Daily Archives: April 17, 2012

Obama is a corporatist

Written on April 17, 2012 at 3:28 pm, by

So argues Sheldon Richman in this column. While he tries to sound like a “friend of the little guy” populist sometimes, Obama is most concerned about protecting the big corporations that back him. Now, it is certainly possible that Obama does not really like those corporations (or any others). Maybe he takes the actions heContinue Reading

Perdue proclaims April ‘sexual assault awareness month,’ tells a reporter to ‘get over’ allegations of sexual harassment

Written on April 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm, by

How’s this for bad timing: Two weeks ago, Gov. Bev Perdue issued a proclamation designating April as “sexual assault awareness month.” Today, she chided a reporter, telling him to “get over it,” when faced with questions about claims of sexual harassment at the N.C. Democratic Party. The video is courtesy of the News & Observer‘sContinue Reading

Progressives: personal responsibility is radical

Written on April 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm, by

For the life of me, I can’t discern why liberal bloggers are throwing a collective hissy fit over remarks from U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx on college debt and personal responsibility. Here is the quote from Foxx, a Republican who represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District: I have very little tolerance for people who tell meContinue Reading

Blue Dog Democrats face extinction in 2012

Written on April 17, 2012 at 12:45 pm, by

Politico has a good overview of the plight of centrist Blue Dog Democrats, including North Carolina’s Mike McIntyre of the 7th Congressional District: Two years after the 2010 midterm elections decimated their ranks, the coalition of conservative Democrats is poised to get pummeled again in November — moving the Blue Dogs dangerously close to extinction.Continue Reading

New at CJO: National Taxpayers Union assigns four Fs to members of the Tar Heel congressional delegation

Written on April 17, 2012 at 11:05 am, by

David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online about the National Taxpayers Union’s latest report card for members of the North Carolina congressional delegation.

Unanimous Appeals Court panel rules against state in Zahra Baker search warrant dispute

Written on April 17, 2012 at 9:13 am, by

A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled this morning that there was no error when a Catawba County Superior Court judge unsealed search warrants in November 2010 linked to the high-profile Zahra Baker case. The state had appealed the judge’s action, which had responded to news media requests. In another opinionContinue Reading

Sowell examines federal efforts to boost low-income housing

Written on April 17, 2012 at 8:36 am, by

Thomas Sowell devotes his latest column to the Obama administration’s efforts to force Westchester County, N.Y., to create more housing for people with low incomes. Behind all this busy work for bureaucrats and ideologues is the idea that there is something wrong if a community does not have an even or random distribution of variousContinue Reading

Lowry looks into the GSA’s extravagances

Written on April 17, 2012 at 8:30 am, by

Rich Lowry‘s latest contribution to National Review Online puts the federal General Services Administration under the microscope: A few (but not enough) heads have already rolled at the agency that threw itself an infamous Las Vegas conference that could have been planned by former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski before he went to jail. … …Continue Reading