Call Sheriff Taylor. Ernest T. Bass has come to town and he's throwing rocks again.
The mouth shall rise again
by Tom Sullivan
Call Sheriff Taylor. Ernest T. Bass has come to town and he's throwing rocks again.
Pittman was responding to commenters on his campaign Facebook page who were criticizing his bill that would have directed state government to defy a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and restore the state constitution’s ban on same-sex marriage. House Speaker Tim Moore said Wednesday that the bill is dead and won’t get a hearing.
A commenter reminded Pittman that the Supreme Court ruling settled the law on gay marriage and that the lawmaker should “get over it.”
Pittman’s response: “And if Hitler had won, should the world just get over it? Lincoln was the same sort (of) tyrant, and personally responsible for the deaths of over 800,000 Americans in a war that was unnecessary and unconstitutional.”
Pittman along with Rep. Michael Speciale (R-Beaufort) and Rep. Carl Ford (R-Cabarrus) sponsored the “Uphold Historical Marriage Act” (House Bill 780), filed Tuesday.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
When it comes to repressing, they're just irrepressible:
Just weeks after a court struck down the centerpiece of North Carolina Republicans’ legislative coup, the GOP-dominated legislature has initiated a new power grab that will once again strip authority from the Democratic governor and curtail voting rights throughout the state.Finally, just because the state Supreme Court ruled in December that his bill allowing forcible state takeover of city water systems violated the state Constitution doesn't mean Rep. Chuck McGrady is over it. The Henderson County Republican is still trying to find a way around the state Supreme Court. Elected to represent his district, McGrady has a personal feud with the neighboring city of Asheville* over perceived slights going back decades.
This week’s vote marks another attempt by Republicans to consolidate power before judicial intervention and shifting demographics threaten their dominance in the state. Their trouble began in December, when Republican Gov. Pat McCrory finally conceded defeat to his Democratic rival Roy Cooper. Days earlier, a federal court had ruled that Republicans’ veto-proof majorities in both houses of the legislature were the result of an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and ordered new elections. The GOP felt its grasp on power slipping away—so it held a special session to dilute Cooper’s authority and restrict the franchise.