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Feb 26, ’13:  I used an analogy recently that my ideal political scenario was “gridlock” – aka “stuck on the side of the road with two flats and one spare” while both sides scream themselves hoarse blaming the other.  That struck a cord with many of you.  I am a registered Republican because the only viable alternative is the intellectual equivalent of “poking myself in the eye with a long-handled barbecue fork”.   Who in their right mind would opt for that?...... - READ MORE
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Feb 23,’13:  As expected, this brouhaha over “the leaked strategy memo” is being defused and irrelevented (sp?) by media co-conspirators of both BluePrintNC and ProgressNC.  Surely everyone who follows “the media” especially in the Triangle area saw this coming the split-second the story broke.  As I stated in my initial column on this – “the strategy” is NOT the story.  Their media co-conspirators are “the story. ........ They are IN CAHOOTS. - READ MORE.
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Feb 22, ’13:  If you are an active participant in the bitch-slap-fest of no-holes-barred partisan politics, you know about “the strategy memo” between Blueprint and Progress North Carolina.  Blue Who..... Progress What?   Most of you ave never heard of either group because most of you are NOT active combatants.  Most of you are merely spectators who don’t even know who “McClatchy” is.   Many of who don’t really want to know.  I don’t blame you. - READ MORE
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Feb 21, ’13:   THE most pressing issue in America today is - If Danica wins Daytona, will she kiss Miss Sprint in Victory Lane?.... so sue me if I’m wondering - If Holden wasn’t a good fit – what sorta Chanc SHOULD UNC go after?...... and here’s a headline that made me go OUCH!......
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Feb 20, ’13:  The Daily Caller has discovered hard-core race-hate literature containing an NAACP logo and distributed in Charlotte on Election Day.  We’re talking all the usual Lynch & Klan imagery we’ve come to expect from the Obama media camp.   My first thought - “Does BELO have an alibi?”  My second thought - “How come McClatchy’s papers haven’t reported this?” .......  READ MORE.
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Feb 18, ’13:  Holden “Harry Potter” Thorp is headed to “Hogwarts”.  It will be announced today that Holden Thorp will become Provost of Washington University in St Louis effective July 1.  It should be a PERFECT fit for my much-maligned friend.  I could not be happier for Holden and his family.   Yes, The Family Thorp will remain under my indirect protection...... In other news..... the ultimate dichotomy for feminists.....
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Feb 18, ’13:  I watched Governor Pat McCrory’s State Of The State address LIVE on News14 Monday night.  I could have watched on WRAL or waited and read about it in tomorrow’s N&O or ChrlObsrv. or N&R.... but I wanted to know what he actually said..... not “their twisted version”.   It was an excellent speech well-delivered in a language and tone like “real people” communicate.  The Era of Dumplin’ is done..... There’s A Real Governor “in the Mansion”.... .... READ MORE
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Feb 14, ’13:  Did ya read that four Alabama’s footballers were arrested this week for armed robbery and assault.  You may not have read that Diogenes visited Tuscaloosa this week..... In other news, the SACSCC kicks UNC-CH in the cajones..... and Jim Delany’s group are giving up cupcakes for Lent. .......
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