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Obama at NC State, Copyright WRAL http://www.wral.com

President Barack Obama visited Apex, North Carolina on Wednesday, trying to sell his jobs bill to a hand-picked small business.  The owner, Erv Portman, is an Obama donor, a Democrat, and a Wake County commissioner in a fight for re-election.

After the President’s speech in Apex, his motorcade drove down I-40 into Raleigh, onto the campus of N.C. State University.  He arrived at a nearly packed Reynolds auditorium, where 24 years ago this month, President Ronald Reagan visited.  Your blogger was in the house that day, along with Senator Jesse Helms and a number of conservative notables.  She remembers it being “wall to wall people”, something that didn’t appear to be on television today.

Twenty-four years ago, President Reagan drew a much larger audience than did President Obama.  Four large, industrial air conditioners were brought in to cool the huge crowd.  Even so, a number of people passed out from the heat.  Mr. Reagan even took off his jacket, revealing his bulletproof vest underneath his shirt, which was soaked through.

Wednesday, President Obama claimed that his jobs program would be paid for via higher taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers.  Meanwhile, these people already pay the bulk of our taxes and are our major job creators.

He now wants to tax them further so that the government can provide another “stimulus” of money into our state and others.  He even went so far as to promise the collegiate audience summer jobs.  Additionally, he promised more teachers and a $1300 “to the average working family”.

Since we are all working families, your blogger wonders who he is trying to push off his class warfare language on?

He then tried to sound like a conservative.  He promised that the government would live within its means and began his “blame Bush” tactics when he said that we had lived too well “these last ten years”.

Yet, Obama said “a lot of THEM don’t get it,” referring to Republicans, and added “Raleigh needs people who can put country before party.”  Believe us, Mr. President, Raleigh has these leaders and we plan to vote you and Governor Beverly Perdue, right out of office in 2012.

The President gave his students a homework assignment.  He told them to put on their marching boots and get to work contacting their members of Congress, “even writing a letter”.

We appreciate your orders Mr. President.  KCC will certainly follow up.  We will contact our Congressman and urge that he vote AGAINST this expensive and unnecessary jobs bill.  Have a pleasant flight to back to Washington.  There is a community on the south side of Chicago that is missing its organizer right now.

Word on the street is, that in setting up this visit, the President first tried to rent out a Wake County school.   An advance team contacted General Anthony Tata, Supt of Public Instruction for Wake County, gave them the thumbs down.  The White House then went looking for higher education.  Your blogger assumes that Tata didn’t want anyone exploiting Wake County school children for political gain, and KCC applauds him for his actions.

Editor’s note:  The President was very careful to stay on message and avoid using the “s” word.  He didn’t want to be associated with either of the two failed stimulus acts.

Your blogger’s husband is a double alumnus of NC State University, having both undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and minors in math.

Pantano is running for Congress in North Carolina's 7th Congressional District

From the Pantano for Congress Campaign:

We are confident that the citizens of the new 7^th District will respond very positively to Ilario’s conservative message of JOB CREATION by reducing taxes and cutting regulations to spur private sector economic growth while at the same time putting an end to the runaway spending and crippling debt burden that threatens the prosperity of our families and future Generations. Ilario’s pro-growth message of government reform and private sector innovation will stand in sharp contrast to his opponent’s record of supporting the Barack Obama stimulus, failing to support any budget or debt reduction plan, and his continued support for wasteful spending of money we don’t have paid for by debt from governments we don’t trust.

This weekend Congressman Mike McIntyre is returning from a taxpayer paid luxury junket across Europe from Rome to Moscow to Lisbon where the official itinerary noted he and his wife were celebrating their wedding anniversary with all the perks of a Washington insider.

Pantano served our nation proudly in the United States Marines

Meanwhile, back here in southeastern North Carolina, where unemployment is in the double digits, Pantano will be spending time in 7 counties celebrating America’s Independence with supporters and friends from all across the new district. A 4th of July stop will include Onslow County where Ilario served proudly as a Marine in two of our nation’s wars, the first Gulf War (1991) and Iraq in (2004).

Pantano, whose father legally immigrated to the United States from Italy and became a US citizen in 1976, is willing to give the congressman an Italian Lesson for free when he returns from spending our money overseas.

Pantano will also be happy to share with the Congressman what he heard from his fellow citizens of Southeastern North Carolina about their concerns over unemployment, the debt, and out of control federal spending which has ballooned over his opponents fourteen years in Washington living high on the hog.

The 7th District will now include parts of the Crystal Coast, including Morehead City, Cedar Point, Atlantic Beach, and Emerald Isle

EDITOR’S NOTE: As a part-time resident and property owner in Western Carteret County, this blogger urges the Pantano team to pay more attention to the Atlantic Beach to Emerald Isle area on Bogue Banks (aka Crystal Coast) and from Morehead City to Cedar Point on the mainland.

We think it is great that he’ll be in Onslow County for July 4th, but we assume that Mr. Pantano will make plenty of appearances in Carteret County where the people are conservative and politically active.  Please don’t take this solid base of support for granted.

Katy’s Conservative Corner endorses Illario Pantano for Congress!

He is the one for the 7th district.  We’ll have another post on that, soon.

Katy’s Conservative Corner is the oldest political blog in North Carolina, serving you since 1998.  Follow us on Twitter, here.  Find us on Facebook, here.

Let's Veto Beverly Perdue in 2012

Here we go again. Governor Beverly Perdue continued to mark up good legislation with her red veto stamp. She ignored the will of the people of this state and ran roughshod over legislation that a bipartisan and duly elected legislature crafted together and overwhelmingly passed.

And she vetoed bills, such as the Regulatory Reform Act and the Energy Jobs Act —  an action that will kill jobs at a time when the state economy has lost 100,000 jobs over a two-year period. The Regulatory Reform Act actually hadunanimous support in the Senate because it was a common-sense bill that eliminated cumbersome and unclear regulations that had created uncertainty for businesses.

On Thursday, she vetoed 4 bills –all had passed in the House and Senate either unanimously or with very solid majorities.

She did not even have the guts to sign into law the hugely bi-partisan Tax Credits for Special Needs Children Bill and the Annexation Reform Bill – but allowed them to become law by simply not addressing them prior to today’s deadline.

It is a shame that the voters worked so hard to get real change at the legislature, begged for regulatory and tax relief and common-sense legislation—only to have Governor Perdue arrogantly use the veto 15 times this session.

You can be sure that AFP will be at the legislature building when it opens again later this summer and early fall, trying to come up with the votes to override these vetoes.

And we know you will be right there to help us – calling and emailing your legislators or visiting them on Jones Street.

Just look at some of the great, AFP-supported legislation that Governor Perdue vetoed this year:

Budget with zero tax increases         VETO Overridden

Medical Malpractice Reform              VETO

Individual Opt-out of Obamacare       VETO

Stop Government from taking union dues from teacher paycheck                                           VETO

Requiring a photo ID to vote               VETO

Regulatory Reform                              VETO

Energy Jobs Act                                 VETO

With your help, we got some good laws passed this year, too.

• Removed cap on charter schools
• Tort Reform for Businesses and Citizens
• Repealed Land Transfer Tax
• Tax Relief for Small Businessman
• Workmen’s Comp Reform
• Regulated Local Government Competition with Private Business
• Annexation Reform
• Tax Credits for Special Needs Children

The North Carolina Americans for Prosperity works for us!

However, we have our work cut out for us in trying to undo the damage Governor Perdue created with her veto stamp. We hope we can count on you to help us override these vetoes when the legislature convenes again later this summer.

Sincerely,

Dallas Woodhouse
North Carolina State Director
Americans for Prosperity

But it takes money to fight. Won’t you help the AFP NC  fight Governor Perdue and her bad policy decisions by sending $25, $50 or $100 today? The AFP needs us all.  This is your blogger’s favorite group and the one she works most closely with.  Let’s keep pushing to get the message out on radio and television. Join KCC and please donate today.

NC State Seal

Much has happened this week in the North Carolina State Legislature and Col. Brenda Formo has covered it all. Katy’s Conservative Corner cannot thank her enough for her dedication and oversight to conservative causes.

This report helps many plan their legislative activities and know when to contact their elected officials. Formo had a distinguished career in the United States Army and we thank her for her service to our nation.

Writing on behalf of the North Carolina Federation of Republican Women, Mrs. Formo is the State Vice-President of the Central Region.  To find out how to join a Republican Women’s Club near you, please contact Valerie White.

Rep. Renee Ellmers in the studio preparing to tape her message on jobs to the nation.

It’s a big deal from a Freshman member of Congress and it is a special honor for it to be one of our own from North Carolina. Rep. Renee Ellmers has been chosen by the Speaker John Boehner to give the weekly Republican address to the nation on Saturday.

The announcement came on Thursday:

Washington House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today announced that Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), a small business owner, will discuss Republicans’ job creation plan in the party’s weekly address on Saturday, June 25.  With initiatives to empower small businesses and make America more competitive, “A Plan for America’s Job Creators” is designed to get government out of the way so our economy can get back to creating jobs.

“I’m proud to deliver this week’s Republican Address to the nation,” Rep. Ellmers said.

“Our Republican majority has been working hard to focus on the things that matter most to Americans – fixing our economy and creating jobs.  It is time that the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress make this their priority as well and work with us to remove the barriers that are inhibiting small businesses from hiring.  We have a plan to reclaim a prosperous future for all Americans and now is the time to make it happen.”

Congresswoman Ellmers proudly serves North Carolina’s Second District on the House Committees on Agriculture, Foreign Affairs and Small Business, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Health Care and Technology.  A registered nurse for more than 21 years, Rep. Ellmers and her husband own a small medical practice in Dunn, a small town 40 miles south of Raleigh.  She has been active in community affairs, having served as Vice President of Community Development for the Chamber of Commerce and as President Elect of the Chamber.

“Americans rightly expect their leaders to focus on jobs as small businesses try to overcome Washington Democrats’ ‘stimulus’ policies, and that’s what our plan is all about.”

Speaker Boehner said

“Renee has used her small business experience to promote common-sense solutions that will get government out of the way so our economy can get back to creating jobs.  I look forward to hearing what she has to say in the weekly address.”

Listen Saturday, June 25 after 6:00 a.m. EST, at which time it will be available here for viewing and here for downloading.

Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) has shown that she cares more about her job than those of others by going against the wishes of the people of North Carolina. AP photo

North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed Photo Voter ID on Thursday, going against the majority of her constituents who elected a Republican General Assembly in 2010. (Read her official press release, here.)

One of the top items on the NC Republican agenda this session was passing a requirement that registered voters show a North Carolina-issued photo identification.  The bill, Restore Confidence in Government , was stamped with her eighth veto  of the session, according to the News and Observer of Raleigh.

In a first, the NC Democratic Party claimed that issuing an ID, paid for by the state  for indigents, would be too expensive.

In a press release, Senate Democrat leader Martin Nesbit stated “Voter ID is nothing more than a costly solution in search of a problem that forces thousands of seniors, minorities and students to nagivate an obstacle course of bureaucracy before being allowed to vote.”

Ironically, the same Democrats that spent the Republicans into power, suddenly cared about what a program actually cost.

These same Democrats ran a slick, expensive campaign all spring and summer trying to stop the Republican budget and other bills voters wanted, only to fail.  Last fall, voters became sick of the overspending by President Barack Obama and Governor Perdue and their party, and voted the Republicans into leadership in both houses of the NC General Assembly for the first time since Reconstruction.

The NC Senate and NC House Republicans followed the wishes of those who elected them and passed this needed bill.

Even liberals, nationally, have felt that voter fraud is a problem, despite the denials of the NC Democrats.  According to a post in the last issue of their Policy Statement, Duke Chesson, writing for the NC Young Republicans stated:

So is voter fraud really a problem? Liberal former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens certainly thought so. As he put it in a 2008 opinion for the 6-3 majority in a case concerning voter ID laws in Indiana,

“That flagrant examples of [voter] fraud…have been documented throughout this Nation’s history by respected historians and journalists…demonstrate[s] that not only is the risk of voter fraud real but that it could affect the outcome of a close election.”

The NC General Assembly passed a similar version to what was upheld in Indiana, according to sources.

North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes, had the best quote of the day.  In a prepared statement, he said

“When given a chance to boost voter confidence, Governor Perdue again chose to appease her liberal base to boost her floundering re-election campaign while ignoring an overwhelming majority of North Carolinians who supported this common-sense bill.

Governor Perdue’s veto is not surprising and as unemployment in North Carolina remains at 9.7% for the third straight month, it is clear ‘The Jobs Governor’ is only concerned with one job, her own.”

The Republicans have not yet announced when they will attempt to over ride the veto.

Robin Hayes spoke about the Budget Veto Override on Wednesday

Today, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes shared his thoughts regarding Beverly Perdue’s budget veto by the North Carolina General Assembly.  He added facts that the liberals have chosen to overlook. When the television commercials are running, don’t forget the bullet points .  The liberals running the television ads certainly have!

Thank you, Chairman Hayes, for reminding us of the truth.  Let’s not forget to thank the “Party of Five” that stood with the Republicans, either.

Chairman Hayes’ Remarks:

North Carolina faces high unemployment and historic budget deficits because of decades of out-of-control spending and failed policies from the tax and spend Democrats in Raleigh.  Governor Perdue had a chance to work with Republicans but chose to politicize her veto stamp to protect the status quo and to energize her liberal base for her re-election campaign.

“Fortunately for North Carolinians, the General Assembly reached a bi-partisan agreement to reject Governor Perdue’s $1 billion tax hike and right-size state government to provide a better future for North Carolina’s families, students and job creators.  Our state’s fiscal problems were not caused by Republicans but this budget is a responsible first step by Republicans towards putting our state’s fiscal house in order.”

Budget fulfills promises made during the 2010 campaign:

• Balances the budget, closing a $2.5 billion shortfall
• Allows the temporary sales and income tax increases to expire, putting $1.3 billion back into the hands of North Carolina taxpayers
• Provides tax relief for small businesses allowing them to expand and put people back to work
• Protects education – fully funding all classroom teachers and teacher’s assistants
• Brings state spending in line with revenues and places North Carolina back on the path to fiscal responsibility

Right-sizes State Government:

• Cuts state spending by approximately 4%.  Spending has more than doubled in the past 10 years.
• More than doubles the amount of money in the Rainy Day Fund – $185 million
• Allocates $125 million for renovation and repair of university and state buildings
• Fully funds the state’s retirement system

Creates Private Sector Jobs:

• Cuts taxes for EVERY North Carolinian by allowing temporary taxes to expire, reducing the state’s sales tax from 7.75% to 6.75%
• Implements small business tax relief – exempting the first $50,000 of small business income from income tax
• Creates nearly 14,000 private sector jobs in the first year (30,000 over the next two years) by returning nearly $1.5 billion to the hands of taxpayers of North Carolina
• Extends unemployment benefits for 40,000 North Carolinians whose benefits have expired

Protects Students and Teachers:

• Republicans believe that every child should be reading by the time they leave 3rd Grade.  Currently 23% fail to do so, yet only 3% are held back.
• Reduces class sizes in grades 1-3 from 18:1 to 17:1 – adding more than 1,100 additional teachers
• Protects every teacher and teacher assistant position currently employed
• Provides liability insurance for teachers and school employees to help ensure their safety in the classroom
• Does not pass down fiscal responsibility for school buses, tort claims and worker’s compensation claims to the counties like the Governor’s budget proposed – saving counties $75 million
• Allocates $100 million to the Public School Building Capital Fund to assist counties in building, renovating and upgrading schools with new technology.  Governor’s budget proposed only $55 million
• Creates a performance pay model for teachers and state employees to retain and reward our state’s best and brightest employees

Protects Health and Human Services:

• Over half of all the budget reductions in the Department of Health and Human Services have been achieved through savings with no loss of services.  We have also maximized the swapping of federal block grant funds for state funds.
• All DHHS treatment facilities, schools, mental health hospitals and contract beds have been preserved.
• All 23 optional medical services in the Medicaid program have been preserved.
• We have paved the way for major Mental Health Reform in North Carolina.
• We have achieved pharmacy and medication savings through new initiatives to increase utilization of generic drugs.
• We have restored the Governor’s proposed cuts to local health departments and senior services, and taken steps to lessen the financial burden on counties.

URL:  www.ncgop.org/VetoOverride

Governor Beverly Perdue (D-NC) is using her office to shill for campaign donations, again.   Is this the right thing to do?  Is this an abuse of her job? Is this fair to the taxpayers of North Carolina? The Governor sent out the following email before the ink was even dry on her veto.  Read it and decide for yourself:

Dear Friend -

Yesterday, after a great deal of careful consideration, I vetoed the proposed state budget sent to me by the Republican-led General Assembly.  I would like to take a moment to tell you why.

For generations, North Carolina has distinguished itself from other southern states as a place of opportunity, and a place that understands the value of investing in its people.  Education has been our hallmark – it has set us apart from our neighbors and propelled our economic success.

The Republican legislature has turned its back on our schools, our children, our longstanding investments in education and our future economic prospects. Their budget:

•   Shuns our most at-risk pre-school children by slashing Smart Start and More at Four, leaving these kids behind before they’ve even started Kindergarten;

•   Underfunds classrooms in K-12, forcing local school districts to lay off thousands of teachers and teaching assistants who will then be added to the unemployment rolls; and

•   Devastates our community colleges and universities in a way that will shut down programs, cause tuition to spike, and move career training and college degrees further out of reach.

Please stand with me once again and let’s keep North Carolina moving forward. (Donation link removed by KCC.)

Their budget will result in generational damage. It will tear at the very fibers that make North Carolina strong – not only our schools, but also our communities, our environment, our public safety system and our ability to care for those who need us most.

•   Our most vulnerable and sick will see medical and mental health services cut or eliminated;

•   Families will have limited resources as they care for their elderly, their disabled or their mentally ill relatives;

•   The natural environmental treasures that we cherish and that draw so many visitors to North Carolina will be at risk of permanent damage or destruction;

•   Historical sites that attract tourists and stimulate economic activity by commemorating our rich cultural heritage will be closed;

•   Just as hurricane season arrives, our ability to respond effectively to natural disasters will be hampered not just by cuts to crucial emergency management programs but also because this fiscally irresponsible budget leaves no money on the bottom line – that is, no reserve to help us deal with unexpected emergencies and disasters that can devastate the lives of our citizens; and

•   Fewer law enforcement officers will patrol our streets and supervise convicted felons, while victims will be forced to wait longer for justice.

Please stand with me once again and let’s keep North Carolina moving forward. (Donation link removed by blogger.)

The Republican legislature may be satisfied with a state in reverse, but I am not.

I will not put my name on a plan that so blatantly ignores the values of North Carolina’s people. I cannot support a budget that moves North Carolina backwards, especially since we have always been a state that leads the nation.

Please call your legislator and urge him or her to sustain my veto.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Bev Perdue

Go Cree, Barack Obama

Before departing Cree on Monday, President Barack Obama signed a box for Cree leaders, left.   Cree execs were so proud, they tweeted out the photo at left from their official Twitter account.  A box is the least of their gift’s from Obama and his administration.

Meanwhile, Paul, a friend of this blogger, works at Cree and is a dedicated conservative.  Amazingly, he was NOT “selected” from the pool of employees to attend the Obama speech.

Started by NC State University grads, Cree is a pioneer in its industry.  It did not need to visit the government trough twice, but because it did, it’s adding an additional manufacturing line and is hiring an extra shift.  Thus, the plant will be able to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Research Triangle Park has rebounded from the recession faster than any other place in North Carolina, say experts.  So why give Cree all the money and attention?  Green jobs, say conservative leaders, are a marketing gimmick.  Your blogger agrees that if they are so great, why does the government have to pay us to purchase “greener” doors for our homes, for example. It’s a feel-good thing.

Do we really want the government to buy jobs in a company that was already doing well?  This company threatened to leave North Carolina until the then-Democrat-lead Legislature paid them off to stay in the form of “economic incentives”.

Not acceptable.

CBS lead their evening newscast lead with the fact that jobs are over 13% nationally.  Here in North Carolina, unemployment, is over 9%.  They noted that BHO won a squeeker in 2008 in a state that tends to vote Republican in national elections.

Obama told the crowd at Cree today to have patience.  Yet people here in the Triangle region of North Carolina, have none.  They voted the Democrats out in the mid-term elections, replacing a Democrat NC General Assembly with a Republican Majority.  It is the first GOP-lead NC Legislature since reconstruction.  And they say they will vote Obama out in 2012.

That’s why the Obama administration and campaign is focusing on this state.  Sadly, he’ll be back and you can be certain that Katy’s Conservative Corner will bring it to you, along with the back story.

Obama Visited Cree on Monday

On Monday, President  Barack Obama landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport at about 11:00 a.m. EDT and headed to Research Triangle Park, on the Durham side.  Joining him on Air Force One were, according to Jonathan Kappler of the NC Free Enterprise Foundation, were Congressmen G. K. Butterfield (D-NC, 1st) and Brad Miller (D-NC, 13th).

Kappler also reported that Rep. David Price (D-NC, 4th) and U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D) were on the ground to meet the president on the ground.  Later reports mentioned Governor Beverly Perdue (D-Craven) being on hand, as well.  Additionally, there were a number of public officials including Chancellor Randy Woodson from North Carolina State University.  During the short trip out to “the park”, Interstate 40 was temporarily closed, backing up traffic for miles.

Upon arrival at Cree, an industry leader in low power lighting, he toured the plant and promised an “announcement” on jobs.  Oddly, Cree, and already successful company, accepted stimulus money for “job creation”.  Additionally, within the past two years, they threatened to leave. The North Carolina State Legislature, then lead by Democrats, immediately voted to give that company “incentives” or  corporate welfare to “keep” them in the Ole’ North State.

Further, Katy’s Conservative Corner has learned that, for Cree employees interested in the speech, they have the option by management to either take the day off or to work four, ten hour days.   Many employees are upset.  They didn’t ask the president to come and neither did corporate executives.  But, with money comes obligation.

See more here.

Update 1:14 Sometime this hour, Obama is scheduled to make a talk about his “jobs” report.  This should be interesting. Labor Union Report posted on Sunday evening that many of those jobs would be “created” in China.  This blogger is currently searching for that link.  North Carolina is expected to be a battle ground state in 2012.

Charlotte was selected by the Democratic National Committee as the location for their national convention over the objections of unions, nationally.  North Carolina is a right-to-work state, but it isn’t for lack of trying.  The SEIU and other large unions have been fighting for card check legislation for the last several years.

Update 1:48 p.m EDT

The good people over at NC Americans for Prosperity are joking  on Twitter that they have an office pool on how many times potus says investments when he means wealth redistribution.

Update 1:53 p.m. EDT Obama has taken stage telling unfunny jokes about how he has aged since visiting Cree when he was running for office.

Obama is standing in front of backdrop “Jobs Council – President’s Council on Jobs…”  He says Cree has “doubled in efficiency just since my visit 3 years ago.”  Says he’s helping to lead a comeback in clean energy revolution.

News 14 Carolina, a Time-Warner only channel reports Obama was last in the state when he visited Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, NC in December 2010.

Update: 2:01 p.m. EDT This “speech” is being carried on national television such as Fox News and CNN.  No need to blog the details of the speech.  However, we will continue to bring you behind the scenes reports.

Update: 2:05 p.m. EDT Fox News has cut their coverage but you can find all of it on their website, streaming live.

While Obama discusses “Smart Grid” technology, my poor mother-in-law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina feels certain that her power company is going to cut her power in the middle of the day or night.  She recently received a letter from her power company saying they now have the power to cut her power if she used too much during peak time periods.  This woman will not use a dish washer, uses barely any air conditioner due to poor circulation, and only washes clothes at night.  She’s the type of customer any power company would love.  They should, in fact, use her as their poster child.  Yet, they send her threatening letters.

The poor woman calls KCC’s family terrified, thanks to this smart grid technology.  It’s along the lines of Democrats scaring old people, making them think that Republicans are going to take away their social security.

Update: 2:11 p.m. EDT Obama says he’s optimistic about our future.   He cites the positive example (ha ha) of the automotive companies coming back from virtual death just two years ago.

Update: 2:12 EDT Obama ends his speech with no questions.  ”Hail to the Chief” plays and the president leaves the stage.  Looks like time for clogged Interstate 40 East, from the Research Triangle Park exists to the Raleigh-Durham airport.

Your blogger finds it amazing that zero mention was made by any of the Television channels or commentators about the stimulus money that Cree took or the Incentives that Cree took from our state.  What a shame.  Of course they can add a third line and work 24 hours a day now.  All of our money made it possible.  For you who don’t even live in North Carolina, Cree thanks you from the bottom of their heart!

This blogger is glad she doesn’t have to fly out until Thursday.  KCC is headed to Right Online, but that’s another story!  This ends the live blogging portion of the visit.

See also:

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/republicans_blast_obamas_triangle_trip