Impeach NC Senators Brent Jackson (R), Andrew Brock (R) and Jim Davis (R)

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We reap what we sow, and now these three big-lobby colluders are proposing to dismantle all climate legislation (NC Senate Bill 171). Yes I said all. The fact that they could even sit down and come up with this bill is evidence that they are not interested in the good of the people, only the coffers of their sponsors.
These extremists are crafting our laws here in NC as we speak. Take a look at the bill proposals and voting records (Jackson, Davis, Brock) if you want more evidence. We have a lot of work to clean up NC politics, and it doesn’t end with just these three. Mike Hagar is sponsoring House Bill 298 (along with others), to eliminate requirements for utilities to provide even a small portion of power from renewables. Let’s pay careful attention here, this is not what we want for our children and our future. Please take enough of a role in politics to help keep this extremism at bay, and keep these extremists out of our government.

Christmas time at Kramden Institute

The girls and I recently went to Kramden Institute to volunteer. Old computers are donated, often en masse when corporations upgrade their PC fleet, and the volunteers then clean them up and refurbish them for redistribution to kids that can’t read real good – err, I mean kids that have shown aptitude but have no computer at their home residence. I get to build computers?!? That’s supposed to be work?!? Sweet! And the girls got to learn about the difference between DDR and DDR2 memory, how to replace a PC power supply, and lots of other fun. They were pretty happy to have a couple PCs built out of scraps by the time we were done. Winning!

The friendly staff at Kramden

Motley Fool economic data on Presidents of the United States

The Motley Fool is pretty good at being pragmatic, and continues that trend with this report on economic data under past POTUSes.  It’s very very simple, very concrete data in a few categories.  As with most real data, it’s not going to give you a single clean answer.  But if you compare Obama’s numbers to George Bush, it is fairly apparent that Obama has made the United States a better place for business.  Yes, the Democrat is better for business than the Republican, even though he also feels compelled to make simultaneous improvements in a whole array of services and regulations to better the lives of citizens.

If you are a “damn the facts” voter who votes with his or her heart, and the Romney camp has won you over, let me just point out that what you are being told and what will be done are likely far apart from each other.  As best as I can tell, the primary beneficiaries of a Romney presidency will be billionaires.  The rest of us will likely be collateral damage.

Peace out.