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At a town hall meeting in Lillington Rep. David Lewis, Rep. Mike Stone, and Senator Ron Rabin responded to questions about bills related to early voting and the loss of the child tax credit for parents of college students that vote at school. Each said that they did not support reduced early voting days and locations. Senator Rabin said none of these bills would pass. When asked about the college voter penalty proposal Lewis said it was about preventing students from voting twice. When asked if the bill was worded to take away the tax credit from parents who's child voted twice or parents who's child voted in the town where they were attending college he said that what he was trying to say was that this bill would not pass.

I'm going to link to a diary on KOS that I think everyone shoulld read.

It's here http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/28/1197503/-Plan-for-Seniors-to-Wo...

The net is this: The Pennsylvania House has passed legislation allowing tax-burdened seniors to work off their escalating property taxes by working in area schools for "tax credits" that equate to about $5/hr. Beyond the questionable viabilty and income tax considerations of such a program, it's simply mean spirited. I guess that's what we have to expect from the GOP...mean, small-minded, bigoted and totally favoring the wealthy and corporations. Two tea-party types sponsored this bill and reading the self-congratulatory release makes me throw up. Pure bullshit.

If Karma truly exists, these people will surely meet the ebola virus.

Oh, and wait till GOP NCGA reads this..."Ewwwww, great idea!!"

From WRAL: 7:00 p.m. - LIVE: State of the State address by Gov. McCrory,

from Policy Watch: / Progressive Pulse:
http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/02/18/what-to-look-for-in-tonights-s...

Good commentary on GOP push to reduce or eliminate personal income tax in favor of consumption tax(es) and questioning whether Gov. McCrory will address the issue in his State of the State speech tonight.

I suppose everyone has heard of the new NC GOP legislation that has passed the house and awaits a senate vote. It's a bill to provide criminal penalties if a woman shows her breast/nipples in public. The first offense is punishable by up to 6 months in prison. A first offense DWI is a max of 24 hours in jail ... and a 2nd and 3rd is still more lenient than this potential punishment.

There are exceptions for breastfeeding mothers and ladies working in strip clubs. Apparently, this all came about when some women bared their breasts in political protest over some other absurdity shoveled on to women by hairy, old hypocritical GOP bigots. What could that be?

Not many know about the Redistricting Majority Project (REDMAP) of the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC). The NCDP has not written a lessons learned from 2010 - but here is is, or a large part of it. I remember Tom Fetzer telling us that they were going to take the state legislatures above all else. And they did it. Read and weep.

I’ve always suspected that Republicans live in a different world. Mitt Romney’s recently revealed comments about the “other” 47% serve to reinforce that view. Now it seems that Republicans want to exist on the internet in their own separate .GOP domain.

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) earlier this year filed an application for the top level domain “.GOP” with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Federal records indicate that the RSLC paid $185,000 to ICANN in application fees and $32,600 to Minds+Machines to manage the project for a total $217,600 speculative investment in what amounts to an online vanity plate. From the application:

"Talk about having your cake and wanting to eat it, too. McCrory wants to be able to attack someone else based on their financial information while still insisting that his own is not relevant."

North Carolina is known for its politeness. It’s part of our Southern charm. People are loathe to insult others to their faces or bring up uncomfortable topics in public. Even our state’s famed “bless her heart…” stealth attack is reserved for talking behind someone’s back. It’s a custom that helps us in social situations. But it doesn’t work so well when we’re choosing our leaders.

Unless you’re Pat McCrory.

Click the picture for the story Mitt Romney doesn't want you to read.