Category Archives: NC News

Internet Slander/Libel Law Coming To North Carolina?

Back on February 8th, John Hawkins wrote an article How The Internet Damages Our Culture. In it, he wrote Well, you have individuals from all over the world, who can talk anonymously to people they have no personal connection to and they can say absolutely anything without fear of getting punched in the nose. Put […]

Obama “Promises” Not To Tax You On Milage

Or so, uh, they, uh, say President Barack Obama will not adopt a policy to tax motorists based on how many miles they drive instead of how much gasoline they buy, his chief spokesman said Friday. Press secretary Robert Gibbs commented after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told The Associated Press that he wants to consider […]

ACLU Critters Sue North Carolina School Over Recruiters

Gotta love them NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a rural North Carolina school system that barred a peace activist from talking to high school students about alternatives to joining the military. The lawsuit, filed Monday, says the Wilkes County school district and its superintendent violated […]

Christmas Wins In North Carolina School

Nice try, bub/bubbette Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerwas almost grounded at Murrayville Elementary School this week after a parent complained about the classic Christmas song’s inclusion in her daughter’s upcoming kindergarten concert. The objecting parent was upset about the words “Christmas” and “Santa” in the song, feeling that they carried religious overtones. That prompted the song […]

Surrender Monkey Saturday: UNC Surrenders To Christmas Haters

  Since Surrendie has been rather bored as of late – it’s hard to find Democrat surrender stories since Iraq is going so well – he demanded coverage of this story. You will not be amused, but, you will not be shocked. It is something that we have become all to familiar with during the […]

Confusing NC Ballot May Reduce Presidential Votes

Welcome to North Carolina North Carolina voters are more likely than those in other states to cast ballots in national elections without making a choice for president. Unlike many states, a straight-party vote in North Carolina does not cast a vote for president. A ballot expert says the split makes it more likely that voters, […]

Last Strip For Grace: Return To Duke Lacrosse Case

Oh, joy. Crystal Mangum thought she was going to die when three people allegedly raped her at a March 13, 2006, party hosted by Duke lacrosse players. “I genuinely believed I was going to die in there, but I did not want to,” Mangum writes in her new book, “The Last Dance for Grace: The […]

Oh, Good, Another “Southerners Are Racists” Story

And from the same trash paper that published a screed by Charlie Brooker calling for the assassination of W if he won in 2004. Beer drinkers for Obama: Many southerners are leaving behind the region’s racist history and embracing the idea of a black president I was headed into my local grocer in Durham, North […]

Dumbass Roy Cooper Re-Election Ad

Don’t know who Roy Cooper is? Watch this first, at least the first 18 seconds So, Roy Cooper is the North Carolina Attorney General. I have no idea if he is a Democrat or Republican. Doesn’t matter, really. I’m not sure if they are allowed to run by party for the position. But, here is […]

Today’s Illegal Alien Sob Story

Get your hankies out Angela Guerrero knew she might be overwhelmed for a few weeks, possibly a month, juggling work, child care and the daily grind of family life when her husband set out for the U.S. consulate offices in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She never expected to be in the predicament she is in — […]

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