Poster child
UPDATE: On Friday, after intense media pressure, Representative Ellmers agreed to suspend her Congressional pay for the duration of the government shut down. Renee Ellmers is the poster child for what’s wrong with the GOP shutdown of the federal government....
Tea-hee-hee
Well folks, I think we’re in the End Times. Not for Mankind, but for the Tea Party. Not only are they on a suicide mission in Congress, shutting down government and leaving millions of Americans in the lurch, but they are in the editorial pages still trying to explain...
To spite your face
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is telling the truth on the GOP. After news came out that North Carolina’s insurance rates would be, on average, higher than the nation as a whole, Goodwin told us why. It seems that in their effort to delay and obstruct Obamacare,...
Peas in a pod
Reading the N&O editorial that blames U. S. House Speaker John Boehner for the current government shutdown, I couldn’t help but think about Pat McCrory. The embattled governor and thin-skinned speaker share a lot of traits. They would both do well to lead instead...
The GOP: Tea for two
The Republican Party shut down government. It’s not a partisan issue. It’s really an internal fight for the control and direction of the GOP. The Tea Party is basically having a temper tantrum and the Republican leadership is indulging them because they see the Tea...
Too many hats
You would think that Pat McCrory would get fed up. Virtually every day there is another bad headline about the Department of Health and Human Services. But, nope, he thinks the department and its leader, Secretary Aldona Wos are doing just fine. The latest flap is...
Race to the bottom
John Hood recently wrote that liberals dismiss Republican’s tax cuts and deregulation as economic tools because they don’t believe in the relationship between taxes, regulation and economic development. There may be an element of truth to what he argues but he misses...
Getting a pass
The media gave Orson Scott Card a pass. Card is the award-winning author that Sen. Phil Berger appointed to the UNC TV Board of Trustees. He’s also a homophobe who calls homosexuality a “dysfunction” and quite clearly compared Obama to Hitler. And none of the media...
In a lather
Republicans are all in a lather about the implementation of Obamacare. Here in North Carolina, they got news that sent them over the moon. Our state’s premiums will be higher than than the national average. On twitter, this was like Christmas in September. The...
Just anybody
Well, one thing about the Department of Health and Human Services is certain: If it wasn’t really broken before Aldona Wos showed up on the scene, it sure is now. She and her boss, the Governor, like to mention what a mess they inherited. But it’s looking more and...
