We have comedians and pundants speaking to the things which trouble me about Conservatives.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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This is the biggest bunch of OPPOSITE-SPEAK I have ever read. I can't believe people who put women down and hate abortion as they do would have a woman say such. Barbara Bush is the ONLY Republican Woman to tell the "woman haters of Conservatism" to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Published: Saturday, April 11th, 2015 @ 6:12 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I continue to receive mail requesting that I donate money to the National GOP. I have sent a note to stop these requests. Today, I received a card in the mail identifying me as a donor.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Ray Leary
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The most recent Civitas Flash Poll shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with a lead among likely North Carolina Republican primary voters in a survey of selected candidates for the 2016 GOP nomination for president.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I have a new friend in Fayetteville by the name of Jim Johnson. I have known of him for years. For the first time I was able to call and talk with him. The result was his sending to me his new book: “Combat Trauma - A Personal Look at Long Term Consequences.”
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 5:37 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Years ago I read an article in Reader's Digest concerning a man arrested in NYC as he took pictures after 9/11 of a government building.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 12:52 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Now we are a few days after the disclosure of Torture with CIA in charge. It was done, not only at Guantanamo, but at various dark locations around the world used to get intelligence from terrorist prisoners of the United States.
Published: Friday, December 12th, 2014 @ 8:27 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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This has been one of the biggest news days since Watergate for me. In a few hours this morning we have seen reports of Police shooting / Bill Cosby accused by more and more women of sexual abuse / the report on torture at Guantanamo of prisoners since 9/11.
Published: Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 @ 11:02 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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One of the legacies of the George W. Bush era was the codification of the red-blue color scheme for American politics. Newspapers and TV networks used the results of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections to produce maps characterized by dollops of blue in the Northeast, along the Great Lakes...
Published: Friday, November 21st, 2014 @ 2:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This article gets back out the record book of how things were 6+ years ago when we elected our current President.
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 12:57 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Why on God’s green earth would you have someone campaign for you who so fundamentally disagrees with you on the issues?
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There are a lot of Republicans around who would LOVE to see a poll with a number next to Thom Tillis's name that is bigger than the number next to Kay Hagan's name.
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading advocate for small businesses, endorsed Thom Tillis for U.S. Senate.
Published: Thursday, September 25th, 2014 @ 11:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new Civitas Flash Poll shows that likely NC voters view former President George W. Bush more favorably than President Obama.
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 7:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Veteran election observer Larry Sabato has a thought-provoking piece out in the latest edition of Politico Magazine.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Democrats' Lay Blame approach, so far, may have lost this president the War in Iraq, and created instability worldwide; however, it did win him two terms in office and a Nobel Peace Prize.
Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former resident of Washington, NC, Lola Bush Johnston, 91, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Plano, Texas.
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 @ 12:04 pm
By: Announcements
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It is a rhetorical question, so, accordingly, the only acceptible answer to this titular question shall remain, egregiously, yes and HELL YES!
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 10:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former resident of Washington, NC, Lola Bush Johnston, 91, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Plano, Texas.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 10:06 am
By: Announcements
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During her 2008 U.S. Senate campaign, Kay Hagan promised North Carolinians she would be a "moderate" and "independent" voice in Washington.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The incumbent, Rep. Walter Jones Jr., defeated challenger Taylor Griffin in a race that saw Griffin's D.C. and New York allies independently spend more than a million dollars to defeat Jones.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Linda Morrison Combs, former Controller of the United States, to become North Carolina State Controller. Combs' appointment requires confirmation by the General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:19 am
By: Chris Downey
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The media is having a field day talking about the SECOND mass shooting in five years at Texas' Fort Hood. Is the war to blame? How did this guy get a gun? Could the Army have done more?
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 6:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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An analysis by a UNC School of Government professor suggests there's no clear-cut answer over whether changes in laws regulating voter registration and extending the time people are allowed to vote have affected turnout in recent decades.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public universities have stability that private colleges do not. Cushioned by state appropriations, they don't rely on tuition the way private colleges do and their lower tuition makes them competitive.
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 5:49 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The story began in the early 1990s, when Baker lived in Houston, Texas, with his family. He had recently sold his computer company and was looking for a new pursuit to spice up retirement.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: John William Pope Foundation
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Over the loud objections of American health insurance companies, and with blaming George W. Bush not really an option to convince the even most stupid among us, chiefly the Candidate's voting base, our Liar-in-Chief fixed ObamaCare by blaming health insurance companies.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 6:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congress established Kill Devil Hills National Memorial on March 2, 1927 to commemorate Wilbur and Orville Wright and their contribution to aeronautics and for conducting the world's first successful heavier-than air flight.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1990s, North Carolina's public schools posted some of the strongest performance gains in the country on independent reading and math tests. Democrats and Republicans took pride in the accomplishment and vied for the credit. Over the past decade, however, the trend has been markedly...
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 8:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Americans continue to struggle with a sluggish economy, policymakers could learn useful lessons from a president who served in office more than 80 years ago. That's the view of Amity Shlaes, director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the George W. Bush Center, nationally syndicated...
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 1:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Moving is a hassle. We like the new house, but my kids and I are still living partially out of boxes, figuring out where the light switches are, investigating the source of strange new noises, and otherwise stumbling around.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2013 @ 8:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents and taxpayers continue to ask questions about new Common Core standards as they are implemented in North Carolina's public schools. Five months after releasing a question-and-answer primer on Common Core, the John Locke Foundation recently released a revised, expanded version of that...
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday struck back at the federal government, saying the U.S. Department of Justice was "working in the fringes." McCrory, a Republican, said the state would defend the lawsuit filed by the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama against the state's new election...
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's the old saying about the heat in the kitchen? The mainstream media enjoys tossing out criticism of other people and their work.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 1:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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