Posted by
Dave on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:03:17 PM
Well, North Carolina made it on Drudge again. Last time it was the Duke Lacrosse Incident, this time it involves our wonderful Speaker of the House, Jim Black and fellow Democrat, former Republican, Michael Decker. You may not recognize these names, but we hear about Jim Black in the news nearly everyday. And not because of the wonderful things he’s doing for the state.
Let’s see, there was the incident of the blank checks made out to his campaign, then there’s the
legislation he passed requiring all children entering kindergarten to have an extremely thorough eye exam (oh, by the way, Black is an optometrist), and now it
appears that Mr. Decker was given $50,000 and a job for his son as a bribe to switch from the Republican party to the Democratic party which happen to make a 60/60 split putting Jim Black back in power again, and
killing any oportunity for Republicans to make positive changes.
Of course, there’s nothing concrete to convict Mr. Black of anything (doesn’t seem he gave Mr. Decker the $50k), and I’m not saying that he has done anything wrong, but man, the people around him have more bad luck than the Griswolds. I believe the count is up to 4 people with direct ties to him who have been convicted; yet he hasn’t volunteered, nor been asked by his party, to step down.
What kind of standard are they setting for us? Let’s compare this with the Duke Lacrosse situation. Three young men were alleged to have committed a crime, the whole team’s winning season was ended and the coach "resigned". Again, no one has been convicted at this time. Yet in the case of Mr. Black’s situation, 4 people have already been convicted and he’s still sitting pretty.
What kind of precedent does this set for our youth?
Unfortunately, the idiots who show up to vote in November could care less about integrity, honesty, or even the real issues. They’ll walk in the booth like always and hit the party line. Who cares if the current office holders have managed to steal money from designated budget items, increase taxes (including the gas tax), and pass the “education” lottery in a
sketchy, dishonest session, only to declare afterward that the generated revenue would replace current educational spending.
Keep up the good work!
Ya'll come back now, ya hear!