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Re: What is the Alliance for North Carolina?

bobo123 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:57:32 -0500

If he wasn't doing something right...you wouldn't be talking about him!

"me thinks you do protest too loudly" Shakesphear

Re: Is it any wonder why NC remains so democrat oppressed?

Gosh — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:42:11 -0500

Not for big oil, big drug and NRCC lack of trying.

Shall we play the who spent more here game?

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

FFC1304 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:09:19 -0500

Is it any wonder why NC remains so democrat oppressed?

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

tangoz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:07:57 -0500

And these Unions all believe in the public check card instead of secret ballots. Oh that reminds me, why is it ok for Democrats in Congress to choose their members by secret ballot but not ok for American workers to select whether to have a union by a secret ballot?

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

PoliticalJunkie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:36:29 -0500

Ryan,

Is the red clay number wrong?

$4 million from workers Red Clay?

Gosh — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:03:31 -0500

Gosh, it's almost like people that work for a living in NC can now compete with the corporate stock holders of our companies that live in NYC and hostile nations like China.

Good.

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

cthayes75 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:24:10 -0500

If you don't want to wait for Ryan to finish adding it up, I've already done it.

http://redclaycitizen.typepad.com/redclay/2008/11/labor-spending-in-2008.html

Re: SEIU gave $1.2m to Democratic Party

PoliticalJunkie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:15:08 -0500

why are what you report as donations and red clay different?

There is something strange going on where candidates report getting money from the PAC but the PAC doesn't report getting it.

Stay on this it looks like something fishy is going on.

Re: Charlotte has higher crime than N.Y., L.A.

kay126 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:00:30 -0500

actully thomasville NC is bad also cause half of the time people been shooting guns and breaking an houses..so thomasville is bad east and west is bad sides the worst side is east...because im from east side of thomasville not far from high point nc the bad side..also thomasville has alot of drug dealers..you can just say the whole north carolina is bad

Doubt Davis is right

PoliticalJunkie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500

Labor is much more organized and focused than the NC business community.

NC Businesses think they can pay protection money to Basnight or David Hoyle and they'll be spared.

They aren't capable of working together to build and entity that can fight Big Labor.

Re: Outside groups spending $20m in N.C.

pickingperdue — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:01:42 -0400

Isn't it ironic? McCrory whines about Perdue's negative ads, and look at the difference in money spent...and we all know how positive the RGA ads have been about Perdue. McCrory's question in his oh-so-positive ad: "Aren't you tired of all the negative ads by my opponent?" Answer: "Pat, we know you aren't the brightest tool in the shed, but those negative ads are yours!

Re: Alliance for N.C.'s 'Stand Up' ad on McCrory

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:19:16 -0400

I post all ads in the governor and U.S. Senate race on the blog. I have not been posting presidential ads since the campaigns will not tell me which ones are airing specifically in North Carolina.

— RTB

Re: Alliance for N.C.'s 'Stand Up' ad on McCrory

tbradford82 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:11:32 -0400

exactly why post this? the ad is already shoved down our throats enough on television. either (a) the n&o reporter has an agenda to provide more support & publicity to perdue's negative campaign, or (b) ...

wait, that's probably it. nice work disturber.

Least safe?

domewatcher — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:56:18 -0400

If I am reading the chart correctly, Durham is supposedly a safer city than Wilmington? At any rate, I'd rather be locked up in Wilmington than loose in Durham.

Re: The drop in Raleigh's crime rate.

FFC1304 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:57:58 -0400

I believe that you are right!

remember the glory days when there was 'not even' an 'ethics' commission NOR a (gasp) republican state auditor and the democrat criminals fell like dead flies? remember the extremely IRATE Jim Black when the spotlight turned his way? ahh, the good ole days beckon...