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Re: Ansley's 'Naked and Hungry' ad

kenerika — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:44:07 -0400

If Obama becomes president (Lord help us), NOBODY will have enough money left after President Obama's TAX INCREASES to buy anything except food. So food is important. BUT ---
Read about these taxes that will be increased by Obama:
Gasoline taxes,
Income taxes (Obama plans to let the Bush tax cut expire),
Social Security taxes,
Capital Gains taxes,
and on and on.

Re: More in the crowd at Obama rally

FFC1304 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:24:36 -0400

Be glad Perdue wasnt there to leech the Obama drama...

Invisible......I don't think so.

domewatcher — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:22:35 -0400

Be reasonable!

There's a gas shortage out there in the western expanses of our state. It's been all over the news. Why would Bev head out to Greensboro from Raleigh or New Bern without knowing if she could buy gas to get back home?

No telling when she could get back home. And being in Greensboro on a Saturday night........well.....

Perdue is Invisible! Glimpse of Future?

concerned53 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:30:54 -0400

If I ran for Governor in NC and my party's Presidential candidate was attracting 20,000 mostly democratic & independent voters, I would leverage the heck out of it, even if it meant rescheduling another event. Beverly, how many did you attract at your event(s) today?

Several thoughts come to mind about Beverly:
- She is politically stupid as she won't be seen at either party Presidential events or statewide debates
- She is scared to be joined at the hip with Obama - show me a picture of the two of them together before I will believe otherwise
- She must have been busy covering her tracks regarding her dirty fundraising leaders as well as her problems with the Ethics Commission.

For those moderate Democrats and independents across North Carolina looking for visionary leadership, consider Mayor McCrory as he won't be invisible or corrupt after he gets elected Governor!

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."

— RTB

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: pigs, biscuits and money

j1c2kp — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:30:38 -0400

Has Dewey Hill ever recognized neighbors of factory farms and environmental supporters from the house floor? Dang, must have been a good biscuit. Fill those coffers boys.

For the week ending July 4, 2008
NCPC Lobby Day a Success!
On June 25th, a group of NCPC members descended on the Legislative Building to spread goodwill - and some tasty pork - to legislators and staff at the General Assembly.

NCPC members wore aprons and handed out both sweet potato biscuits with ham and sausage biscuits. Nearly 1,000 total biscuits were served. When folks passing by heard that Tommy Neese had prepared a special recipe just for us, no one could refuse a biscuit... and many came back for seconds and thirds!

NCPC representatives were able to meet with both Speaker Hackney and Senate leader Marc Basnight. We also had successful meetings with other House and Senate leaders and the chairs of the House Environment, House Agriculture, and Senate Environment and Agriculture Committees.

Rep. Dewey Hill arranged for our group to be recognized while the House was in session so our day ended on a positive note when the Speaker called the name of every NCPC member in attendance.

pigs before people

j1c2kp — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:32:39 -0400

Fayetteville Observer editorial 7/11/08

The smell test: Eleventh-hour amendments put porkers before people again.

North Carolina had itself a system for regulating factory-scale hog operations that was, warts and all, more attractive than what was there before, which was nothing. Then, right at the end of this year’s “short session,” the legislature started adding more warts.

Critics of these amendments, whose enactment seems a foregone conclusion because of who’s pushing them (a Smithfield Foods subsidiary) and because they were brought up during the rush to adjournment (full disclosure: Charlie Albertson, the Senator from Pork, says it was only happenstance), have a long list of complaints.

Our own gripe list is shorter.

First, the 1995 setbacks, from which a large number of factory-farm structures are exempt, were inadequate from the start. Let’s refine that a bit: The setbacks (1,500 feet from occupied dwellings and 2,500 feet from schools, churches and the like) were adequate in some settings and inadequate in others. That’s because they were arbitrary.

Neither make-you-gag odor nor runoff nor groundwater intrusion is directed by linear feet. If, before signing off on those numbers, the state Supreme Court had adjourned to the perimeter of a swine operation at the right place at the right time on the right day, we would today have a realistic set of setbacks based on what’s going on at a farm and what the conditions are offsite. Do you live upwind or downwind? Is the wind blowing at all? Is rain in the forecast?

Second, the operations exempted and now in line for a legislative grant of immortality are the ones most likely to cause trouble: hundreds of systems, many of which had some years on them before 1995, that are still on the cesspool and sprayfield plan and would be allowed to replace or patch themselves up as they age. Few or none will relocate out of the floodplain.

As for new technologies that suppress odor, for most waste producers the math doesn’t work even with taxpayer incentives because there’s just too much money to be made by leaving things as they are, waste and all.

So you got rolled. Is this the end of swine management? Not likely. There’s still a small force of regulators to be satisfied when they have the time and the inclination. More important, if the amendments do, as some predict, have the effect of bringing back the bad old days, it’s logical to expect the violations, mechanical failures and disasters to be back, as well, prompting (at last) a state response that doesn’t leave people holding their noses

Duh

j1c2kp — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:51:35 -0400

Troxler and Ansley support hog bill which strips away neighbors rights. Duh ya think. Both are running for office of Ag commissioner, one would like to keep that wonderful paying state job and the other wants the job. Campaigns for any office are costly and who do you suppose puts the most moolah in the coffers? But talking about neighbors rights, what rights? They lose their right to enjoy their own property, worry about contaminated water, unhealthy air, and have to raise their families in a horrible environment. What rights?

My precinct

gercohen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:40:44 -0400

My Raleigh precinct had 943 votes cast in the Democratic Presidential primary. I voted at 8 am today (90 minutes after the polls opened) and was voter #1.

Re: Filing opens with a flurry

jjsmith2 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:24:33 -0500

Any word yet on who has filed for State Senate and State House?

"Surge" didn't bring down violence

ThomasBrock — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:41:32 -0500

Sadr did.

And the time limit is almost up...

Re: Filing opens with a flurry

CarltonH — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:31:55 -0500

I think they could've picked a better issue to campaign other than one that 70% of Americans think is a bad idea. While the surge has brought down the violence it is up to the Iraqis to secure their own future not us. If the GOP continues to run as the War Party it will be a tough night for Republicans on election night if not a blowout.