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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Boomer with Attitude Talk with two leading N.C. progressives
Posted By John Grooms on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:19 PM
If you enjoy this blog, you’ll probably like an upcoming “Crucial Conversation” luncheon with NC Policy Watch at the Levine Museum of the New South on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
NC Policy Watch is the leading progressive public policy think tank in the state. Its website, The Progressive Pulse, is a consistently reliable, knowledgeable source of information, analysis and commentary on the political goings-on in Raleigh. The group is set up as an independent project of the private, nonprofit anti-poverty organization NC Justice Center. The two organizations share the same guiding objective — to bring about social, political and economic justice in North Carolina.
Next week’s luncheon is called ”Divide and conquer? What a year of conservative control has meant for the North Carolina General Assembly.” A subtitle for the luncheon could be “Why do GOP legislative leaders want to repeal most of the good things accomplished in N.C. during the 20th Century?"
NC Policy Watch Director Chris Fitzsimon and Director of Research Rob Schofield will lead a discussion of the recent General Assembly session in order to, frankly, assess the damage and figure out what’s next. The talking begins at 12 Noon in Harris Hall at the Levine Museum of the New South uptown. Lunches will be available at 11:45 a.m., and it all costs $10. You can register here. Any questions can be directed to rob@ncpolicywatch.com.
By the way, if you hate this blog, you can come to the event and cuss me out personally, as I will be in the audience.
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I think recommending we show up to cuss you out in person just reinforces how classless you really are. "A subtitle for the luncheon could be “Why do GOP legislative leaders want to repeal most of the good things accomplished in N.C. during the 20th Century?" If I thought that showing up to educate you would help you evolve out of the lemming you seem to enjoy being, I would.
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I agree with the above statement and can only add that The GOP as gotten rid of a bunch of crap in this state and right now we are working on all the crap that Oboma has put on this nation. Lets hope it dosen"t take as long to cut this stuff down and flush it. Good luck with your stupid meeting, maybe it will fall apart.
The above statements show just how stupid conservatives are. They love cutting off their nose to spite their face. They would rather die than to see progress. What can be done to help them? The only thing that is important to them is 'the way things were'. It's sad when one is dumb and doesn't know it.
What are conservatives fighting so hard against obama and progressives to conserve? How does banning gay marriage or giving tax breaks to anyone get this country moving? Please tell Lynn that Obama has not put a bunch of crap on this nation. I can tell u what he has done: Increase fuel economy standards, signed Lilly Ledbetter, provided travel expenses to loved ones of fallen soldiers to be on hand when their loved ones arrive at Dover AFB, launched recovery.gov to track recovery spending, credit card bill of rights and cut prescription drug costs for medicare recipients by 50%. Just to name a few, so tell me how these things hurt this nation.
Hmm, typical democratic playbook. "Divide and Conquer".
Let’s see - class warfare, nanny state politics, take away individual freedoms in the name of the common good, redistribution of wealth (take from those who work and earn to give to those who don't).
I guess to some that is Utopia. To me it sounds like oppression. I favor empowering people to achieve greatness instead of smothering them in favor of having the government make decisions for them and provide for them.
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