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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

N.C. may put brakes on gas tax

"Big gas companies are overflowing with cash that they are siphoning out of our citizens' pockets."

Gov. Mike Easley


Since we've been overtaxed this past year by about $2 billion dollars (that's the projected N.C. budget surplus), that quote of the governor's should be: "State government is overflowing with cash that they are siphoning out of our citizens' pockets."

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