AS NORTH CAROLINA GOES, SO GOES THE NATION 2013

by **Admin** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:26 am

2013 2013 2013 <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Raleigh scene since the gubernatorial election could be slated as “GOP Gone Wild.” With a Republican governor and a Republican dominated state legislature, they have wasted no time tearing apart the fabric of our society from Women’s health to education, all are on the chopping block – unless you are one of the knuckle dragging, flag waving illiterates who have no clue what is going on here. Or one of the lucky associates who share the stratified air with their fellow Repungentans.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The governor has spouted off about bringing our state prosperity and improving our lives. To date this is what he and his minions have accomplished:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Governor signed into a law an anti-abortion bill limiting abortion access to most women and allowing health care providers to opt out of performing abortions if they object (what’s next, opting out of caring for persons they object to because of color, ethnicity or sexual orientation? Forget the pesky Bill of Rights) It also eliminates abortion coverage for city and county employees and bars state residents from paying for the coverage through state health exchange plans.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s a great time to be a woman in North Carolina I tell ya!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/29/nc-gov-mccrory-signs-anti-abortion-bill-into-law-monday-night/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/29/nc-gov-mccrory-signs-anti-abortion-bill-into-law-monday-night/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Next up, unemployment benefits – remember all those lazy suckers that don’t have a job? Let’s make sure they all end up starving on the streets. North Carolina has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation so the state legislature’s current claim to fame is to make North Carolina the ONLY state to reject federal funds meant to help states fund unemployment benefits for those who have been out of work long enough to have their current benefits expire. And for those that are still eligible? Why the good Governor and his toadies slashed benefits from a maximum of $535 a week to just $350 a week. Anyone want to try to feed, clothe and house a family of four on that?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/pat-mccrory-unemployment_n_2719342.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/pat-mccrory-unemployment_n_2719342.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Governor also signed a voter suppression law that he admits HE HAS NOT READ! Thank you SCOTUS for paving the way for this bit of tragic tomfoolery.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227401/-Clueless-N-C-Gov-McCrory-will-sign-voter-suppression-bill-he-hasn-t-read">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227401/-Clueless-N-C-Gov-McCrory-will-sign-voter-suppression-bill-he-hasn-t-read </a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Next up education – we are now in the bottom three states in education spending. The state budget slashes education funds to public schools while the Governor continues to push for private school vouchers. He will tell you he plans on adding 1800 new teacher positions but the way education budgeting is structured it will not happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/25/1265479">http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/25/1265479</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And finally the Governor and his minions also pushed through legislation to lift the state fracking moratorium in a crazy late night session that saw dirty deals and mistaken votes to make fracking a reality in our state. Yay…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/07/the-crazy-late-night-vote-that-legalized-fracking-in-north-carolina.html">http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/07/the-crazy-late-night-vote-that-legalized-fracking-in-north-carolina.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the Grand Governer is optimistic that he can create jobs and bring in companies to do business in North Carolina. If you owned a business, would YOU come here?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Raleigh scene since the gubernatorial election could be slated as “GOP Gone Wild.” With a Republican governor and a Republican dominated state legislature, they have wasted no time tearing apart the fabric of our society from Women’s health to education, all are on the chopping block – unless you are one of the knuckle dragging, flag waving illiterates who have no clue what is going on here. Or one of the lucky associates who share the stratified air with their fellow Repungentans.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The governor has spouted off about bringing our state prosperity and improving our lives. To date this is what he and his minions have accomplished:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Governor signed into a law an anti-abortion bill limiting abortion access to most women and allowing health care providers to opt out of performing abortions if they object (what’s next, opting out of caring for persons they object to because of color, ethnicity or sexual orientation? Forget the pesky Bill of Rights) It also eliminates abortion coverage for city and county employees and bars state residents from paying for the coverage through state health exchange plans.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s a great time to be a woman in North Carolina I tell ya!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/29/nc-gov-mccrory-signs-anti-abortion-bill-into-law-monday-night/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/29/nc-gov-mccrory-signs-anti-abortion-bill-into-law-monday-night/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Next up, unemployment benefits – remember all those lazy suckers that don’t have a job? Let’s make sure they all end up starving on the streets. North Carolina has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation so the state legislature’s current claim to fame is to make North Carolina the ONLY state to reject federal funds meant to help states fund unemployment benefits for those who have been out of work long enough to have their current benefits expire. And for those that are still eligible? Why the good Governor and his toadies slashed benefits from a maximum of $535 a week to just $350 a week. Anyone want to try to feed, clothe and house a family of four on that?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/pat-mccrory-unemployment_n_2719342.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/pat-mccrory-unemployment_n_2719342.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Governor also signed a voter suppression law that he admits HE HAS NOT READ! Thank you SCOTUS for paving the way for this bit of tragic tomfoolery.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227401/-Clueless-N-C-Gov-McCrory-will-sign-voter-suppression-bill-he-hasn-t-read">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227401/-Clueless-N-C-Gov-McCrory-will-sign-voter-suppression-bill-he-hasn-t-read </a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Next up education – we are now in the bottom three states in education spending. The state budget slashes education funds to public schools while the Governor continues to push for private school vouchers. He will tell you he plans on adding 1800 new teacher positions but the way education budgeting is structured it will not happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/25/1265479">http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/25/1265479</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And finally the Governor and his minions also pushed through legislation to lift the state fracking moratorium in a crazy late night session that saw dirty deals and mistaken votes to make fracking a reality in our state. Yay…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/07/the-crazy-late-night-vote-that-legalized-fracking-in-north-carolina.html">http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/07/the-crazy-late-night-vote-that-legalized-fracking-in-north-carolina.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the Grand Governer is optimistic that he can create jobs and bring in companies to do business in North Carolina. If you owned a business, would YOU come here?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>