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Monthly Archives: June 2008

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Some of it comes from the shadows. Some of it is right out in the open.
June 28, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Budget grinds on

Chris Fitzsimon at NC Policy Watch is keeping a close watch on the budget negotiations, which is easier said than done. Right now the focus [...]
June 27, 2008 | Posted in: Current Events, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Playing with lives

Just shameful. DeMint, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and five other Republican senators blocked Senate consideration of a bill that would more than triple U.S. aid [...]
June 26, 2008 | Posted in: Health Care, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Crisis, what crisis?

Spent a good deal of time looking at solar and wind for the house after a friend alerted me to the fact that even Costco [...]
June 23, 2008 | Posted in: Current Events, Energy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

My peeps

Reuters on Midwesterners facing down a flood. “I came down here to help out my neighbors,” he said. “And I aim to stay here until [...]
June 22, 2008 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Hall on Obama opt out

Bob Hall of Democracy NC sent this out on Sen. Obama’s opt out of public financing: Statement from Bob Hall, Executive Director of Democracy North [...]
June 20, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Workforce cuts

Further update: N&O shedding 70 jobs, consolidating editions down to two: State and Final. Publishers’ message to staff. Wow. Update via the N&O: Serious cuts [...]
June 16, 2008 | Posted in: Newspapering | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Rasmussen on NC

Here’s the link to the Rasmussen poll story on Dole/Hagan. Here’s the link to the one showing a two point margin for McCain over Obama. [...]
June 13, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink