The SEIUnionization of Public Employees of North Carolina or How Gov. Perdue‟s Executive Order 45 is the First Step to Collective Bargaining for State Employees

by johndavis, January 28, 2010

“[Executive Order 45] means that we can discuss the terms and conditions of our employment.”1 –Dana Cope, Executive Director, SEANC (SEIU Local 2008), Jan. 25, 2010 The State of the Union Money in North Carolina Politics In last Sunday‟s News and Observer, the editorial page carried a misleading op-ed piece written by Gene Nichol, a
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Supreme Court: Business Has Unlimited Political Free Speech Rights – NC 527s Obsolete; Political Parties Weakened; Trade Groups Will Flex New Political Muscle

by johndavis, January 25, 2010

“They’re the men who served with John Kerry in Vietnam. Tortured for refusing to confess what John Kerry accused them of … of being war criminals. With nothing to gain for themselves, they have come forward to talk about the John Kerry they know.”1 Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth, TV ad excerpt, September
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A Checkers Player in a Nation of Chess Players or How Obama’s Hubris Cost Him Kennedy’s Seat and May Destroy His Reform Legacy

by johndavis, January 22, 2010

“Governments at every level had become too cavalier about spending taxpayer money. Too often, bureaucracies were oblivious to the cost of their mandates. A lot of liberal rhetoric did seem to value rights and entitlements over duties and responsibilities.”1 — U.S. Senator Barack Obama, 2006 Hu-bris (hyoo’bris) n. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. In his
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The Audacity of Hoping Halley’s Comet Will Return in 2010 or Why Barack Obama’s 2008 Victory in North Carolina Will Not Drive This Year’s Races

by johndavis, January 14, 2010

Politics, Rain Dances and Comets Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of political races, just like timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance … or the return of a comet. President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for the White House reminds me of Halley’s Comet: a spectacular
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Key Predictors Foretelling North Carolina’s 2010 Elections: The Republican, the Democrat and the Drowning Man

by ericstroud, January 7, 2010

There was a drowning man, 50 feet from shore. A 50 foot rope lay on the beach. A Republican came along and seeing the man struggling threw him 25 feet of rope and said, “If you’ll swim half way I’ll pull you on in.” A Democrat came along and seeing the man struggling threw him
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