Monthly Archives: February 2011

Housing Recovery Is Put On Hold

Ben Bernanke stated on June 7th, 2010 that the United States would not experience a double dip recession. The country was out of recession and consumer spending/business investment was up. Mr. Bernanke would have been correct if the statistics were not … Continue reading

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Time to Focus on Reality

John Boehner’s assessment of the national debt will probably be overshadowed in the news by more important topics. Looking at the current Drudge Report, the top eleven stories all deal with a night at the Oscars. As our economy is lowered … Continue reading

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WWFMD ?

by Hugh Akston * (aka Hans Mentha) Yesterday I had a lot of time to think. I stood for two hours on the street across from the NC Capital and watched the circus. This was not Barnum and Bailey. This … Continue reading

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A Summer of Fire

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Save the American Dream is a great slogan for community organizers to offer “solidarity” to the people. The highlights from the Raleigh Rally show people being manipulated to support a cause that the unions are exploiting to extend their own … Continue reading

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Do You Think You Are One of the 14 Million?

The article below outlines why there is a shortage of #10 cans of dehydrated foods: the government is stockpiling a supply of food for 14 million people. Since I attended the “Save the American Dream” union rally in Raleigh, I … Continue reading

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You Say You Want A Revolution

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I attended the counter-protest today against Moveon.org’s Save the American Dream Rally in Raleigh, North Carolina along with over 250 fellow patriots from Raleigh, Pittsboro, Durham, Fayetteville, Zebulon, New Bern and Greenville. We came to show our support for the … Continue reading

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“Asheville” – Save the American Dream

Today, Feb. 26, 2011 was a dark day for Western North Carolina.  I attended the rally to “Save the American Dream” in Asheville today.  That was sad enough.  But I was a committee of one.  Not one other Western Carolina … Continue reading

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IMPEACHMENT?

Newt Gingrich has outlined grounds for initiating impeachment hearings against the president for violating his oath of office. Mr. Obama already has been backed into a corner and now we will see how he and the labor unions react to … Continue reading

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Highlights From the SEIU Bus Tour

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Meet the Host of the Raleigh “Save the American Dream” Rally

  Dr. Edward (Ned) Yellig is a retired NC physician who specialized in hospice care.  In an interview with Fiona Morgan of the “Wake County Physician” he stated: “There are a lot of ways to die, with either suffering or satisfaction, … Continue reading

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Now Is the Time For All Good Men

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country This Saturday, February 26th may go down in history as the tipping point in our country’s history. Our country’s divisions between market place ideologies … Continue reading

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The Jasmine Revolution Comes to North Carolina

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The following videos outline the first wave of the Jasmine Revolution in North Carolina. Most people do not realize that SEANC  is controlled by SEIU. Forty-two percent of the state’s 130,000 union members are represented by SEANC. Although I never … Continue reading

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Just Keep Voting for Insanity

Most of us know the following definition by Albert Einstein: Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Glenn Beck used this as an analogy in his book “Common Sense” as a justification for a … Continue reading

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Looking for a Cause

The February 21st SEIU bus tour supporting labor unions in Wisconsin brought out an interesting point at the Raleigh site. Like most organizations with no set purpose or leadership, the speakers needed a cause to justify their continued existence. They … Continue reading

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Consequences of Government without Accountability

North Carolina currently has a budget deficit of $3.7 billion and owes the federal government another $2.6 billion in unemployment benefit borrowing. We can thank Gov. Perdue’s eagerness for this debt: it is a direct consequence for taking stimulus money from … Continue reading

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