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Teabagger Rand Paul thinks there should be no laws to prevent companies like BP from destroying the gulf coast through their stupidity and greed. He says things would eventually turn out just fine if business could do whatever it wants without government meddling. He's probably right. In the long, long, long, long, long, long run, the human race will be extinct. The baggers want to go full speed ahead. Maybe they have a point. Maybe we should just go ahead and put ourselves out of our misery.

Here's something to celebrate! Creative Loafing in Charlotte has named BlueNC the Queen City's best political blog. How cool is that!

To the world's mothers.
Where would we be without you?