Category Archives: Senate 2014

Another Reason Kay Is Wrong For NC: Common Core

Posted on May 7, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

If you’ve been on Twitter, you’ve likely seen Kay Hagan’s timeline in the past few days promoting teachers. That’s great in and of itself, teachers should be promoted. However, Hagan’s choice of guest for the State of the Union address was a teacher who just loves the hotly debated and increasingly loathed Common Core. That teacher was 2013-2014 Teacher of The Year, Karyn Dickerson.

As Teacher of the Year, Dickerson has supported the Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by North Carolina and most other states. She has also called for more innovation in education to better prepare students for the future workforce. – News and Record

Teacher of the Year is pretty much known as a politically charged popularity contest in North Carolina. That assessment is not without merit, especially in this case given Ms. Dickerson made comments at a far Left Moral Monday rally. It’s folks like this who are questioning why we are dropping an experimental set of standards. I think NC should be more worried about replacing these folks. That includes Kay Hagan. Continue reading →

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NC Primary 2014 Results

Posted on May 7, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday was primary day in North Carolina. There were 1,021,413 ballots cast out of 6,516,126 voters. Some folks in the Twitter #ncpol hashtag found the number of voters, specifically the number of women to men ratio of voters, confusing.

This is state demos, not tonights. MT @NCDiane777: @JeanneBondsNC: Standing ovation #ncwomen. You showed up!! #ncpol pic.twitter.com/F8OVjsk16m

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) May 7, 2014

Um, ladies? That’s the static demographic at the bottom of the News and Observer’s election coverage page…
The results are still listed as ‘unofficial’ on the NC State Board of Elections site, but here is a quick run down of some of the more prominent races we’ve followed here on this blog. Continue reading →

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Assoc. Editor of Charlotte Observer pens Common Core Politization Piece

Posted on April 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The associate editor of the Charlotte Observer is a clueless Common Core Propaganda pawn. I’m linking the NCspin posting of an ‘article’ by Fannie Flono because I won’t give the Charlotte Observer traffic for this egregiously incorrect piece of what can only be called propaganda.

Maybe Flono should stick to writing on “news, politics, and life in The Carolinas”. Flono is an ‘opinion’ writer, but anyone in North Carolina knows that in the News and Observer and Charlotte Observer, they write opinion to read like it is fact. Rarely in the last year has there been an article in local media that has dug into the truth about Common Core instead of parroting supporter talking points. This one was no different.

So again, I called the bias out. Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: Glenn Reynolds’s Good Advice To GOP

Posted on April 20, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is a re-posting my most recent weekly column at Da Tech Guy Blog. You can view the original here: Glenn Reynolds’s Good Advice To GOP ——————————————————————————————— By A.P. Dillon Earlier this week, Glenn Reynolds gave some great advice to the … Continue reading →

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Paging Senator Tom Udall…Grass Roots Calling

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Liberty Speaks

New Mexico Senator Tom Udall has a couple of challengers for the upcoming 2014 election. In addition to candidates challenging Senator Udall, we’re also seeing grass-roots websites popping up questioning New Mexicans on the Senator — Do You Know Udall? Continue reading →