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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
How Conservatives Can Use Obama's Astroturf Campaign Against Talk Radio Against Itself
Yet another Obama Plan for Astroturfing is underway, this time it involves taking the seminar caller effort to another level...complete with public website and talking points to help the "fake listeners" find a conservative radio show and provide them with talking points aimed at disrupting talk radio and get a Socialist Health Care Plan passed. Read more about it at News Busters. Also, read more about it at Tech President, a lefty site that describes...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Senator John McCain Versus the Arizona GOP
Senator John McCain is at it again, taking steps to kill the conservative movement. This time by making an attempt to take over the Arizona GOP.
Hat Tip to Matt K Lewis for the heads up on this story.
The story of his despicable actions are below:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has lost the endorsement of a key leader of his own party, and a behind-the-scenes feud is emerging that could put McCain at odds with GOP activists in his home...
2010 Election Update:
Buncombe County Candidates
Here is a list of candidates who have filed for various state and federal offices in Buncombe County...
Democrat Axia Wilson of Asheville has filed to oppose Congressman Heath Shuler in the primary for the 11th Congressional District.
NC Senate 48
Democrat Chris Dixon of Arden Date Filed 02/08/2010
Republican Tom Apodaca of Hendersonville Date Filed 02/08/2010 (Incumbent)
NC Senate 49
Democrat Martin Nesbitt of Asheville...
Macon County Candidate Filings Update
(New Candidates File)
The deadline for candidate filing is at noon today...
The newest additions to the list from my previous update are in red:
State Level Races
NC Senate District 50 (Rep)
Jimmy Goodman of Franklin, NC Date Filed (02/25/2010)
County Commissioner Races
District 1 (Dem)
Michael David Rogers of Highlands, NC Date Filed (02/23/2010)
Allan (Ricky) Bryson of Highlands, NC Date Filed (02/16/2010)
District...
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Important Information Regarding the 2010 US Census
Thanks to a friend on one of my mailing lists for sending this video to me!
Did you know the only information you are required by the US Constitution to give the US Census Bureau is your name and the number of occupants in your household? That is the only information I have given in 1990 and 2000, and is all I intend to give in 2010.
There are some who will quote 13 USC 141 as the authority to ask more questions than is listed in the US Constitution, there are fines for non-response and for false response as well, though the amount...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Macon County Tax Office and Richard Lightner
Wins Joseph E. Hunt Award
The Macon County Tax Office and Richard Lightner, Tax Administrator, have won their third state level award in the last four years (they have also won awards in 2006 & 2007). I was at the meeting and captured the above video of the award presentation.
From the Press Release:
On November 19, 2009, while attending the North Carolina Association of Tax Assessors meeting in Greensboro, Richard Lightner picked up the Joseph E. Hunt Distinguished Jurisdiction award for small counties. The award is given annually to counties and tax officials...
Macon County Candidate Filings Update
Here is a list of candidates that have filed for election as of yesterday afternoon...
County Commissioner Races
District 1 (Dem)
Michael David Rogers of Highlands, NC Date Filed (02/23/2010)
Allan (Ricky) Bryson of Highlands, NC Date Filed (02/16/2010)
District 1 (Rep)
Brian McClellan (Incumbent) of Highlands, NC Date Filed (02/08/2010)
District 2 (Dem) [2 Commissioners represent this district]
Bob...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Stop Motion Truck Rally
Australian artist Keith Loutit is famous for his stop motion photographic scenes, and you can check out more of them at his Vimeo channel, and take a look at his other work on his webpage.
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Macon GOP Lincoln Luncheon Highlights
Chet Damron as Abraham Lincoln, Photo Credit: Bobby Coggins
Here is a short video with a few highlights from the Macon County Republican Party's Lincoln Luncheon that was held on Saturday at Cody's Restaurant in Franklin, NC. About 160 Maconians gathered to hear Chet Damron speak about the life of the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, to fellowship, and to meet the various candidates running for local and federal office.
I'll...
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Watch the STS-130 Endeavour Landing Live
The USS Endeavour has nearly completed a successful two week mission to the International Space Station and is about to land in Florida...
Live TV : Ustream
The feed is provided courtesy of SpaceVidCas...
Macon County Board of Commissioners
02/22/2010 Meeting Agenda
I'll be at the meeting of the Macon County Commissioners at 2pm today, and hope to see some of the local readers there. I will be testing a live feed, and if things look okay, I'll put up a blog post for it. The agenda for the meeting is below the video promo...
MACON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSFEBRUARY 22, 2010 - 2 P.M.AGENDA
1. Call to order and welcome by Chairman Beale
2. Announcements
3. Invocation
4....
March of the Contrails
Atmospheric conditions were perfect this morning for a spectacular display of contrails created by the exhaust plumes by passenger jets flying over western North Carolina this morning and I was lucky enough to capture it on video...
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Eichenbaum Wins Another Straw Poll
Dan Eichenbaum Photo Credit: Bobby Coggins
I just got this news release from the Eichenbaum Campaign announcing that they've won another straw poll. This one was held in Transyvania County at the Brevard Middle School.
This is the first straw poll held with all the major candidates in attendance, so it may be the first glimmerings of indication that Eichenbaum has district-wide appeal.
The news release...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February...
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Alexander Haig 1924-2010
Alexander Haig December 2, 1924-February 20, 2010
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a decorated war hero, military commander, four-star General, statesman, a valiant supporter of Israel. He was the unsuccessful conservative alternative to George H. W. Bush in the Republican primary in 1988. His civilian life included being one of the founding board members of America Online and involvement in business education seminars and being the host of World...
The Dillsboro Dam is Gone
I visited the site of the former Dillsboro Dam yesterday and took photos and video. There was a constantly changing crowd of onlookers filtering in and out as people observed in silence the change to the river and the construction debris scattered for hundreds of feet in the river and along it's banks.
I've got a busy couple of days ahead, and will be posting more video/photos on Monday or Tuesday when I can find the tim...
Chris Simcox Drops Out of US Senate Race;
Endorses J.D. Hayworth's Run Against John McCain
I was saddened to hear a few days ago that Chris Simcox had dropped out the Republican primary in the Arizona US Senate race against Senator John McCain. I understand his reasons for doing so. There was no way he could compete against media darling JD Hayworth.
While I understand that JD Hayworth isn't as conservative as Chris Simcox, he is more conservative than Senator McCain. The goal is to replace John McCain with someone more conservative....
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