“We’re so sorry – We made a mistake – I sincerely apologize.”  Comments like these were heard from every council member on Monday.  These apologizes are too little and too late for those impacted by the Council’s policy on water service.  While “I’m sorry” is nice, the stress and emotional upheaval, the financial burden and [...]

Regarding the February 20th, 2012 City Council meeting. Henderson City Council held a Special Called Meeting to correct an ordinance and policy governing certain water fees. I attended this meeting specifically to observe the city’s council in action. I live in the county so I have don’t have a dog in this fight.  After some [...]

Gary Morgan:  Spritual Reflections of an Economic & Political Nature:  Healthcare – Individual Right or Imposition  Much has been said about the new National Healthcare Law with opinions being fairly well split as to it being an individual right or illegal imposition of government.  I would like to weigh in on the subject with (hopefully) [...]

It is almost funny. Not in a laughing, happy way, but in that strange weird way that we say something is funny.   Not long ago I was instructed by this site in the evils of Foreign Aid. I was tremendously surprised to discover that Foreign Aid was a vile Democratic activity. The fact that [...]

The government is in your child’s lunchbox. The government is questioning your ability to decide what is right for your children to eat. By now most of you have read or heard about the report by the Carolina Journal about the chicken-nugget scandal in Raeford. If you haven’t, here is a quick summation, our messaging [...]

Last week, I, along with Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), unveiled the Seniors’ Choice Act, a legislative proposal to help America’s seniors by building a stronger, more sustainable Medicare program through immediate and longer-term reforms, many rooted in long-standing, bipartisan ideas.  Non-partisan experts have warned the current Medicare program is facing insolvency due to unsustainable [...]

The following letter was submitted to us today from an anonymous reader:  (Not the commenter named Anonymous, but an anonymous submitter.) I have never lived in such a racist town.  I have been called names that are very derogatory and I cannot tell you on how many occasions I have been called a name referring [...]

President Obama speaks on bringing manufacturing jobs back to America to help restore middle class security, and calls for changing our tax code to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies like Master Lock that create jobs right here in America. February 15, 2012.