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Re: Anyone in N.C. going to D.C.?

dahedgehog — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:44 -0500

Erskine Bowles, anyone?

Re: Anyone in N.C. going to D.C.?

markhufford — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:50:05 -0500

What about Jerry Meek, the progressive NC Dem party chair who in four years rebuilt the party infrastructure through inclusiveness, made Obama's grassroots work possible, and steered state Democrats from a 6-7 U.S. House deficit to an 8-5 majority, picked up a U.S. Senate seat, and helped turn NC blue for president for the first time since '76, while simultaneously dominating state positions and the NC house and senate? Possibly up for a position on the political staff?

Re: SEANC announces endorsements

FFC1304 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:12:13 -0400

If they dont have any more sense than NOT to ENDORSE Robert Pittenger for Lt. Gov. then their IGNORANCE GLOWS!

Beverly Perdue = MORE CORRUPTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION!!!

Re: SEANC announces endorsements

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:22:41 -0400

Hence the word "most."

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Re: SEANC announces endorsements

dantheman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:19:43 -0400

Re: SEANC announces endorsements

awbeal — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:13:20 -0400

Because of your statement "Although most are Democrats, there is one Republican," this implies that Judge McCullough is a Democrat. He is not. All judges do, however, run without party affiliation on the ballot.

Re: Reynolds raises maximum

elme — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:20:28 -0400

WHO is behind the Barack Obama for President
"moo-vement"?

........ GE ....and a gaggle of other corporate elitists.

Are a lot of working class Americans Bitter?

Well, they SHOULD be: Another GE candidate for President (SOLD to the public by the Corporate-Controlled "Mainstream MEDIA)...Ronald Reagan...began the MASSIVE Robbery of the American people that has continued to this day.

About every day the TV Talking heads say: "The Rich are getting richer and everybody else is getting poorer"

...& You'd Think...after nearly 30 years they would FINALLY ASK: (& Answer) WHY?

The answer is simple: Reagan cut the top tax rate down from the 70%'s to the low 30%'s.

(If you made $100 million & your tax rate was 70% you would pay $70 million to Uncle Sam & keep $30 million...earning interest, or dividends THE NEXT YEAR on that $30 million. If, instead, you paid $30 million in taxes and KEPT $70 million-You'd make a lot MORE money the next year on that $70 million)

Simple: tax the rich a lot less AND they damn sure WILL get a whole lot richer a whole lot faster. There was 2 PARTS to Reaganomics tho. The second part was: "The Two-Tier Wage Structure"

i.e. Pay the Top level "executives" a Whole LOT MORE; Pay everybody else a Whole LOT LESS. (Newspapers & TV in the early 80's had articles & coverage of the "Two-Tier Wage Structure" that CORPORATE America trotted out IN CONCERT with Reagan's election & tax cuts.)

IF its CORPORATE POLICY to PAY Everybody else a WHOLE LOT LESS-everybody else is going to get-a whole lot poorer...huh?

a. It was deliberate. b. Its been going on for nearly 30 years.

Next Question: Is Obama likely to fix it?
Answer: Hell No. Because THE SAME PEOPLE are running him for President - The SAME WAY they got Reagan/ Bush1 / Bush2 elected: MEDIA PROPAGANDA.

GE owns MSNBC & NBC. AOL Time Warner owns CNN. Westinghouse owns CBS. (GE is the 2nd largest corporation on the planet). They have interlocking directorships. THEY ARE the Corporate-Controllers of the Corporate-Controlled Media.

MSNBC/NBC have become the CHIEF propaganda mouthpieces of the Obama Pushers (BOPN-Barack Obama Propaganda Networks)-just like FOX has been the the Bush Propaganda Network all these years.

There are no more Journalists, no more NEWS People. They have all become court jesters & clowns doing their bit to please their corporate masters..Top Level..PAID A WHOLE LOT MORE---Media whores.

Here's a glimpse of ONE of the $Billions of Dollar TAXPAYER-RIPOFF-Reasons GE wants to "elect" Obama President: GE & Westinghouse are in the business of building nuclear power plants.

The Cheney Energy Bill passed in 2005 - made it possible for the nuclear industry to begin planning to build 29 new nuclear power plants (licensing hearings are already scheduled for the first few of them).

No new nuke plants were built for 30 years because the banks wouldn't loan the money - too risky. The Cheney Energy Bill solved that problem by Guaranteeing TAXPAYER PAYBACK of any of the nuke loans that default (The Congressional Budget Office rated the risk of default at 50% or greater)

Obama voted FOR the Cheney Energy Bill. Clinton voted against. Clinton says her Energy plan does not include nuclear & if they want to be considered they will have to FIRST Make it Cheaper and find a safe way to dispose of the nuke waste.

McCain, this week on the Campaign trail said...we just have to face it we need to start building new, "CLEAN", nuclear power plants. i.e. The Corporate Elitists are running OBAMA AND McCain for President.

("Getting off coal to go to nuclear is like giving up cigarettes to take up smoking crack".)

Re: Edmunds stresses Republican ties

Wildgoose — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:56:08 -0400

The Chairman of the NC Democrat Party put out a hit list by e-mail recently on Judges with every "conservative" Judge as a target. Ever since the Judges Races went "non-partisan" because the Democrats were losing judgeships there has been a targeting. Judge Edmunds is right the Democrats would love to take this state back to the good old days of one Party Democrat rule. We don't need liberal activist judges there are enough Liberals in the House, Senate and Council of State.

Poor, poor Edmunds

Anglico — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:41:31 -0400

It must be really hard keeping yourself balanced and objective when the world of political partisanship is swirling all around you.

Oh wait. Isn't that what judges are supposed to do?

Instead of taking a stand against partisan influences, Edmunds is just piling on with this misguided appeal. I sure as heck wouldn't want such a weak-kneed justice ruling on anything of importance.

This guy needs a new line of work.

Re: Trial lawyers announce endorsements

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:18:04 -0500

Fixed. Thanks.

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Re: Trial lawyers announce endorsements

lgrafstein — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:22:35 -0500

Picky point: It's Linda Stephens, not Stevens.