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Roy Cooper doesn't want to do his job? He needs to GO.
Publisher's note: Brant Clifton uses the extra-funny film "Office Space" as analogues to North Carolina's most infamous work shirker, Attorney General Roy Cooper in his "bare knuckles" Conservative online publication known as The Daily Haymaker.
North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper is starting to remind me of Peter Gibbons, the main character in the cult hit movie "Office Space.":
Joanna: So, where do you work, Peter?
Peter Gibbons: Initech.
Joanna: In... yeah, what do you do there?
Peter Gibbons: I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.
Joanna: What's that?
Peter Gibbons: Well see, they wrote all this bank software, and, uh, to save space, they used two digits for the date instead of four. So, like, 98 instead of 1998? Uh, so I go through these thousands of lines of code and, uh... it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job, and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore.
Joanna: You're just not gonna go?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Joanna: Won't you get fired?
Peter Gibbons: I don't know, but I really don't like it, and, uh, I'm not gonna go.
Joanna: So you're gonna quit?
Peter Gibbons: Nuh-uh. Not really. Uh... I'm just gonna stop going.
Amazingly, Peter doesn't get fired. He gets PROMOTED. His hard-working friends, Samir and Michael, get laid off. Fortunately — in most cases — the real world does not work like this.
Roy Cooper, as attorney general, is constitutionally-mandated to serve as the state's official lawyer. However, he's announced that he will not represent the state in court against leftist attacks on the marriage amendment to the state constitution. Attorneys throughout the state bar frequently give us non-lawyers lip service about defending their clients to the hilt — even if they've done some really bad things they, as attorneys, disagree with. Looks like that principle gets thrown right out the window if you're seeking the Democrat nomination for governor.
Shortly after winning a new term in 2012, Cooper announced he was running for the 2016 Democrat gubernatorial nomination. What about the four year term as AG that occurs between now and then? Cruise control, baby.
Where else but in Hollywood — and government — can you announce that you don't want to do your job, and still keep it? Cooper should have stepped down as soon as he decided he didn't want to be AG anymore. Republicans will have a hard time making that case, since they've given a wink-and-nod to state House speaker Thom Tillis osrunning for US Senate. In both cases, the voters — the people of North Carolina — are not being properly served.
Cooper moans about how a federal judge struck down Virginia's anti-gay marriage amendment and that it's a matter of time before they get North Carolina's. The problem with that? The people of North Carolina deserve a vigorous defense JUST like Charles Manson and Timothy McVeigh and — apparently — those hairy guys in Gitmo. cm
We, on the right, have sat back and allowed the left to take over our culture. They've got academia — K-12, colleges, law schools. The law schools turn out young liberal lawyers who grow up to be liberal judges. The judiciary has moved from interpreting law based on the governing documents to musings based on the personal preferences of the person in the black robe at the front of the room. That's how you get a "right" to taxpayer-funded abortion from the 4th Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizures by government.
We're starting to run out of common sense conservative judges appointed by Reagan.
The marriage amendment is not about depriving anyone of their rights. It's about clarifying a point that most people thought was common sense: marriage involves a man and a woman. If, as a judge, you are doing your job and comparing the verbiage in legislation to that in the constitution, that makes things pretty freakin' crystal clear.
Striking down the amendment will not be enough for the left. Look at the stories about the baker and the florist and the photographer being run out of business for refusing to take part in gay marriage festivities. Churches that refuse to host gay wedding ceremonies and receptions will surely be next.
If you're really interested in preserving the sanctity of the institution of marriage, it might be wise to start working on removing it from government's claws. No more special government benefits based on marriage. Return marriage to the domain of the church — where it all began.
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North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper is starting to remind me of Peter Gibbons, the main character in the cult hit movie "Office Space.":
Joanna: So, where do you work, Peter?
Peter Gibbons: Initech.
Joanna: In... yeah, what do you do there?
Peter Gibbons: I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.
Joanna: What's that?
Peter Gibbons: Well see, they wrote all this bank software, and, uh, to save space, they used two digits for the date instead of four. So, like, 98 instead of 1998? Uh, so I go through these thousands of lines of code and, uh... it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job, and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore.
Joanna: You're just not gonna go?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Joanna: Won't you get fired?
Peter Gibbons: I don't know, but I really don't like it, and, uh, I'm not gonna go.
Joanna: So you're gonna quit?
Peter Gibbons: Nuh-uh. Not really. Uh... I'm just gonna stop going.
Amazingly, Peter doesn't get fired. He gets PROMOTED. His hard-working friends, Samir and Michael, get laid off. Fortunately — in most cases — the real world does not work like this.
Roy Cooper, as attorney general, is constitutionally-mandated to serve as the state's official lawyer. However, he's announced that he will not represent the state in court against leftist attacks on the marriage amendment to the state constitution. Attorneys throughout the state bar frequently give us non-lawyers lip service about defending their clients to the hilt — even if they've done some really bad things they, as attorneys, disagree with. Looks like that principle gets thrown right out the window if you're seeking the Democrat nomination for governor.
Shortly after winning a new term in 2012, Cooper announced he was running for the 2016 Democrat gubernatorial nomination. What about the four year term as AG that occurs between now and then? Cruise control, baby.
Where else but in Hollywood — and government — can you announce that you don't want to do your job, and still keep it? Cooper should have stepped down as soon as he decided he didn't want to be AG anymore. Republicans will have a hard time making that case, since they've given a wink-and-nod to state House speaker Thom Tillis osrunning for US Senate. In both cases, the voters — the people of North Carolina — are not being properly served.
Cooper moans about how a federal judge struck down Virginia's anti-gay marriage amendment and that it's a matter of time before they get North Carolina's. The problem with that? The people of North Carolina deserve a vigorous defense JUST like Charles Manson and Timothy McVeigh and — apparently — those hairy guys in Gitmo. cm
We, on the right, have sat back and allowed the left to take over our culture. They've got academia — K-12, colleges, law schools. The law schools turn out young liberal lawyers who grow up to be liberal judges. The judiciary has moved from interpreting law based on the governing documents to musings based on the personal preferences of the person in the black robe at the front of the room. That's how you get a "right" to taxpayer-funded abortion from the 4th Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizures by government.
We're starting to run out of common sense conservative judges appointed by Reagan.
The marriage amendment is not about depriving anyone of their rights. It's about clarifying a point that most people thought was common sense: marriage involves a man and a woman. If, as a judge, you are doing your job and comparing the verbiage in legislation to that in the constitution, that makes things pretty freakin' crystal clear.
Striking down the amendment will not be enough for the left. Look at the stories about the baker and the florist and the photographer being run out of business for refusing to take part in gay marriage festivities. Churches that refuse to host gay wedding ceremonies and receptions will surely be next.
If you're really interested in preserving the sanctity of the institution of marriage, it might be wise to start working on removing it from government's claws. No more special government benefits based on marriage. Return marriage to the domain of the church — where it all began.
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Gene Scarborough said:
( August 12th, 2014 @ 6:50 am )
 On this one, Stan, I would have to say you are about neck deep in your rut! 
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Well, now Conservative v Liberal is more a perception of truth over fantasy; knowing math over not knowing math, and knowing the world for what it really is, rather than the way you wish it to be.
Anyway, if Liberals were such thoughtful executors: Why would women's reproductive rights, above all else, be their one issue? |
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 It is amazing how we look at the same set of people and see things almost in opposite ways. Unlike the Commissioners, I am will to compromise on some realistic view.H.L. Menkin defined Conservatives as "My contemporary ancestors." I like that and it seems to be most accurate. I watched Conservatives take over the Southern Baptist Convention and CONSERVE NOTHING! It sounded good, but it was an excuse to put in places of power ONLY those of like mind and single direction. Lies and distortions proved "the end justifies the means to it." Jesus would call them Pharisees bent on control and distortion. I will let his words of Matthew 23 speak for themselves. "Liberal" to me means a spirit of openness to possibilities not yet conceived. Such was the attitude of our Founding Fathers who decided the way of the rich and controllers of England and Europe needed a change for better. The rich were in control and getting richer / the poor and working class had not chance because only the first-born son of a rich family could inherit the wealth. Fathers bought land grants in the New World so their other children could have a chance. It was a great risk with great danger, but it was all about OPPORTUNITY. Church and State were supposed to be separate / religion was to be the choice of the individual / the vote of each citizen was paramount to the success of the new experiment. It appears to me that the current Conservatives have recreated everything our ancestors left behind 200+ years ago. I could be wrong, but my last name is Scarborough of Scarborough, England and Scarborough Castle, and my ancestors were not the lucky eldest son!!! We wanted freedom and opportunity without the law beating us into serfdom.
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My impression from years of observation:
Liberals: feel rather than think; they accept pre-planned thinking constructs readily, they tend to look at the world outside of any historical context; and at no point do they do any math. One more point: They believe the constitution to be a flexible document that can be used as a tool by activist judges, i.e. Roe v. Wade. Conservatives (real): Tend to be guided by principled motives, can do math very well, and believe that the constitution is a guide for all current and future governing. One other pertinent fact: Getting Conservatives on the same page on any issue, that is not based in pure Conservative principles, is 'like herding cats'. |
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Would anyone care to define "Liberal / Conservative." The terms get thrown around rather "liberally" of late! 
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We 'are a nation of laws, not of Men.'
It was part of the Jaycee Creed, and I never fully knew what it meant until I became a county commissioner, and learned to govern by real principles, and the laws, as imperfect as some may be, that bind all of us. I think that is why I have always been so offended by RINOs like McRoy and Klemm. They made up the rules as they went along. |
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Somebody said:
( August 10th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm )
One of the more disturbing aspects in our times as citizens of the United States and North Crolina is the fact that modern day liberals in the government seem to think it is up to them to enforce or not to enforce laws as they please.
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Simply, it is the law, and some us still believe that we 'are a nation of laws'.
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 Do we really want our AG and costly staff fighting a Constitutional battle in a Federal Court??? Especially where there is a great divide in the citizens of NC???If those wanting to keep the Marriage Amendment want to keep it, let them pay for the defense~~~not NC taxpayers who have many more important issues under investigation/prosecution now! |
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I think Jesus was more in the salvation business rather than the Hell and damnation line of work.
Now the Old Testament guys ... well ... it's all there. Regardless, the Attorney General serves as the state's attorney, and he represents the laws of North Carolina, irrespective of his political desires. |
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 I DID NOT vote for the Marriage Amendment because, while I don't approve of homosexual activity, those who are bent that way still have their freedom to choose their way and be legally united. The voters of this state are easily persuaded when you pull our our Patron Saint at the last minute, Billy Graham, to say he is for it.Sorry folks, I think for myself. If Jesus said, "Homosexuals are in sin and headed to hell," I would follow Him. He said NOTHING so I say nothing but, "Love one another as God loves you / forgive one another." We are a divided state --- as all others --- on such a volatile matter. It is tantamount to Slavery in volatility. If our AG advocated for slavery, he would be roasted over a hot fire. On the other hand, the ones so homophobic as to hate gays, are holding them in slavery to southern prejudice (pronounced in public / while we know and tolerate them in local communities = pretense / hippocracy! |
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With the greatest of respect, I am not someone who hangs on Pat Robertson's every word.
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