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how can i get a new bumper sticker?

my car got totaled

Posted by barbtries | Mon Jun 17, 2013, 08:22 PM (2 replies)

melissa harris perry

spent some time on NC yesterday. it's online now
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46979745/#51852682

Posted by barbtries | Sun May 12, 2013, 08:42 AM (4 replies)

raleigh knows best.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839185/christensen-column-big-government.html#storylink=cpy

i hope the fact that the News n Observer is reporting on this will wake up a lot of people and maybe just maybe rein in the republicans who have just gone apeshit with power.

• The Raleigh City Council and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue worked out a lease deal, which included many community leaders who had been working for years to transfer the ground of the old Dorothea Dix mental hospital into a city park. The Senate Republicans said ‘Sorry, we don’t like the deal,’ and are currently in the process of blowing it up.

• For decades, Charlotte has run Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The legislature is now seizing control of the airport and setting up an independent regional authority. Raleigh knows best.

• Asheville’s water system is likely to be under the control of a Metropolitan Sewage district without compensation, despite protests from the city. Raleigh knows best.

• Consider the “Big Gulp” bill filed by three North Carolina lawmakers. They are seeking to block any North Carolina city or county from adopting a New York-style law banning the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. Regardless of the merits of the issue, why is the legislature dictating to towns what laws it can pass regarding soft drinks? Raleigh knows best.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/20/2839185/christensen-column-big-government.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy

North Carolina Lawmaker Forces Radio Show Off The Air After Hosts Criticized His Policies

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/22/1901571/north-carolina-lawmaker-forces-radio-show-off-the-air-after-hosts-criticized-his-policies/

i don't know how to use the link button, i tried it and nothing showed up.

great. now we can't even say anything they don't like.

i really wish i had the wherewithal to get out of here already.

Posted by barbtries | Mon Apr 22, 2013, 01:38 PM (5 replies)

a note to me from a facebook friend.

i grew up next door to this man. he's a mormon right winger. he left this on my wall this morning.

You know I am way conservative but having you on as my friend makes me think more and do more reasoning and figuring before I decide where I stand on an issue. Thanks

i have to add that my conservative sister asked me to get the politics off my facebook and i said, "no way! i'm trying to raise consciousness."

it is gratifying to know that it's working.

Posted by barbtries | Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:19 PM (77 replies)

i must be way out of touch.

where'd the meta forum go?~

Posted by barbtries | Sat Apr 13, 2013, 01:44 AM (2 replies)

is MSNBC run by a catholic?

cause almost every day there's pope headlines. just now it mentioned the pope is "luring lapsed catholics" back to the fold.

i feel as if msnbc is proselytizing. it's making me kind of sick actually.

Posted by barbtries | Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:40 AM (3 replies)

the Trials of Darryl Hunt

is finally available to watch instantly on netflix. i just finished watching it and recommend it very highly. i have seen Darryl Hunt speak and met his attorney Mark Rabil over a year ago and have been looking to watch the movie ever since. worth the wait.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Trials_of_Darryl_Hunt/70058936?trkid=8133737

Posted by barbtries | Sun Apr 7, 2013, 08:48 PM (0 replies)

NC Democratic Party chairman addresses goals

http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/video/12076459/

live coverage

Posted by barbtries | Thu Feb 7, 2013, 09:34 AM (8 replies)

Does anyone else have AT&T wireless for their home?

i have no phone and no internet since yesterday morning. i've spent the better part of two hours on the phone holding for tech support only to be told that there's a huge outage but can find nothing about it in the news.

i guess i just wonder if my misery has any company. i'm in Raleigh.

googled and it is in the news
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/90315/att-u-verse-experiencing-widespread-outages
http://www.wral.com/at-t-u-verse-outages-reported-in-triangle-elsewhere/12009802/

i am lost without my internet. i can live without the phone.

Posted by barbtries | Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:41 AM (8 replies)

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