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If President Obama is serious about gun control he should be willing to make the White House a gun-free zone.
Savvy VDARE.com commentator Allan Wall (AllanWall.info) lived in Mexico for more than 15 years, has a Mexican wife, speaks fluent Spanish, has two bilingual sons, is a member of the Texas National Guard and made his annual summer visit to Mexico this past July. He agrees with Donald Trump about illegals in the USA containing many rapists.
“Mexico has a problem with rape. The huge population of Mexican illegals includes many rapists. Trump was right. Anyone who denies this is either ignorant or lying.”
Allan Wall on VDARE.com  7-31-15
“Trump is a runaway hit with Americans for the simple reason that he’s the only candidate saying anything Americans care about.”
Ann Coulter   12-16-15
A good border philosophy in six words: “Chain family migration – stop it now!”
Laura Ingraham
Gutless South Carolina politicians surrendered to the hysterical left and lowered the Confederate Battle Flag. Your heritage is no good, theirs controls the agenda, supposedly.
“Governor Nicki Haley and other Republicans are trying to act as though this is a victory, but it’s obvious this is just a case of conservative Southerners being betrayed.”
Federale on VDARE.com
Governor Haley has made herself a one-termer with her capitulation to the left. I figured wrong on Gov. Haley and Sen. Rubio. See if Nicki Haley loses the Republican Primary if she decides to run again.
Senator Lindsey Grahamnesty has quit the presidential race and may have been running simply for the name recognition to get reelected to the Senate, maybe fight off a primary challenge from Congressman Trey Gowdy.
Remember the infamous U.S. Senate Gang of Eight pushing for Open Borders? Marco Rubio would rather you forget his participation in the group with left-winger Chucky Schumer (D) of New York now that he is running for president. Astute writer Ilana Mercer (IlamaMercer.com) calls the Rubio-Schumer group the “Schubio Gang of Eight.”
“In his seven years in office, President Obama has signed 895 bills into law. Over the same period, federal regulators issued 24,478 rules. If you want an example of how unaccountable the federal government has become, it doesn’t get much better than that.”
The Bear on TheAbsurdReport   12-17-15
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On the Georgia coaching change, SBNation.com writer Bill Connelly says (and I agree):
“But by announcing it was tired of class and 10-win seasons, Georgia put itself in an awkward position. Maybe the replacement is spectacular. But the odds of a lesser hire are strong.”
Remember Coach John L. Smith, former head football coach at Michigan State, Arkansas and Louisville, also a bunch of other schools as an assistant coach? Coach Smith is now head coach at Division II Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, making a fraction of what he used to make. He says of his school (enrollment around 3,800): “This is not exactly the SEC.” His entire yearly budget is $400,000. The school president told Coach Smith that he would have to raise half of the budget himself.
In the Alabama vs. Auburn Iron Bowl game, Alabama’s Derrick Henry gained 271 yards while Auburn’s entire team gained 260 yards. One big reason for Georgia Coach Mark Richt’s departure was the injury to his star player Nick Chubb, leading to a declining season. Chubb was gaining 100 yards or more every game, hitting over 100 against Alabama. He would’ve been good for at least one more victory, notably against Tennessee. Control the ball and you keep the other team’s offense standing on the sidelines. Remember the Poulon Weedeater Bowl, the Pecan Bowl and the Tangerine Bowl?
Have you noticed there are no ballplayers any more. Now they are called “student athletes.”
I’m writing this on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, also basketball legend Larry Bird’s birthday, born 12-7-56. He’s now 59 years old, hard to believe.
We now have the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl and the Tax Slayer Bowl. I assume many taxpayers will attend the Tax Slayer Bowl. Auburn makes the long 99-mile trip to the Birmingham Bowl. Maybe they should create a Tax Dodger Bowl. I suggest a Positive Cash Flow Bowl.
“When jogging, we put on special clothes so people don’t think we are running from or to something.”
BuzzFeed.com
Two good reasons to stop watching Fox (loaded with liberals) News: Geraldo Rivera and Juan Williams. I watch it less and less and if I see one of those losers pop up on the screen I use one of the world’s greatest inventions, the television remote control. A much better choice is Fox Business News. A good news/talk show you can get on the Internet is Bud Hedinger on WFLA in Orlando, 6-9 a.m. The site is 1025WFLA.com. It beats the heck out of TV and George Step On All Of Us.
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Dear editor,
Fear can be a good thing. It can motivate people to take action. Fear of failure can move people to work harder, be a better spouse, parent or neighbor. Fear without cause produces paranoia resulting in delusional behavior not supported by facts. Now it seems there are two newest American states, delusion and confusion according to this president and his followers.
When people see evidence of a problem and take corrective action, they are not being delusional nor are they confused. Americans have acknowledged there is a serious problem and we are seeking relief. The latest terrorist act in San Bernardino reminds us of a very serious problem and it is way past the time for our government to wake up and put a stop to the influx of people trying to change our culture by replacing it with the culture they were suppose to leave behind when they became citizens. It’s called assimilation! What happened in San Bernardino could have happened in Cochran, Dublin, McRae, Hawkinsville, Eastman or a town where you live. It should be a wake up call to all Americans that a real problem exists. It seems however, that our leaders at the national levels are content with mass murder carried out by those whose actions verifies the claim that islam is a religion of peace is a lie. More and more our tolerance of other religions, other than Christianity, are allowing those religions to set up their own communities instead of assimilating into our society and our values. Slowly the American values of Christians are being eroded to a point that just a few months ago, the muslims in an Alabama community tried to pass a law allowing sharia law, which is contrary to our constitution and our values as Americans. More of this will continue to happen. Please research sharia law and see for yourselves what a real threat this is to America!
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Dear editor,
Newton’s third law holds that for every action, there is an opposite reaction, albeit: the newspaper lead story on 11/18/2015, (“Battle readdress the issue of the courthouse Confederate flag”), and my fight to preserve my family heritage, (“Bryan’s, Andrews, and Wilcox”) in the sacrifice that we did for the Confederate States of America (CSA). It is a crucial lesson for anyone who lives and works in Dodge County that in a pluralistic democracy and society that John Battle and his group of jack booted thugs (The NAACP) is the human equivalent of a trigger warning in their attempt to highjack a southern heritage as the Confederate flag.  
Mr. Battle’s appearance on behalf of the NAACP at the Dodge County Board of Commissioners meeting inciting a chain saw of ad-hominem slashing and talking points scolding commissioners for hiding behind heritage in keeping the confederate flag on the court house property, absence of black heritage, historical inaccuracies of black slaves who fought for the south, his (Mr. Battle’s hatred for Dodge County, posited that if he wanted to start a business, he would not come to Dodge County), and finally, asking the board to allot funds for an additional monument. Mr. Battle, on the historical inaccuracies of blacks fighting for the south. What part of the sigmoid colon did you pull that BS from?
In American history revisionism, it was accurately known and taught that the CSA had toyed the idea of black slaves fighting for them, but was quickly shelved and dispensed due to the fallout from slave holders fearing that if a black slave was issued a fire arm, the slave potentially could use that gun against them (the slave owner). On the absence of black heritage you opined about in the meeting, you conveniently have a severe case of amnesia Mr. Battle. Even though it was a blight of our American history in slavery, you race of people does not have clean hands in this matter either. It’s a historical fact that your black ancestors, the African chieftains facilitated the sell of their own people to the Dutch slave traders in the 19th century, and the chieftains personally shackled and bound countless of black humans for that journey across the Atlantic. Additionally, I don’t see you mounting protest over the stars and stripes as you do with the stars and bars. Did you not know that the American flag flew over slave ships? And yes, I know two wrongs don’t make a right, just be fair on both sides Mr. Battle.
On the monument the NAACP wants in Eastman, is another shake down and extortion that your organization is widely known for? It’s a well-known fact that the NAACP has done more for their bank account in shake down and extortion money than the people they represent. 
And finally Mr. Battle, since you detest Dodge County as reported, their is something called a (“GPS”) please set that address for (I-75) north or south, and bounce man, and I do mean, “get the heck out of Dodge” pun very intended. You’ve become a carton caricature, a bitter man who is Dodge County’s flame-thrower in racial divisiveness in throwing rhetorical hand grenades. If this flag flap continues Mr. Battle, I will be like a Georgia gnat in annoyance fighting you in the system.
TSGT. Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F. Ret       

Dear editor,
Whether it’s Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, are we truly thankful for Christ?
Americans have become so comfortable with saying what they think sounds good. One thing for sure, we can sing a lie or tell a lie. It’s so sad that Americans are turning away from their creator while practicing separation of church and state. Americans are so Busy with the here and now they do not realize they have a savior who has see their end from the beginning.
Is it so hard for Americans to love what God loves and hate what God hates? When we look at the decision makers as the laws relate to God’s holy word, they believe half of what they see and none of what they hear. Instead when Americans fail to train up children while locking up the animals and letting children run free, it is no different than throwing out the baby with the bath water.
True Thanksgiving is to give honor to our Lord and Savior while keeping those who might be in need. Do not worry about what will happen when we need help, what will happen if we do not help a person in need. We must not let ourselves become goal conscious but God conscious. America is a nation that needs to wake up.
We do not need to ask God to bless America but instead we need to bless God through his son, Jesus Christ. Our Lord and Savior will always be the one that we cannot afford to live without. What are you thankful for?
Lord bless,
Johnny L. Blacke, MSG (R)

Dear editor,
On this November 26, 2015, as you carve the turkey and look around the table at your loved ones, there are important lessons you can teach both young and old about our American Thanksgiving holiday.
When the Pilgrims traveled to America on the Mayflower, before coming ashore, they wrote a Compact, or an agreement, on how they would govern themselves. That document inspired the Founding Fathers as they drafted our United States Constitution. The Pilgrims are among the few colonists during the Colonial period who practiced self-governance.
The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians wrote a treaty, once they made contact in New England, that allowed them to live together peacefully for 50 years. Plymouth Colony stood out admirably for its consistent attempt to treat Native Americans fairly in the courts, for paying Natives for land, and for allowing the courts to settle differences between the Pilgrims and Indians.
As you enjoy your delicious meal on our national Thanksgiving holiday, you are repeating a celebration the Pilgrims shared with the Native Americans in 1621, one year after they arrived in America. After gathering a bountiful harvest, a three-day Thanksgiving celebration was enjoyed with 90 members of the Wampanoag Tribe including Chief Massasoit. Their shared thanksgiving included food, games and fellowship.
In honor of the 1621 celebration between the Pilgrims and Native Americans, on October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday in November to be a day of “thanksgiving and praise.”
Hopefully, discussing the Pilgrim story will create meaningful conversation around your table on Thanksgiving Day. There are some 10 million people in America who are Mayflower descendants so it is important that we not forget this unique American story. The Pilgrim story is about how we became who we are. The Pilgrim story is America’s story.
Lea Sinclair Filson

Dear editor,
Sometimes I think of someone from the past and naturally turn to the Internet.
I wondered last week whatever became of years-back track star Houston McTear and was shocked to find out he had died of lung cancer in Sweden at age 58 eleven days ago, Nov. 1 (it was Nov. 12 when I looked him up). His death received little or no mention in the sports media even though he had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated long ago.
I’ve heard ESPN said nothing about his death; probably didn’t know. He was an amazing athlete with a sad story, growing up dirt poor living in a small shack in a small Florida panhandle town. He was said to race trains as a schoolboy running alongside the tracks in tennis shoes.
I can remember long-ago stories of him smoking cigarettes while he competed in track, one time grinding out a finished smoke with his track shoe as he stepped into the starting blocks, not an approved training regimen.  
With little or no track training in high school, Houston began winning most races he ran in and became known as the fastest runner in the world, even with an unlikely build of around 5’7” and 170 lbs. He once turned in the fastest time ever, finishing the 100 yard dash at 9.0 seconds. Later he spent several years homeless and on drugs living on a California beach.
There is a website about him: 9Seconds-theMovie.com. A sportswriter in Crestview, Florida wrote about Houston’s life, mentioning that he only read at a third grade level, even though he attended college briefly in California, to run track, of course.
His is an amazing and sad story worth retelling. His name always rang a bell with me, but I’ll bet few sports fans today outside of some old track coaches have ever heard of him, track not being a big money sport.
Best Wishes
Marshall Miller