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Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating eliminating its gasoline tax.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 10:32 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem).
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 8:51 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Republican majority in the North Carolina Senate has put its money where its mouth is and introduced legislation allowing the state of North Carolina to "opt out" of the implementation of ObamaCare.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 10:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The "rules" of political correctness suggest that white folks are to merely sit back and TAKE whatever nonsense scam artists like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and NC's very own William "Jabba The Hutt" Barber dish out.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 5:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- which basically says, if it ain't specifically in The Constitution, it's a state matter -- has been rediscovered by leaders in North Carolina state government. And the media and their lefty comrades are pissed.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 12:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat has trained both barrels on the public education establishment -- specifically those folks within the UNC system.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 11:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've got all kinds of folks at the federal and state level opining on this issue. (Never mind the anemic economic growth, the smothering bureaucracy, and the record unemployment.)
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor's office are working in tandem.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 11:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Supposedly, our state is in the midst of a "conservative revolution." But the message we're getting out of our new administration in Raleigh is sounding a lot like something crafted by the NC Democrat Party's communications staff.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own "great concerns" with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2013 @ 3:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Low-information America and its enablers in the mainstream media are in a snit over Phil Mickelson's complaint about the amount of taxes he is being forced to pay as a U.S. citizen and a native-born resident of California.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 1:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Yep. That one made me raise an eyebrow, too. But that is what I am taking from conversations over the last few days with some NCGOP politicos.
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 @ 8:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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El Presidenté stirred up quite a grassroots ruckus with his "executive actions" many see as an infringement on The Second Amendment to The U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Chris Fitzsimon and the rest of the portside gang are beside themselves -- thinking that the free market terror is going to sweep across the four corners of the beltline and seep into the state's hinterlands.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 5:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Charlotte is getting a lot of attention lately. It hosted Barack Obama and the Democrat National Convention in 2012. Its former mayor was just sworn in as governor. On January 25, The Queen City will be hosting the winter meeting of The Republican National Committee.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 11:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Carolina Panthers are a very, very very bad football team. Their owner, Jerry Richardson, is a very, very, very wealthy and very, very, very connected man.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2013 @ 2:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Here’s a shocker: The mainstream media is biased. The mainstream media here in North Carolina has taken a hit in recent years.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 12:31 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's amazing how Americans have sat by and allowed the statists in DC to ignore, rewrite and basically stomp all over the specifics of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 @ 6:22 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The McClatchy gang has its pantyhose in a wad over revelations that Senator Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus), unopposed in November, spent $100,000 in campaign funds -- much of which appears to be on personal matters.
Published: Sunday, January 13th, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I am getting sick and tired of seeing news stories that start off with that wording. The congressional GOP has "softened" its stance on -- among other things -- taxes, spending, immigration, and regulations.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 6:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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John Frank and the rest of "The Gang That Couldn't Report Straight" have found a state board of elections report showing that 613,000 state voters have NO photo ID whatsoever.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 1:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Democrat Gary Pearce is beside himself over the appointment of former Wake County Schools superintendent Tony Tata as state DOT secretary.
Published: Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 @ 10:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In DC, they are ignoring the guidelines laid out in The Constitution regarding legislative process. The Supreme Court has come up with creative dandies like "freedom of expression" as well as a "right to abortion."
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Like the throngs looking for smoke at The Vatican, the Carolinas media waited breathlessly for North Carolina governor-elect Pat McCrory's address to The North Carolina Bankers' Association.
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2013 @ 4:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1988 the GOP ran a national ticket touting the promise of limited government and tax cuts. The Republicans saw smashing, overwhelming victories in each of those years.
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 @ 1:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've moved from Boehner and Obama meeting privately to McConnell and Biden meeting privately. Never mind those 534 OTHER FOLKS, duly elected by the people, on Capitol Hill and that pesky old Constitution thingie.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 @ 2:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The ruling class and their media lapdogs are pulling out all stops to whip up a state of frenzy over this impending fiscal cliff.
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's interesting to see what's left of North Carolina's mainstream media thoroughly inspecting Pat McCrory's transition team, agenda, and appointees.
Published: Monday, December 31st, 2012 @ 1:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's become pretty clear that the massive left-wing conspiracy is focusing MOST of its energy on DENR secretary-designate John Skvarla and budget director-designate Art Pope.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The mainstream media is breathlessly counting down to New Year's Day, when the so-called fiscal cliff kicks in.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 5:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Publisher's note: Brant Clifton watches well ObamaCare, and its infinite ramifications, in his "bare knuckles" Conservative online publication known as The Daily Haymaker.
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 @ 10:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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An awful lot of the DC Republican establishment is lashing out at conservatives who were unwilling to go along with John Boehner and Eric Cantor's tail-tucking surrender on taxes and the "fiscal cliff."
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 @ 8:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If you think ObamaCare is going to jack up medical costs for you and your family, wait until you get a load of the potential impact on your pets' bills for veterinary treatment.
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 1:03 am
By: Brant Clifton
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