doeisms as well. mike, happy new year to you. thank you. if you thought the day president obama signed the repeal of the don t ask/don t tell policy, the nation signed off on tolerance? you haven t heard the debate in a north carolina county. an official wrote but fellow commissioner bill james said not so fast. he wrote another letter, calls homosexuals, and here s his quote sexual predators. he said north carolina s leaders should hardly be congratulated for their votes. it s all fueling a firestorm. i m sitting there thinking how classy of a city are we if we re allowing that kind of rhetoric? well, nbc news did offer bill james a chance to reply on hair, but he decline. new numbers out today show americans went on a shopping spree in the days before