Archives for April 2012

GASTONIA, N.C. — A candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives says he is working to resolve an $80,000 tax issue involving his business.

The Gaston Gazette reported ( http://bit.ly/IqbHKh) that Gastonia Republican Dana Bumgardner said he doesn’t think the tax problems for his company should affect voters in next month’s primary.

Bumgardner says the six-year-old claim involves his business and he does not personally owe the IRS anything. He says his attorney is working to resolve the dispute.
Bumgardner is one of several candidates for the seat now held by Rep. Bill Current.

Bumgardner is one of the owners of LPM Inc., a label manufacturing company in the Gaston County town of Dallas.

The IRS filed a lien against the company in 2006.
Information from: The Gaston Gazette, http://www.gastongazette.com

So being the Kindle delinquent person I am, I juuussstt discovered that you can download a Kindle for PC (or Mac) application that affords you the ability to download Kindle books through Amazon without purchasing the device. Wait it gets better- Amazon offers FREE classics. Here are a few titles that caught my eye last night as I was browsing:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

and

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

among many more!

Happy Reading!!

Pantano pressed Rouzer, saying “federal documents say you’re registered as a lobbyist, say you were paid thousands of dollars to work on this bill, and the federal documents say Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein and Ted Kennedy are part of this bill.”
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“This isn’t a black or white issue, but there is a path forward,” Rouzer continued. “The path forward is to take those who are working, and let them continue to work. Then its much easier to identify those who are not here for the right reasons, who are causing trouble, who are driving drunk, and deport them immediately.”

WECT’s Jon Evans continued the discussion, asking both men whether they thought the DREAMS Act is a solution to the illegal immigration issue. Both said no, with Pantano once again pressing the question raised during the attack ad.

“Illegals only represent about 14% of the agricultural space,” Pantano said. “There are folks who are taking jobs away from Americans in every sector of this country. But, the original question of where I launched the criticism of my opponent is this: It’s not a conservative position to be paid to do something that is antithetical to the conservative value. That’s the question that I asked, and I’m not sure we’ve ever gotten an answer to.”
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Watch the video of the debate here.

The Alleghany County Tea Party would like to invite you to our first Tea Party Rally on April 27th from 6pm-9pm at the Silver Dollar Music Park located on 214 Glade Valley Church Road Glade Valley, N.C. The cost is $9 per individual. For more information contact Brandon Hawks at bhhawks@gmail.com. Please RSVP by April 23rd. Thank you and we hope to see you there!

Join them on Facebook!

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Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich will be speaking at 1:30 at the ProsperiTEA Rally in Greensboro, NC- 301 W. Market Street – Behind the Old County Courthouse. Speakers include:

Kevin Daniels – NC President of the Frederick Douglass Foundation
Joyce Krawiec – Freedom Works NC Grassroots Coordinator
Dr. Tim Daughtry and Dr. Gary Casselman, authors of – Waking the Sleeping Giant
Dr. Ada Fisher – 6th district Political Activist
Jared Pike – Morning show host and producer of 107.5’s” Murphy in the Morning”

Start thinking about the sign you will be bringing to proudly display, as we will once again have the “Creative Sign Contest” and we’ll be giving away some great prizes!!

As of this posting over 100 people have RSVP’d on Facebook- do the same and help promote this big event!

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Will there be a rally in your area? Please leave a comment so we can ad yours to the list!

President Obama has declared war on the Supreme Court in advance of the Court’s ObamaCare decision. Declaring the Justices of the Court “unelected,” Obama seems eager to create a constitutional crisis. Why is Obama insulting the integrity of the judiciary and not making the constitutional argument for his health care legislation?

However, the 5th Circuit Court has their own questions for the President:

According to Fox News,

A federal appeals court is striking back after President Obama cautioned the Supreme Court against overturning the health care overhaul and warned that such an act would be “unprecedented.”

A three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to explain by Thursday whether the administration believes judges have the power to strike down a federal law.

One justice in particular chided the administration for what he said was being perceived as a “challenge” to judicial authority — referring directly to Obama’s latest comments about the Supreme Court’s review of the health care case.

The testy exchange played out during a hearing over a separate ObamaCare challenge. It marked a new phase in the budding turf war between the executive and judicial branches.

“Does the Department of Justice recognize that federal courts have the authority in appropriate circumstances to strike federal statutes because of one or more constitutional infirmities?” Judge Jerry Smith asked at the hearing.

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Smith also made clear during that exchange that he was “referring to statements by the president in the past few days to the effect … that it is somehow inappropriate for what he termed unelected judges to strike acts of Congress.”

“That has troubled a number of people who have read it as somehow a challenge to the federal courts or to their authority,” Smith said. “And that’s not a small matter.”

Smith ordered a response from the department within 48 hours. The related letter from the court, obtained by Fox News, instructed the Justice Department to provide an explanation of “no less than three pages, single spaced” by noon on Thursday.