Posted on 06/18/2013 4:46:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A conservative shift by North Carolina's first Republican-led government in more than a century is drawing weekly protests to the state capital of Raleigh, but some lawmakers are defiantly standing their ground.
In the latest of the "Moral Monday" demonstrations, dozens of clergy members, doctors, teachers and environmentalists trampled paper copies of legislation before being handcuffed by police officers when they refused to leave the statehouse as an act of civil disobedience.
Some lawmakers have been defiant, and at times heated, in their responses to the protests. One state senator referred to the events as "Moron Monday" in a newspaper opinion column.
"The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow," state Senator Thom Goolsby wrote in the Chatham Journal.
McCrory decried the influence of "outsiders" on the group, comparing protesters to the much larger crowds that tried unsuccessfully to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in response to a 2011 law that severely limited public workers' collective bargaining rights in that state.
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IMNSHO.
NC is pushing to reduce the state income tax. Those that live on the dole are screaming. The sales tax on services will rise.
Time to bring the underground economy up to speed. I am all for the measures NC is GOING to pass.
I was willing to just drop it. I read your profile. Here’s what I think... I don’t know how you reconcile hating people with Christianity. That’s just my opinion. But I think it is consistent with a rational reading of the bible. Okay.. you have a nice day.
Sometimes I feed trolls poisoned bait.
How does it taste?
Jesse was my favorite congress critter. A perfect gentleman...
Yes he was. I'm been around long enough to remember his commentaries out of a Raleigh television station. Senator Helms and President Reagan both were master communicators and advanced the Conservative cause with unassailable reason and genuine passion.
“In my opinion... the cop needs his butt kicked. If the protesters are violating the law... then arrest them, cuff them, and take them to jail. But walking down and spraying them .... just because he can.... he needs his butt kicked.”
I’d prefer to see some broken bones, like they did to the abortion protesters in the past, but if the best they can do is hit them up with a little hair spray, I guess it better than nothing.
And yet you work with them, accept paychecks from them, presumably are in a union with them, and brag about it all here.
I don’t “brag” about it here, unless you’re damn jealous of my work. Lots of Freepers have stated that they cannot just drop their work in blue states and flock to red states.
Now unless you have a background in movie productions, can you point me to a Texas city which has the infrastructure to accommodate logistically and technology wise 300 plus production guys who can simultaneously do at least post-production work for 50 projects a week?
And you missed my point entirely.
But in 1972, he quit that job of commentator and ran for and won the US Senate seat from NC. By chance, James Holshouser also ran for governor that yr (first republican who won since the Civil War). Gov Holshouser just died two days ago.
Sen Helms served his state well. North Carolinians loved him and voted for him every 6 yrs. I remember that first time he ran for Senate, I went to the State Fair. Many, many fair goers were wearing a "stickem" that said "Give 'em Helms". He won.
Not really. I thought it was spot on.
Of course you did.
Yeah, yer’ right. It’s hard being here in L.A. having Mai Tai’s, developing scripts and shagging different chicks from the casting couch. I need help...
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