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Re: Perdue on her way back

woodcox — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:55:53 -0400

So we can expect a jobs announcement by the end of the week? The 69,000 North Carolinians out of work since Governor Perdue took office are waiting.

Re: Perdue on her way back

BitterEXdemocrat — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:00 -0400

Did she find out if the Chinese allow ILLEGALs into their colleges?

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

marketrsh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:40:40 -0400

Smells like a dead rat.

Re: Congressmen seek money for pork

mschucker — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:41:21 -0400

I would rather see the money go to clean up the end product of all that pork, the euphemistically named "hog lagoon". While the stench makes it obvious that it is polluting the air, it is also an environmental disaster for our precious rivers, streams and groundwater.

Re: Congressmen seek money for pork

mschucker — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:37:08 -0400

I would rather see the money go toward cleaning up the euphemistically named
"hog lagoons". They stink to the high heavens and they pose an environmental disaster to our ground water.

Re: Congressmen seek money for pork

stanley2 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:32:27 -0400

Indeed I think the classic concept of "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer" here.

I personally do not see why the taxpayer should have to foot the bill for this either, and whether or not this helps prevent the reoccuranced of the swine flu epidemic remains to be seen.

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Re: Congressmen seek money for pork

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Re: Congressmen seek money for pork

henrye — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:38:58 -0400

If they had the sense of a brass horn Billy Goat. they would not need money to buy pork for the disadvantaged. they are sitting in the seat of authority. all they have to do is change global trade to a point where we can not buy any more of other countries products, than they buy from us.
that way we americans can invest in factories, and hire americans, and then we won't need to help so many.under this situation today where capitolism has ignored every thing but profits. they are forcing this country into communism, or socialism,at that point. capitolism will cease to exist. I can't understand why someone else does not realize that.

Re: Congressmen seek money for pork

j1c2kp — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:44:06 -0400

What help did those congressmen offer citizens who had industrial pig factory farms move into their neighborhoods destroying their quality of life. Forcing people to breathe the toxic gases, have manure sprayed in the air to mist all over them, etc.

Who forced the hog industry to oversaturate the market, to oversaturate southeastern NC???

Where were those congressmen then? Stuffing their pockets with campaign donations from the industry?

The taxpayers now have to foot the bill for a greedy industry.

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

mosthind — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:56:18 -0400

Well, of course she'll go in late October...that's the best Fall weather in China and Japan. Just bracing and beautiful! And.....she'll be back home for Thanksgiving vacation and then in mere weeks the Xmas and New Years Holidays will be upon us.

Shucks, it don't get no better than this.....why work?

Mrs. Dole must have been her secret mentor.

Folks, sure, business drummed up with the Chinese and Japanese provides some blue collar jobs here to push products mainly made overseas and the profits from the sales go right back overseas.

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

alaskan1 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:40:17 -0400

you have to spend money to make money. Class envy was started by the Democrats---now they have to suffer

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

j1c2kp — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:51:41 -0400

Once again, shame on Bev. tsk tsk

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

MDLNB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:09:52 -0400

$82K of State funds and we are laying off teachers. Way to go. Another shopping boondoggle. I thought she was a gov not a Senator. I have seen plenty of these shopping trips when I worked at U.S. Embassies. What a waste of money and government time. I would like to see how much revenue generation she obtains from this trip.

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

whitewill4 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:06:30 -0400

$82,000 = two full-time teachers for one year
$164,000 = four full-time teachers for one year

Asian trip = "building and sustaining relationships"

Next election = new governor - priceless!

Re: Perdue plans trip to China, Japan

tammylee — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:51:08 -0400

1) I'd love to see a list of the business leaders and economic developers going on the trip and compare it to Perdue's campaign donations. Bet you'd see some of the same names.

2) If over half of the money is coming from non-state funds (most likely tax money, just federal)that would mean that the total cost of the trip is at a minimum $164,000. Would like to see what that breaks down per person.