MOAA Installs Officers for 2008 Written by Press Release    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Retired US Air Force General John Allen, President of the South Carolina Council of Chapters, installed officers for the Greenville Chapter of MOAA during an installation dinner at the Hilton. The following individuals were installed to serve the chapter for the coming year: President: Michael Gonzales, CWO2, USMC; First Vice President: Brenda Jansons, 1LT, USA; Second Vice President: Bill Koehler, COL, USA; Secretary: Ron Schneider, LTC, USA; Treasurer: Pamela Durham, 1st Lt, USAFR; Past President: Bert Strange, Chaplain (LTC), USA; Board members: Tom Berg, MAJ, USA; Mona Ferguson, Auxiliary; Joel Heiser, Col, USA; Vince McNeese, LTC, USA; Larry Rinne, Capt, USNR; Diane Schneider, Capt, USA; and Laverne Tremblay, Auxiliary. Read more... Greenville County Republicans Reject Constitutional Convention Proposal Written by Bob Dill    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Message Sent to County Legislative Delegation The Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee, Monday night, passed a resolution unanimously urging the Greenville County Legislative Delegation to vigorously oppose legislation recently reported out of the SC Senate Judiciary Committee calling on the Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to deal with immigration. constitutional convention opens “Pandora’s box” for radical change and could result in destruction of the Constitution and the republic.   Read more... Who Left the Water Running? Written by Terry M. Thacker    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Niagara Falls - The American Falls. (This is the eleventh installment in a series of articles detailing the writer’s recent trip into the past.) I reached the Buffalo area smack dab during the morning rush hour. By the way, I’d like to know why it is called ‘rush hour’ when everyone is going slow. Actually, although the traffic was heavy, it flowed fairly well that morning. I skirted around the east and north side of the city, heading to my first destination of the day - Niagara Falls. Read more... Obama Most Liberal, Senator McCain Missed Too Many Votes to Be Rated Written by Bob Dill    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM The National Journal rated Barack Obama, D-Ill, the most liberal member of the US Senate in 2007. Hillary Clinton, his rival for the Democrat nomination for President of the United States, was rated 16th most liberal. Senator John McCain was not present and voting enough to be rated during 2007, according to the publication that reported McCain missed more than 50 percent of the key votes dealing with economic and foreign policy matters. Clinton and Obama have identical voting records on the War in Iraq during 2007, according to the publication. Read more... The Horse is Out! Should We Close The Barn Door? Written by Bob Dill, Publisher    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM On the farm, we would say: “It’s too late to close the barn door when the horse is out.” However, most farmers possessed wisdom and common sense. They learned from the experience that until you secure the barn door you will have no control of your horse. As more and more South Carolinians have migrated from the farms to the urban areas, compromised with the influx of humanity from elsewhere, and pursued more entertainment and escape from stressful reality, we seem to have parted with some of that wisdom and common sense. Read more...

McCain's Straight Lies Written by Thomas Sowell    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM We have been hearing for years that Senator John McCain gives "straight talk" and his bus has been endlessly referred to as the "straight talk express." But endless repetition does not make something true. The fact that McCain makes short, blunt statements does not make him a straight-talker. There are short, blunt lies -- and he told a big one on the eve of the Florida primary, when he claimed that Mitt Romney had advocated a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. Read more... Stimulus Package Nonsense Written by Walter Williams    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Some Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls are preaching economic doom and gloom, disappearing middle class, and failing health care industry. What's their solution? The short answer is give them more control over our lives. Baltimore's political satirist, the late H.L. Mencken, explained this strategy, saying, "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." The imaginary hobgoblin this time is the threat of an oncoming recession, even though it is by no means clear that the U.S. economy is in a recession. To head off a recession, politicians, including President Bush, are calling for a stimulus package. Read more... Setting the McCarthy Record Straight Written by Phyllis Schlafly    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Ronald Reagan was dismissed by the intelligentsia as just an actor who read speeches written by others until history professor Kiron Skinner discovered a box of Reagan's original radio scripts written in his own hand on ruled yellow paper from 1975 to 1979. Since he had no staff to research and write for him in those years, the scripts prove that Reagan was a one-man think-tank, well versed in political philosophy and history, fully capable of writing his own speeches. Professor Skinner's discovery, and the subsequent publication of many of Reagan's more than a thousand hand-written radio commentaries, changed the way history now respects Reagan. Scholar M. Stanton Evans has performed a similar transformation for the most reviled American in modern history, Senator Joseph McCarthy. Read more... S856 Constitutional Convention Written by Juliette Kozak, Easley, SC    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Dear Sen. Alexander, This morning I received a copy of S856 at our monthly meeting of Americans for Constitutional Government. I find that both Sen. Martin and you are sponsors of this bill, which, astonishingly would open both our state and federal Consitutons up to attack against any provision in both: regardless of the language of this Convention. We both know that far too many congressmen at the federal level view our existing Constitution as a "living, breathing Constitution that is subject to change with the changing times." They would be prone to using this proposed Constitutional Convention to accomplish the destruction of our existing "Law of the Land" Costitution. I am astonished that since you have sworn an oath before God to uphold and defend and protect the Consttution of the State of South Carolina, and the Constitution  of the United States that you have gone on record to sponsor S856 which has the potential of destroying both. Read more... How Not to Ride a Young Jersey Bull Written by Thad Sammons    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Last week I wrote about my dear friends, Jim, Bill, and Crip, all descendants of the famous and well-known Crow family. Today, I would like to introduce you to another “friend” that I met when I was about 13 years old. He was somewhat a bully; I suppose because he thought more highly of himself than he should. My father had him delivered to us by a truck owned by our neighbor and local cow trader, and upon his arrival I learned that he was a young Jersey Bull that would replace our old bull that was getting old and cranky. We always kept a Jersey bull along with our milk cows because, according to my mother, the cows were happier when a bull was in the pasture with them. I guess he stood guard over them because when my brother and I entered the pasture he would snort and scratch the ground and make us run and climb a tree. Read more... Sixteenth Regiment Officers Installed During Lee-Jackson Celebration Written by Press Release    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Past Commander Jim Forrester, at left, installed Sixteenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Camp 36 SCV officers for 2008 during the Lee-Jackson Banquet at the Airport Marriott in Greenville, SC. Past Commander Jim Forrester, at left, administered the oath of office to Commander James Bouchillon, 1st Lt Commander Larry Waddell, 2nd Lt Commander Buck Hitt, Chaplain Mark Evans, Color Sergeant Larry Guy, and Adjutant Mike Couch. Read more... Josh’s First Visit to the Zoo Written by Staff Reporter    Feb 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM Left: Josh shares his enthusiasm with others looking at the Giraffes at the Greenville Zoo. Below: a female Orangutan, dragging her bed and carrying her baby, comes straight up to Joshua Spurck, who among many others, was looking on other side of glass viewer during his first visit to the zoo. Both mother and baby share a moment with Josh. Joshua Spurck is son to James (Managing Editor of The Times Examiner) and Lorena Spurck. Read more... Great Performance by Nora Brooks as Mildred Childe Lee Written by Bob Dill    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM “Mildred Childe Lee” describes her childhood as the daughter of General Robert E. Lee. The Airport Marriott banquet room was silent as the audience celebrating the memory of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson listened intently to the performance of Nora Brooks. Brooks, in period attire, was gracious and comfortable in the role of Mildred Childe Lee, the daughter of General Lee, as she brought to life a personal image of her beloved father as seen through the eyes and heart of his youngest daughter. Read more... Woodard Provided Insight into Race for White House Written by Bob Dill    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM Dr. David Woodard and Julie Hershey. The timing was perfect for Greenville County Republican Women’s Club President Geri Warren to invite Dr. David Woodard to speak to her club. The results of the South Carolina Republican Primary were in and the Democrat contest would be held two days later. He provided an interesting prospective on the primary elections and candid predictions for the future. Read more... World War II Hero "Pappy" Boyington Still Taking Enemy Fire Written by Elbert L. Watson    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM To be sure, Medal of Honor Recipient Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was one of a kind! A daring, dashing, devil-may-care fellow, he was for awhile America’s unchallenged hero of World War II.    So far so good, but, amazingly, in February 2006 at the University of Washington, where Boyington graduated in 1934, a flap arose when a resolution introduced in the Associated Student Senate recommended erection of a memorial to honor him for his war service. Read more... The Fed Can’t Create Money Ex Nihilo Written by Jeffrey West    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM According to the Bible, God spoke the Earth into existence by creating it out of nothing, or ex nihilo.  Satan always tries to counterfeit God’s works, and he has done an excellent job brainwashing Americans, particularly children in government schools, into believing the lie that they evolved over millions of years out of a primordial ooze. Read more... Trucks Beneath My Feet Written by Terry M. Thacker    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM Traffic passes underneath the walkway at the Angola rest stop on the New York Thruway. After a quick continental breakfast at the hotel in Erie, I was on the road again, heading north on I-90, shuffling off to Buffalo. After about 20 miles I crossed the state line into New York. I had been in New York only one other time, on the opposite side of the state, in 1990 on another site-seeing trip. On that occasion I had visited Fort Ticonderoga and the Saratoga battlefield I shuffled right along for a few minutes before being one-laned by traffic cones. This no-construction construction zone lasted for several miles. I have seen this sort of thing on numerous occasions over the years on my travels. Perhaps they are simply revenue-enhancement zones, if you know what I mean. Cynical me. Read more... DeMint Says Stimulus Plan Should Make Tax Relief Permanent Written by Press Release    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM Says Certainty in the Tax Code Is Needed for Both Short- and Long-Term Growth WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced that he will seek to expand the proposed stimulus plan to make the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent. Read more... Conservatives Better Wake Up Written by Bob Dill, Publisher    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM The alarm has sounded and it is time for South Carolina conservatives to awaken from their comfortable slumber, take note of what is happening all around them and rise to the occasion, if they hope to remain relevant in representative government and remain free from tyranny. Read more... John McCain: The Geraldo Rivera Republican Written by Michelle Malkin    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM After spearheading a disastrous, security-undermining illegal alien amnesty bill last year with Teddy Kennedy, "straight-talking" GOP Sen. John McCain claims he has seen the light. In TV appearances, he vows to put immigration enforcement first. On the campaign trail, he offers a perfunctory promise to strengthen border security and emphasizes the need to restore Americans' trust in their government's ability to defend the homeland. Read more... What McCain Means Written by Pat Buchanan    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM In 2004, the voters of Arizona, by 56 percent to 44 percent, enacted Proposition 200, requiring proof of citizenship before an individual may vote or receive state benefits. Forty-six percent of Hispanics voted for Prop. 200, giving the lie to those who say Hispanics support the illegal invasion of their country. Read more... God’s In Control Written by By Muriel Larson    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM Well, we have just had our primary elections here in South Carolina. And if you are a conservative Republican who is against open borders and mass illegal immigration, you may feel disappointed by the outcome. But I wasn’t. To me it was just one more sign that the Biblical one-world prophecy may be coming true, that these are the end times--and that Jesus may be coming soon! Read more... Gov. Sanford Calls for Passage of ‘First 30 Days’ Agenda Written by Press Release    Jan 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM Governor Asks for Passage of Three Reforms – Small Business Healthcare, DUI, and Immigration Left to right: SC Gov. Mark Sanford, Sen. Jim Ritchie and Rep. Gloria Haskins Gov. Mark Sanford visited four cities across the state today to call for passage within the first 30 days of the legislative session of three key reforms – a bill making it easier for small businesses to provide healthcare to their employees, a bill to strengthen our state’s DUI laws, and a bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration in South Carolina. In Greer, he stopped at Dobson Gifts and General Hardware located at 1407-A West Wade Hampton Blvd.  Read more... Clemson University Sued by Former Employee Written by Bob Dill    Jan 23, 2008 at 12:00 AM Suit Alleges “Retaliatory Firing” and “Slander” of Former Executive Secretary for Trustees On January 9th a suit was filed by Chalmers Eugene Troutman, III of Greenville in the Court of Common Pleas, Fifth Judicial Circuit in Richland County, against Clemson University alleging retaliatory firing and slander. In a 48 page complaint filed with the court, Troutman, former Executive Secretary of Clemson University’s Board of Trustees alleges that on August 17, 2007, Clemson fired him as retaliation for his exercise of protected speech inside the University during his two-year employment and that Clemson’s public explanation was false and slanderous.  Read more... Greenville County Taxpayers Assn. Honored by SCAT Written by Bob Dill    Jan 23, 2008 at 12:00 AM From left to right: Pat Keasler, Butch Taylor and Jim Keasler. The South Carolina Association of Taxpayers (SCAT) chose the Greenville County Taxpayers Association for the 2008 SC Taxpayer Group Award. The award was presented by Don Weaver, President of SCAT, during the 12th Annual Legislative Luncheon at the Capital City Club in Columbia. Butch Taylor, President of the Greenville County Taxpayers Association, who also serves on the SCAT Board of Directors, accepted the award. Read more...

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