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Scott Reed ran Bob Dole’s disastrous 1996 presidential campaign. Dole lost and Scott Reid now works for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is now a senior political analyst for the chamber. Scott Reed says he plans to crush the Tea Party. Karl Rove, another high-ranking member of the consultant class, has also declared war on the Tea Party. These political “experts” claim they do not want any “losers” on any Republican ticket. Being losers themselves, they seem to specialize in recruiting same.

Karl Rove spent plenty of money in recent elections and never came close to winning any U.S. Senate seats nor the Presidential election, yet like Scott Reed, always manages to stay employed by the perennial loser crowd that hired both. These folks charge a lot for their services while producing little in results. [Full Story »] 

Happy New Year!
The RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) are getting restless. Breitbart.com reports the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to spend $50 million to crush the Tea Party.

Or, as the Chamber puts it: “to support establishment, business-friendly candidates in primaries and the general election, with an aim of trying to win a Republican Senate majority.” Notice their aim is faulty. This strategy has been tried many times and seldom works. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
Nothing happens just because we wish for it to. Many of the younger generations cannot find their way because they are not trained for it. Feeling good without doing good, doing things when the mood suits them and doing things with a condition has become their way of life.
The fault lies with parents and all adults that have a relationship with children. Children don’t do what we expect but what we inspect. A child may hate you for doing the right thing and it’s ok but that doesn’t make them right. Children are not raised on no’s. Can I stay out until two o’clock? No. Can I go on a date at thirteen? No. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
I’m researching the history of railroads and villages (towns) in Dodge County. I am seeking the following information: early maps of Dodge County (pre World War I), plots (maps) of early villages (towns) such as Normandale, Chauncey, Chester, Empire, etc., plots (maps) of the railroads in Dodge County such as “W and T,” Oconee Western, “M and B,” Ocmulgee and Horse Creek, Southern Dodge and Western Telfair (Ocmulgee Normadale Railroad), Wilcox through Temperance to Normandale. [Full Story »] 

Merry Christmas to all. I hope I timed it right.
Best states to retire in, according to (what else?) BestStatesToRetireIn.com.
A chilling quote:
“If you don’t like growing older, don’t worry about it. You may not be growing old much longer.”
Thomas Sowell
Texas is doing great - #1 in job creation, #1 in exports, named Best State for Business nine years in a row by Chief Executive Magazine, writes Tim Phillips of AFPHQ.org. Texas also has no state income tax.
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Dear editor,
America’s miserable minimum wage crisis.
Americans do not want to work for the minimum wage. Who does? Recent demonstrations at McDonald’s restaurants demanding $15 an hour wages are understandable. American people need more money to exist. Making a minimum wage only means you are living in poverty and need government and charitable assistance in order to survive.
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Dear editor,
What does Christmas mean to you?

Christmas is a wonderful time to be celebrated with family, friends and supper at Grandma’s house. Grandpa will gather the children around the fireplace and read the ‘Christmas Story’ about the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.

The true spirit of Christmas was alive and well in the Year of our Lord 1919. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
Congratulations to new Superior Court judge.

On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I wish to congratulate attorney C. Michael Johnson of Eastman on his recent appointment by Gov. Nathan Deal to a Superior Court judgeship in the Oconee Judicial Circuit, which includes Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair and Wheeler counties.
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Dear editor,
There are still good Samaritans! On Sunday, December 8, 2013, my sister and I went to Wal-Mart in Eastman to do a little Santa Claus shopping.

But, the story starts before that. My sister had a ring on her finger that was stuck and no one could seem to get off. She had already been to several places, including the emergency room at the hospital with no luck. By this time her finger had begun to swell badly.
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President Barack Obama has his answer to Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty.” It is a war on inequality.

The president’s formal declaration of hostilities came in a speech this month at the Center for American Progress, predictably praised as brilliant by his journalistic cheerleaders and touted by the White House as setting out the cause that will define the rest of his presidency.
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