Believe in America, not the media.
“In today’s America, there’s something of an industry in finding old things to be offended by and drawing attention to them on social media.”
Paul Kersey on Unz.com 2-1-19
“Democrats are delusional socialists and are wrong for America.”
Erin Perrine
Remember Congressman Jim Clyburn (Demoleft – South Carolina)? He saved Joe Biden’s sagging campaign with a shot in the arm in South Carolina. He got out the vote there, sending Basement Joe to the nomination and the basement. Maybe Clyburn did us a favor. Biden could be a weaker candidate than McCain or Romney. The liberal press hyped those two losers as Republicans who could “win in November.”
“Jim Clyburn is a dinosaur. He needs to retire yesterday!”
Leo Terrell 8-7-20
California attorney – civil rights activist Leo Terrell has impressed me lately – I was surprised to see him come out for Trump. Good for Leo. He’s proud to wear a Trump hat. Check him out on Fox Network.
Talk about a flawed candidate – Hidin’ Biden is unraveling before our eyes.
Maybe these fellows put Trump over the top early on: “We don’t need another politician. We need a businessman like Mr. Trump! TRUMP 2016.”
Dennis Rodman, retired basketball star
Dennis has it right this time. And, as rocker Kid Rock said in 2016: “Let the business guy run the country like a business.”
Another celebrity Trump man who said in 2015: “He’s a great guy. He’s sharp. He’s fast. He can change the country after the last eight years.”
Actor Gary Busey
For a long list of celebrity liberals to avoid and conservatives to support, check out the site Boycott-Liberalism.com. The site lists 21 celebrities who promised to leave the USA if Trump won in 2016. All are still around, apparently.
John C. “Jack” Bogle, Vanguard Fund founder, commenting on the volatile stock market while appearing on CNBC in April 2018. “I have never seen a market this volatile, to this extent, in my career. Now that’s only 66 years, so I shouldn’t make too much about it.”
Jack Bogle (1929-2019) R.I.P. He died on 9-16-19 at age 89. He always had a good one-liner for us and was a savvy investor. Jack created the first Index Fund.
Fans at the 2019 World Series in D.C. booed President Trump when he was introduced. This is good. It shows you what type of fan now attends the World Series and solidifies Trump’s support in the real America.
Series fans are monied leftists generally – no working class folks in attendance these days, priced out of the market.
Richard Nixon figured out the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings ambush long before it happened by observing the Clarence Thomas circus. “The hearings themselves have become a scandal”, said President Nixon in 1991 on the Clarence Thomas hearings and phony allegations.
On 11-30-2010 Home Depot stock was 30.21 (adjusted) on 10-28 -19 it was 236.27 up almost 8 times the price of less than 9 years back. On 9-16-20 as this is written, it is 281.74, over 9 times the price of less than 10 years ago. Good investment site: 1stock1.com.
Good websites – no need to capitalize: Nikitas3.com 100PercentFedUp.com KelliWard.com CanadaFreePress.com GaryVarvel.com GaryKaltbaum.com GaryBusey.com PunchingBagPost.com TheoSpark.net MonicaMemo.com LifeZette.com PlaneSpotters.net ilanaMercer.com RodrigoBlankenship.com PhyllisSchlafly.com EagleForum.org NewsBusters.org ROOTforAmerica.com WeirdRepublic.com DonJr.com WalterEWilliams.com ClimateDepot.com ClimateHustle.org TheLibertyDaily.com Outkick.com DailyKenn.com VDare.com TheLibertyDaily.com TheOtherMcCain.com ErikRush.com LloydMarcus.com Powerlineblog.com DanaLoesch.com OANN.com Breitbart.com TheGatewayPundit.com WesternJournal.com AmRen.com Spectator.com HowieCarrShow.com LewRockwell.com WFLAOrlando.com BigLeaguePolitics.com TheKenCarroll.blogspot.com NicholasStixUncensored.blogspot.com MarshallFrank.com Revolver.news GunOwners.org CandaceOwens.com Newsmax.com MRC.org AIM.org
MarthaZoller.com Trump2020.com MarshallFrank.com AllenWestTX.com LostParks.com AtlantaTimeMachine.com VillagersforTrump.com BlazingCatFur.ca ZeroHedge.com TheNewAmerican.com JohnCBogle.com.
“In reality, they’re not after me, they’re after you. I’m just in the way.”
Donald Trump
“If Joe Biden knew how to do anything, he’d have done it by now.”
Donald Trump Jr. DonJr.com
Good point, Don!...mm
Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff the green new deal, an instant disqualification to me.
Without this site, how would you ever hear about BlazingCatFur.ca?
Bumper sticker of the day: I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Don’t forget: “Anything called a ‘program’ is unconstitutional.”
Joe Sobran Sobran.com
My e-mail address is marshallem40@comcast.net. Thanks for checking out The Right Side.
Marshall Miller
Opinions
Letter to the editor
The digital divide we have in the United States is undeniable. For years, this divide has existed between those who have access to reliable broadband internet--an unquestionable necessity in today’s modern world--and those who do not. For the nearly 39 percent of Americans who lack access to broadband, it’s not just a matter of affordability, but rather the availability.
Throughout the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, when schools became digital institutions and thousands worked from the comfort and safety of their homes, this divide became even more apparent. How can children attend digital school without reliable access to the internet? How can employees work from home? The answer is they can’t; putting them at a significant disadvantage.
As a Georgian, I recognize the importance of rural broadband expansion. The issue is all too important for our state. I know that plenty of Georgians lack the basic necessity of reliable internet, and it’s necessary to at least afford them the option of having it.
Thankfully, we have a President who recognizes this, even stating in his State of the Union address that he seeks “to deliver new and important infrastructure investment, including investments in the cutting-edge industries of the future.” Further underscoring his commitment to establishing reliable internet in America’s most rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the framework for the $20 billion “rural digital opportunity fund,” which will be used exclusively to fund improvements in broadband infrastructure in areas “that are entirely unserved by voice and broadband with download speeds of at least 25 mbps.” Thankfully, nearly 190,000 locations in our great state have been deemed eligible to benefit from these funds.
Just a few months ago, I joined many Georgia and Administration leaders to promote such efforts. In Claxton, Georgia ReConnect Program was expanded after two telecommunications companies received $5 million in federal aid. This aid will work to expand broadband service to over 1,200 homes in Evans and McIntosh counties. And it’s just the beginning.
Additionally, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue highlighted the necessity of broadband internet access in rural communities in his 2018 Rural Prosperity Task Force Report, Governor Brian Kemp, signed several pieces of legislation to jumpstart the efforts and Senator David Perdue, who recently joined a bipartisan group of legislators to create a bill that would enable broadband providers to provide free or discounted internet to families in need throughout the duration of the pandemic.
Thanks to the dedicated leadership of President Trump, Secretary Perdue, Governor Kemp, Senator Perdue and other Republican leaders, we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of rural internet access. Soon, our country will be able to begin meaningfully bridging the gap between those with reliable broadband internet access and those without, essentially bringing our state’s most rural areas into the 21st century.
Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan
Throughout the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, when schools became digital institutions and thousands worked from the comfort and safety of their homes, this divide became even more apparent. How can children attend digital school without reliable access to the internet? How can employees work from home? The answer is they can’t; putting them at a significant disadvantage.
As a Georgian, I recognize the importance of rural broadband expansion. The issue is all too important for our state. I know that plenty of Georgians lack the basic necessity of reliable internet, and it’s necessary to at least afford them the option of having it.
Thankfully, we have a President who recognizes this, even stating in his State of the Union address that he seeks “to deliver new and important infrastructure investment, including investments in the cutting-edge industries of the future.” Further underscoring his commitment to establishing reliable internet in America’s most rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the framework for the $20 billion “rural digital opportunity fund,” which will be used exclusively to fund improvements in broadband infrastructure in areas “that are entirely unserved by voice and broadband with download speeds of at least 25 mbps.” Thankfully, nearly 190,000 locations in our great state have been deemed eligible to benefit from these funds.
Just a few months ago, I joined many Georgia and Administration leaders to promote such efforts. In Claxton, Georgia ReConnect Program was expanded after two telecommunications companies received $5 million in federal aid. This aid will work to expand broadband service to over 1,200 homes in Evans and McIntosh counties. And it’s just the beginning.
Additionally, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue highlighted the necessity of broadband internet access in rural communities in his 2018 Rural Prosperity Task Force Report, Governor Brian Kemp, signed several pieces of legislation to jumpstart the efforts and Senator David Perdue, who recently joined a bipartisan group of legislators to create a bill that would enable broadband providers to provide free or discounted internet to families in need throughout the duration of the pandemic.
Thanks to the dedicated leadership of President Trump, Secretary Perdue, Governor Kemp, Senator Perdue and other Republican leaders, we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of rural internet access. Soon, our country will be able to begin meaningfully bridging the gap between those with reliable broadband internet access and those without, essentially bringing our state’s most rural areas into the 21st century.
Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan
Do you trust polls?
R.I.P. Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Susan Gordy, friendly, hard-working owner of the Junior Varsity restaurant in Atlanta. Remember the Junior Varsity, Cheshire Bridge Rd. at Lindbergh? Susan would do blue collar counter work too.
Do you trust polls? U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R – Florida) has been elected statewide three times, three for three. He points out that each time he was picked to lose. The first time he won he was supposed to lose by 11 points. Senator Scott is a proponent of term limits, three terms for House members, two terms for Senators. He says politicians should not make lifetime careers in Congress. The issue helped him to defeat Bill Nelson, who had been in Congress since the 1970s. Democrats hate term limits.
The New York Slimes newsrag hasn’t endorsed a Republican for president since Eisenhower in 1956. Since then it has been all Democrats endorsed yet it calls itself “the paper of record” for the USA. I’ll take the New York Post (NYPost.com).
“NY AG Ignores BLM, Targets NRA Instead.”
Tiffany Layne on TheBlackSphere.net
Great site!
I check it regularly…mm
“Dems will never criticize their own voters.”
Tucker Carlson
The Kennedy name seems to have lost its magic in the political game lately.
“The Kennedys, like the Windsors, live far removed from the experiences of everyday people, and they habitually engage in vapid virtue-signaling at the expense of their countrymen.”
Matthew Richer on VDare.com 9-10-20
Bumper sticker of the day: Support Your Travel Agent – Leave Town.
Defunding Police = Abandoning America.
“President Trump was the final president in a generation to end a war than to start one.”
U.S. Senator Rand Paul
The Military Industrial Complex = endless wars and the Democrats support them. Unfortunately, many Republicans go along with this insanity.
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Do you trust polls? U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R – Florida) has been elected statewide three times, three for three. He points out that each time he was picked to lose. The first time he won he was supposed to lose by 11 points. Senator Scott is a proponent of term limits, three terms for House members, two terms for Senators. He says politicians should not make lifetime careers in Congress. The issue helped him to defeat Bill Nelson, who had been in Congress since the 1970s. Democrats hate term limits.
The New York Slimes newsrag hasn’t endorsed a Republican for president since Eisenhower in 1956. Since then it has been all Democrats endorsed yet it calls itself “the paper of record” for the USA. I’ll take the New York Post (NYPost.com).
“NY AG Ignores BLM, Targets NRA Instead.”
Tiffany Layne on TheBlackSphere.net
Great site!
I check it regularly…mm
“Dems will never criticize their own voters.”
Tucker Carlson
The Kennedy name seems to have lost its magic in the political game lately.
“The Kennedys, like the Windsors, live far removed from the experiences of everyday people, and they habitually engage in vapid virtue-signaling at the expense of their countrymen.”
Matthew Richer on VDare.com 9-10-20
Bumper sticker of the day: Support Your Travel Agent – Leave Town.
Defunding Police = Abandoning America.
“President Trump was the final president in a generation to end a war than to start one.”
U.S. Senator Rand Paul
The Military Industrial Complex = endless wars and the Democrats support them. Unfortunately, many Republicans go along with this insanity.
[Full Story »]
No tangible result
Don’t forget, “Kamala” in Finnish is defined as terrible, horrible, awful.
Maybe we should remember about creepy Basement Joe that he served as vice plagiarist of the USA for eight years. He has been living off your tax dollars for fifty years or so while producing no tangible result.
“Adam Schiff is always trying to catch up with his eyeballs.”
Greg Gutfeld on Fox News 4-19-20
All 22 Democrats running for president promised to repeal the Trump tax cuts. They can’t stand prosperity. Democrats hate border control, tax cuts, term limits, oil drilling and conservatism: The Big Five.
Dennis Prager has visited 130 countries and he says The Phillippines are in the top for friendly people – in that country and Phillippinos in America.
VDare.com writer Peter Brimelow makes a good point as usual when he says mainstream media readers “are notoriously incurious.” Peter Brimelow and VDare.com are always a good read.
One day before the 2016 election, polls claimed Hillary Clinton had a 90 percent chance of winning.
“Trump knows the base better than anyone else in the party and he knows how to win an election. The America First message of his address is the platform for victory – he just needs to remember that, and his immigration moratorium, to make it unassailable.”
Washington Watcher II on VDare.com 8-30-20
Vice President Mike Pence is right. He says Donald Trump is the last line of defense against the radical left.
“Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.”
Comedian Groucho Marx
“If you reject a political claim made in the name of any category of people, you can expect to be accused of hating all people in that category.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Good websites – no need to capitalize: DonJr.com , SlaveNorth.com, CanadaFreePress.com, RightJournalism.com, ExploreGeorgia.com, LostParks.com, FloridaPolitics.com, TSowell.com, SidneyPowell.com, AnnCoulter.com, AIM.orgMarthaZoller.com, WalterEWilliams.com, TheBlackSphere.net, TheoSpark.net, NewsBusters.org, MRC.org, JodiMillerComedy.com, DailyKenn.com, VDare.com, WFLAOrlando.com, HowieCarrShow.com, CumbresToltec.com, WND.com, Townhall.com, LewRockwell.com, PaulCraigRoberts.org, Politichicks.com, DeSmogBlog.com, HotAir.com, SarahPalin.com, TheLibertyDaily.com, Whatfinger.com, ROOTforAmerica.com, JewishWorldReview.com, Nikitas3.com, HankJr.com, CNSnews.com, Newsmax.com, Downtrend.com, JuanitaBroddrick.com, BlazingCatFur.ca, AMAC.us, 1stock1.com, Boycott-Liberalism.com, KelliWard.com.
Hard to believe, even from him: Jeff Flake, fakey Flake, former U.S. Senator, says Basement Biden is “more conservative” than Donald Trump. Dr. Kelli Ward ran against both Flake and John McCain in Republican primaries and she lost both races. She would’ve been a fine Senator, far better than McCain or Flake. She is now Arizona’s state Republican Party chairman. She was endorsed by Dr. Ron Paul, also. This is where you have a choice – primaries. Primaries always have lower turnouts than general elections. It’s crazy but it’s hard to get women voters to vote for conservative females. Tennessee in 2016 was a pleasant exception to that rule as Marsha Blackburn, a good one, won big in the U.S. Senate race.
Kamala Harris has a voting record to the left of Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist. Big media claims she is a “moderate.” One rating system says she is #1, the most liberal U.S. Senator.
Bumper sticker of the day: TRUMP 2020 Make Liberals Cry Again.
Sept. 1, 1983 – the Russian shootdown of the Korean Airliner KAL007 has been sent down the memory hole by big media, barely mentioned each Sept. 1, which is today as this is written, 9-1-20. It doesn’t seem 37 years ago. They murdered 269 people and got away with it.
My e-mail address is marshallem40@comcst.net. Thanks for checking out The Right Side.
Maybe we should remember about creepy Basement Joe that he served as vice plagiarist of the USA for eight years. He has been living off your tax dollars for fifty years or so while producing no tangible result.
“Adam Schiff is always trying to catch up with his eyeballs.”
Greg Gutfeld on Fox News 4-19-20
All 22 Democrats running for president promised to repeal the Trump tax cuts. They can’t stand prosperity. Democrats hate border control, tax cuts, term limits, oil drilling and conservatism: The Big Five.
Dennis Prager has visited 130 countries and he says The Phillippines are in the top for friendly people – in that country and Phillippinos in America.
VDare.com writer Peter Brimelow makes a good point as usual when he says mainstream media readers “are notoriously incurious.” Peter Brimelow and VDare.com are always a good read.
One day before the 2016 election, polls claimed Hillary Clinton had a 90 percent chance of winning.
“Trump knows the base better than anyone else in the party and he knows how to win an election. The America First message of his address is the platform for victory – he just needs to remember that, and his immigration moratorium, to make it unassailable.”
Washington Watcher II on VDare.com 8-30-20
Vice President Mike Pence is right. He says Donald Trump is the last line of defense against the radical left.
“Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.”
Comedian Groucho Marx
“If you reject a political claim made in the name of any category of people, you can expect to be accused of hating all people in that category.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Good websites – no need to capitalize: DonJr.com , SlaveNorth.com, CanadaFreePress.com, RightJournalism.com, ExploreGeorgia.com, LostParks.com, FloridaPolitics.com, TSowell.com, SidneyPowell.com, AnnCoulter.com, AIM.orgMarthaZoller.com, WalterEWilliams.com, TheBlackSphere.net, TheoSpark.net, NewsBusters.org, MRC.org, JodiMillerComedy.com, DailyKenn.com, VDare.com, WFLAOrlando.com, HowieCarrShow.com, CumbresToltec.com, WND.com, Townhall.com, LewRockwell.com, PaulCraigRoberts.org, Politichicks.com, DeSmogBlog.com, HotAir.com, SarahPalin.com, TheLibertyDaily.com, Whatfinger.com, ROOTforAmerica.com, JewishWorldReview.com, Nikitas3.com, HankJr.com, CNSnews.com, Newsmax.com, Downtrend.com, JuanitaBroddrick.com, BlazingCatFur.ca, AMAC.us, 1stock1.com, Boycott-Liberalism.com, KelliWard.com.
Hard to believe, even from him: Jeff Flake, fakey Flake, former U.S. Senator, says Basement Biden is “more conservative” than Donald Trump. Dr. Kelli Ward ran against both Flake and John McCain in Republican primaries and she lost both races. She would’ve been a fine Senator, far better than McCain or Flake. She is now Arizona’s state Republican Party chairman. She was endorsed by Dr. Ron Paul, also. This is where you have a choice – primaries. Primaries always have lower turnouts than general elections. It’s crazy but it’s hard to get women voters to vote for conservative females. Tennessee in 2016 was a pleasant exception to that rule as Marsha Blackburn, a good one, won big in the U.S. Senate race.
Kamala Harris has a voting record to the left of Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist. Big media claims she is a “moderate.” One rating system says she is #1, the most liberal U.S. Senator.
Bumper sticker of the day: TRUMP 2020 Make Liberals Cry Again.
Sept. 1, 1983 – the Russian shootdown of the Korean Airliner KAL007 has been sent down the memory hole by big media, barely mentioned each Sept. 1, which is today as this is written, 9-1-20. It doesn’t seem 37 years ago. They murdered 269 people and got away with it.
My e-mail address is marshallem40@comcst.net. Thanks for checking out The Right Side.
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
It is what it is....
A comment made by a Dodge County educator. I have been promoting the formation of an ad hock committee to vet our school calendar for its effect on student learning.
The idea is to create an unbiased committee of educators to weigh the merits of our “traditional school calendar” compared to a proposed TRIMESTER calendar. I believe that our teachers, administrators as well as our Board of Education, are unable to be objective and unbiased toward the traditional calendar we now use. Our agrarian centered calendar is well suited for the education of farmers and lay persons, many of which were without reading skills. Those days are long gone.
Our calendar should have been replaced years ago in order to accommodate today’s technology needed to put a man on Mars. However, our educators remain firmly ensconced in a traditional mind set void of a single supporting argument justifying the use of the traditional calendar. They simply say “it is what it is”.
How could today’s teachers support the use of a 150-year-old calendar that has been identified by researchers as a NEGATIVE factor in student learning? Would you rely on 150-year-old data set to support the creation of school policies and procedures without justification? It may surprise you to hear that our BOE is not required to answer that question or any other question ... it is what it is.
I have been in a unique position to experience firsthand the depth and severity of our bias toward our calendar. I have observed our BOE, our Superintendents and our teachers as they go about attempting to build a school system deserving of the substantial amount of tax dollars the citizens of Dodge County contribute. The pandemic we are experiencing can provide a window to allow us to examine the positive/negative outcomes created by our traditional calendar.
We have a rare opportunity to learn more about the research-based options available such as Johns Hopkins University’s study of Summer Learning Loss. By using an outside entity of professional educators, we can reveal the ill placed reliance on an out dated calendar that research has proven to be a NEGATIVE factor on student learning. It is what it is...
“It is what it is” was the reply made by one of our teachers when asked how can one justify keeping the traditional calendar in spite of it being a negative factor in student learning. It was said that they didn’t like the year-round trimester calendar and wanted to keep the summer break. Please understand the protracted summer holiday is the only cause of Summer Learning Loss according to Johns Hopkins Univ., and by the way, all calendars are year-round.
Actually, the desire to keep the calendar as it is, reveals an acceptance that trading student learning for personal time off is acceptable. It seems ironic that they would rather keep summer break than seek to provide a more effective, efficient and versatile calendar. And by the way all calendars are year-round and if that teacher will listen to my proposal, they will learn that the Trimester Calendar will give teachers about 179 teaching days, 92 holidays days, and 16 fewer equivalent days of discontinuities. These numbers will change as needed to provide versatility.
It is what it is...
I believe that there is a nationwide lack of responsive leadership that places greater value on keeping the establishment “quiet”. There seems to be greater concern in maximizing retirement benefits than maximizing teaching opportunities. Our BOE must provide windows of hope by legitimizing the review of all policies and procedures by unbiased professionals.
There is no shame in asking the experts for help to keep abreast on current teaching and learning strategies. Maybe one day we can proudly point to the TRI-MESTER PRORTOCOL and say ‘thank God it is what it is.
Bob Holland
It is what it is....
A comment made by a Dodge County educator. I have been promoting the formation of an ad hock committee to vet our school calendar for its effect on student learning.
The idea is to create an unbiased committee of educators to weigh the merits of our “traditional school calendar” compared to a proposed TRIMESTER calendar. I believe that our teachers, administrators as well as our Board of Education, are unable to be objective and unbiased toward the traditional calendar we now use. Our agrarian centered calendar is well suited for the education of farmers and lay persons, many of which were without reading skills. Those days are long gone.
Our calendar should have been replaced years ago in order to accommodate today’s technology needed to put a man on Mars. However, our educators remain firmly ensconced in a traditional mind set void of a single supporting argument justifying the use of the traditional calendar. They simply say “it is what it is”.
How could today’s teachers support the use of a 150-year-old calendar that has been identified by researchers as a NEGATIVE factor in student learning? Would you rely on 150-year-old data set to support the creation of school policies and procedures without justification? It may surprise you to hear that our BOE is not required to answer that question or any other question ... it is what it is.
I have been in a unique position to experience firsthand the depth and severity of our bias toward our calendar. I have observed our BOE, our Superintendents and our teachers as they go about attempting to build a school system deserving of the substantial amount of tax dollars the citizens of Dodge County contribute. The pandemic we are experiencing can provide a window to allow us to examine the positive/negative outcomes created by our traditional calendar.
We have a rare opportunity to learn more about the research-based options available such as Johns Hopkins University’s study of Summer Learning Loss. By using an outside entity of professional educators, we can reveal the ill placed reliance on an out dated calendar that research has proven to be a NEGATIVE factor on student learning. It is what it is...
“It is what it is” was the reply made by one of our teachers when asked how can one justify keeping the traditional calendar in spite of it being a negative factor in student learning. It was said that they didn’t like the year-round trimester calendar and wanted to keep the summer break. Please understand the protracted summer holiday is the only cause of Summer Learning Loss according to Johns Hopkins Univ., and by the way, all calendars are year-round.
Actually, the desire to keep the calendar as it is, reveals an acceptance that trading student learning for personal time off is acceptable. It seems ironic that they would rather keep summer break than seek to provide a more effective, efficient and versatile calendar. And by the way all calendars are year-round and if that teacher will listen to my proposal, they will learn that the Trimester Calendar will give teachers about 179 teaching days, 92 holidays days, and 16 fewer equivalent days of discontinuities. These numbers will change as needed to provide versatility.
It is what it is...
I believe that there is a nationwide lack of responsive leadership that places greater value on keeping the establishment “quiet”. There seems to be greater concern in maximizing retirement benefits than maximizing teaching opportunities. Our BOE must provide windows of hope by legitimizing the review of all policies and procedures by unbiased professionals.
There is no shame in asking the experts for help to keep abreast on current teaching and learning strategies. Maybe one day we can proudly point to the TRI-MESTER PRORTOCOL and say ‘thank God it is what it is.
Bob Holland
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
Well, more utter complete non-sense in America over professional sports athletes showing their classlessness, self-centered selfishness of boorish behavior by these idiots wanting to tell their bosses and fans, I choose this week to be a social justice warrior as oppose what I get paid to do. Case in point: Media sources says that “protest put halt to playoff-Milwaukee led boycott leaves fate of bubble-protected season in peril, along with Major League Baseball”.
So, let me get this straight, pro athletes refuse to play games on Wednesday in protest of a police officer shooting a black man, who by the way, was a wanted felon and considered armed and dangerous. This criminal had active felony warrants, refused to obey police commands, ran from the officers, and reached into his car in a threatening manner to reach for a weapon. Was the shooting justified? I don’t know, neither do you, nor do these pompous ass egocentric, sports athletes that make mega bucks to play a child’s game as well. Big question, what did they accomplish?
Did they contact organizations working on police initiatives? Nor did these millionaires make donations to low-income areas? Did they contact their government representatives to offer support and suggestion on legislation intended to assist those in need?
Or, did they just sit back and watch Netflix like everybody else since they had the night off. If you are going to walk off your job, then use that time to try and make a difference. To us poor everyday schlubs. It just looks like a reason to take the day off.
If you pseudo celebrity jocks think you can make difference in rubbing off your conceited vain narcissism in winning support from me and millions of others, you failed big time. I can remember when professional athletes really cared about he game of baseball, I should know, I was the bat-boy for the National League 1961 champion Cincinnati Reds. You bearded gold tooth, morons that wear that proud MLB uniform couldn’t carry that 50’s, 60’s, 70’s era player’s jock strap, or make a pimple on his buttocks.
And you fans who support these knuckle dragging Cro- Magnon man in intelligence are just as complicit, you’re no better!
TSGT. Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F Ret
Well, more utter complete non-sense in America over professional sports athletes showing their classlessness, self-centered selfishness of boorish behavior by these idiots wanting to tell their bosses and fans, I choose this week to be a social justice warrior as oppose what I get paid to do. Case in point: Media sources says that “protest put halt to playoff-Milwaukee led boycott leaves fate of bubble-protected season in peril, along with Major League Baseball”.
So, let me get this straight, pro athletes refuse to play games on Wednesday in protest of a police officer shooting a black man, who by the way, was a wanted felon and considered armed and dangerous. This criminal had active felony warrants, refused to obey police commands, ran from the officers, and reached into his car in a threatening manner to reach for a weapon. Was the shooting justified? I don’t know, neither do you, nor do these pompous ass egocentric, sports athletes that make mega bucks to play a child’s game as well. Big question, what did they accomplish?
Did they contact organizations working on police initiatives? Nor did these millionaires make donations to low-income areas? Did they contact their government representatives to offer support and suggestion on legislation intended to assist those in need?
Or, did they just sit back and watch Netflix like everybody else since they had the night off. If you are going to walk off your job, then use that time to try and make a difference. To us poor everyday schlubs. It just looks like a reason to take the day off.
If you pseudo celebrity jocks think you can make difference in rubbing off your conceited vain narcissism in winning support from me and millions of others, you failed big time. I can remember when professional athletes really cared about he game of baseball, I should know, I was the bat-boy for the National League 1961 champion Cincinnati Reds. You bearded gold tooth, morons that wear that proud MLB uniform couldn’t carry that 50’s, 60’s, 70’s era player’s jock strap, or make a pimple on his buttocks.
And you fans who support these knuckle dragging Cro- Magnon man in intelligence are just as complicit, you’re no better!
TSGT. Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F Ret
Random thoughts
Joe Biden seems to have the same reflexes as Russia collusion hoaxer Robert Mueller. Both lost their fastball a few years back.
I always figured Slow Joe should’ve picked a kinder, gentler running mate such as Maxine Waters. Mild mannered Maxine could’ve brought us all together with her pleasant demeanor.
Speaking of a kinder, gentler politician, “Walls work and walls save lives.”
Donald Trump
“To be impeached a president has to break a law. And currently there are no laws against making liberals cry.”
TheoSpark.net 7-4-2018
The working class and political class are divided by mass illegal immigration.
The Left always has a victim group. Illegal aliens are one such group – feel the pain of these lawbreakers and excuse the criminal element they add to the USA.
Have you noticed – only the very poor or very wealthy believe in socialism.
For the virus to have exponential growth it would have to grow by 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc. – what we have is nowhere near exponential growth, points out Dennis Prager.
“The Constitution was expressly designed to make it difficult to do what our military does all the time – fight wars around the globe – and easy to do what our military never does – defend our own country.”
Ann Coulter 2-6-19 on VDare.com
Donald Trump has great political instincts and took a quick path to the top.
“My job is what millions of people do for recreation. How can you not like that?”
Professional golfer Paula Creamer
B.H. Obama told an overseas crowd on May 31, 2019 that U.S. law allowed “Americans or anybody to buy any weapon, anytime including machine guns,” a completely untrue statement by Obama. There are plenty of restrictions in place. “Then again, it’s not like Obama is known for telling the truth, or understanding anything about guns.”
MRCtv.org writer Brittany M. Hughes
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I always figured Slow Joe should’ve picked a kinder, gentler running mate such as Maxine Waters. Mild mannered Maxine could’ve brought us all together with her pleasant demeanor.
Speaking of a kinder, gentler politician, “Walls work and walls save lives.”
Donald Trump
“To be impeached a president has to break a law. And currently there are no laws against making liberals cry.”
TheoSpark.net 7-4-2018
The working class and political class are divided by mass illegal immigration.
The Left always has a victim group. Illegal aliens are one such group – feel the pain of these lawbreakers and excuse the criminal element they add to the USA.
Have you noticed – only the very poor or very wealthy believe in socialism.
For the virus to have exponential growth it would have to grow by 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc. – what we have is nowhere near exponential growth, points out Dennis Prager.
“The Constitution was expressly designed to make it difficult to do what our military does all the time – fight wars around the globe – and easy to do what our military never does – defend our own country.”
Ann Coulter 2-6-19 on VDare.com
Donald Trump has great political instincts and took a quick path to the top.
“My job is what millions of people do for recreation. How can you not like that?”
Professional golfer Paula Creamer
B.H. Obama told an overseas crowd on May 31, 2019 that U.S. law allowed “Americans or anybody to buy any weapon, anytime including machine guns,” a completely untrue statement by Obama. There are plenty of restrictions in place. “Then again, it’s not like Obama is known for telling the truth, or understanding anything about guns.”
MRCtv.org writer Brittany M. Hughes
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Was he ever one?
George Will, famous for his wrong predictions, now claims he’s an independent, no longer a Republican (was he ever one?). Will claims on 6-3-20 in an MSNBC appearance that Donald Trump will lose in November 2020 and that voters will forget him “fairly fast.” This will be another faulty call by Will, who has been hanging around the polluted air of D.C. and the Washington P- - - too long. George Will and the P- - - deserve each other. Why does he bother with MSNBC – maybe he will go to work there.
Don’t forget – H. Clinton had a 93 percent chance to win the White House in 1996, the “experts” said.
Retired Marine “Mad Dog” Mattis is attacking his former boss President Trump as a “divider of people.” Maybe Mattis is auditioning for a job at MSNBC. Mattis likes perpetual foreign adventurism and Trump doesn’t. Neither do many of us.
Bumper sticker of the day: Make Theology Great Again.
Why aren’t media folks and other citizens all outraged at attacks on police officers, also violence generally and looting of stores. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away.
In less than two years universities, businesses and trade groups paid almost $22 million to Hillary Clinton in speaking fees, says the site Investors.com on 4-18-16. What did they expect in return for their generous financial support? They were sure Ms. Clinton would win the presidency and wanted to be on her list of favorites, of course.
Illegal immigrants still overflow U.S. hospital emergency rooms. Just being here is a crime for illegal invaders, who are treated as pre-Democrat royalty by Sleepy Joe’s party. No Democrat favors border control. No borders, no USA.
A perpetual grievance culture exists on college campuses.
Remember Obama saying he’s visited 57 states with one to go? What if Dan Quayle or any Republican had said that? You’d never hear the end of it. Obama always got a pass from his media pals.
Why are so many rich people liberals? Nikitas3.com explains in a column still good today, written on January 7, 2012. Nikitas3.com is a no-frills website with good commentary. It’s still there on his site. Most of his writings never go out of date. [Full Story »]
Don’t forget – H. Clinton had a 93 percent chance to win the White House in 1996, the “experts” said.
Retired Marine “Mad Dog” Mattis is attacking his former boss President Trump as a “divider of people.” Maybe Mattis is auditioning for a job at MSNBC. Mattis likes perpetual foreign adventurism and Trump doesn’t. Neither do many of us.
Bumper sticker of the day: Make Theology Great Again.
Why aren’t media folks and other citizens all outraged at attacks on police officers, also violence generally and looting of stores. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away.
In less than two years universities, businesses and trade groups paid almost $22 million to Hillary Clinton in speaking fees, says the site Investors.com on 4-18-16. What did they expect in return for their generous financial support? They were sure Ms. Clinton would win the presidency and wanted to be on her list of favorites, of course.
Illegal immigrants still overflow U.S. hospital emergency rooms. Just being here is a crime for illegal invaders, who are treated as pre-Democrat royalty by Sleepy Joe’s party. No Democrat favors border control. No borders, no USA.
A perpetual grievance culture exists on college campuses.
Remember Obama saying he’s visited 57 states with one to go? What if Dan Quayle or any Republican had said that? You’d never hear the end of it. Obama always got a pass from his media pals.
Why are so many rich people liberals? Nikitas3.com explains in a column still good today, written on January 7, 2012. Nikitas3.com is a no-frills website with good commentary. It’s still there on his site. Most of his writings never go out of date. [Full Story »]
Slow Joe is damaged goods
Kamala Harris was the most pro-abortion Democrat running for president and got about 2% of the vote before dropping out last year. Now she’s back, trying to become a heartbeat away from the presidency. All Democrats running for the nomination were enthusiastic abortion supporters, of course. Remember when 21 or 22 Democrats were running? There is nothing mainstream in any of these losers. Slow Joe is damaged goods and everyone knows it, maybe even Joe.
Conservative Trump supporter Stephen Baldwin succinctly sums up the Trump appeal to voters: “Trump doesn’t care what anybody says,” also “Trump is not a politician.”
Democrats will not say anything negative about Antifa.
The Communist Party USA endorsed Joe Biden on 8-3-20. That’s how liberal Sleepy Joe is. CPUSA also endorsed Barack Obama twice and Hillary Clinton in 2016. They like what they see in Democrats and quit running a candidate several elections back. Remember Gus Hall, perennial presidential candidate on the Communist Party ticket?
Name of the week: Demitri Kalogeropoulos, writer for The Motley Fool, Fool.com.
Bumper sticker of the day: MLB loves BLM.
I might add, so do NFL and NBA, also NCAA. Does NCAA stand for National Coddled Athlete Association? Remember when “student athletes” were known as ballplayers?
Crooked Hillary has spoken. She accuses Republicans of “slowing mail delivery” to “sabotage” mail-in voting.
BLM: Being Liberal Matters.
“People who buy guns don’t vote for Democrats.”
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick
Republicans are stupid to participate in debates moderated by liberal Democrats, and they continue to do so.
As of August 3, 2020 the hideous Washington P - - - newsrag “has yet to report Bill Clinton visited Epstein’s ‘Pedophile Island’, but the paper ‘highlights Trump’s connection to Ghislaine Maxwell.’”
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Conservative Trump supporter Stephen Baldwin succinctly sums up the Trump appeal to voters: “Trump doesn’t care what anybody says,” also “Trump is not a politician.”
Democrats will not say anything negative about Antifa.
The Communist Party USA endorsed Joe Biden on 8-3-20. That’s how liberal Sleepy Joe is. CPUSA also endorsed Barack Obama twice and Hillary Clinton in 2016. They like what they see in Democrats and quit running a candidate several elections back. Remember Gus Hall, perennial presidential candidate on the Communist Party ticket?
Name of the week: Demitri Kalogeropoulos, writer for The Motley Fool, Fool.com.
Bumper sticker of the day: MLB loves BLM.
I might add, so do NFL and NBA, also NCAA. Does NCAA stand for National Coddled Athlete Association? Remember when “student athletes” were known as ballplayers?
Crooked Hillary has spoken. She accuses Republicans of “slowing mail delivery” to “sabotage” mail-in voting.
BLM: Being Liberal Matters.
“People who buy guns don’t vote for Democrats.”
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick
Republicans are stupid to participate in debates moderated by liberal Democrats, and they continue to do so.
As of August 3, 2020 the hideous Washington P - - - newsrag “has yet to report Bill Clinton visited Epstein’s ‘Pedophile Island’, but the paper ‘highlights Trump’s connection to Ghislaine Maxwell.’”
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Bring back Trish Regan
Quote of the day, old but still good:
“Guns are like parachutes – if you need one and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again.”
Rico on TheoSpark.net Aug. 10, 2013
Discredited liberal attorney bigmouth Wendy Murphy of Duke Lacrosse hoax fame (players are guilty as charged!) stayed around Fox Network as a commentator long after everyone else caught on to the obvious ruse. I guess she eventually moved on – good for all of us. I had forgotten about her until I stumbled across her name in my huge pile of notes. Fox adds losers and she is one. One winner was dumped: Bring back Trish Regan. What did she do wrong?
“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.”
William Penn 1668
Three words describe Fidel Castro, who finally left this life on 11-25-2016: Pure Communist Evil” said Bud Hedinger on WFLAOrlando.com – an apt description by Bud.
You can listen to his show on WFLAOrlando.com anywhere on the Internet, the first thing I do in the morning, 6 -9 a.m. It beats the heck out of Step On All Of Us (I never watch him). I stumbled across it several years back in a winter trip to Florida.
Bumper sticker of the day: We don’t care how they did it up North.
I used to see that one around Houston, Texas a lot.
From July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2016 Eight states lost population: West Virginia, Vermont, Connecticut, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and New York. Source: Andy Kiersz, Business Insider.com.
“May God save the country, for it is obvious the People will not.”
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) 13th U.S. President
“You can always tell when a politician has spoken from the heart: he has to take it back the next day.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Joe could include coaches in that group. Just ask the Oklahoma State football coach. He can’t even wear an innocuous OANN.com logo on a golf shirt. Check that site and see how it could offend anyone but a grievance seeker. One player whined and the coach groveled. I read OANN.com fairly regularly. Coaches are now careful not to hurt the sensitive feelings of players.
Good websites – no need to capitalize: PilotsEYE.tv SlaveNorth.com ErikRush.com EricRush.com (Yes, two different ones) FEE.org JewishWorldReview.com AmRen.com Townhall.com TheGreggJarrett.com TheLibertyDaily.com SaraACarter.com JaneChastain.com SharylAttkisson.com WesternJournal.com DennisPrager.com LibertyNation.com LostParks.com FakeHateCrimes.org IllegalAlienCrimeReport.com DailyKenn.com LewRockwell.com ClashDaily.com Breitbart.com LifeZette.com HotAir.com SidneyPowell.com PaulCraigRoberts.org 100percentfedup.com DCDirtyLaundry.com HowieCarrShow.com BlazingCatFur.ca AtlantaTimeMachine.com BigLeaguePolitics.com WashTimes.com TheBlackSphere.net CanadaFreePress.com ColoradoGuy.com GhostTowns.com CumbresToltec.com DelsJourney.com Spectator.org Twitchy.com TMZ.com Heavy.com TheGatewayPundit.com MaryGrabar.com CNSnews.com DodgeCountyNews.com (of course!) SharronAngle.com (yes, two rs) BurgessOwens.com PowerlineBlog.com Newsbusters.org JimGossettComedy.com ConservativeBuzz.com JodiMillerComedy.com WashingtonExaminer.com WND.com 1stock1.com (if you invest in stocks you need to check this out).
Hit and run character assassination allegations attempt to destroy the target without proof, as in the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
Democrats a few years back claimed we needed a border wall. Now they want open borders. Border invaders are pre-Democrats. Democrats can’t attract enough white voters these days and need replacements.
George Will, former “Republican” calls Donald Trump a “sad, embarrassing wreck of a man.” Overrated George has spoken ! George claimed in 1974 that Ronald Reagan could not win, too old, said George. Ronnie was only 63 at the time and did heavy physical work, building fences, etc. to stay in shape. Will naturally gave Donald Trump a zero chance of winning the presidency in 2016.
“The Amnesty/Immigration Surge Bill is designed literally to crowd out the historic American nation.”
Brenda Walker on VDare.com 6-25-13
Oliver North should be in the U.S. Senate today. He was stabbed in the back by the Republican establishment, which did the work of the media left. Ollie was leading until the third candidate (liberal Republican) entered the race split the Republican vote – purposely by “centrist Republicans,” allowing Democrats to keep the seat.
Then the party sends out letters and e-mails desperate for money to win and maintain control of the Congress, after the party insiders threw it away.
Thanks for checking out The Right Side. My e-mail address is marshallem40@comcast.net.
“Guns are like parachutes – if you need one and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again.”
Rico on TheoSpark.net Aug. 10, 2013
Discredited liberal attorney bigmouth Wendy Murphy of Duke Lacrosse hoax fame (players are guilty as charged!) stayed around Fox Network as a commentator long after everyone else caught on to the obvious ruse. I guess she eventually moved on – good for all of us. I had forgotten about her until I stumbled across her name in my huge pile of notes. Fox adds losers and she is one. One winner was dumped: Bring back Trish Regan. What did she do wrong?
“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.”
William Penn 1668
Three words describe Fidel Castro, who finally left this life on 11-25-2016: Pure Communist Evil” said Bud Hedinger on WFLAOrlando.com – an apt description by Bud.
You can listen to his show on WFLAOrlando.com anywhere on the Internet, the first thing I do in the morning, 6 -9 a.m. It beats the heck out of Step On All Of Us (I never watch him). I stumbled across it several years back in a winter trip to Florida.
Bumper sticker of the day: We don’t care how they did it up North.
I used to see that one around Houston, Texas a lot.
From July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2016 Eight states lost population: West Virginia, Vermont, Connecticut, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and New York. Source: Andy Kiersz, Business Insider.com.
“May God save the country, for it is obvious the People will not.”
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) 13th U.S. President
“You can always tell when a politician has spoken from the heart: he has to take it back the next day.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Joe could include coaches in that group. Just ask the Oklahoma State football coach. He can’t even wear an innocuous OANN.com logo on a golf shirt. Check that site and see how it could offend anyone but a grievance seeker. One player whined and the coach groveled. I read OANN.com fairly regularly. Coaches are now careful not to hurt the sensitive feelings of players.
Good websites – no need to capitalize: PilotsEYE.tv SlaveNorth.com ErikRush.com EricRush.com (Yes, two different ones) FEE.org JewishWorldReview.com AmRen.com Townhall.com TheGreggJarrett.com TheLibertyDaily.com SaraACarter.com JaneChastain.com SharylAttkisson.com WesternJournal.com DennisPrager.com LibertyNation.com LostParks.com FakeHateCrimes.org IllegalAlienCrimeReport.com DailyKenn.com LewRockwell.com ClashDaily.com Breitbart.com LifeZette.com HotAir.com SidneyPowell.com PaulCraigRoberts.org 100percentfedup.com DCDirtyLaundry.com HowieCarrShow.com BlazingCatFur.ca AtlantaTimeMachine.com BigLeaguePolitics.com WashTimes.com TheBlackSphere.net CanadaFreePress.com ColoradoGuy.com GhostTowns.com CumbresToltec.com DelsJourney.com Spectator.org Twitchy.com TMZ.com Heavy.com TheGatewayPundit.com MaryGrabar.com CNSnews.com DodgeCountyNews.com (of course!) SharronAngle.com (yes, two rs) BurgessOwens.com PowerlineBlog.com Newsbusters.org JimGossettComedy.com ConservativeBuzz.com JodiMillerComedy.com WashingtonExaminer.com WND.com 1stock1.com (if you invest in stocks you need to check this out).
Hit and run character assassination allegations attempt to destroy the target without proof, as in the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
Democrats a few years back claimed we needed a border wall. Now they want open borders. Border invaders are pre-Democrats. Democrats can’t attract enough white voters these days and need replacements.
George Will, former “Republican” calls Donald Trump a “sad, embarrassing wreck of a man.” Overrated George has spoken ! George claimed in 1974 that Ronald Reagan could not win, too old, said George. Ronnie was only 63 at the time and did heavy physical work, building fences, etc. to stay in shape. Will naturally gave Donald Trump a zero chance of winning the presidency in 2016.
“The Amnesty/Immigration Surge Bill is designed literally to crowd out the historic American nation.”
Brenda Walker on VDare.com 6-25-13
Oliver North should be in the U.S. Senate today. He was stabbed in the back by the Republican establishment, which did the work of the media left. Ollie was leading until the third candidate (liberal Republican) entered the race split the Republican vote – purposely by “centrist Republicans,” allowing Democrats to keep the seat.
Then the party sends out letters and e-mails desperate for money to win and maintain control of the Congress, after the party insiders threw it away.
Thanks for checking out The Right Side. My e-mail address is marshallem40@comcast.net.
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
At the edges of north Dodge County, and Bleckley County, sits the rural community of Empire. Once an incorporated township, or city, Empire is, and has been the conduit for travels heading north, south and east for as long as it has been in existence.
To look at Empire as you pass through, you would think it was just another rural community with abandoned buildings, overgrown vegetation and ‘country folks.’ But to those of who live in the community, who were born in the community, who have family from the community, they know Empire is much more than that.
Empire is full of history and tradition. One of the largest lumber mills in the southeast, and the biggest in the state of Georgia was located here. There was a turpentine plant, a bank, a hotel of sorts, several stores, a post office and a train depot right in Empire. The Old Eastman Highway – called by many names through the years – was once the only way to get to and from Dodge County.
There is an old saying ‘if the walls could talk’ or something like that. Well, if that roadway could talk, well, there would be a lot of interesting stories it could tell. Two sections of the roadway are paved, another has gravel, and then the main section that ran through the ‘center’ of Empire, is still dirt.
The old Empire Road, as it is called is home to approximately six residences and one commercial property, and most people use it as a shortcut or a place to ride their off road vehicles. It is the stretch between West Chicken Road and Hwy. 257 by the railroad crossing. You can’t see the trains anymore as they pass by – something that residents have enjoyed for generations. Who doesn’t remember waving at the engineer or laughing at the caboose? There used to be blackberries ripe for the picking along the roadway, but not, due to years of lack of maintenance or upkeep – the vegetation has taken it all over.
The overgrowth has become unsightly, and is slowly taking over the roadway. Also, people have started to dump bags of household garbage, general litter and dead animals along the way. With the highway work being down on the Golden Isles Highway out front, the old highway is sure to be used more. So there is a need for clean-up not only for safety reasons, but also beautification and potential economic growth. Think about it, potential residents or business owners passing through, checking out the areas, and then they see that – do you think they would want to settle here?
Emails have been sent to various agencies in both counties, on the state level and to the railroad company to see who might take accountability and help get this done. No responses yet, and no finger-pointing or fussing, they all have a lot on their plates.
So, why this letter? The old Empire Road – which is 90 percent in Dodge County, and maybe 10 to 15 percent in Bleckley County- could use clean up. Until that happens, maybe it is up to us, the people, to do our parts, and not add to the issue by throwing trash and whatever else out? Either way, it may look like a forgotten dirt road to you, but to those in the community of Empire, it is a part of our history and family life. #EmpireProud.
Thank you for your time,
Becky Holland,
Empire,
Georgia
At the edges of north Dodge County, and Bleckley County, sits the rural community of Empire. Once an incorporated township, or city, Empire is, and has been the conduit for travels heading north, south and east for as long as it has been in existence.
To look at Empire as you pass through, you would think it was just another rural community with abandoned buildings, overgrown vegetation and ‘country folks.’ But to those of who live in the community, who were born in the community, who have family from the community, they know Empire is much more than that.
Empire is full of history and tradition. One of the largest lumber mills in the southeast, and the biggest in the state of Georgia was located here. There was a turpentine plant, a bank, a hotel of sorts, several stores, a post office and a train depot right in Empire. The Old Eastman Highway – called by many names through the years – was once the only way to get to and from Dodge County.
There is an old saying ‘if the walls could talk’ or something like that. Well, if that roadway could talk, well, there would be a lot of interesting stories it could tell. Two sections of the roadway are paved, another has gravel, and then the main section that ran through the ‘center’ of Empire, is still dirt.
The old Empire Road, as it is called is home to approximately six residences and one commercial property, and most people use it as a shortcut or a place to ride their off road vehicles. It is the stretch between West Chicken Road and Hwy. 257 by the railroad crossing. You can’t see the trains anymore as they pass by – something that residents have enjoyed for generations. Who doesn’t remember waving at the engineer or laughing at the caboose? There used to be blackberries ripe for the picking along the roadway, but not, due to years of lack of maintenance or upkeep – the vegetation has taken it all over.
The overgrowth has become unsightly, and is slowly taking over the roadway. Also, people have started to dump bags of household garbage, general litter and dead animals along the way. With the highway work being down on the Golden Isles Highway out front, the old highway is sure to be used more. So there is a need for clean-up not only for safety reasons, but also beautification and potential economic growth. Think about it, potential residents or business owners passing through, checking out the areas, and then they see that – do you think they would want to settle here?
Emails have been sent to various agencies in both counties, on the state level and to the railroad company to see who might take accountability and help get this done. No responses yet, and no finger-pointing or fussing, they all have a lot on their plates.
So, why this letter? The old Empire Road – which is 90 percent in Dodge County, and maybe 10 to 15 percent in Bleckley County- could use clean up. Until that happens, maybe it is up to us, the people, to do our parts, and not add to the issue by throwing trash and whatever else out? Either way, it may look like a forgotten dirt road to you, but to those in the community of Empire, it is a part of our history and family life. #EmpireProud.
Thank you for your time,
Becky Holland,
Empire,
Georgia
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
Does anybody remember the couple that showed weapons to keep peace protesters from attacking their home in St. Louis. Now there’s an oxymoron, “peaceful”, anything but! The so called “peaceful protesters” trespassed on the couple’s home, killed their dog and attacked their home. Now the couple is being criminally charged of a felony for exercising their rights as law abiding homeowners and gun owners.
We are seeing bloodshed in major Democratic controlled cities, yet a district attorney in St. Louis chooses to harass law abiding citizens. This is the just the first step in the Democrats’ plan to repeal the Second Amendment if that lap dog lackey old man with dementia gets elected and has the keys to Air Force One!
Case in point, Joe Biden has already made public his plans to put Beto O’ Rourke in charge of gun seizures and he’s already promised to come after your AR-15, the most popular assault weapon in the country, and don’t kid yourself, “buyback” is the Democrats word for seizure.
Fellow voters, and I mean conservatives, the Democrats are evil incarnate anyway. Forget them, they would vote for a guy with horns, a ridiculous goatee and a tail. We need to think long and hard about who we send to Washington D.C. on November 3rd, and that is the “Donald”.
Once the Second Amendment is gone, the remainder will fall like dominoes, if Biden goes to the White House. I’m afraid Lady Liberty will be gone forever.
TSGT. Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F. Ret.
Does anybody remember the couple that showed weapons to keep peace protesters from attacking their home in St. Louis. Now there’s an oxymoron, “peaceful”, anything but! The so called “peaceful protesters” trespassed on the couple’s home, killed their dog and attacked their home. Now the couple is being criminally charged of a felony for exercising their rights as law abiding homeowners and gun owners.
We are seeing bloodshed in major Democratic controlled cities, yet a district attorney in St. Louis chooses to harass law abiding citizens. This is the just the first step in the Democrats’ plan to repeal the Second Amendment if that lap dog lackey old man with dementia gets elected and has the keys to Air Force One!
Case in point, Joe Biden has already made public his plans to put Beto O’ Rourke in charge of gun seizures and he’s already promised to come after your AR-15, the most popular assault weapon in the country, and don’t kid yourself, “buyback” is the Democrats word for seizure.
Fellow voters, and I mean conservatives, the Democrats are evil incarnate anyway. Forget them, they would vote for a guy with horns, a ridiculous goatee and a tail. We need to think long and hard about who we send to Washington D.C. on November 3rd, and that is the “Donald”.
Once the Second Amendment is gone, the remainder will fall like dominoes, if Biden goes to the White House. I’m afraid Lady Liberty will be gone forever.
TSGT. Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F. Ret.
Random thoughts
R.I.P. Herman Cain, Lloyd Marcus, Mike Adams, John Lewis. The first three were great conservatives, gone too soon. I’ve never agreed with John Lewis but he seemed to come off as a nice fellow. He served 33 years in Congress, dependably liberal voting record. I’ve never seen a liberal support term limits. Many liberals never worked in the private sector.
Herman Cain fought and survived stage 4 colin and liver cancer for 14 years, a miracle in itself. He was smeared by the media steamroller, search and destroy conservatives with good ideas.
Remember the 9-9-9 plan proposal by presidential candidate Herman Cain? It made plenty of sense, also produced tax simplification, often promised by politicians, resisted by the D.C. in-crowd. Herman was serious: 9% business flat tax, 9% personal flat tax, 9% sales tax. The Steve Forbes tax reform plan was great also and slammed by the Republican Establishment. Maybe it was Sam Francis who named the parties The Stupid Party and the Corrupt Party. I’d rather be stupid.
The Electoral College sets us apart as a nation – makes us a republic, not a democracy. Without it only about five states would ever see a presidential candidate.
This will win for Trump in November – the last Democrat to win a majority of the white vote for president was the hideous corrupt liar Lyndon B. Johnson, Mr. Vietnam in 1964. LBJ had the media in his hip pocket back then. Now he is never mentioned at Demo Party conventions. The winning streak will continue and result in a Trump win in November.
The Democrat platform: eliminate air travel, no coal, oil, gas, fracking, petroleum exploration, enact the “climate change” craziness in total, open borders, government-run medical care, open borders, vote by mail, hefty tax increases, a wealth tax, electric cars, government spending on steroids. The Progressive plan: Back to The Stone Age for the USA.
I agree that we need to drop the offensive name of Washington Redskins. The new name should be The Redskins.
How much money does Al Sharpton owe the government in back taxes? Does anyone have an idea?
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Herman Cain fought and survived stage 4 colin and liver cancer for 14 years, a miracle in itself. He was smeared by the media steamroller, search and destroy conservatives with good ideas.
Remember the 9-9-9 plan proposal by presidential candidate Herman Cain? It made plenty of sense, also produced tax simplification, often promised by politicians, resisted by the D.C. in-crowd. Herman was serious: 9% business flat tax, 9% personal flat tax, 9% sales tax. The Steve Forbes tax reform plan was great also and slammed by the Republican Establishment. Maybe it was Sam Francis who named the parties The Stupid Party and the Corrupt Party. I’d rather be stupid.
The Electoral College sets us apart as a nation – makes us a republic, not a democracy. Without it only about five states would ever see a presidential candidate.
This will win for Trump in November – the last Democrat to win a majority of the white vote for president was the hideous corrupt liar Lyndon B. Johnson, Mr. Vietnam in 1964. LBJ had the media in his hip pocket back then. Now he is never mentioned at Demo Party conventions. The winning streak will continue and result in a Trump win in November.
The Democrat platform: eliminate air travel, no coal, oil, gas, fracking, petroleum exploration, enact the “climate change” craziness in total, open borders, government-run medical care, open borders, vote by mail, hefty tax increases, a wealth tax, electric cars, government spending on steroids. The Progressive plan: Back to The Stone Age for the USA.
I agree that we need to drop the offensive name of Washington Redskins. The new name should be The Redskins.
How much money does Al Sharpton owe the government in back taxes? Does anyone have an idea?
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Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
On July 18, our 28th Annual Eastman-Dodge Kiwanis Club Golf Tournament was held at the Dodge County Golf Course.
We as a club would like to thank everyone for the tremendous support and participation in the event.
We would especially like to thank Doug Goen, president of the Dodge County Golf Course and the tournament committee, which is made up of Matt Brown, Keith Peterson and Greg McGee. The course was in great shape and play moved very well, even with the large turnout we enjoyed.
This event would not be possible without our sponsors and a news article will follow shortly listing all of those. Again, thank you for all you do.
All proceeds from this tournament and our other fund raisers go to benefit children.
Thank you,
Jesse Whittle
VP Eastman Dodge Kiwanis
On July 18, our 28th Annual Eastman-Dodge Kiwanis Club Golf Tournament was held at the Dodge County Golf Course.
We as a club would like to thank everyone for the tremendous support and participation in the event.
We would especially like to thank Doug Goen, president of the Dodge County Golf Course and the tournament committee, which is made up of Matt Brown, Keith Peterson and Greg McGee. The course was in great shape and play moved very well, even with the large turnout we enjoyed.
This event would not be possible without our sponsors and a news article will follow shortly listing all of those. Again, thank you for all you do.
All proceeds from this tournament and our other fund raisers go to benefit children.
Thank you,
Jesse Whittle
VP Eastman Dodge Kiwanis
R.I.P. Professor Mike Adams
R.I.P. Professor Mike Adams of U. of North Carolina Wilmington, who died suddenly last Thursday at age 55. I’ve been reading his columns for fifteen years or so. He was one of the best. I met him when he spoke at Agnes Scott College a few years back, very nice fellow, savvy commentator, funny, good natured and hated by liberals, always a plus. The audience was very well behaved, informed, polite, a mostly female crowd. Even the liberal students in the back row were respectful, which surprised me.
“If you want your city to be another Minneapolis or Seattle, vote Democrat. If you want the entire United States to become Minneapolis or Seattle, elect a Democrat President.”
Paul Craig Roberts on LewRockwell.com
PaulCraigRoberts.org
Jeb Bush (Jeb!, remember?) spent $130 million running for president against Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Primary and came up empty. The Bush family has never gotten over it.
George P. Bush, now a successful Texas officeholder, and Jeb’s son have it figured correctly. He says Donald Trump is all that’s standing between America and socialism in November.
Trump got more black votes for president in 2016 than Mitt Romney received in 2012.
Pelosi, Biden and Schumer have dwelt in the D.C. (District of Corruption) swamp for more than 125 years combined. What have those three losers ever accomplished for us? Naturally, all Democrats hate term limits.
“How will we know when we have enough illegal aliens in Georgia?”
TheDustinInmanSociety.org
Good question…mm.
Malik Obama, Barack’s half-brother, backed Donald Trump in 2016. Coach Bobby Bowden spoke at a Trump October 2016 rally in Tampa, another plus for Bobby, who recently turned 90 and appears to be in fine shape.
You could say it’s occasional crudity or perpetual corruption: I’ll take occasional crudity, said Laura Ingraham in 2016. This year could see the same choice.
Trump draws massive crowds, often overflow attendance, far bigger than Mitt Romney could ever get, and the result showed in November. Biden can’t fill up a high school gym. Supposedly he’s ahead in the polls.
[Full Story »]
“If you want your city to be another Minneapolis or Seattle, vote Democrat. If you want the entire United States to become Minneapolis or Seattle, elect a Democrat President.”
Paul Craig Roberts on LewRockwell.com
PaulCraigRoberts.org
Jeb Bush (Jeb!, remember?) spent $130 million running for president against Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Primary and came up empty. The Bush family has never gotten over it.
George P. Bush, now a successful Texas officeholder, and Jeb’s son have it figured correctly. He says Donald Trump is all that’s standing between America and socialism in November.
Trump got more black votes for president in 2016 than Mitt Romney received in 2012.
Pelosi, Biden and Schumer have dwelt in the D.C. (District of Corruption) swamp for more than 125 years combined. What have those three losers ever accomplished for us? Naturally, all Democrats hate term limits.
“How will we know when we have enough illegal aliens in Georgia?”
TheDustinInmanSociety.org
Good question…mm.
Malik Obama, Barack’s half-brother, backed Donald Trump in 2016. Coach Bobby Bowden spoke at a Trump October 2016 rally in Tampa, another plus for Bobby, who recently turned 90 and appears to be in fine shape.
You could say it’s occasional crudity or perpetual corruption: I’ll take occasional crudity, said Laura Ingraham in 2016. This year could see the same choice.
Trump draws massive crowds, often overflow attendance, far bigger than Mitt Romney could ever get, and the result showed in November. Biden can’t fill up a high school gym. Supposedly he’s ahead in the polls.
[Full Story »]
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