Monthly Archives: April 2010

Republicans vs. Democrats

Posted on April 6, 2010 | Leave a comment

Wanna know where your neighbor is?  Wanna see where America is moving?  Check this out.

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April 5th, 2010: Chance of Recession in the Next 12 Months — 00.055%

Posted on April 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

Very little has changed since March 1st.

In essence, the New York Fed says that there is a 00.055% chance that the country will enter or be in recession by April 2011.

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Arctic Sea Ice Extent: New High

Posted on April 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

Surprisingly this isn’t being reported by the media, but that doesn’t make it any less true.  After reaching a minimum in 2007, the Arctic has quietly been adding to its volume during all time frames.

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Tea Anyone?

Posted on April 5, 2010 | 2 comments

The test is coming.  The energy and excitement that is and has been caused by, the Tea Party movement is gonna be tested in the coming months.  It’s one thing for a group of folks to get mad and meet in the park.  It’s another thing entirely for that group of people identify a leader, for that leader to be qualified, and move the group from loosely connected to organized force.

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America: Center Right

Posted on April 3, 2010 | Leave a comment

Sad consolation I know, but I really think it’s true.  I think that most people would say that they want less government in their lives, not more.  They would like to have the ability to succeed, even if it means they could suffer failure.  I think that American’s feel hard work precedes success or comfort.  I really do.

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Ooohh, That Dog'on Religious Right!

Posted on April 1, 2010 | Leave a comment

I hate it when opportunities are lost.  And I hate it even more when people go out of their way to make things tougher.  But it would seem that the religious right continues to insist that the restriction of Liberty is no good; unless it’s them that’s doing the restriction.

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Green on Brown

Posted on April 1, 2010 | 6 comments

I have been busy this spring. I’m not sure if it’s because I am older or if it’s because my life has simply changed. But I like some pretty simple things:

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Best. Month. Ever.

Posted on April 1, 2010 | 1 comment

With March ending, I am happy to report that tarheelred had it’s best month ever; not even close.

We had 632 hits this month, the previous best was 406 in November 2009.

I wanna thank my mom and the other 2 people who stop by 😉

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Dubious Praise

Posted on April 1, 2010 | Leave a comment

This week the vaunted magazine, “The Economist” featured an article on the schools here in Wake County:

…In 2000 Wake County’s school board decided to integrate its schools by income level rather than race. No more than 40% of students at any one school should be receiving free or subsidised lunches (which are given to children from poor families). Evidence dating back more than 40 years shows that schools with too great a concentration of poor pupils are undesirable. Teachers do not stay, and poor pupils tend to perform worse when they are put with others who are poor.

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…on March 23rd the board voted 5-4 to abandon that policy.

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