As D-day anniversary approaches, survivor recounts vivid memories

Gary’s stepfather, Joe Dickerson, was interviewed by David Crabtree of WRAL last week.  To watch this moving interview, click the link below: http://www.wral.com/as-d-day-anniversary-approaches-survivor-recounts-vivid-memories/13649342/  The WRAL story follows:   As D-day anniversary approaches, survivor recounts vivid memories Joe Dickerson nearly died twice in 1944 – first from a near drowning and then from shrapnel. Dickerson, 91,…

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Popcorn Politics Part Deux

**Gary is taking a break from blogging and he asked a few Tapsters to post a few blogs. Here is another one a Tapster sent in:   The biggest day of the 2012 political calendar is August 10.   No, that’s not the start of the much-ballyhooed and underfunded Democratic National Convention, nor is it…

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Popcorn Politics

  **Gary is taking a break from blogging and he asked a few Tapsters to post a few blogs. Here is one a Tapster sent in:   The rankings of the allegedly most influential lobbyists were released last week by the NC Center for Public Policy Research. This biennial joke was greeted by the usual…

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Media Locked

Gary is taking a break this week from consulting, blogging and politics. He invited several TAPsters to contribute blogs during his hiatus. Here’s one of them: Art Pope likely has never thought of himself as allied with the oft-bashed-as-liberal news media, but the mainstream media has succeeded in giving undeserved credibility to Pope’s squadron of…

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PR 101

Gary is taking a break this week from consulting, blogging and politics. He invited several TAPsters to contribute blogs during his hiatus. Here’s one of them: Mitt Romney’s reluctance to turnover his tax returns proves yet again how important it is to FALL FORWARD FAST in politics.  What started out as a refusal by Romney…

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Lobbyists Rankings – A Sham?

Gary is taking a break this week from consulting, blogging and politics. He invited several TAPsters to contribute blogs during his hiatus. Here’s one of them:   One of the most distasteful and useless public policy efforts in North Carolina is underway,  and hardly anyone knows it.   The NC Center for Public Policy Research…

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