Daily Archives: June 15, 2012

Earlier this week, a representative of the NFIB coalition Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations had a chance to ask both Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Walter Dalton about steps they would take to limit “unsensible” regulations from Washington and Raleigh. The question and responses are featured below. Glenn Lancaster, founder of the company ATM USA,Continue Reading

I guess I am not the only conservative who likes Click and Clack the car guys.  Here is post by a reader of their newsletter about the Cracker Barrel electric car charging stations.  (see my previous post.) Right Jim, nothing to do with the BILLIONs in tax payer money thrown at EVS- this huge wasteContinue Reading

The NPR Car Talk guys report that Cracker Barrel is installing four electric car charging stations at locations in Texas and Governor Perry is a supporter.  Go figure… Cracker Barrel and electric cars? Why, yes. As spokeswoman Julie Davis points out, the very first store in 1959 had gas pumps out front, a practice thatContinue Reading

From The Patriot Post email. “It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. … For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, IContinue Reading

Fergus Hodgson has documented for us the fact that North Carolina state government spending reached a record-high level during the current budget year. Now the Tax Foundation tells us: The U.S. Census Bureau reported recently that state tax collections in 2011 grew by 9 percent over the previous year, reaching a level second only toContinue Reading

Michael Bloomberg wants to legalize pot which will lead to more people getting the munchies while at the same time making it illegal to sell snack foods in large quantities. No matter what your political persuasion that’s just plain mean.