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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.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Now NASCAR wants in on the incentives race

By Barry Smith
Burlington Times-News


I’m a North Carolina native and have called the Tar Heel state home all my life. And yet I have never acquired a taste for one sport that many across the state love: NASCAR.

But there’s one thing that, through the years, I’ve admired about the sport. They didn’t ask the taxpayers to pay for their venues.

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