of the discussion was about email, which brought about a comment from moi regarding the Ice Storm of 2002 (has to be capitalized) where had no email, no internet, no access. Oh, and no power. Well, Avast! This weekend is the […]
December 3, 2004 – 9:00 am
Ever since I posted an article on a teacher at Rowan-Cabbarus Community College being suspended for showing Fahrenheit 9/11 in class, I have kept an eye, every few days, on any new information. Not a thing, as of this time. I have a few emails out to some of the more local news sources, will […]
December 2, 2004 – 9:10 am
The NC General Assembly has a new law targetting aggressive drivers: It said an aggressive driver "drives carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others." So how does the General Assembly define that statement? First, authorities must catch the aggressive driver speeding. Second, police must also determine that […]
November 30, 2004 – 9:03 pm
The NC State Board of Elections has made a decision regarding the Nov. 2nd election problems in Carteret County, where a voting machine did not record thousands of votes. Memory set incorectly. They have "voted 4-1 to allow allow participation in the special election by early voters whose ballots were lost, along with those who […]
November 30, 2004 – 8:05 am
Yes, I know vandalization is still not a word. Anyhoo (not a word), the three charged with vandalizing the Raleigh GOP headquarters appeared in court Monday the 29th (starting their week on a bad note, eh?) , and have made the wise decision to not waive the Right to council. The three people accused of […]
November 27, 2004 – 10:06 am
Wow. I am impressed. Responsibility in government: Republican members of the State Board of Elections aren’t sold on the idea of a new statewide election to resolve the agriculture commissioner’s race, the results of which were delayed by lost votes in Carteret County. Chuck Winfree of Greensboro and Lorraine Shinn of Greenville, the GOP members, […]
November 26, 2004 – 8:01 am
Did you know that there is a Turkey, North Carolina? How about that North Carolina is the nations second largest producer of turkeys? I thought it was peacocks, but that is one of those "boy, am I hungover" stories for a different time. And, speaking of Turkey, can someone wake Ogre up? He live blogged […]
November 24, 2004 – 8:21 am
The State Board of Elections certified nearly all results from the Nov. 2 election on Tuesday, but withheld approval of the outcome of two statewide races that are the subject of protests. In a five-minute teleconfernce, the board members signed off on the final results for scores of races, including President Bush’s victory over John […]
November 22, 2004 – 7:00 pm
The Carteret County voting failure has brought a lot of hand-wringing to elections officials and "I-told-you-sos” from activists who sounded the alarm about electronic balloting months ago. A touch-screen voting network there failed to record more than 4,400 votes cast before Election Day because its data storage was full — the result of outdated software […]
