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As you may know Paul Terrell is one of our occasional writers and contributors here at CPO and he is making a run for the North Carolina State House in District 33 which covers a portion of central Wake County.  The district has been held by a Republican in the past, but was redistricted to become more Democratic and since then the GOP has been unable to reclaim it.  Everything changes, however.  Paul has been active in the community and has been working hard to meet the folks of the 33rd so he shouldn’t be underestimated, particularly in an election year that is shaping up to be quite favorable to the Republicans nation wide.

Paul is a conservative Republican and you can read about the many issues he supports at his candidate Web site here.  You can also make a contribution to his campaign at the following link.

Fox News

Health Care for America Now, a coalition group organizing support for Obama’s proposal, e-mailed a four-page memo to activists across the country on how to provide “cover” to lawmakers at the town halls. The group, whose members include ACORN, the Service Employees International Union and the National Council of La Raza, urged activists to contact lawmakers before the town halls to plan ways to preempt opposition.

My apologies to Dallas Woodhouse but his brother Brad is a left wing hack that not only cannot, but would not tell the truth. The Democrats have the Purple Shirts beating up the opposition. They have ACORN and it’s 350 shadow organizations committing fraud and influencing corruption in Democratic officials. The White House spokesman Gibbs is unwilling or lacks the knowledge to say who is on the enemies list and how are people getting blast emails from Axelrod. And the willingness of people like Pelosi, Clyburn, and Reid to smear average hard working citizens is despicable. This is why the left wing Democrats are losing the argument with the American people.

The Republican Party is not perfect and we understand that. We are all imperfect unique individuals in this country and world. Conservatives, Moderates, and your independent middle of the road Americans do have great ideas on many subjects, including health care. We all can contribute to the effort to make our country better in areas like health care, national defense, and on many subjects at the local, state, and federal levels.  We just need to stay away from more government control and higher taxes. The more the government does the less freedom we have. The more the government takes from you the less freedom you have.

All I can say here is I do not like what I am seeing and I cannot stand by when government tries to cram something down my throat. And unlike the hypocrites on the left I will criticize someone in my own party if I know they are wrong. Obama needs to clean up his own house and get our budget in order before trying to take over 16% to 20% of our American economy.

HANDS OFF MY HEALTH CARE!

I make a criticism of the Democratic Party and I get attacked personally. Hmm sounds like Liberalism 101.

Limbaugh is right, liberals do not want to bring up the poor classes up to middle class or higher. They only want to tear down the successful people who actually provide jobs. Liberals are indeed cruel and can only succeed through control. The liberals have had well over 50 years to improve the lot of the poor and minorities. They have FAILED. The same groups are complaining today as they were 30, 40, and 50 years ago.

The liberals are seriously going to raise taxes on people AND small businesses grossing over $250,000 a year. That is the group that is creating 90% of all new jobs. Not after this tax cut.

And while I am at it, you guys wanted us to fail in IRAQ yet scream bloody murder when someone wants Obama’s socialist policies to fail. HYPOCRITES.

I want ALL Americans to succeed. Yes I said all Americans. I do not want to control other people’s lives yet you liberals and secular-progressives want to control mine. And that includes the unborn who I see as a human being but you see as a THING.

I am a conservative who will not go away and will always be in your face. As you guys like to say “NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE”!

I want to let everyone who reads this one thing. I believe the tactic of name calling is childish and at best a Liberal tactic. Everyone who is a registered Republican is a Republican by fact and law, PERIOD. This is one of the reasons why we are a minority party in North Carolina.

A few have recently called Burr a RINO and apparently are convinced they are better Republicans than a elected United States Senator. All of you name callers need to get a set and run for office yourself if you are so damn sure what this country needs. I ran and sure I got beat, but I tried.

It is time we do the right things to grow this party in NC and elsewhere. The Unaffiliates are growing faster than Republicans. After talking with many voters I can say it is because of the far right of the party not the far left.  I can help this party grow, but if you do not want me I can sure make it grow smaller. I am trying and would hope many of you do something besides opening your mouths.

I attended today’s Wake County Commissioner’s meeting dressed in my red shirt to protest government waste. I also spoke as a taxpayer advocate to express my disappointment in past and current policy. Every department including the schools need to share the burden in reducing County spending. They are NOT going to cut our taxes for next year. Cutting spending is the only way.

The 4-3 Democrat majority showed me one thing today. They will not let bipartisanship get in their way of raising your taxes. They also threw bipartisanship out the window by voting Democrats to both Chair (Webb) and Vice-Chair (Brown). I also believe that Commissioner Norwalk will make himself a liar by giving the Wake County School Board a blank check. That is if we can keep himself awake at the Commission meetings. He nodded off a few times displaying the ultimate disrespect to the speakers.

I personally would love to run for a local office next year. this will only happen if i can receive major upfront support and advice. I thoroughly enjoyed my run for state house this year and learned a lot. Walking neighborhoods helps, but the sad truth is that it takes money to win.

Paul Terrell, one of our writers, is a candidate for North Carolina’s 33rd State House District.  CPO wishes Paul good luck tonight!

 

Rally Pat McCrory to Victory!!!

Pat McCrory Election Eve Rally – Raleigh

Historic State Capitol (Morgan Street Side)

we know the rally is early in the morning but Pat needs us now more than ever! Please come to show your enthusiasm for Pat’s message of change and ending corruption in the State Capitol…which is exactly why the campaign has selected the Historic State Capitol as the backdrop for his Raleigh Rally…please forward this announcement to as many as your friends, family, neighbors, etc so Pat can look out on a grand crowd of supporters that are as eager as you to see him become the next governor!

I want to thank everyone I met at the Knightdale Pool early voting site for doing just that, voting early. I will also be there tomorrow to visit with the voters.

While most people are focused on the national elections, I want to emphasize the importance of the Governor, State House, and State Senate races. The people elected to these offices will set state spending, taxing, and many other policies in this state. As I have said before, our state has been badly mismanaged by Tony Rand, Marc Basnight, Joe Hackney, and Dan Blue. And I cannot forget to mention the absentee Governor Mike Easley.

I stand here asking that everyone set party aside when deciding if I am acceptable to you and the agent of change that we so badly need in the North Carolina Legislature. I will bring my blue collar work ethic to the General Assembly and will not accept the political nonsense I WILL run into. I am willing to make the hard decisions to get our state back on track fiscally while protecting our special needs children and adults.

While my opponent is too busy campaigning for one of the Presidential candidates to ask for your vote, I am out there wanting to represent ALL of district 33 and North Carolina voters.

I gave what I consider my “Dose of Reality” speech to the Professional Engineers and other candidates present last night at their meet the candidates forum. And you can correspond this with the October 2008 Decision Maker poll that you can link to. A vast majority of North Carolinian voters polled believe we are headed in the wrong direction and blame the state legislature.

The last 8 years have brought us to where we are. The criminal mismanagement of our state budget will leave us with a $2 BILLION shortfall next year by CONSERVATIVE estimates. The idea is not to raise taxes in good economic times but to accumulate rainy day funds for times like these. And this is one of those rainy day periods that proves that uncontrolled spending by the legislature is as I have said above, CRIMINAL.

As we creep towards “Socialism” nationally, we must resist the urge to do so locally. Electing “Economically Conservative” candidates is a necessity if we are to balance the State Budget and ensure fairness to all of us. Electing the same tax and spend politicians will only continue our slide into indebtedness and ultimately a socialist state that benefits no one.

Tell all of your friends and colleagues that they can make a HUGE difference in this year’s election and send a message that CHANGE is desperately needed in our North Carolina General Assembly.

INDY Week.com

District 33
Former House Speaker Dan Blue is one of the state’s most distinguished African-American leaders whose efforts lately have been concentrated on leading the Barack Obama campaign in North Carolina. Six years ago, Blue made his own bid for a Washington address when he ran unsuccessfully, but with our endorsement, in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. A high post in the new Obama administration can certainly be his if he wants it, but we selfishly hope he’ll remain in Raleigh, where he practices law and serves as a role model for up-and-coming politicians.

Regardless of all that, Blue richly merits re-election in his race with Republican challenger Paul F. Terrell III, an Army vet who touts his National Rifle Association and Right to Life memberships as credentials for office along with a stream of conservative talking points straight from the John Locke Foundation. Terrell’s employed at CREE as a maintenance technician. In this heavily African-American district in East Raleigh, against the highly respected Blue, Terrell has no chance.

I want to know why they point out that Blue is African-American and that the 33rd is a heavily African-American district. I resent the fact that they chose to point out my opponents race but not mine. I am running to represent ALL of district 33 and not one specific Presidential candidate. Their writer needs to know that it is Terrell is employed at.. not Terrell’s employed at…. You would think that a extreme left wing rag like the INDY would have better writers and editors.

          At the AKA Sorority function last night Kay Hagan attacked Dole with the same talking points from her commercial. She talked about Dole’s effectiveness rating and voting with Bush 90% of the time. Hagan forgot to mention that she voted with Marc Basnight and Tony Rand 100% of the time and also voted for that $9 million jet Easley had to cancel. Hagan was very negative and condescending towards Dole while talking to a small probably receptive audience.

          My opponent Dan Blue was too busy talking about Voting for Obama to be worried about his own race. And I got Vernon Malone angry at me because I said that the leadership in Raleigh was responsible for our failures on Mental healthcare, Roads, Schools, and many other failures. I did mention to a voter that it took a Democratic consultant to start the downfall of Jim Black, not the General Assembly leadership. Also Malone did not ask for the expulsion of Representative Wright when overwhelming evidence caused the full House to eject him. Malone only wanted a slap on the wrist of Wright. Maybe corrupt is a label that DOES fit the leadership of the Democratic Party in Raleigh.

Under the Dome

Local and state candidates will gather next Tuesday.

The Triangle Community Coalition, a pro-development business group, will holds its seventh annual pig picking at the always incongruous Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh.

It is time to meet all of our candidates that are wiling to get out and meet the citizens. Will you be there?

 Please join Pat for the Victory 2008 Bus Tour Stop
&
The Grand Opening of the Pat McCrory Headquarters!!

 

Tuesday, September 16th in Raleigh at 8:15 AM!!!

 

Tuesday, September 16

 

8:15 AM
Victory Rally & McCrory Campaign HQ Opening
Velvet Cloak Inn
1505 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27605 

featuring

Mayor Pat McCrory
Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer
Former US Congressman & DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson
NC GOP Chairman Linda Daves
Col. Quincy Collins, USAF (Ret.), Former POW

 

***Free and open to the public***
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Blue supports Barack the “Silencer”

Here is a letter written to the editor of the Wilson Times. The continuing culture of corruption and graft. Just remember that Representative Blue-D and Senator Nesbitt-D are Electricities water carriers. If those two politicians wanted to they could clean up Electricities and many other issues in Raleigh.

The recent City Council meetings should signal to all that something is very wrong in Wilson when it comes to our electric rates. It is time for City Council to hold ElectriCities accountable for spending and decisions. It is time for all 32 cities to hold them accountable. I hope Wilson will be the leader. ElectriCities needs to make cuts now.

In October 2003, Mr. Tilton, the CEO, made $328,328 and now he makes $458,000 and the board says he is underpaid. What did he do over five years to yield a $130,000 increase? Clay Norris makes $244,000 now and in 2003 he made $165,000, what did he do to earn an $80,000 increase? Estherine Davis earned $75,000 in 2003 and now makes $135,000, what did she do to earn a $60,000 increase? Is it just me or are these salaries and salary increases excessive?

I officially hang this albatross around the neck of Dan Blue. He is a Democrat with more than two decades in the General Assembly of North Carolina. He is also a former ElectriCities lobbyist and current recipient of a $1,000 PAC donation.

DAILYADVANCE.COM

No doubt it was not ElectriCities’ intention to show how ridiculously insensitive, self-serving and out of touch elected officials can be. But by staging its annual meeting at the Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, S.C., last weekend, just weeks after raising its members’ electricity rates by 14 percent, the group managed to do just that.

ElectriCities is a government agency per the legislation of NC Representative Blue and NC Senator Nesbitt. Apparently getting power directly from Progress Energy or Duke Energy is not good enough. These governments and lobbyists have decided this is the best way for them to make huge profits and outlandish salaries. They raise rates way above the rate of inflation and the actual costs of the energy to pay for parties like this one and advertising. Why does ElectriCities need to advertise?

ElectriCities has also pointed out that half the cost of the three-day conference — $175,000 — was paid for by corporate sponsors. Critics allege, however, that many of these sponsors may also be the same businesses that perform paid services for ElectriCities, so it’s in their interest to foot half the cost of what amounts to an expensive weekend getaway for public officials.

Taxpayers of the cities sending officials fund the other half of ElectriCities’ annual junket, paying approximately $500 per official in room costs and other expenses. Unlike the corporate sponsors, we’re not sure how taxpayers’ backs are being scratched by last weekend’s ElectriCities beach bash. Of course, “clawed” actually may be a more apt description, since most will be paying higher electricity costs thanks to the rate hike ElectriCities approved in June.

It is time to end the culture of corruption in North Carolina and ElectriCities is a big part of it.

politifact.com

In the debate over how much new oil drilling to allow, Sen. Barack Obama has made a simple but potent-sounding argument against moving too fast. Before opening up new areas to drilling, Obama says, the oil companies should be required to drill the acreage they already have.

But Obama’s statement, coming from House Democrats, suggests that ‘non-producing’ acreage where drilling is permitted is land that oil companies are ignoring. That is simply not true. Years of exploration and federal permitting must be completed before leased land yields oil or gas. As a result, we find Obama’s claim to be False.

Let the lies from the Democratic Party and Barack Obama begin. And of course the mainstream media will not report it. Spread the word about what an empty suit Obama is and anyone who supports and endorses him. I do believe that Dan Blue has publically endorsed Obama.

Watch the NC Gubernatorial debate on Tuesday, August 19 at 101 Lounge + Cafe.  Everyone is invited to 101’s  2nd floor lounge as the center TV will be tuned to debate coverage.  Olympics will be on the others.

Come out and see how North Carolina’s gubernatorial candidates fair in the first debate.

Also enjoy ½ Price Bottles of wine at 101 on Tuesdays. 

101 Lounge + Cafe
444 S. Blount Street – 101 Palladium Plaza
Raleigh, NC
919-833-8008

Come one, come all. All are invited to come see what is going on.