12-year-old Democratic activist takes on NC governor over voting law. Madison Kimrey, 12, in a YouTube video. Kimrey has posted multiple videos of herself in her push for a sit-down with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.YouTube WASHINGTON – The first Republican governor to lead North Carolina in 20 years is being taken to task -- by a 12-year-old girl. The pint-sized Democratic activist, Madison Kimrey, has become somewhat of a national sensation in recent weeks after videos circulated of her railing against election laws in her home state.
Though she's not yet old enough to vote, the self-proclaimed "suffragette" has been campaigning against those laws while putting the governor in an awkward position -- by calling for a sit-down with him and drawing him into a war of words. Kimrey’s activism quickly has made her a target of criticism from Republicans. But Kimrey, who spoke with FoxNews.com, defended herself – and said she simply “didn’t like what was happening in the state and wanted to take action. " “This is Madison,” he told FoxNews.com. Floor Statements | Education & the Workforce Committee. The Price of Inequality and the Myth of Opportunity. America likes to think of itself as a land of opportunity, and others view it in much the same light. But, while we can all think of examples of Americans who rose to the top on their own, what really matters are the statistics: to what extent do an individual’s life chances depend on the income and education of his or her parents?
Nowadays, these numbers show that the American dream is a myth. There is less equality of opportunity in the United States today than there is in Europe – or, indeed, in any advanced industrial country for which there are data. This is one of the reasons that America has the highest level of inequality of any of the advanced countries – and its gap with the rest has been widening. In the “recovery” of 2009-2010, the top 1% of US income earners captured 93% of the income growth. Other inequality indicators – like wealth, health, and life expectancy – are as bad or even worse. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, once one understands the sources of inequality. Obama and Romney Go Head-to-Head on Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] One of the battles in the war for the White House is being fought on Twitter. It's common knowledge that Obama's beating Romney hand-over-fist in followers: the president has more than 15 million followers, compared to Romney's half-million.
However, the number of social followers alone doesn't mean much — instead, the key to waging a successful political campaign on Twitter is engagement. Along those lines, how does President Obama's Twitter presence stack up with that of Republican rival Mitt Romney? PeekAnalytics, a social audience measurement service, did some digging to find out. President Obama has more than 5,000 times the "pull," or influence, than the average Twitter account, compared to Mitt Romney at 466 times the average. SEE ALSO: Obama vs. Dueling Budgets: Which is Better for tech? How excited would you be to read through several hundred pages of competing budget plans for the fiscal 2013 year of the US Federal government?
I thought as much. However, while you might not be interested in the arcana of budgetary bombast and bylines, I have come up with a way that can show, in one way, the emphasis that each budget puts on issues that concern technology. This is the quickest and dirtiest method that I could summon. That being true, it will still take some time. We’re going to count the number of instances in each budget of certain words and topics that are critical for the technology community. You’ll see. Something to keep in mind: Obama’s budget is more than twice as long as Ryan’s. Entrepreneur/Entrepreneurial/Entrepreneurship Paul Ryan: 5 Over the past century, the American people have sought to furnish a strong and stable base of health and retirement security for working families. Obama: 22 Invest/Investor/Investment Paul Ryan: 27 Obama: Hundreds. Obama: 32 Obama: 72.