Posts Tagged ‘north carolina’
Shameful
I’ll just record some thought for posterity. North Carolina IS the backwards, ignorant cess pool of stupidity that people from more civilized places have always said it is. I’ve never been ashamed to live in this state. I am tonight. Most of the people who voted [Read More]
Why You Should Vote AGAINST Amendment One
I should have done this during early voting. But if you haven’t voted yet, and you either don’t plan to vote today or don’t know why you should be voting AGAINST Amendment One, here’s why: The rights of ALL UNMARRIED COUPLES will be restricted [Read More]
Vote AGAINST N.C. Amendment 1
Amendment One is not merely “the gay marriage amendment”. But the impetus for the amendment, its sponsors will tell you, is the word of God, and God’s condemnation of homosexuality. I don’t study the Bible. Fortunately, President Bartlet does. [Read More]
For the four people reading this who aren’t voting AGAINST N.C. Amendment 1
That’s just an arbitrary number. It may be somewhere between zero and five. And you may not necessarily be planning to vote for Amendment 1. You may just not be planning to vote. (And I’m just referring to those reading this who live in North Carolina.) This [Read More]
N.C. Senate Primary
Someone help me out. June 22 is an important date in North Carolina politics for registered Democrats We have to choose a candidate in a primary runoff between Cal Cunningham and Elaine Marshall. I voted for the third-place finisher Ken Lewis. Ken Lewis has endorsed Elaine [Read More]
Why I Like Where I Live #12: Employment
I stumbled upon Google’s Public Data area. Pretty neat stuff. And it’s really neat to see how Durham County compares to the rest of the state in unemployment data, particularly during this recession. And it’s extra-neat to see how Durham County, after [Read More]
N.C. Stupid
I can’t find a link, but I heard on WUNC that Public Policy Polling, the nonpartisan Raleigh, N.C.-based polling firm, found that roughly half of North Carolina residents either don’t think or don’t know if President Obama was born in the United States. [Read More]
