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The musings and understandable concerns of one who keeps his ear close to the ground.

I downloaded the 2013 County budget (all 168 pages) and have been through every page in it. I worked my way through it one page at a time to get a "fix" on what's in it.
The Reps. have managed to allow themselves to be out foxed at every turn when it comes to taxes.
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2012 @ 11:23 am By: Jim Bispo
The foxes seem to be massing around the hen house. According to a front page article in the 5/1 edition of the WDN, the meeting called a few days ago by the EDC chairman to announce his retirement.
The chief community organizer is ready to require many lenders to "swallow" a good part of their income on loan balances on houses that are "underwater".
I was thinking about running for County Commissioner, but had to rethink the idea because the field had become so crowded (especially with all the Dems running in the Rep primary).
President Barrack Obama, the Anointed One, campaign war chest, class envy,
We hear that figures don't lie - but we all know (or should know) that liars figure. So be careful. In places like MN and IA it would seem that the so called "figuring" is really simply counting (or is it mis-counting??).
It's interesting that the Anointed One finds fault with the "unelected" Supreme Court. This as he brings on board countless numbers of Czars who are neither elected nor even congressionally vetted or approved.
It's interesting; our previous President, most of our Congress, and most of the rest of the world believed both the US and British spy agencies' reports that there were WMDs in Iraq.
Let us hope that the Supremes (the court, not the singing group) come down on the right side (which according to numerous polls, is also considered to be the "correct" side by most Americans) of the Obamacare argument they are hearing this week (3/26-28/12).
In an abstract world, we tend to believe what we are told. But, is that the end of it?? Or should our "belief" be tempered by what we observe in the real world??
Guess what. It's time to put our next county budget together. Boy!! Time really seems to fly when you're having fun...
On the anniversary of George Washington's birth, Jay Carney, White House mouthpiece, tells us that the Reps caused the Keystone XL pipeline to be disapproved by the anointed one.
It's interesting. The Dems in the state legislature are rather vocal in telling us how little (as in not at all) they trust the Reps in the State Legislature. They took a vote in the middle of the night without forewarning the Dems and the Dems didn't like the result.
On Feb. 19, 2012 the lead article in the WDN tells us that according to the intrepid chairman of NC-20 (a coalition of 20 eastern North Carolina counties) "We killed sea level rise inflation".
When someone decides to run for office under the banner of a political party, they should be a bona fide member (or at least) a supporter of that party.
Add to that a little over five thousand more for an engineering firm to evaluate the maintenance required on this facility that is designed to bring unending prosperity to the area and we are looking at a little over $20,000 of what some folks would call "wasted money".
Here we go again. The Prez is proposing to bail out people who are still managing to keep up with their house payments. And who picks up the tab for this??
We hear that figures don't lie - but liars figure. So be careful.
A lot of folks were really glad when we finally got the Iowa caucus behind us. How much more of the "If you don't come and shake my hand personally, I won't vote for you" can we stand.
In Pitt County (according to an article in the 1/16 edition of the Greenville newspaper) your photo needs to be on file at the library in order to check out a book or to take advantage of other library services.
I am certainly glad that the Prez was able to escape from D.C. and spend Christmas with his family.
Our Governess says she wants to streamline State government by merging 13 Agencies and Departments into 8 cabinet level offices according to press reports.
After seeing the way in which the Marc Rich pardon was handled when Eric Holder was Deputy Attorney General, more than a few people wondered if justice was for sale.
Beaufort County remains a Tier 1 County. That means we can get grant money more easily than if we weren't.
Does anyone know who is in charge of running our government?? It clearly doesn't seem to be the guy we hired (elected) to take care of that.
Why has no one asked what that grand give-away is doing to the Social Security Trust Fund - which reportedly is already running low??
The Turnage is about to close. Of course it is. Are there any among us who believe that the powers to be in and around Washington (is it Little Washington or Original Washington??) are going to let that happen??
We keep hearing from the anointed one and his surrogates that "the rich" need to pay their "fair share" of taxes. I suspect there are a lot of folks who believe that is something everyone should be doing.
We would seem to be faced with an administration that is determined to foment class warfare. I hope it remains figurative - but after seeing what went on in Oakland CA, I'm beginning to wonder if that's possible.
Have there been some "funny things" going on around the White House lately?? All of a sudden the Prez has been talking about the virtues of free trade.
The Environmental Opportunist group is composed of both faux environmentalists and faux venture capitalists.
Except for the few words which I have omitted, the following is quoted from a presidential news conference on 10/13/11.
When the government shutdown was averted with the agreement on the Continuing Resolution, we heard claims of another "first" for the current administration; a reduction in spending.
So what about the "Wall Street Protestors"?? Do they have a point?? Maybe. It looks a lot like Woodstock without the rain and mud; well, the mud anyway.
How do we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of so regularly?? The continuing - but so far seemingly unsuccessful - war on poverty is a good case in point.
When we look at what the anointed one and his henchmen are proposing to do ( spend) to alleviate the problem of high unemployment, it certainly looks like they are trying to do just that; find the end of a hoop. Do you suppose they will ever realize that a hoop has no beginning and no end??
After a lot of bickering we finally agreed on a bi-partisan approach to identify how we should go about getting our National finances back in order.
For years and years, seniors have been conditioned to reflexively resist any changes, no matter how minuscule, having to do with Social Security. Historical note to politicians: Fool with Social Security at your own risk. Those days may be gone.
From now until the end of the year (and probably longer than that) we are going to be hearing more than we ever wanted to about budgeting, continuing resolutions, appropriations, and most disconcerting of all, the political mathematics used in getting from one to the other.
It never fails to amaze me how good the Dems are at out foxing the long suffering taxpayers and how so many of us keep buying into their almost always misleading and frequently fallacious arguments.
In between his $35,000 a plate fund raisers, the prez says he is turning his attention to improving the employment situation - or more specifically, the unemployment situation.
Do you suppose anyone in the mainstream press really listens when people speak. Or does their listening tend to be somewhat "selective"??
Being a lawyer just doesn't seem to be quite as good a job as it used to be.
Here's some food for thought. The anointed one has proven without reservation that he is an outstanding fund raiser. (That makes two things that he is good at; the other is reading from Teleprompters.)
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