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• Anti-Southern snobbishness rears its ugly head in allegations of racism against Obamaís critics

  Created: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:06

    D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — Thinking about that presidential election still sends chills of happiness through my brain. It was 1976 and my country had, unbelievably, actually elected a real Souther...

• Letter: Obama called disingenuous in his actions and rhetoric

  Created: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 06:31

  Moments into his address to the joint session delivering a sales pitch for his health care plan, President Obama claimed his administration has “pulled our economy back from the brink.” From the brink of what, I wonder? Our econom...

• Letter: Despite win over annexation threat, N.C. war to be waged

  Created: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 06:28

  The folks behind StopWoodfin.org gave the mayor and aldermen of Woodfin more pressure than they ever dreamed they would face and it resulted in a tremendous victory! Now that the Woodfin Board of Aldermen have unanimously passed a resolution to sus...

• Letter: Tar Heel calls 9-12 march on Washington ëpatrioticí

  Created: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 06:27

  The U.S. Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to petition Congress for regress of grievances. On Saturday, Sept. 12, my wife and I travelled to Washington, D.C., along with an estimated 1.5 million other patriots to do just that— ...

• Film shown, anti-war rally set at UNCA

  Created: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 06:24

  Sarah Buchner From Daily Planet Staff Reports A film, “Rethink Afghanistan: Part 1,” was shown on Sept. 29 night on campus to prepare members of the UNC Asheville chapter of Students for a Democ...

• CON: Care called personal choice; tyranny feared

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:24

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Those who oppose President Obama’s proposal to reform health care turned out for several programs, rallies and protests around Asheville in August. These included a John Locke Foundation program featuring ...

• Health care debate rages in Asheville

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:21

  Several counter-protesters on Aug. 11 stand along Biltmore Avenue, below Rep. Heath Shuler’s office, to urge support for legislation intended to reform health care. Daily Planet Staff Photos   ...

• PRO: Care called ëa human right,í ethical way to go

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:16

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports A rally in favor of President Obama’s proposal for health-care reform drew about 200 people at its peak on a sunny morning Aug. 29 at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Part way through the rally, organ...

• Israeli official predicts better future for Middle East

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:03

  Reda Mansour From Daily Planet Staff Reports An Atlanta-based Israeli diplomat, Reda Mansour, addressed issues of national security and peace during an Aug. 6 address at UNC Asheville. Manseur, Israeli...

• Police Blotter: September 1, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:00

  Fireman charged in shooting at bicyclist loses his post An off-duty Swannanoa firefighter accused of shooting at a bicyclist and narrowly missing his head no longer works for the Asheville Fire Department. Charles Alexander Diez, 42, was &ldqu...

• Raise retirement age to 75

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:52

  With U.S. citizens living longer and testing healthier than ever, the official retirement age should be raised to 75 years old from the current 65 to avoid bankrupting the Social Security system. Undeniably, our seniors are far outlasting their con...

• Time to tear down the Lincoln Memorial? Not so fast, folks

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:51

  D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — After reading an important and provocative new book about Abraham Lincoln’s ideas about the proper role of freed blacks in post-slavery times, I wondered if somebody will prop...

• Letters: September 1, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:48

  Daytime parking rates at night result in imbalance On Sept. 8, the three city-operated Asheville parking decks (Rankin Avenue, Civic Center and Wall Street) will begin to charge daytime rates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with a maximum of $8 ...

• Shuler on ëTake a Standí

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:44

  Matt Mattin, a political independent, hosts Rep. Heath Shuler (background) in a radio town hall to address his constituents Aug. 27 on the proposed health care bill in a lively give-and-take on Mattin’s “Take a Stand” talk show on WWNC 5...

• Cutting up with a cutout

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:43

  George Keller playfully puts an arm around a cutout of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during an Aug. 8 breakfast meeting of the Buncombe County Republican Men’s Club at Cornerstone Restaurant in East Asheville. Keller is president of the BCGOP M...

• Asheville sports celebrity Daugherty meets Obama

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:29

  Brad Daugherty Brad Daughtery, an Asheville sports celebrity, former NBA star, NASCAR team owner and analyst for ESPN2, met Aug. 19 with President Barack Obama for a “NASCAR Now” broadcast at th...

• Asheville poorly regarded as a sports town, poll says

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:28

  Despite Asheville’s vaunted reputation as a place to live and visit, the city ranked near the bottom as a sports town in a recent poll. Asheville finished 202 out of 239 minor league cities in a poll released in the latest edition of the Spor...

• Ambassador fields queries: from Obama to womenís lib

  Created: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:27

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Israeli ambassador Reda Mansour fielded a range of questions from the audience for 30 mintues following an Aug. 6 address at UNC Asheville. A woman said, “In simplistic terms, we hear Israel thinks Presi...

• Slow 2010 rebound termed possible ó if government gets ëout of the wayí

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:23

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Following an economic downturn that has earned the distinction of “The Great Recession,” gross domestic product in the United States could start increasing again in 2010, but the prospect for a steady u...

• 250 participate in rally against ëObama-careí

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:19

  A young mother, flanked by her four children, protests President Obama’s health-care reform efforts by waving a sign stating that “I don’t expect YOU to pay for MY 4 kids .... It’s MY job.” A story on a separate protest h...