Rutherford Rising

10/10/2012

in our state "Six counties — Alamance, Edgecombe, Greene, Pasquotank, Scotland, and Swain — will decide whether to adopt an additional 0.25 cent sales tax. Another, Orange, will vote on a half-cent sales tax for local and regional transit purposes.

Three counties — Clay, Greene, and Swain — will be asking voters to alter the makeup or method of election of their board of county commissioners." - http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=9566

RALEIGH — Six counties will decide whether to adopt an additional 0.25 cent sales tax. Three counties will be asking voters to alter the makeup or method of election of their board of county commissioners. Then there are municipal referendums, ranging from bond issues to the sale of a water system t...

09/24/2012

being that we are a data center community, an interesting read to understand how "green" data centers really are - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/technology/data-centers-waste-vast-amounts-of-energy-belying-industry-image.html?pagewanted=all

09/18/2012

"North Carolina is apparently the first to pass a law aimed at students bullying teachers online. Students who build a fake profile for, post an image of, or repeatedly email a school employee in a harassing manner could spend up to 60 days in jail or face a $1,000 fine." - http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/18/not-for-teacher-criminalizing-free-speec?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reason%2FHitandRun+%28Reason+Online+-+Hit+%26+Run+Blog%29

03/29/2012

had a great last broadcast... big thanks to and to all of you who have listened and encouraged us... video of today's broadcast is available at http://j.mp/H3pLq5 ... please stay connected via our Rutherford912 page R9.12 and website http://rutherford912.org and remember: Rutherford is still rising!

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03/29/2012

If you hurry, you'll catch 40 minutes of our LAST Rutherford Rising Radio Show!!!

03/29/2012

Eminem, Pet Shop Boys, Lenny Kravitz, Dixie Chicks, and Black Eyed Peas....fun will be had by all... Rutherford Rising is on live tomorrow morning, at 9:05.... WCAB 590 AM....

03/27/2012

(sarcasm alert:) Great news for Rutherford County!! Local taxpayers may no longer be forced to pay for free laptops, since a precedent is being set for banning talk of computer use at home... coming soon, via NY public schools - http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/

The New York City Department of Education is waging a war on words of sorts, and is seeking to have words they deem upsetting removed from standardized tests.

03/22/2012

and done for the day... video archive of today's program available at http://rutherfordrising.com in case the previously posted links make no sense...

You can listen to us live every Thursday at 9am on WCAB 590AM in Rutherford County, North Carolina, or online on WCAB's web site at http://www.wcab59.com/live.php .

03/22/2012

capitalism shown to hurt people with higher quality, lower cost and less time wasted http://j.mp/wvVaXz

The Orlando Sanford International Airport is going to try to opt out of only using TSA agents for security screening.

03/22/2012

the silent anniversary http://j.mp/GCNPNF

Michael Tanner writes on NRO: This week marks two years since of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and if the Obama administration has chosen to all but ignore the second anniversary of Obamacare, the rest of us should pause and reflect on just what a monumental failure ...

03/22/2012

how to make yourself sound like you want to push old women in wheelchairs off a cliff http://j.mp/GESAWh

In The Wall Street Journal, Chairman of the House Budget Committee Paul Ryan writes that President Obama's budget gives more power to bureaucrats, takes more from taxpayers to fuel the expansion of government, and commits our nation to a future of debt and decline.

03/22/2012

the world where 7.5 is less than 7.1 http://j.mp/GES8HH

For those who disagree with the figures on public school spending in NCRealSolutions, here are a few facts to consider: $7.1 billion –State Appropriations for public education in 2010-11 (Source: Highlights of NC Public School Budget, 2011 p.1) $ ...