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Re: 'Mary Kay' politics

blculbre — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:12:51 -0400

paid volunteer recruitment? sounds a lot like ACORN to me.

Re: 'Mary Kay' politics

BitterEXdemocrat — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:59:59 -0400

this clever idea would be WAY more exciting if it were for an alternative
group, instead of republicannots. its just not selling anymore. demopublicans have ruined us...the rEVOLution builds..

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Re: Milk chugged for charity

melted — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:59:19 -0400

And us taxpayers paid each legislator $104 in per diem money yesterday to chug milk instead of working on passing a budget. It was taxpayer money wasted because every second the general assembly is in session right now should be spent on passing a budget. They should be working 24 hours a day since they were unwilling to pass a budget by June 30th. Another waste of time and taxpayer money by the general assembly. Keep this event in mind when you go to the polls. Remember us taxpayers are paying the general assembly as a whole $17,600 every day in per diem money. Was it worth that amount of money for the publicity of chugging milk. I don't think so.

Re: Quick Hits

WhalerCane — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:48:08 -0400

Well, in a radio interview this week, Brock did not rule out the possibility. In politics, if you do not rule it out, then it is likely possible.

Re: Quick Hits

mrclean — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:28:31 -0400

Looks like you hit a nerve with the GOP-must be some truth to it-I suspect a big fight at the convention-oh boy what fun-make sure the N&O covers it fully-the GOP might implode

Re: Quick Hits

PaulTerrell — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:01:20 -0400

I want to know about this comment Ryan. Is this the National Enquirer or the News and Observer? Why are you trying to cause trouble with Republicans. I know you are afraid of Protzman and the Democrats. So why don't you pick on them? Equal opportunity is all I ask.

Re: Quick Hits

mrclean — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:01:52 -0400

George Little would bring respect back to the grand ole party.He is no nonsense and has impeccable qualifications-you couldn't do any better than Little

Re: Quick Hits

CitizenOpinionated — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:40:38 -0400

Ben Noliet took down a comment of mine bc of its speculative nature - how come this is posted then...

Re: Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:01:54 -0400

Yes. As I said, they may nominate someone. They may not.

— RTB

Re: Quick Hits

ncpoli — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:00:27 -0400

RTB, do you have a reliable source on the possibility of a Little or Brock nomination? Talking About Politics doesn't count.

Re: On the Budget: Andrew Brock

dharmakay — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:40:36 -0400

Re: Bill would allow guns in restaurants

murf26 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:51:08 -0400

You're right about the thugs...they don't care about having a permit...THAT'S WHY THEY ARE CALLED BAD GUYS! The law-abiding citizen is not a thug. Maybe you need to ask some of your friends/family if they carry. Actually, North Carolina is a "traditional' open carry state. Just watch those 'gun free' zones. When a bad guy sees those signs, he knows that by law, he has open pickins' to anyone walking around and that the law-abiding citizens have had to leave their guns in their cars. Just look at the shootings in the last couple of weeks...ALL IN GUN-FREE ZONES. I would bet you that the majority of shootings are in gun-free zones. And you know what? GUN-FREE ZONES TO THE LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN MEANS FREE-GUN ZONES TO THE BAD GUYS. Think about it!

Re: Bill would allow guns in restaurants

Fahrenheit — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:23:11 -0500

"I guess we'll eat at home, instead of spending our money in the cross-fire of self-annointed vigilantes." -- Real_Americans_Think

The presence of legally-carried weapons has not produced an increase in gun violence anywhere else in North Carolina. Not at supermarkets, not on our highways, not at Starbucks, not at shopping malls, not in churches, not at gas stations. And not in restaurants that don't sell alcohol.

Thirty-eight states across the nation have liberal concealed weapons permits; many of them allow permitees to carry weapons into restaurants that serve alcohol. This has been going on for over a decade. Where are the reports of self-proclaimed vigilantes shooting it out across the Pizza Hut salad bar?

You're concerned about the presence of firearms around you. But for years, they've been there, and you haven't known. That's the "concealed" part of "concealed carry".

Anybody with a concealed carry permit already can't drink AT ALL while carrying. We're not talking about mixing alcohol and guns; we're talking about letting them carry concealed firearms that they carry just about everywhere else.

How is the presence of a concealed firearm, carried by someone who is not drinking, going to increase the danger to ANYBODY at restaurants like Applebee's or Olive Garden?

Surely, keeping it under the immediate control of a responsible citizen is much safer than forcing it to be left in the car, from which it can be stolen and later used in another crime.

Re: Bill would allow guns in restaurants

kttechwriter — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:51:16 -0500

I carry my firearm when ever I go out of town, and I put it on my belt. Sometimes it's under my shirt, sometimes not. Every now and then, some one will ask my "why do you have that gun"? Most often, I don't let people see it, so they won't feel frightened, even though I'm not the one they need to fear!

I want to get angry and emotional at such a question, but I just answer that it's my constitutional right and I'm exercising it.

I don't tell them about the four times that I've been attacked and barely escaped. Or the time I was attacked when I was out with my young son, and swore it would never happen again.

I want to tell them that you see people on drugs everywhere who'd just like to rob and kill you for a few measly bucks, but I don't.

I cannot carry it in town much, because if I drop my son off at his preschool and I have it in my car, I'm committing a felony. Even when I drive through a school zone with a gun in my car, I'm an automatic felon.

We don't have the greatest concealed carry laws in this state, but I thank God that we have them at all. The conservatives, being in the minority, had to make many concessions to the liberals, just to get that bill through, back in the early 90s.

I support this bill and I thank Sen. Brock. It's already illegal to consume alcohol and possess a firearm. I'd like to be able to carry my pistol in a restaurant just in case some nut comes in and robs the place. I might be all they have to save my life and yours.

I am responsible with my gun and it peeves me that these overly emotional liberals don't understand that legal gun owners are law abiding citizens.

Re: Bill would allow guns in restaurants

kttechwriter — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:39:06 -0500

Bravo to Senator Andrew Brock! He gets it. We should all drop a check in the mail to him for his next re-election campaign.

Why are so many people afraid of guns and law abiding citizens who carry them? One of us just might save your behind one day!

Carrying a gun is a heck of a lot easier than carrying a police officer around all day.