“Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid of their country.” We can do that by shining the light of truth on the lies and distortions coming out of Washington, DC  daily.

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain may have spoken the truth when he said the current occupant of the White House was elected by the ignorant and stupid. He should have added that the Obama leadership cadre came from the well-trained hard-core leftist students of Sixties radical Sol Alinsky and the Columbia University  anarchist team of Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, not to mention former bomb-throwers and now tenured professors at the University of Chicago, Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dorn.

Greenville County has a commendable ethics code for board and commission members. Tragically, the code has not been uniformly enforced in the past and some current members of boards and commissions are allegedly serving in violation of the code and are lobbying for relaxation of the ethics rules. Unfortunately, some members of the Greenville County Council appear inclined to change the code rather than enforce it.

The code is very clear and applies to applicants for positions on boards and commissions.

The sign on the door of the convenience store reads: “We Card.” It means that if you appear to be young, you must produce a photo ID proving you are old enough to legally purchase tobacco or alcoholic beverages. If the store is caught selling the substances to underage customers, they can be fined.

When I purchase Claritin over the counter at a drug store, I must produce a photo ID. To use any facility on a military base or at the VA Clinic, I must show a photo ID. Most businesses that accept checks for payment require photo IDs. Sometimes they are requested when a credit card is used. Passports contain photographs of the holder of the passport. The photograph is necessary to prove that the holder is the individual whose name appears on the passport.