"One Man, One Vote" Obliterates Counties as a Political Unit

The more radical the Democratic party becomes, the more ways they look to fix elections. One only has to look to North Carolina to see the latest tactics employed by activists. This is a battleground state and all is fair game to these people, including the rule of law. Democrats went so far as to employ District Court judges to introduce a “special master” that redrew federal and state congressional districts, which is a completely lawless act. Since that didn’t work, they are now introducing bills to amend our constitution. Here is an excerpt from the Civitas Institute:

It seems that vain hope springs eternal, because just such a bill has been referred to the NC House Committee on Redistricting. Senate Bill 641 would enshrine a redistricting commission in the NC Constitution and change the constitution’s rules for redistricting. Its primary sponsors are Ashton Wheeler Clemmons (D – Guilford), John Autry (D – Mecklenburg), Allison A. Dahle (D – Wake), and Charles Graham (D – Robeson). The redistricting proposal is one part of a bigger wish list of liberal changes to North Carolina’s elections contained in the bill, which has also been presented in the House as H574.

There are no Republicans among the House bill’s 17 sponsors, a sign that it has no chance of becoming law this session. Still, it does offer insight into what may happen if Democrats are able to win majorities in the General Assembly in the 2020 elections.

When Democrats introduce a bill, we must pay close attention to its language. As of now, the law declares senate districts must be contiguous and that counties cannot be divided. The language in the Democrat’s bill simply states this is merely a goal. That should ring alarm bells.

Their stated goal is the anti-republican mantra of “One man, one vote.” In other words, urban domination of the state of North Carolina and the obliteration of counties as a political unit. Here is NCpedia’s definition of a county:

A county, as a defined geographic subdivision of the state, serves many purposes. Churches, civic clubs, and other societal institutions use counties as convenient subdivisions for their own purposes. The business world may assign sales territories and franchises to areas composed of one or more counties. The county may play a role in the psychology of people born and raised "in the country" - it serves to establish where they are from and who they are, thus becoming a part of their personal identity. But the county was created in the first instance by the state as a political unit, and this remains its primary purpose.

The Democratic party is using “One man, one vote” to run roughshod over age-old political boundaries such as counties. Their main constituents live in big cities whose values contradict, or are outright hostile to rural citizens. In order to dominate this state, they must obliterate conservative strongholds. They will do this by employing unelected and unaccountable “special masters” who’ll redraw congressional districts.

The end result: small towns will become subservient to large urban areas. They will lose their voice in the halls of Congress and our General Assembly. That is the goal of “One man, one vote.”

Source:

https://www.nccivitas.org/2019/bill-put-fix-democracy/

https://www.ncpedia.org/government/local/body-politic

North Carolina Puts Voter ID on the Ballot

Civitas supports legislation requiring all voters to present a voter photo ID when casting a ballot. Our most recent poll shows the majority of likely voters support it, too. #CivitasPoll #NCGA #NCPOL

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I remember watching poll results for Alabama’s special election for the U.S. Senate when something occurred to me: why are only 2% of Montgomery County precincts being reported? All other counties were finished or nearly finished tabulating their votes except for Montgomery. Then an avalanche of votes for Doug Jones came sliding in, ultimately handing this Democrat a victory.


What happened? Well, if we’re to believe the mainstream media, blacks turned out in record number for a special election. Their numbers even exceeded Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential election. Here is what NPR reported about this historic turnout:


Black voters made up 29 percent of the electorate in Alabama's special Senate election, according to exit polling. That percentage is slightly more than the percentage of Black voters in the state who turned out for Barack Obama in 2012. And a full 96 percent of Black voters in Alabama Tuesday supported Jones, including 98 percent of African-American women. "Black women led us to victory. Black women are the backbone of the Democratic party," Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez tweeted Wednesday morning, "and we can't take that for granted. Period."


And we’re expected to believe there were no shenanigans in this “special” election. Hogwash!


Citizens must have faith that their elections are valid and Democratic Party proof. What I mean by that is tamper proof and the best way to ensure the integrity of the ballot is to banish same-day registration and implement voter ID.


We can hear the howling now. North Carolina is putting Voter ID on the ballot as a constitutional amendment. Here is what the editorial board at the Charlotte Observer had to say:


Rep. John Sauls, a Lee County Republican who is a primary sponsor of the constitutional amendment, said, “Our state must not tolerate anyone’s vote being threatened because lawmakers failed to prevent fraud.”

What a sham. For years, Republicans in North Carolina alleged that in-person fraudulent voting is rampant. Then, in April 2017, the state Board of Elections released the results of an extensive, objective audit of the 2016 election. It found that out of almost 4.8 million votes cast, one fraudulent vote probably would have been avoided with a photo voter ID law. One!

If Sauls is worried about lawmakers failing to prevent fraud, he should pay more attention to Russian hacking or mail-in absentee-ballot fraud, both of which pose bigger threats than someone showing up at the polls illegitimately.

Another misguided justification? “Moore emphasized that North Carolinians show IDs for far more trivial matters than participating in elections,” his press release said.

Voting, unlike driving or buying strong narcotic cough medicine, is a constitutional right. The others are privileges. Americans should not have to jump through artificial – and for a small number of people, substantial – hoops to exercise their constitutional rights.


Russian hacking? Really? Oh yeah, I’m sure those pesky Russians are working night and day determining which party controls North Carolina's General Assembly. What a bunch of maroons.


Voting isn’t a constitutional right. People have to meet certain qualifications to vote. Voting privileges can be taken away from a citizen; a constitutional right cannot. This is the kind of stupidity we have to deal with in the mainstream media.


If North Carolinians pass a constitutional amendment for voter ID, you can damn well bet libtard organizations will find a judge to rule this measure unconstitutional. Liberals say they believe in democracy, but only the kind they approve.


Source:

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/570531505/black-votes-matter-african-americans-propel-jones-to-alabama-win

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article212762209.html

N.C. Governor Roy Cooper's Spendthrift Budget

Thank God, North Carolina has a veto proof General Assembly. Governor Roy Cooper is a typical spendthrift Democrat. The Civitas Institute detailed what his budget would’ve entailed had he a majority.


This afternoon, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget approved by the legislature. The move will likely prove only symbolic as Republicans have enough votes to override the veto.

Cooper’s veto prompts us to once again evaluate the type of budget he would have approved – namely his budget proposal. Some relevant comparisons between Cooper’s budget and the one he vetoed include:


Cooper’s budget would spend half a billion more taxpayer dollars


Cooper’s budget would mark a $1.5 billion increase in spending over the current year


Cooper’s year-over-year spending increase would have amounted to a 6.6% rise, the largest annual increase in ten years


Cooper’s budget would have raised taxes by $110 million in the first half of 2019 alone


Cooper’s budget would have expanded Medicaid, a massive expense that would blow a hole in the budget while doing little to actually improve access to care for enrollees

Additionally, Cooper’s irresponsible budget proposal has now been scored by the General Assembly’s non-partisan Fiscal Research Division. Their research shows that Cooper’s ratcheting up of recurring spending obligations would result in a structural budget deficit of nearly half a billion dollars by FY 2019-20 ($469 M – see bottom right of pg. 2).

This means that, if Cooper had his way, by this time next year budget writers would be faced with finding nearly a half billion in spending cuts or imposing a half billion dollar tax hike.

Oh yeah, let’s put Democrats back in office. Nothing says prosperity like a bloated state budget.

Source:

https://www.nccivitas.org/civitas-review/cooper-vetoes-budget-plan-led-disaster/?mc_cid=7077941b31&mc_eid=14e57077d5

North Carolina Teachers Paid Twice as Much as Their Fellow Citizens

It’s that time of year in North Carolina, when teachers take a paid day off; flood our state’s capital; shout down our elected representatives while their in session; all the while demanding more money and respect from besieged taxpayers.


I would love a day’s wage for protesting in front of my boss's house. Oh, and for good measure, bust inside one of his meetings and scream what an ungrateful bastard he is for not paying me the national average. How long do you think I would have a job after pulling a stunt like that?


North Carolina teachers demand respect without reciprocation.  I admit they work hard and have to put up with a lot of crap, but so do we. What I don’t appreciate is the obfuscations and outright lies that fills their rhetoric. This is what a teacher makes according to the News and Observer:

The average salary for a North Carolina teacher has increased to more than $50,000 a year for the first time.


Recently released figures from the state Department of Public Instruction put the average salary for a North Carolina public school teacher at $51,214 this school year. That’s $1,245 more than the previous school year.


The $50,000 benchmark has been a major symbolic milestone, with Republican candidates having campaigned in 2016 about how that figure had already been reached. Democrats argued that the $50,000 mark hadn’t been reached yet and that Republicans hadn’t done enough, especially for highly experienced teachers.


The average teacher salary has risen 12 percent over the past five years, from $45,737 a year. Since taking control of the state legislature in 2011, Republicans raised the starting base salary for new teachers to $35,000 and gave raises to other teachers.


I have written numerous blog post about this national average nonsense. If we are to get a true measure of what teachers make in the state of North Carolina then let’s compare median household income, median family income and per capita income. We’ve already established North Carolina teachers are paid $50,000 a year not including pensions or healthcare. Now let’s take a look at what the rest of us make compared to the national average:


Household income is an aggregate of all incomes combined in one residence whether it’s one person, or twenty illegal aliens in a one bedroom, one bath house.

Show dollars as: Nominal Real

Real Median Household Income in North Carolina

	2016	1 Year Change	3 Year Change
US	$57,617	+2.01%	+7.02%
North Carolina	$50,584	+4.44%	+6.94%

Wow, it looks like North Carolina teachers are doing rather well. Now let’s take a look at median family income which primarily consist of a married couples.

Show dollars as: Nominal Real

Real Median Family Income in North Carolina

	2016	1 Year Change	3 Year Change
US	$71,062	+2.81%	+7.71%
North Carolina	$62,289	+2.39%	+7.73%

Now for the truth teller: median per capita income:

Show dollars as: Nominal Real

Real Per Capita Income in North Carolina

	2016	1 Year Change	3 Year Change
US	$31,128	+2.54%	+7.19%
North Carolina	$28,156	+3.74%	+7.68%

WOW! North Carolina teachers make almost twice as much as their fellow Tar Heels and almost $20,000 more than the average American. Unbelievable. Yet, were supposed to shed tears for people who have better healthcare and retirement plans than we.


I can say without hesitation we just busted another liberal myth. But you can bet your ass, they’ll be back for as long as Republicans control the General Assembly.


Source:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article211172024.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article203186954.html

https://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/north-carolina/


https://bizfluent.com/info-8301472-difference-median-income-per-capita.html

http://economistsoutlook.blogs.realtor.org/2014/04/08/median-income-family-vs-household/


https://costonscomplaint.blogspot.com/2014/08/north-carolina-teachers-have-it-better.html

A Disenfranchised Conservative in the State of North Carolina

Libtards and common sense mix as well as oil and water and that also sums up my emotions when I read their editorials; you can’t help but laugh and be angry at their nonsensical platitudes and conclusions. The liberal brain is without a doubt a dangerous and defective specimen.


A recent editorial published by the News and Observer is a case in point. Here we have a liberal editor spewing the usual talking points about voter suppression and disenfranchisement of blacks through redistricting. Only in the libtard world can redistricting be considered disenfranchisement.


The mental defective in this case, Gene Nichol, can’t understand why our General Assembly spent $7 million trying to protect their constitutionally mandated rights from a panel of politically motivated judges who are trying to force their master plan upon the citizens of North Carolina. Here is an excerpt:


I had thought maybe Lewis would begin by apologizing for costing the state what the Winston-Salem Journal reported last month to be north of $7 million in legal fees to defend his path-breaking experiments in electoral suppression. Alas, it was not to be.


Instead, he opened by blaming Obama. Really. For me, I missed the connection. Then I thought, maybe he meant he was so livid at having to countenance the likes of Holder and Obama for eight years, he simply had to do something. Denying North Carolina black folks their constitutional rights was the only thing close at hand.


Then Lewis turned to the “all they care about is electing Democrats” shtick. To be honest, at that point I momentarily lost consciousness.


Mr. Nichol, having read your editorial, it’s quite obvious you’ve never obtained consciousness. I have a question, how is mandating voter registration in a timely basis and showing voter ID considered suppression? As far as I’m concerned, if you’re that incompetent that you can’t follow these simple guidelines then you shouldn’t be voting. And since when has redistricting become a violation of constitutional rights?


If I were to follow the logic of this libtard, I too should be considered disenfranchised. I once resided in a conservative district until the General Assembly pushed my neighborhood out of the republican 9th and into the Marxist 12th.


Hey! I’ve been disenfranchised! My vote is being suppressed by a bunch of Marxist scumbags hellbent on deluding my vote! What about my rights? Where is my representation? Why is my voice not being heard?


Will conservatives get a sympathetic voice from the likes of a Gene Nichol? Will conservatives get the same amount of ink when their voices are suppressed by an army of lip-smacking teat squawkers? We all know the answer to that question.


Source:

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article200405299.html

North Carolina Democrats Still Whining About "Gerrymandered" Districts

Elections have consequences and one of those consequences is the configuration of electoral maps.  This is a political process which the courts have no business interfering with.  If Democrats want more of a say into drawing districts maybe they should have a platform that is more palatable for their constituents.

North Carolina Democrats should be more concerned as to why they are losing elections instead of worrying about “gerrymandered” districts.  They lost back in 2010 because of corrupt politicians and woeful mismanagement of this great state.  We were a financial basket case and needed a change.  That’s why they lost.

But Democrats are incapable of introspection; instead, they plot and deceive and use the courts to gain political power.  They can’t win at the ballot box so let’s use unaccountable liberal judges to force their agenda down North Carolinians throats.  If they think that is an endearing quality, well it’s not.  That kind of action reminds me of the neighborhood kid who runs  home to mommy if he didn’t get his way.  Nobody liked that kid.

When it is all said and done there isn’t much Republicans can do.  Here is an excerpt from the News and Observer:

Reps. Carl Ford and Larry Pittman, Republicans who represent Cabarrus County, are also in a district together. Ford, reached by phone Saturday, said he was aware of the situation and said he looks forward to more redistricting discussions this week.

Given that districts must be roughly equal in size and must respect county boundaries as much as possible, “there’s only so many things they could do,” Ford said.

But that won’t stop Democrats from bitching and moaning.  They would rather have the issue of “unfairness.”  These people are so morally and financially bankrupt, they dare not present their true agenda.

Source:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article168174372.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-08-17/how-north-carolinas-democrats-aim-to-compete-again?src=usn_tw

N.C. Republicans Twerk Libtard Media

I love North Carolina’s General Assembly.  This Republican dominated body know how to get the libtards in a frenzy.  Since the 2010 elections, our legislature has stood before the national and local media and twerked their conservative agenda right in their faces.  And I love every minute of it.

The latest fan dance is called the paperboy bill.  This piece of legislation is in response to an article published by McClatchy owned papers back in September 2014.  I actually blogged about it.    Here is an excerpt from Heat Street:

“We appreciate our state’s news media for shedding light on the far-too-common practice of employee misclassification in North Carolina,” said Trudy Wade, a NC Republican, in a statement. “Surely the same industry that brought the problem to our attention will recognize this inconsistency between what they report and editorialize on and what they practice, and support this important reform to protect their own hard workers.”

  

And what does the paperboy bill do?

According to the News & Observer, state senators say the paperboy bill will close a loophole used by newspapers. The bill only applies to “carriers,” the people that deliver print newspapers.

The bill, if it becomes law, would be costly to the state’s struggling newspapers who, like most employers, are loath to add to their staff rolls.

Most liberals loath living under the standards they force upon others.

 Source:

https://heatst.com/politics/nc-senate-taunts-the-hypocritical-media-by-making-paperboys-company-employees/

North Carolina Prospers in Spite of Liberal Hysteria

Libtards in the state of North Carolina must have lockjaw from eating all that crow.  How many times were we told HB2 would be our death knell?  How many apocalyptic editorials, cartoons and fake news articles were published in local papers condemning republicans in our General Assembly for daring to be fiscally responsible?  Too damn many!

So as you can imagine, I was completely surprised to read two articles in the Charlotte Observer about our amazing economic prosperity.  Both were buried, however, we must give credit when it is due.  Here is an excerpt from one:

Legislative budget writers will have more funding to work with after North Carolina’s projected revenue surplus grew slightly to $580.5 million, according to projections released Friday.

The numbers show that tax collections and other revenues are about 2.5 percent higher than what state leaders budgeted last summer. The latest surplus estimate is an increase from a $552.5 million surplus projected in February.

Senate Republican leaders say they plan to unveil their budget proposal on Monday or Tuesday and vote on it by the end of the week. The House will then develop and pass its own separate spending plan, and then leaders from the two chambers will work out a compromise budget and send it to Gov. Roy Cooper.

Blue states can only dream of a surplus.  Senator Phil Berger attributed this good news to tax cuts and sound economic reforms.  The accolades don’t stop there, North Carolina has a No. 1 Prosperity Cup Ranking.

Acknowledging that it will “come as a shock to some” given the furor that enveloped the state after the controversial House Bill 2 became law last year, Site Selection magazine has ranked North Carolina tops in economic development.

North Carolina’s No. 1 rating for 2017 – a ranking that is based on 2016 data – didn’t come out of the blue. Last year the state tied with Texas for the No. 1 spot in the magazine’s Prosperity Cup ranking, which it previously called Top Competitive States.

But in the latest rankings North Carolina has no peer. Texas fell to No. 4, behind Tennessee and Georgia.

Will we see editorials praising republicans for sound economic policies that has made our state the envy of the country?  I doubt it.

Source:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article148944879.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article148907494.html

Gov. "Snowflake" Roy Cooper Defies Confirmation Hearings

Democrats just love thumbing their noses at our laws.  They spit on them and then dare us to do something about it.  Barack Obama’s presidency was a parade of lawlessness.  North Carolina is enduring the same kind of attitude from Governor “Snowflake” Roy Cooper.

North Carolina passed a law that requires confirmation hearings on all cabinet nominees.  But our little snowflake governor believes his administration is special and refuses to participate in these plebeian proceedings.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Wesley Meredith threatened "consequences" after Military and Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry Hall's chair sat empty for a second cabinet confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

"By disrespecting this process, Secretary Hall is defying the law," Meredith, R-Cumberland, said in the latest public tableau to play out in the months-long power struggle between Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Meredith said that Hall, and by extension Cooper, would have one more chance Thursday to comply with a newly implemented confirmation process.

"There are consequences when state officials refuse to follow the law," he said before quickly gaveling the committee meeting to a close

So far, eight appointees have taken their post without hearings and are receiving salaries from the public treasury.  Republicans dominate the General Assembly, it’s about time they exercised their power by denying these rogue administrators a paycheck and if Cooper continues to thumb his nose at our laws, he must face the prospect of being impeached.

Source:

http://www.wral.com/senators-threaten-consequences-if-nc-cabinet-nominees-continue-to-abjure-confirmation-process/16544701/