http://www.uncpolitics.com Red, White, and Carolina Blue Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:40:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For an Administration which says diversity is important in our country, there is an area where diversity is nowhere to be seen......diversity of viewpoint. The president is quick to reach out, but only to like-minded groups, not those in disagreement with his policies. President Obama did it with the UAW, he ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=119 Photo by jurvetson The subject title is from a song by Toby Keith, who sings about a long ago girl friend who had no interest in him while they were in high school but may think differently today as he achieved success. Well, the title was borrowed, but that is the extent of the ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=117 Photo by taberandrew For decades the American people have watched state authority and responsibility either willingly or willfully turned over to the Federal government creating a dysfunctional behemoth often slow to respond and usually weak in resolving matters best handled at the state level. For almost three weeks the country has watched as the ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=113 April 8, 2010 The upcoming mid-term election will be anything but the typical yawner most previous ones have been. This one, in all probability (and hopefully), will flip the majority in both the House and the Senate. Most of the media foresee what is about to transpire; a knock-down and drag out ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=103 First off, as others have noted, where have all the anti-war protestors gone? "When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?" My suspicions are many of them would have lauded the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a noble effort had Obama or Clinton been president, not all ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=97 As the controversial swirl over Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court hits full force this week with her Senate hearing, one simple fact has seemed questionably absent in the discussion.  In late August 2009, John McCain's campaign officially tapped Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate.  ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=88 While I will agree that the GOP used to be great, I would like to inform the Obama supporters on this website that the GOP train has indeed run off its tracks. I do not associate myself with the Republican party anymore, because the Republican party isn't like it once ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=75 INTRODUCTION “The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system.” Those are the words written at the top of the official website of the Federal Reserve . The funny thing is, on a Yahoo! search for “Federal ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=65 “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children…” Proverbs: 13:22 Besides leaving the inheritance of a mortgaged future to our grandchildren and their grandchildren ad infinitum, we are guaranteeing that future retirees will not receive the health care they have been promised under Medicare. The government’s current plan ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=56 As a die hard long time Conservative, I have no respect for what Obama stands for, his policies, his whatever. I do have to say he ran one heck of a camapign, he had a slogan, one that was easily sung, spoken and people who were sick of GWB wanted change, ... http://www.uncpolitics.com/?p=60