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Entries for December 2006
Carter Wrenn posted on December 20, 2006 11:26
From the News and Observer: “Chuck Williamson was mad, already, about Interstate 40 repairs expected to suck up $20 million that taxpayers planned to ...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 19, 2006 09:49
Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an “evil empire.” He was right. George W. Bush said he looked into Vladimar Putin’s soul and saw a m...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 19, 2006 09:48
The other day Governor Easley boasted North Carolina’s quarter-cent cut in the sales tax meant North Carolinians “will see their hard-earned tax dolla...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 18, 2006 16:39
Two years and one month from now, America will inaugurate a Democratic President.
Why am I so certain?
Reason No. 1: History.
Since 1950, the Presi...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 18, 2006 16:10
I was struggling to grasp two developments in Washington last week:
The gay daughter of the Vice President of an anti-gay administration – along wi...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 18, 2006 11:04
The Iraq Study Commission’s hinting we need a grand diplomatic strategy, involving Iran and Syria, to get us out of the war in Iraq. But it’s hard to ...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 15, 2006 14:31
It comes as a shock but waste dumps can be built in North Carolina without an environmental study to determine the potential harm when they are put in...
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Carter Wrenn posted on December 15, 2006 14:29
This is a peculiar twist. The ACLU and anti-torture activists want the Governor, the Attorney General and just about everyone else – including the Joh...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 15, 2006 14:27
No, it’s not George Bush. Not even Dick Cheney. Or Harry Reid. Or a woman – Nancy Pelosi.
How about Mike Rounds?
Who?
Rounds is t...
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Gary Pearce posted on December 15, 2006 10:06
Presidents should know they’re in political trouble when members of their own party break with them, especially U.S. Senators. That has happened...
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