Archive for October, 2009

The Follies

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tillis no David Letterman

Here is one from the department of redundancy department. Rep. Thom Tillis from Charlotte is one of the leaders of the House Republicans spin brigade, blaming House Democrats for everything from the budget crisis to the poor play of the Carolina Panthers.

Easley’s lawyer stuns elections board, asks that DA get the case

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Charlotte Observer

Inmates quietly pursue release

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

Gaming advocacy groups vying for regulated industry

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Richmond County Daily Journal

More students, challenges for 2 area schools

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Charlotte Observer

Asheville was a destination for Gov. Mike Easley’s free flights

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Fundraising didn’t come easy for Gov. Mike Easley

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Gov. Mike Easley campaign sought to get around contribution limits

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Easley quietly pays state for old campaign flights

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

Candidate or not?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

The option has limits

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

Not well: Alarming holes in children’s health safety net.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Fayetteville Observer

Talk about your “social experiments”

Friday, October 30th, 2009

The extreme right’s wacky plans to wreck the public schools

One of the Big Lies of the modern political era is the American far right’s unrelenting effort to portray any judge who happens to be less conservative than Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia as a “liberal activist.” Ever since the days of Earl Warren (a progressive Republican who had the audacity to lead the U.S. Supreme Court in giving some actual meaning to the Bill of Rights), the term “liberal activist judge” has been a slur hurled by many conservatives. The intent, of course, is to give the impression of reckless, on-the-fly lawmaking: to conjure up the impression that the judge in question has an agenda above and beyond enforcing the law or the Constitution.

The real agenda of the resegregationists

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The contentious battle for control of the Wake County Board of Education continues after the State Board of Elections ruled this week that a runoff election for the District 2 seat must be held.

NC law opens door to retroactive diplomas

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

BlueRidge Now