Yearly Archives: 2011

Quantitative Easing 3 or Bust

Posted on June 13, 2011 by DRenegade

The New York Stock Exchange has posted losses for the last six consecutive weeks. Quantitative Easing 2 has failed and the federal reserve has no choice but to implement Quantitative Easing 3. Mr. Bernanke knows the QE 3 is only … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Blues

Posted on June 13, 2011 by DRenegade

In my travels across North Carolina since February 2009, I have attended patriot group meetings across the state. For various reasons, the idea that we should follow the same principles as our founding fathers is not well understood. The colonists rallied … Continue reading →

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Bottom Up Republican Results

Posted on June 12, 2011 by DRenegade

Chatham County elected three new commissioners (out of 5) in the November elections of 201. All three were Republicans who ran as a team to restore fiscal responsibility and conservative values to the county. The following video shows the latest … Continue reading →

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Social Networking Or Social Unrest

Posted on June 11, 2011 by DRenegade

What do the following list of people have in common? Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO, Amazon.com Reid Hoffman,  Co-founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn Chris R. Hughes, Co-founder, Facebook Craig J. Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation Eric, Schmidt,  … Continue reading →

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The Consequences of the Mississippi Flood and Ethanol

Posted on June 10, 2011 by DRenegade

The price of corn hit a new record price today as the 2011 harvest has been compromised by the Mississippi River floodand the government’s unceasing penchant for making ethanol. We will be reading more stories on the continued consequences on … Continue reading →

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IS CIVIL UNREST IN AMERICA INEVITABLE?

Posted on June 10, 2011 by DRenegade

Frank Roche has written an article on The Roche Record detailing his thoughts on the possibility of civil unrest in the United States (see excerpt below). Since NCRenegade.com is dedicated to presenting both sides of issues, I felt it would be … Continue reading →

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The New York Federal Reserve Rescues the Stock Market (Again)

Posted on June 10, 2011 by DRenegade

This is another in a series of articles outlining the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s policy to stabilize (artificially prop up) the stock market using Permanent Open Market Operations (POMO). The graphic below from CNNFN.com (2:15 PM, June 10th, 2011) shows … Continue reading →

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An Alarming Trend

Posted on June 9, 2011 by DRenegade

The following snapshot from CNN-Money today shows an alarming trend over the past five days that we have not seen since October 2008. Notice the decline of the overall NYSE Dow Industrial Average at the end of each trading session: What … Continue reading →

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Unemployment News – June 9th

Posted on June 9, 2011 by DRenegade

Unemployment compensation will be drastically cut back to only 26 weeks for people who lose their jobs starting July 1. The federal unemployment extension runs out at the end of this year and it is unlikely to be renewed. Our … Continue reading →

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HB 650 – Omnibus Firearm Legislation

Posted on June 8, 2011 by DRenegade

Omnibus Firearm Bill in North Carolina Still a Strong Pro-Gun Bill Despite Amendment Eliminating Parking Lot Language Wednesday, June 08, 2011 House Bill 650, the NRA-backed omnibus firearm bill, passed second reading on Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately, an anti-gun amendment introduced … Continue reading →

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Crank Up the Printing Presses

Posted on June 8, 2011 by DRenegade

President Obama has pledged United States support to save Greece from the same policies that he is implementing in our country (see excerpt below). Well crank up the printing presses and collapse our economy faster. Let me see if I … Continue reading →

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Voter ID Resurrected?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by DRenegade

Yesterday, June 7th HB 351 was displaced in committee as shown in the video below: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yZMS6U0GUg The following article from reflector.com is reporting a vote on this legislation today. Not only was this legislation resurrected in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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A True Republican Victory – Bottom Up in Chatham County

Posted on June 7, 2011 by DRenegade

Heather Johnson confronts the actions of Chatham County Commissioner Sally Kost: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnoXlThjec

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Dead-of-night sellout by some members of GOP stands to gut HB 650

Posted on June 7, 2011 by DRenegade

Over the strenuous objections of HB 650 sponsor Rep. Mark Hilton (R-Catawba, GRNC ****), part of the Republican caucus is still hammering at HB 650. After first deciding to take up the third and final reading for the bill tomorrow, … Continue reading →

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Voter’s Registration Cancelled

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Cliff

Back in June of 2010, I became a state citizen. A while back I learned of some shocking historical facts about our country. These facts tell me the following: This country is not broken. It has been overthrown. A U.S. … Continue reading →

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