Don’t just report stuff. Do digital animation of what you think happened. That’s what this Taiwanese TV station did with the Tiger Woods incident:
[...]Full disclosure: I home-school my kids. That’s right, it’s not just for right-wing freaks, it’s for left-wing freaks too! We just do it without all the anti-Darwin rhetoric. Anyhoo, with that out of the way I can ask you, what in the Sam Hell is going on with the Wake [...]
From Roger von Oech:
Who’s winning the stonewalling contest? Tiger vs the local police, or the MSM vs the idea that Climategate’s a major story?
[...]Ex-Mayor Pat McCrory, the paradoxical darling of the free-market, anti-government crowd, must have felt something of a shiver yesterday when the EPA announced Charlotte's smart growth award.
"Of course I have mixed feelings," said hizzoner's ghost. "I'm a durn Republican. I hate government and I hate planning, especially transportation'" [...]
Remember when the Pender chapter of the NAACP raised a ruckus by charging that the school system was biased against blacks? The head of the local chapter cited statistics appearing to show that minority students were performing atrociously, but it turns out that the statistics were either misquoted or [...]
Following up on yesterday’s post about parent-friendly schools in Southeastern NC, I took a closer look at JLF policy analyst Terry Stoops’ just-released study to get a better sense of why area school systems got the grades they did.
Because this is the second year the report has been [...]
H1N1 flu is contributing to the state's Medicaid spending running over budget.
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler said a mix of forces is pushing the program's spending such that, on its present course, it would be $160 million or more over [...]
HOLDING ON HOLD: The Obama administration declined to say Tuesday whether Republican U.S. Attorney George Holding will be allowed to complete his investigations into two of North Carolina's most prominent Democrats, former Gov. Mike Easley and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from [...]
Some quotes are so good, you just have to blog about them. I think it’s safe to conclude it was the alcohol, not the dog, that led to this incident. The court date is Jan. 19.
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For years he’s been a minority voice on the Wake County school board, but yesterday, Ron Margiotta was elected chairman of the board by the new 5-4 majority. The new board didn’t waste time taking action, much to the chagrin of other members. And what about the new members’ [...]
Will U.S. Attorney George Holding (a Republican appointee) be allowed to finish the investigations of Mike Easley and John Edwards before he is replaced by Obama/Hagan nominee Thomas Walker? The Obama administration won’t say, and common sense tells you that’s an indication of what’s up. Joe Sinsheimer offers this [...]
Photo Courtesy 1389 BlogObama's government has many issues to fix and to answer. People are not really satisfied to his governance. Many issues and problems that are needing answers and solutions from him.
Health care costs in the United States exceed those of any other nation. Millions [...]
In the House, Budget Committee chairman John Spratt on Tuesday (D-S.C.) said he would not support a tax because of the recession. Spratt said a measure introduced by Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) would do so.
“We don’t want to raise taxes, especially a surcharge on income taxes in the [...]
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any stranger.
A few hours after the outgoing Greensboro City Council voted to approve funding for the proposed aquatic center, incoming council member Danny Thompson made a motion to rescind the vote. That set off considerable discussion, and in the end the council [...]
State Representative Nick Mackey (D-Charlotte), one of our favorite punching bags here, has got himself a primary challenger in next year’s election. Mecklenburg County Democrat African American Caucus Chairman (wow, that’s a mouth full) Rodney Moore announced yesterday morning that he’ll challenge Mackey for the Democrat [...]
Obama's rationale for spending another fifty or so billion dollars more in Afghanistan reminds me of the proud British red coats fighting and losing to a ragtag army of colonists in the American revolution. He is fighting a war from another century.
In his speech tonight, Obama used a [...]
This is only news because a famous person uttered something. State Senator Martin Nesbitt considers the state’s 1-cent tax increase and acceptance of portions of the federal deficit essential. He is claimed the state’s budget is so lean, teachers are the most expendable item. Joe Coletti, who has applied [...]
Buncombe County was zoned tonight on a second reading of the proposed ordinance. Only Bill Stanley voted against the measure. No public comment was taken, but unlike the first reading, the commissioners attempted to defend their positions for the public this time.
Chair David Gantt took the lead. In [...]
Former state Sen. Cal Cunningham of Lexington has apparently changed his mind, and is moving toward entering the U.S. Senate race next year.
Cunningham, an Iraq war veteran, last month announced he was ending an exploratory effort and would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr [...]
As Francis pointed out earlier, Gov. Bev Perdue seems to be bending the truth when it comes to her stance on the gas tax. During her announcement on of a controversial funding mechanism to finish I-485 she told reporters that she would not “ever” raise the gas tax.
Apparently she [...]
N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said President Barack Obama should keep U.S. Attorney George Holding.
Fetzer, in a statement, said that Obama's nomination of Thomas Walker is an example of putting politics first.
"You'd be hard pressed to find someone who had put more [...]
Anyone else get the feeling that the UPoR’s demographic breakdown of the vote for mayor of Charlotte was meant to be a little meatier, but the facts could not sustain it?
I mean, when the info clearly shows that independent voters (16 percent turnout) did not give two shakes about [...]
This letter in the N&O offers a perspective on the issue of school diversity efforts that needs wider airing.
But in any case, the pursuit of diversity, even if it were to produce a gain for some, requires continuous government coercion. Perhaps it’s an opportune time to ponder on a [...]
Is fiscal responsibility good if it creates a filibuster proof commission with the final say on cuts to Medicare and Social Security?
It seems that a dozen Conservadems (including Hagan) think so and signed a letter supporting the creation of a fiscal responsibility board.
...it would create budget legislation, including deep [...]
WRAL reports Medicaid spending in North Carolina is $150 million over budget in the first quarter of this fiscal year.
The reason for this, the Governor claims, is that over 8000 more people than expected signed up for Medicaid this year while unemployment still remains high and tax revenues are [...]
Merry Christmas.
You know the story by now. It has been essentially unchanged the past few months. The Triangle’s jobless rate is about one-third lower than that of the Charlotte metro region, 8.4 percent versus a whopping 12.7 percent. The latest state unemployment numbers estimate that there are over 50,000 jobless [...]
Elizabeth Edwards is scheduled to speak in Raleigh this weekend about health care reform.
Edwards, a health care advocate and wife of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, will speak at a luncheon sponsored by Common Cause North Carolina. The nonpartisan organization, which [...]
The Cary Watchmen have released the second of their two part study on Cary’s Recycling program. Part I, as reported on 11/13/2009, focused on the financial aspects. Part II describes the environmental impact of recycling, comparing it to the alternative, disposal in the Wake County landfill in Holly Springs. [...]
As reported on 11/25/2009 (see below), a continued weak economy combined with rising debt obligation is putting pressure on the Town Council to either increase taxes & fees or reduce costs. The Cary Watchmen have made numerous recommendations this year where such savings can be found, without requiring substantial reductions [...]
As reported on 11/25/2009 on carywatch.com, evidence that leading scientists involved in climate change research have perpetrated massive fraud has become even more evident in the past few days. In what some are calling the “greatest scientific fraud in the history of mankind”, the repercussions of this news should [...]
As reported in the Cary News on November 25th, the Fuquay-Varina Town Commission has tightened the Town’s belt with budget and staff reductions: “When Fuquay-Varina’s fiscal budget was finalized in June, it was 7.3 percent less than the year before. The town was estimated to be $600,000 behind in [...]
From a story in today’s paper:
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s school systems need to decide soon whether they will agree to teacher evaluation and incentive policies — including at least one controversial criterion — that would help the state land federal “Race to the Top” funding, Gov. Bev Perdue said Monday.
Many college and university endowments have taken a hit from recent economic downturn. Locally, UNC – Chapel Hill lost 20 percent of its value or about $440 million in the last year.
Jon King, CEO of UNC Management Company, the entity that oversees UNC Chapel Hill’s investment funds, [...]
The Twitter machine is all lit up with rumors that Cunningham has decided to run against Burr in the wake of Etheridge's taking a pass. Deja vu all over again? We have two great candidates already. A third would be fine by me. But enough with the drama [...]
