The Noble "Sacrifice" of Michelle Obama
- By Michelle Malkin
It's hard out there for a first lady of the United States. Take it from travel-weary Michelle Obama. On Tuesday night, she boarded a luxury 757 for Copenhagen. Think of the stairs she had to climb. Oh, the agony of the feet!
Upon arrival, Mrs. O, her "chit-chat buddy," Chicago-based talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey, and Chicago powerbroker/interest-conflicted real estate mogul/senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett immediately embarked on a grueling, grip-and-grin campaign to secure the Olympics for their hometown. Our smile muscles ache in sympathy.
Singing Heil Obama in New Jersey
- By Phyllis Schlafly
Red alert to parents: If you send your children to a public school, they may be secretly indoctrinated in the cult of Obama-worship. If that's not your plan for your children, you had better act now, before it's too late.
We now know that the "I pledge" video shown in Utah in August, and only afterwards discovered by parents, was not isolated evidence of indoctrination of public schoolchildren in the new cult of Obama-worship. Second-graders in New Jersey were taught to sing songs of praise and fidelity to Barack Obama in February and again in June, and parents only found out about it this September.
U.S. To Break Up Soon?
- By Chuck Baldwin
According to Macedonian Radio and Television On-line (MRT), a Russian professor predicts the United States will fall apart in July 2010. MRT reports, "'Mr. Obama is similar to the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
'Gorbachev was also making great promises for the Soviet Union, but the situation was only getting worse,' he said. By next summer, according to Professor Panarin, the US will disintegrate into six blocs--and everyone will get their piece. 'The probability that the United States of America fall apart in July 2010 is more than 50 percent,' said Igor Panarin, Professor at Moscow's Diplomatic Academy within the Russian Federation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
We Have Met The Enemy – And He Is Us!
- By Muriel Larson
Scattered among the wheat in Christian churches are the tares sown by the devil (Matthew 13:25-36). Like Judas, they may look like the wheat. They preach, they teach, they hold office in the church.
They speak pious words and often may use the right terminology. But since they have been planted in the church by the devil, they're there to do his work to destroy the church, to stumble the true believers, to hurt them, to hinder their love for Jesus Christ and cause them confusion.
Netanyahu's Offer
- By Al Snyder
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu surprised the world recently by announcing his government's willingness to allow a Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel. But not surprisingly he attached several conditions to his offer. And not surprisingly, the Palestinians quickly and totally rejected them all.
The conditions include recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, Jerusalem's remaining the undivided capital of Israel, the disarming and dismantling of the Palestinian terrorist groups, the demilitarization of a new Palestinian state, the retaining of the Jewish so-called "settlements," and the dis-allowing of Arab so-called "refugees" to return and reside in the Jewish state.
Handing Out Snakes
- By Heather Sheen
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:9-11)
I once read a supposedly amusing account of a mother whose young son left the house one morning to catch the school bus. But he returned after a couple minutes and in a discouraged voice told her that school was boring and he hated it and wanted to stay home. Her reply was something along the lines of, “Life’s tough. Get on the bus.”
A Tale Of Two Generals (With apologies to Charles Dickens)
- By Tony Beam
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity....” The opening lines of Charles Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities, serve as a reminder of the social parallels that existed between France and London in the years leading up to the French Revolution. Dickens original work was not published as a complete novel but was revealed through weekly installments in the Dickens’ literary periodical All the Year Round. Readers who were hooked by the story line had to patiently wait as the drama of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton unfolded from week to week.
The Booth Brothers
- By Keith Crowe
This week’s article is about a group of young men from Brandon, Florida, called The Booth Brothers. As I said these men are young but the story goes back a lot further than these young men do. It all started with their dad Ron Booth and he was a long way from Florida when he got his start in gospel music. Ron was born in West Virginia and moved to Detroit when he was thirteen years old and this is where the singing began. Ron had a brother named Charles and they began singing together. Soon after these two began to sing three other brothers joined the group and this was the beginning of the Booth Brothers. All this happened along about 1957.
Some Businesses Concerned About Closure of I-385 North
- By Bob Dill
Thomas Fears Impact on Economy, Kirven Suspects Political Posturing
The South Carolina Department of Transportation has announced that a section of about 20 miles of the northbound lane of I-385 will be closed from I-26 to the Gray Court exit for 7-1/2 months beginning January 4, 2010.
Traffic going to Fountain Inn, Simpsonville, Mauldin, Greenville and points west and north of Greenville will be routed farther north on I-26 to Spartanburg and west on I-85 back to Greenville. The detour is about 15 miles further according to the SCDOT.
Cal Thomas Speaks On BJU Campus
- By Terry M. Thacker
“Good evening, religious fanatics,” said Cal Thomas to laughter as he began his remarks at last Tuesday evening’s convocation on the campus of Bob Jones University.
His theme for the evening, however, was much more serious. The conservative syndicated columnist, whose column appears in over 550 newspapers worldwide, addressed the growing menace of Islam and how that ideology is taking over the West. He described it as the “greatest challenge the country has ever faced.”
Europe is fast becoming Muslim, Thomas said as he reeled off statistic after statistic to prove his point. As late as the mid-20th century, according to Thomas, there were practically no Muslim immigrants in Europe. In some countries today, however, such as the Netherlands, the Muslim birthrate is 50%.
High School Enrollment Drops in Greenville Schools
- By Bob Dill
Annual Overall Increase Less than Half of Projection Due to Recession, Home and Charter Schools
Growth in the student population of Greenville County Schools is down drastically from only three years ago and less than half of the projection for the current school year.
The Greenville County School District experienced an annual growth of up to 2,000 three years ago that included large increases in K-4 and K-5 Kindergarten at the elementary level. Since that time, growth in the student population has dipped to 250 for the current school year. The current enrollment excluding charter schools that are under the jurisdiction of the Greenville County School Board is 69,477.
Greenville Schools Get 2 Loans from Federal Stimulus
- By Bob Dill
The Greenville County School Board voted Tuesday night to select an architect to design a new 1,000 student elementary school for the Southeast Area of Greenville County to relieve crowding at Bell’s Crossing, Bethel, Oakview, and Woodland Elementary schools.
The Board also approved a resolution to sell $15 million in low or no interest bonds as part of a two-year $30 million government stimulus program for Greenville County Schools authorized by the American Recovery Reinvestment Act. The money will come from commercial sources but must be paid back by Greenville County property owners in a lump sum in 12 to 16 years, according to a District statement. Some of the funds may be used to build additional Kindergarten classrooms on existing schools.
Two SC Republicans Declined to Support Wilson
- By Bob Dill
House Resolution of Disapproval Passed 240 to 179
The U. S. House passed a resolution of disapproval of S. C. Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting an accusation of lying at President Barack Obama during a nationally televised joint session of Congress.
The outburst came when Obama stated that his health care plan would not provide free medical care for illegal aliens.
Life of Julius Gulden: A Love Story
- By Subscriber Written
On Thursday morning, August 31, 2009, the portals of heaven opened when yet another soldier of the Lord entered God’s army. Julius and Virginia Gulden had been planning for this event - even so, it always comes unexpectedly. His life is a love story: love of his Lord, his lifelong sweetheart and his nation. Julius was a courageous, quiet yet strong, unsung hero. It is always amazing to hear an account like his; he played such a grandiose role in the history of our nation. From the beginning of his life in Pittsburgh, PA on January 8, 1921, he seemed destined for a remarkable venture. He had never been outside Pittsburgh except to attend a Boy Scout camp before joining the Army. The decision to serve his country would affect his life forever.
Bold Signs of Encouragement
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
“All that is needed for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”
After a long season of lethargy, disinterest and tolerance, the American people are beginning to pay attention, communicate and take action. The question for which we have no answer remains: “Is it too late?”
There are signs of encouragement and indications that the American people may once again be willing to take whatever action is necessary to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States in order to preserve the constitutional republic that has been the bastion of freedom in the world for more than 200 years.
Lying Propaganda
- By Walter Williams
Michael Moore's new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story" will be released next month. I've neither seen nor read reviews of the film, except for a short piece in the London Telegraph (9/6/09) titled "Michael Moore film calls capitalism evil." Aware of Michael Moore's previous films, I know that it will be at best a misleading story about capitalism. So let's do some defensive mental preparation, not about the film but what is and what is not capitalism.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership and control over the means of production. The distribution of goods and services and their prices are mainly determined by competition in a free market. Under such a system the primary job of government is to protect private property, enforce contracts and ensure rule of law.
ACORN Watch: A "Sting"-ing Indictment of Media Hypocrisy
- By Michelle Malkin
Undercover journalism is only acceptable when it fits a liberal agenda. That is the message from "professional" reporters and left-wing activists outraged about three successful video stings targeting President Obama's old friends at the left-wing tax-subsidized outfit ACORN.
Conservative documentarian James O'Keefe and writer Hannah Giles, working for the BigGovernment.com website, posed as a pimp and prostitute during visits to ACORN offices in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn. ACORN housing officials and tax advisers offered them brazen suggestions on how to lie on their applications, disguise their income, obscure their child sex-ring business and hide cash from abusive johns. ("When you buy the house with the backyard, you get a tin," an ACORN counselor in New York told Giles, "and you bury it down in there, cover it and put the grass over it.")
To Lose a War
- By Pat Buchanan
While America was consumed this summer with quarrels over town-hall radicals, "death panels," the "public option" and racism's role in the plunging polls of Barack, what happens to health care is not going to change the history of the world.
What happens in Afghanistan might.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal has done his duty. He has bluntly told his commander in chief what he must have in added combat troops and warned that if he does not get them, America faces "mission failure."
Obama's Plan to Spread the Wealth
- By Phyllis Schlafly
When Barack Obama told Joe the Plumber he planned to "spread the wealth around," many people didn't realize he was not talking about spreading the wealth only of the super-rich. Now that Obama is elected, he is moving rapidly to expand welfare handouts for non-taxpayers, running up a tremendous national debt that will inevitably lead to higher taxes on the Middle Class.
The enormity of this transfer of money away from working, taxpaying Americans to non-taxpayers (who voted overwhelmingly for Obama for President in 2008) has just been detailed in a sensational 53-page report by Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. There are not enough superlatives in the English language to adequately describe the colossal amounts of money involved in the Obama Administration's shocking cash transfers.
The Fall Feasts Season
- By Dr. Al Snyder
Three special feasts, all ordained by God Himself, are celebrated at this time of year by the Jewish people of Israel. It is a very special time of the year.
The Feast of Trumpets is the first of the three. It comes on New Year's Day on the modern Jewish calendar, and in Hebrew it is called, Rosh HaShanah. God instructed Moses: "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month ye shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation." (Leviticus 23:24)
Dean Allen Campaign Hosts “Machine Gun Social”
- By Jeff West
Dean Allen, candidate for S.C. Adjutant General, held a Machine Gun Social at Allen Arms Indoor Range at 1210 Poinsett Hwy on Saturday. Twenty-five dollars bought supporters a BBQ meal and a full ammo clip to shoot through the automatic weapon of their choice. The event was packed with about 200 people, many of whom were anxious to shoot a machine gun for their first time. Despite the overflow crowd, range owner Frank Allen and his staff handled the proceedings professionally and safely. Ron’s Hog Pen BBQ of Spartanburg supplied an excellent meal, and a drawing was held for a free AK-47 at the conclusion of the event.
See You At The Pole at Greenville Classical Academy
- By Press Release
Students and faculty of Greenville Classical Academy in Simpsonville came together on Wednesday, September 23rd for "See You at the Pole," an annual event held every September. A short program next to a newly-erected flagpole consisted of raising the American flag, readings by various students, a time of prayer, and everyone joining together to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
DeMint Receives Enthusiastic Welcome
- By Bob Dill
DeMint: ‘We Have Got to Stop the Takeover of Healthcare.’
Greenville County Republican Women and their guests gave Senator Jim DeMint a hero’s welcome when he arrived to speak at their luncheon Monday at the Poinsett Club.
GCRWC President Geri Warren introduced DeMint as “the true leader of the Conservative movement leading the fight against that liberal firestorm that is trying to destroy capitalism and lead our country down the path of socialism.”
The three-hundred people attending the luncheon joined Warren in a lengthy standing ovation when she commended DeMint for having “consistently and effectively fought for the values that we treasure in South Carolina such as individual liberty, smaller government, a strong national defense and our traditional values.”
U. S. Constitution Celebration Held in Simpsonville
- By Bob Dill
Event Sponsored by Upstate Young Republicans
The Simpsonville Senior Center was the site for the U. S. Constitution Celebration sponsored by Upstate Young Republicans Saturday, Sept. 19th.
The UYR is a non-profit group dedicated to encouraging participation in Republican Politics by young adults aged 18-40.
The celebration included a full reading of the Constitution by elected officials, candidates for public office, students and other citizens. Volunteers made soapbox speeches titled “What the Constitution Means to me.”
Conservative Leadership Conference Held in Raleigh
- By Jeff West
The fourth annual North Carolina Conservative Leadership Conference was held in Raleigh, N.C. on September 11-12. It was sponsored by the N.C. Civitas Institute (see www.nccivitas.org), a conservative think tank started by retailer John William Pope promoting free markets and limited, honest government. There were numerous famous and informative speakers including: journalist Trent Seibert, who exposed Al Gore’s outlandish electric bill; John Fund of the Wall St. Journal; Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform; former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean; Muslim terrorist expert Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch; and Dr. Jennifer Morse, president of the Ruth Institute promoting Biblical marriage. There were also various sessions on useful topics such as how to expose government corruption.
Adams, Dill Mark Constitution Day in Anderson
- By Bobby & Erica Woods
The Anderson County Constitution Meet Up Group met at Ryan’s in Anderson on September 17, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. A fantastic group of energetic, freedom-loving constitutionalists turned out for what proved to be an exciting and thought-provoking evening.
Pastor Tony Romo kicked off the evening at 7:00 p.m. with a welcome and asked each attendee to introduce themselves and briefly share their political involvement. Two of the attendees traveled to be part of the “Tea-Party” in Washington, D. C., one on a bus and the other on his motorcycle. Another individual was involved in the Ron Paul campaign. Some attendees are fairly new to the political scene while others have been freedom fighters for many years. Several of the people at the meeting are members of the Constitution Party.
Inhofe, DeMint, Sessions Decry Cancellation Of Third Missile Defense Site
- By Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three U.S. Sens. today expressed outrage that the Obama Administration has cancelled a third missile defense site scheduled to be deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic:
"I have long viewed the deployment of a layered ballistic missile defense as an urgent priority, vital to the future of our country's national security," said U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Armed Services committee and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. "The Obama's Administration's decision to cancel the third missile defense site scheduled to be deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic is short-sighted and leaves America and our allies vulnerable to the growing missile threat from Iran. Iran has developed short and medium range missiles capable of hitting targets in the Middle East and southeastern Europe. Our only true defense is an effective layered defensive capability to shoot down ballistic missiles that threaten this country, our allies and our deployed forces around the globe."
Freedom Alert: 11 Ways Baucus Plan Leads to Government Takeover of Health Care
- By By U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint
On Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released his health care proposal which will be considered by the full committee next week. The plan contains more of the same big government policies that have been proposed by this Congress and Obama Administration for months. It does nothing to increase Americans’ access to affordable health care coverage. In fact, the Baucus plan includes several devastating provisions that hurt the ability of millions of Americans to keep the coverage they currently have (and like).
Moreover, the combination of tax increases, penalties, new government health care programs, increased fees on private health care entities, and destruction of current health care coverage products will force this nation into the grip of a government-run health care system. Here are 11 things you should know about Baucus' proposal:
Planned Overload May Have Surprises
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
It is quite obvious that the Obama Administration is following a plan developed long ago. It appears that the plan is designed to create so much upheaval and uncertainty in every aspect of life that there is no way that the opposition can muster the time, energy and resources to mount a successful defense.
It has recently been revealed that the plan for the government to take control of health care has been in existence since the days of Franklin Roosevelt and each attempt to surface it has been defeated. Now we have a generation of Americans who have been systematically “dumbed-down” and, lacking knowledge of history and truth, they are subject to psychological manipulation by trained change agents.
Race and Stupidity
- By Pat Buchanan
God save me from my friends -- I can take care of my enemies.
So President Obama must be muttering today.
Ten days ago, the president played his ace of trumps.
He went before a joint session of Congress to lay out his health care plans, confront the "demagoguery" of critics who had resorted to "distortion," "misinformation" and "tall tales," and rally progressives and Blue Dogs to reunite and drive on to victory.
ACORN's Illegal Alien Home Loan Racket
- By Michelle Malkin
There's one thing more shocking than the illegal alien smuggling advice that an ACORN official in San Diego gave undercover journalists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. It's the illegal alien home loan racket that ACORN has already been operating with the full knowledge of the U.S. government.
On Wednesday, O'Keefe and Giles published the fifth in a series of BigGovernment.com sting videos. ACORN official Juan Carlos Vera coached the pimp-and-prostitute-posing pair on how best to pull off a border-busting smuggling operation. It would be "better from Tijuana," he counseled on videotape. Vera then generously offered the investigative couple his Mexican "contacts" to bring 12 illegal alien girls into the country for prostitution.
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