Fooling themselves, again
Watching the GOP legislature in North Carolina, I can’t tell if they are believing their own spin or if they think they’re fooling people. Over and over, they make arguments for legislation that just aren’t true. On abortion, voter ID and budget matters, they offer...
A Tale of Two Governors
The political stench coming from our own state has overwhelmed the one coming from the Commonwealth to our north. However, we should pay attention. There’s a cautionary tale playing out up there. A few short months ago, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was finishing up...
Cut to the bone
Okay. Time to call bullshit. The John Locke Foundation is claiming that North Carolina has never been high in the national rankings of education spending and that the National Education Association’s claim that we are 48th in per pupil spending is near historic...
Fantasy land
Looks like the other big New York paper, The Wall Street Journal, felt the need to weigh in on North Carolina to counter the New York Times editorial from last week. What’s most obvious from the article is that Republicans are believing their own spin. They’re also...
Wild Speculation
The abortion bill that was holding everyone’s attention a week ago seems to have disappeared into the bowels of the Senate. Given what’s come out of that body in recent weeks, we should probably all be running for cover to hide from the stench. But I think there’s...
Gender gap
Earlier this week, Public Policy Polling released a poll that showed some ugly numbers for Republicans. It showed Pat McCrory’s favorability falling sharply and the approval of the General Assembly in the tank. And while people aren’t thrilled with either party in the...
Ambition, cronyism and hypocrisy
Right after Pat McCrory got elected, he like to say that government was going to treat citizens like customers. Now, we see what kind of business he’s running, or at least helping run. It’s one that treats it’s employees like crap and only serves “customers” who can...
Class warfare
I realize how fortunate I’ve been to live in a state that has been governed so well for most of my life. For the most part, Democrats got it right. While they were in control, I certainly had my problems with them, but they were mainly from the left, not the right. I...
Screwed
Well, Pat McCrory lied again. This time it’s the tax bill. McCrory said that he would insist any tax reform be revenue-neutral and this one cuts revenue extensively over the next few years. McCrory and company are calling it “tax reform” which really makes him a liar...
Fifty years of Democrats
This week, one of my Tea Partier tro...um, “friends” on Facebook asked me, “What good has the Democratic Party done for North Carolina in the past fifty years?” I ignored his question because, after months of his dominating my Facebook page with ideological gibberish,...
