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Latest Comment(s) by John Sch (view all)
I find it hard to believe that Voting in North Carolina is free and fair. The people overwhelmingly voted for voter ID to be used in our elections.. But the corrupt Marxist Democrats and this leftist Governor Cooper have somehow over rode the will of the people and blocked voter ID. I think Governor Cooper and the corrupt Marxist Democrats are rigging our election in N.C. again ! This time we'll be closely watching and WILL NOT BE SHUT OUT !
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Latest Comment(s) by John Sheffield (view all)
I didn’t see Willie Nelson on list but I saw him there in the early 70s performing with Doc Watson … Willie had recently cut ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’ and preformed it then … he should definitely be added!
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Latest Comment(s) by John Smith (view all)
Thank you, Mr. Deatherage, for you and BCN for providing this forum. Despite my previous posted comment a few hours ago, though, which has facts you cannot refute, your lead article about the September 17 debate in Morehead City (as of the time of this comment) still alleges Mr. Goodwin will try to "defend his record" of "scheduling" "exorbitant rates" for Downeast counties. I respectfully suggest that your promotion of that upcoming debate between Causey and Goodwin NOT rely upon a false premise. Goodwin rejected the rate increases; he has NOT raised homeowners insurance rates during his term. Perhaps the article could be amended/updated to say incumbent Goodwin and challenger Causey will discuss the serious problem of higher homeowners' insurance rates in coastal North Carolina. Just a suggestion, and one that keeps the issue rightly on your mind intact while removing the erroneous part. FWIW.
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Aug 25th, 2012 @ 12:24 am |
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Dear Sir: As a journalist it is important to print facts and not state baseless claims. Mr. Goodwin's PREDECESSOR, Jim Long, is the one who raised homeowners' insurance rates by approving an increase in the base rate in 2008. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has NOT raised the base homeowners' insurance rates in eastern North Carolina. In fact, Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin rejected the recent 2011 attempt by insurance companies to raise the base rate. (If anyone's rates have changed over the last few years it is because certain insurance companies have voluntarily chosen to reduce some discounts for homeowners, etc., and the legislature made some amendments to the Beach Plan laws, things that Mr. Goodwin has no control over.) It is the disinformation and/or errors that you and others have stated that has confused the public as to whom the real defender of coastal homeowners is. Mr. Causey has worked 30 years for various insurance companies and worked as a legislative lobbyist. Mr. Goodwin is being sued by the insurance companies BECAUSE Mr. Goodwin rejected the rate increases that the insurance companies sought against the coast and eastern North Carolina. Mr. Goodwin also has worked closely with members of NC-20 to obtain changes in certain processes regarding ratemaking. Where has Mr. Causey been over the last four years? He only pops up in certain election years -- namely, 1992, 1996, 2000 and now in 2012. Just because Mr. Causey announced his campaign in Dare County doesn't make him your best friend. And just because he pops up in election years doesn't make him the best person to represent coastal North Carolina as state insurance commissioner. I encourage you to check Mr. Goodwin's actual record. In the insurance commissioner's race, it is Wayne Goodwin who has a proven record of fighting against the insurance companies, including ordering insurance companies to send back $1.3 billion back to people and businesses,and ordered insurance companies to return $16 million to the Beach Plan surplus. I hope to attend the Morehead City debate and hear Mr. Causey's arguments melt when exposed to the heat of the truth. And, most respectfully, I hope you will not make baseless assertions against an elected official such as Mr. Goodwin without verifying the facts. I bet the debate is going to be very enlightening.
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Aug 24th, 2012 @ 9:40 pm |
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Latest Comment(s) by John Smith (view all)
There are also a lot more reasons not to vote for Morgan. Check out the following link for more information about Richard Morgan and why, as a Republican, you would not vote for him for dog catcher!
publius2013.wordpress.com |
Jun 9th, 2012 @ 12:30 am |
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Latest Comment(s) by John T Cox (view all)
Commented On Recognizing Military Service
Did not know about DMSS. Interested to learn more, including ECU honorees prior to 2020-21.
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Latest Comment(s) by John Taylor (view all)
Commented On Obama's Legal Muscle Resigns
Holder is leaving now because the optics of a pardon would be much less humiliating to the Dems in the 2016 Pres election if he were a civilian vs. the AG....just my .02
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Sep 28th, 2014 @ 11:03 pm |
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Commented On Obama's Legal Muscle Resigns
It's typical, the very first responce to your "rhetoric" fails to mention any facts, court cases, etc...to refute the points you made. The best arguement made in the opening salvo is that you are a "hater", so tired of hearing that trivial responce.
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Sep 28th, 2014 @ 11:00 pm |
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Commented On Obama's Legal Muscle Resigns
No respect at all for Holder. And I challenge anyone to give 2 examples (that haven't been overturned by the courts)of anything his DOJ has done that showed his respect for the Constitution being applied fairly and equitably to everyone. (And please don't mention Bush or Cheney in a feable attempt to your opinion)
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Sep 28th, 2014 @ 10:56 pm |
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Latest Comment(s) by John Valley (view all)
Commented On Diane Gentile Rufino
Miss Diane was a sweet lady, a beautiful soul and a devoted patriot that saw the best in everyone. We lovingly called her our "Sarah Conner" for her courageous fight against cancer.
We should all take a page out of her book. She will most certainly be missed here in this plane but she is resting peacefully beyond the sunset. Rest easy, Miss Diane. |
Dec 11th, 2024 @ 12:14 am |
Commented On Malicious damage to our schools
Prendiegirl, WITN stated, as of June 3, that 47 people have been identified in the vandalism. What the hell do FERPA laws have to do with this situation other than being used as a "bleeding heart" cop-out, exactly?
In the state of NC, you're an adult at 16. Best I can recall, most of the 47 identified are over 16 years old. If it were my child and he got caught doing stupid s***, as my granddaddy used to say: "If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough." |
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Latest Comment(s) by John Valley (view all)
Here's what they're REALLY saying:
"We're going after anyone who is critical of Israel, US Foreign Policy and the President. You shall not question anything unless we instruct you to do so." Look up the SHALOM Act that passed here in NC a couple of years ago....this is just one example |
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Commented On Beaufort County Government’s Bad Budget Decisions
So, to sum it up, they couldn't find anybody here so they went to the next county over?
That ought to say something. |
Jun 3rd, 2026 @ 4:12 pm |
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Commented On Beaufort County Government’s Bad Budget Decisions
I think the biggest pile of dinosaur s*** in the middle of the room here is, again, how do you justify increasing taxes to build two Metropolis Mega schools when you don't even have the students to justify building them?
Nobody has brought this up since all the other hoohoo has been in public conversation; ain't that somethin'? The two Metropolis Mega dump site proposal got shot down because of.....an increase in cost. Hmmm..riddle me this, Alfred: if the cost of the dump sites went up, wouldn't that mean the cost of other shit, shit needed to build a school, has gone up too? Odds are it's probably doubled, wouldn't ya say? It don't take Batman to figure out that somebody doesn't know what the hell they're doing and it's costing us a lot of bread; bread we ain't got. |
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Latest Comment(s) by John Valley (view all)
I apologize for my last comment. It may have been a tad too out there for some. That is my fault. Let me regroup here:
The numbers in this poll of 600 likely Republican primary voters, with all of the corporate mathematical formulas aside, solidifies what some still call a "conspiracy theory" within the GOP. Both Trump and Robinson aren't polling where they thought they would even by primary standards. I'm noticing that news outlets such as Right Side Broadcasting Network and OANN are even addressing these issues but not in an overtly obvious way. The issue of "hitting the pavement" to get the "undecided vote" is one that's especially concerning to the starting team of the NC GOP's front runners. As far as the numbers of the poll are concerned, again, just over 300 people may likely vote for Trump. On the other side, less than 300 people would likely vote for Robinson. More people have questions and more people are finding out that no one wants to answer them. They don't forget. |
Feb 4th, 2024 @ 5:56 am |
Steed: Truth be told, I'd say that Trump is the reason why the GOP is split three ways. You've got the everyday GOP, you got the MAGA Republican crowd and then you've got the younger to middle age crowd that's burning Trump on his wishy washy stance on the SARS-COV-2 "vaccines", his comments about how Israel ("New Khazaria" as it used to be listed on old maps) should be immune from the International courts and his "Freedom Cities" (the same thing as a 15 minute city but sounds better to the voter).
This presents a big problem that nobody talks about. Democrat numbers are low but so are Republican numbers across the board which is why Trump and Kennedy will push the third party. They know that the old system is effed and that most of their base/former base will not accept it because some of them are smart. They've figured out the consent is everything in this game and that if people dont consent, the dominoes will fall. I'd be careful about pushing Trump. He's upset the wrong group. |
Jan 14th, 2024 @ 9:48 pm |
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Response to Mr. Deatherage: No, sir. I'm not referring to the illuminati when I'm talking about "5-2". "5-2" is the number you yourself gave out when you were categorizing your fellow commissioners. It tells me and everybody else with a good third eye that somebody's getting nervous because the bettin' odds don't look to good for the small group Hood and yourself represent. I'm not being funny when I say that either.
It's a shame that our county couldn't put together a dream team to carry on after 2020. |
Jan 13th, 2024 @ 11:27 am |
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Latest Comment(s) by John Whitaker (view all)
Commented On Governor Cooper Vetoes Three Bills
Our forefathers will turn over in the grave we were founded on God principles and these three bills go against the people's beliefs was very low percentage of people like you are sick
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Latest Comment(s) by John Wigle (view all)
I support sheriffs that will not enforce 114. It's a waste of money and will do nothing towards gun violence. Violent people are the problem!
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Latest Comment(s) by Johnny (view all)
We need Biden out before he gets us in a world 3rd war
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Latest Comment(s) by Johnny Henry (view all)
Commented On The "Get Trump" Circus should be shut down
The PRA requires all records created by Presidents be turned over to NARA."
NARA has made clear that there is "no history, practice, or provision in law for presidents to take official records with them when they leave office." Trump should have known at least the basics of the PRA. Nevertheless, he held onto boxes of classified documents rather than turn them over to NARA.That alone would have would have been a violation of the PRA and other laws — but what he did was even worse. Trump kept highly classified documents about military and nuclear capabilities of foreign countries and US military contingency plans in truly absurd places at Mar-a-Lago. Then he showed them to civilians without security clearances, while indicating that he knew he wasn’t allowed to. When the DOJ subpoenaed him Trump indicated to his lawyers that he wanted to cover up his possession of the documents. Mr Steed feel free to support traitor Trump but you may be one of the few who is unaware of the facts. |
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Latest Comment(s) by JohnS (view all)
I find it stuoid of those who write show me the proof and obviously do not open the 3 active websites included that thoroughly detail the AG errors and fudging by this radical communist whose family got kicked out of their country political extremism.
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Latest Comment(s) by JohnSS (view all)
Commented On Washington, N.C., Deserves Better Than This
re: Washington being broken — you asked why Washington's government isn't the topic of every conversation every day. Honestly? Because people are tired. Tired of showing up, tired of being ignored, tired of watching the same cycle repeat itself. But I'll tell you what wakes people back up — moments exactly like this one. A rushed hire, a humiliated public servant, a police chief vacancy held open like a chess piece, and two council members who apparently believe accountability only flows downward. Washington isn't broken beyond repair. But it will be if Monday's vote goes through unchallenged and nobody says a word.
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