Purple State NC

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17123111541274185282011-11-27T19:13:30.280-05:00Purple State NCA view of NC from the "Purple Coast." Purple due to our political climate so almost evenly divided. Recently North Carolina has become a state where the Left has made great inroads. This blog is meant to describe the attitudes and opinions of a colorful region.SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-11472583438394887792008-11-09T12:42:00.004-05:002008-11-09T13:38:01.988-05:00So since I was right before.. lets make some picks...

So I know that some people are surprised by this new Obama presidency. At this point I'm thinking someone needs to update the world of spell-check because as I write this Obama has a dotted red line underneath. Anyway, I called it in 2004. Saw him speak at the DNC that year and said to myself, "Wow, why isn't he running for president?" Eventually, luck would have it, I would have my druthers.

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-56767765906875530102008-08-28T03:32:00.005-04:002008-10-22T13:17:18.975-04:00Ahhhh thats why he'll go down as one of our best Presidents..

As I watched President Clinton speak (actually watched it 3x's tonight) I was reminded of what it was like back in the good old days. You know when we had a president who was a gifted orator.. not a bumbling idiot who stumbled on every other word...What else you ask??Lets break it down.. see if you can pick it up as I lay it down for ya.. ya' heard...- A balanced budget... you know when our

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-16924620090652695212008-08-27T15:23:00.003-04:002008-08-27T15:40:01.172-04:00DNC v. RNC.. good luck McCain

First off, Clinton spoke beautifully last night. As it was put, "she hit it out of the park." Second off, Richard Dreyfuss is on MSNBC right now commenting on the filth that calls itself the republican party.Obama is actually going to win this. He's jumped several points since yesterday (had to figure that would happen once Hillary begun to bury the hatchet), and still hasn't made what should

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-22524661112098682882008-08-16T21:00:00.002-04:002008-08-16T21:30:54.036-04:00Obama? McCain? Who has more to lose from the faith-based forum?

As I write this I am beginning to watch Senator McCain take questions from Pastor Rick Warren. Many of you who know me would ask "Shawn, what do you care about the faith-based community's vision of the next president?" Honestly I don't. I am not a person of faith, raised Jewish, but I am at this point, as I have been since just after my Bar Mitzvah, a self-proclaimed agnostic. However, the

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-67034088896059111792008-08-06T02:58:00.010-04:002008-08-06T03:48:42.588-04:00If you called my dog a dingo... you were probably right.

I remember it as if it were yesterday.I thought we were going to LOOK for dogs, but no, Erin had other ideas. In her mind, we were going to GET a dog. Not just any dog, but THE dog, and it had to be a puppy. Boy was it ever a puppy. She was about 4lbs, wrinkles all over, big floppy ears, big knobby paws, and tons of energy. She had fresh stitches on her undercarriage from being spade (which

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-69656696618902034042008-07-31T13:41:00.002-04:002008-07-31T14:21:00.976-04:00Why does billing have to be a hassle every month?

Every month now it seems to be the same old same old. Dealing w/ Charter Communications, trying to figure out what should be a straight forward statement. I saw an advertisement on the internet a month or so before we moved from Charlotte to Carolina Beach. "$69.99/mo - High Speed Internet, Basic Cable, and Unlimited Digital Phone." Sounded like quite the deal, you could end up paying $69.99

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-12191593636312744782008-07-24T12:12:00.003-04:002008-07-26T12:42:31.072-04:00John McCain, War Hero to Grumpy Old Man

John McCain is an idiot. He is out of touch (completely), ill-informed, and shabby. The sad thing is, prior to the 2008 general election I had a favorable view of John McCain. I saw him as a moderate-republican, a person who actually looked out for his constituents. I saw him as a centrist, a beltway republican who wasn't afraid to cross the aisle to better the US. I saw him as a person who

SCMirmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105388614374158980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712311154127418528.post-10275350156481922872008-07-17T03:03:00.001-04:002008-07-17T03:32:56.935-04:00Pickens Plan, CNG, Hybrids... The answer may be blowing in the wind.

So I gotta say I'm pleased to see the ideas coming out of Texas. Generally not something you'd expect to hear coming from a self-proclaimed Social-Democrat. T. Boone Pickens plan to reduce America's narcissistic addiction to oil is a great example of the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that these sad (economically speaking) times should produce from successful people. The beautiful thing to me

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