Yearly Archives: 2012

Pelosi on Americans not paying income tax: ‘I wish they would earn more so they can pay more’

Addressing the percentage of taxpayers who do not pay any income tax, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said these Americans have “skin in the game” since “they pay payroll taxes,” adding, “I wish they would earn more so they can … Continue reading

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Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front

With little public attention, dozens of universities and law-enforcement agencies have been given approval by federal aviation regulators to use unmanned aircraft known as drones, according to documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests by an advocacy group. The … Continue reading

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CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Bristles At Truth, Tries To Ruffle Allen West’s Feathers, Fails Miserably

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYpHWz1z3c Here is the list of Progressive Caucus (Communists) in Congress that Allen West refers to in the video.

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OBAMA QUIETLY SEEKING TO CEDE U.S. OCEANS TO U.N. LAW

From WND: President Obama’s ambitious plan for stepped up government regulation of the oceans includes an unreported effort to cede U.S. oceans to United Nations-based international law, WND has learned. The plan was previously a pet project of Secretary of … Continue reading

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NC PATCON – Patriot Convention Is April 28th

One Week UPDATE: NC PATCON (Patriot Convention) Saturday April 28, 2012 Time: 1:00-5:00 PM Eastern NC on 6 acres of private land Please respond to brocktownsend@gmail.com if interested in attending. The main focus of this event will be the meeting of kindred … Continue reading

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Van Jones Continues His Attack on NC Rep. Virginia Foxx

From Van Jones’ Rebuild the Dream: Over 65,000 of you agree. It’s outrageous when the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education declares that she has little tolerance for students graduating with loan debt (“There’s no reason for that… … Continue reading

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Downgrade of US Credit Rating by Egan Jones Becoming a Vendetta?

The SEC will be filing charges against Egan Jones for alleged misstatement on a four-year old regulatory application. This is another example of the administration punishing a company for not keeping in lockstep. The charges come just after Egan Jones lowered their … Continue reading

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Obama’s legal humiliation: How Russia Sees the president

This article from Pravda is full of hyperbole concerning illegal actions but most of the world sees our president as represented below. I would agree that the US media is complicit in their coverage (or lack of coverage) of this … Continue reading

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How Responsive Are Our North Carolina Legislators?

by David DeGerolamo and John Keida See additional comments on CNNews When you go to your State Legislator’s web site and send him/her an email, does he/she read it? Probably not. It seems to go into a big black hole … Continue reading

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Wilson NC TEA Party Voter Guides

I want to congratulate the Wilson NC TEA Party for the following email concerning voter guides. The message is voter guides (not candidate endorsements) to educate people on the candidates’ positions. I strongly encourage everyone to watch the video by … Continue reading

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The Tea Party is “not educated enough” to support Ron Paul, going for Gingrich

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Derivatives, US Banks and Reality

Visualizing America’s Derivatives Universe A month ago, we presented the latest derivatives update from the OCC, according to which the Top 5 US banks held 95.7%, or $221 trillion of the entire US derivative universe (which in turn is just a modest portion … Continue reading

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The Importance of a Moral Society

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of … Continue reading

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India Moves to Establish Regional Hegemony

It is becoming increasingly difficult to track all the scenarios which may impact the world.  Here is one which I believe is not receiving due attention – India has declared themselves a major player in southern Asia, and they have done a … Continue reading

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North Carolinians Can Now Work and Collect Unemployment Benefits

The Bridge to Work program will allow people to test drive a new job without sacrificing unemployment benefits. This is a last ditch effort by the Obama administration to reduce unemployment by paying people to go to work. Why would … Continue reading

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