Drake Enterprises Donates WPFJ to Toccoa Falls College

The local Christian radio station has been 'donated' to Toccoa Falls College and the on air content will be delivered from there. No word on what will happen to the local talent or to what relationship the new ownership will have with Drake Enterprises owned Dalton's Christian Bookstore and the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, which have been heavily advertised on WPFJ. "The Dove". Drake Enterprises was established in 1977...

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A Chart that Explains the Entire Financial Crisis

The chart above appeared on this recent CD post showing the close historical relationship between: a) the U.S. homeownership rate, and b) the share of mortgages for home purchases with a 3% down payment or less (97% loan-to-value ratio or higher), especially starting in about 1995 when they both increased sharply. Source: Seeking Alpha There are no shortage of opinions on what caused our current economic crisis. The numbers on the chart at...

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Weekly Republican Address for 07-30-2011

Note: It would greatly help those of us who post these things if the GOP Conference would make the material available in the same place from week to week instead of posting them to random places and not even bothering to post photos every week. The GOP Conference website is still highlighting info from last week's address. /end rant  --TP This week's weekly Republican address was given by Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona. Transcript: “Good...

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Boehner to Democrats: "Put Something on the Table!"

Speaker Boehner makes his point on the floor of the US House of Representatives yesterday regarding his attempts to solve the debt Ceiling Crisis. Note: The US House subsequently passed his plan (with 22 Republicans and all 188 Dems in the US House opposing). The US Senate then promptly tabled the Boehner Plan and began work on a Democrat Plan instead.  The text of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which the US Senate...

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Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue

Chart Source: Business Insider Unless you've been under a rock for the past six months, you will have heard about the controversy surrounding whether or not to raise the debt ceiling.  To help you understand what is going on, here is a video from The Heritage Foundation that explains the problem in simple, understandable terms from the conservative point of view: A liberal point of view can be found on progressive website The...

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NC General Assembly 07-28-2011 Legislative Calendar Links to Bills and Live Audio Feeds

The North Carolina General Assembly will convene today in accordance with the Adjournment Resolution here is the schedule for today. There are committee meetings and sessions of the NC Senate and the NC House currently scheduled for today. They are expected to vote on maps and proposed amendments that will define the new district maps in North Carolina and on others items as delineated in the calendar...

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NC-11 Congressional Fundraising Race July 27, 2011 Update

This is the first fundraising report of the 2012 11th Congressional Race. I expect to be filing these every quarter, more often if the situation warrants. The Republican candidates are announcing for this office much earlier than they traditionally have in the past, perhaps spurred on by the promise of a newly redrawn district that is favorable to electing a Republican coupled with the realization that announcing in September doesn't...

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