- Welcome to the Intifada, America
- Eyes are Useless When the Mind is Blind
- Conservative Greenville County Councilmen Fought to Keep Their Campaign Promises
- Election Fairness and President Trump
- Facts and Myths about the Vietnam War - Part 1
- Facts and Myths about the Vietnam War - Part 2
- God Has Detailed Plans
- False Narratives on Russia Drive Expanded War Dangers
- Sharpening the Truth of Amazing Grace
- Victory Coalition Makes Case for Trump-Netanyahu Collaboration to Take Down the I.R.G.C. and Free Iran
- UK Declares ‘War-Fighting Readiness’ in Major Defense Shift Amid Rising Russian Threats (Investigation)
- Is A New Constitutional Convention A Good Idea Or A Dangerous Threat To Our Existing Freedoms?
- Background Briefing on Iran
- Bringing Greenville County Into Compliance with State Law by Removing Illegal Prohibition Signs
- GOP Can Cut Medicaid Costs without Reducing Services by Ending Democratic ‘Money-Laundering’: Experts
Woodlawn Funeral Home 2010 Annual Veteran’s Day Ceremonies
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Flag Retirement Ceremony by Sons of American Revolution Followed
It was a cool sunny Sunday afternoon when guests gathered on the grounds of Woodlawn Funeral Home for a first class Veteran’s Day Ceremony featuring music by John Hoppe and the Swing Shift Combo, the Grumpy Old Jazz Men and Miss Courtney Arnold vocalist.
Following a musical prelude, Joint Color Guards from the Sheriff’s Office, Marine Corps League and SAR presented and posted colors.
Haley, Republican Slate Win Despite Liberal Media, “RINO” Efforts
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Four New Conservative Congressmen to join Joe Wilson and Senior Democrat James Clyburn in Washington
Nikki Haley will be the first woman governor of South Carolina as the winner of one of the most vicious elections in the Palmetto State’s history. The daughter of immigrants was the target of personal attacks that could not be proven true or false. Voters were led to believe that legally requested extensions in filing tax returns was somehow a failure to pay taxes, although it is routinely used by business and personal taxpayers each year.
Funding Top Concern of School Board Incumbents
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Challenger Says, “More and more money is not the answer”
A public forum giving the public an opportunity to see and hear selective views of four of six Greenville County School Board incumbents and their challengers was held at Sevier Middle School Thursday evening. The event was poorly attended and moderated by Greenville News opinion page writer and editor Beth Padget. All candidates were asked to respond to the same “soft-ball” questions. No provocative questions were asked.
Bluegrass And Brunswick Stew at Dixie Republic
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Country Hawkins, self-appointed mayor of Little Texas, South Carolina, dancing at Dixie Republic.
Upcountry Conservative Coalition Defends Haley from Sheheen and RINO Attacks
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
“A Form of Tyranny Never Seen Before”
Three leaders of the Upcountry Coalition recently responded to vicious verbal attacks on Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Nikki Haley by her Democrat opponent Vince Sheheen and a small group of unhappy Republicans.
The spokesmen for the coalition were Roan Garcia-Quintana, Harry Kibler and Jim Wilkie.
Southern Baptist Leader Urging Christians to Avoid Yoga
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Michelle Obama has Added Yoga to the Annual White House Easter Egg Roll
Dr. R. Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is calling on Christians to avoid Yoga and its spiritual attachments. He explains that the stretching and meditative discipline derived from Eastern Religions is not a Christian pathway to God.
“That’s just not Christianity and I’m really surprised by the depth of the commitment to Yoga found on the part of many who identify as Christian,” Mohler said in responding to a media inquiry after publishing an article on the subject.
Election One Week Away For Whom Will You Cast Your Vote?
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The 2010 General Election is only one week away, and some voters have not decided for whom they will cast their vote. In these days when things are upside down, when right is wrong and wrong is right, Christian discernment is beneficial in sorting through the information available regarding candidates, what they say and what others say about them.
Bluegrass And Brunswick Stew at Dixie Republic
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Scott Goldsmith and Dixie Republic hosted a get-together for friends of Tom Corbin and Joe Dill Saturday, October 23rd. Attendees were treated to Bluegrass music by the Mountain Creek Bluegrass Band, featuring Dennis and Polly Poole, Michael Elrod, Buzz Beilharz and Eddie Guthrie, not to mention a dancing spell by Country Hawkins of Little Texas. Guests were nourished on Dixie Republic Brunswick Stew made according to Scott’s secret Southern recipe.
SC DOT to Obstruct View
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SCDOT has begun construction on a huge electronic sign that will span the width of Highway 25 at one of the most scenic locations in Northern Greenville County.
Overflow Crowd at RINO Hunt Meeting Hears Dynamic Call for Action
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
“Get out the Vote, Elect Conservatives, Replace Leadership in Columbia”
Speakers at the RINO Hunt meeting in Greenville County, Friday night, called on conservatives to concentrate on local and state elections for the next two weeks and elect true conservatives who are willing to vote for smaller government and change the way business is being conducted in Columbia.
The speakers included Ashley Landess, President of the South Carolina Policy Council, Sen. Tom Davis of Beaufort County, Rep. Ralph Norman of York County and Talbert Black Jr., from Lexington County, interim state coordinator for the Campaign for Liberty.
Fifth “Honor Flight” Returns
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Family members and friends anxiously await the arrival of seventy-seven World War II veterans on the fifth “Honor Flight” Upstate S.C. to depart from Greenville-Spartanburg Airport.
The Looming Threat of Hyperinflation
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Can We Learn from History?
Spanish- born philosopher and essayist George Santayana (1865-1952), in his 1905 volume, Reason in Common Sense, is especially remembered for these words: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” This is often phrased more pointedly: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
With the 2010 General Election less than two weeks away, the South Carolina Republican Party is sitting on a fence separating feast from famine, victory from defeat. If conservative voters turn out in large numbers and elect the GOP nominee for gover
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Race in District 26 Provides Clear Contrast
Carol Joan Gibson is challenging Roger Meek for the school board seat in District 26 on Greenville’s west side. Meek has served four four-year terms on the board and Gibson hopes to provide fresh ideas and renewed energy with no past decisions to justify.
All 6 Greenville County School Board members up for reelection this year have challenges in the Nov. 2 General Election. This is believed to be the first time this happened in at least a decade, indicating the degree of dissatisfaction with the current board.
Republicans Could Lose it All
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With the 2010 General Election less than two weeks away, the South Carolina Republican Party is sitting on a fence separating feast from famine, victory from defeat. If conservative voters turn out in large numbers and elect the GOP nominee for governor, they will likely sweep the other constitutional offices including the critically important superintendent of education into office. Such a victory would provide the first opportunity in three decades to shake up the bureaucracy and upgrade the quality of education in South Carolina. Mick Zais is the first candidate for South Carolina Superintendent of Education in recent memory that is not indebted or otherwise tied to the NEA, the education bureaucracy, and the “good ol’ boy” network that has kept the children of South Carolina in the “back of the education bus” and 49th in the nation behind Mississippi and the District of Columbia for decades while constantly demanding more money for “the children.”
Greenville County Council Property Tax Reassessment Workshop Set for Friday Noon
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If Property Owners Disagree with Assessment Notice, They Have 90 Days to File Written Appeal
Greenville County mailed out property tax reassessments last week and council members have been inundated with calls from property owners with questions. The purpose of the workshop is for the county assessor to brief the council members on the legal requirements and methods used to determine the new values.
Barton Historical Society Dedicates Marker to Ancestor
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The Barton Historical Society held its 2010 Return to the Upcountry Reunion in Greenville, Oct. 1-3, headquartered at the Hyatt Regency. An all-day bus tour of the Dark Corner area, Poinsett’s and Campbell’s Covered Bridges, the Blythe-Goodwin-Hagood House, Tyger Church and its historic cemetery and numerous Barton-related home sites inaugurated the reunion on Friday, October 1st.
Goldstar Mothers Return from Iraq Visit
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Joan Betrol leads Goldstar Mothers Tammie Davenport, Ann Hampton and her husband Dale, Sheila Marshall, and Emily Shields walk through the flag-lined stairs at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, Monday afternoon.
Greenville and SC Council MOAA Chapter Officers Attend Chapter President’s Symposium
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Southeast Regional Symposium Held in Jacksonville
Five Military Officers Association of America State Council and Greenville Chapter officers attended the 2010 MOAA Chapter President’s Symposium held September 16-18 in Jacksonville, Florida.
The symposium was MOAA’s Southeast Regional meeting attended by 427 council and chapter leaders and members of their families. They met for three days to learn about current issues of importance to MOAA members, chapter management best practices, and membership matters. Seminars were held on membership, grassroots support of legislation and community actions.
“Land Use Nazis” Keep Coming
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The right to own property and use it as you see fit and bear arms are two characteristics that distinguish a free people from the subjects of a tyrannical government. Both of those rights granted by our Creator and guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States are under attack today in our republic as never before.
Just 50 or 60 years ago, an individual or group would have been afraid to even discuss depriving another citizen of the use of his or her privately owned real property. The culprit would have been ostracized and shunned by law-abiding citizens who had fought, bled, worked and sacrificed for the right to live in a free country – unmolested on their private property. No elected official would dare to become a party to such a scheme.
Christians Show Support for Israel
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Several thousand Christians from more than a dozen nations joined together with several thousand Israelis recently in the small Samarian Jewish town of Revava to mark the end of the self-imposed Israeli building freeze in the so-called West Bank.
The Christians were in Israel to participate in the annual International Christian Embassy's Feast of Tabernacles celebration. The theme of this year's feast was Genesis 22:17, where God promised Abraham that "his seed shall possess the gates of their enemies."
Blue Ridge Quartet
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This week’s article is about one of the legendary groups in Southern Gospel Music and also a group, which was based in the upstate of South Carolina. The group I am referring to is The Blue Ridge Quartet and this month one the original members of the group will be inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall Of Fame, none other than Elmo Fagg. A year or so ago I had the honor of spending the afternoon with one of the longtime members of the quartet, Bill Crowe (no relation as far as we know) who is a nephew of Elmo Fagg. Let’s began with a little background to set the stage for what would be one of the most successful groups to come along in gospel music.
Living High on the Hog Spending Other People’s Money
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Since the day he was elected, President Barack Hussein Obama has been living “high on the hog” and spending money as if there were no tomorrow while the economy is shrinking and unemployment continues to rise. He has traveled more than any president in history and spares no expense in indulging himself and his leftist friends in the lap of luxury.
Henderson Defeats Smith in District 21 GOP Primary
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Will Face Democrat Smith in December 14 Special Election
Phyllis Henderson defeated Keith Smith in the October 26 GOP runoff to represent District 21 in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Only 8.63 percent of the registered voters in the Eastside Greenville County District voted in the primary. Henderson and Smith had been the two top vote recipients in a special primary to pick a replacement for the late William Wylie who died in office. Henderson, the Republican nominee, will face Democrat Susan Scarborough Smith in a December 14 special election.
16th Regiment SCV Welcomes New Members
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The 16th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Sons of Confederate Veterans of Greenville, South Carolina, welcomed two new members, Ernie Kinard and Vince Hall to their ranks during their October 28 meeting at the Phoenix Inn.
Vince Hall of Aiken, South Carolina, whose Confederate ancestor was Private Montgomery Wayne Hitt who served in Company B, 2nd South Carolina Infantry and whose grandfather Buck Hitt is an officer in the 16th Reg. joined the camp.
Sen. Rick Santorum Addresses GOP Women
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Greenville County Republican Women’s Club President Kathy Davis and Sen. Rick Santorum guest speaker at club luncheon.
SLED To Issue Arrest Warrant in Robo-Call Push-Poll Case
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Gilstrap, Other Women Candidates Victims of Alleged Illegal robo-call push-polls
Judy Gilstrap, District 26 Democratic candidate for the South Carolina House of Representatives, confirmed Monday night that she has been the victim of robo-call push-polls and was informed by SLED that a warrant for the arrest of Robert Cahaly was imminent.
No information was provided regarding who Cahaly, a professional political operative, was working for or with.
Glenn Beck Sign Vandalized
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A billboard on S. Pleasantburg Dr. in Greenville, SC, has been splashed with gold paint as an apparent protest. Glenn Beck is appearing later this week on Sept. 17th on the Clemson University Campus. Photo taken by Gilbert Scales.
Sen. DeMint: Americans Are Informed, Engaged and Determined to Take Back Country
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“God has blessed us with being born in the greatest country in the history of the world, the most prosperous, the strongest, the most compassionate country that has ever been,” Sen. Jim DeMint told those assembled at Tommy’s Ham House, Aug. 25. “We have nothing to apologize for as Americans. We have done more good on this earth than any combination of countries that you can put together.”
DeMint went on to say that “America is great, good and prosperous, not because of our geography, not because our people are better than anyone else in the world, because our people came from all over the world. We are different here in this country because of the set of principles we have employed like no other country ever has. I call them the principles of freedom.”
GCRWC Host for Women in Politics
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The Greenville County Republican Women’s Club had a luncheon meeting with a theme Women in Politics, Aug. 26, and heard from state Rep. Wendy Nanney, Ashley Landess, president of the South Carolina Policy Council, and Lisa Van Riper, an instructor in political science at North Greenville University.
Pam Sowell, GCRWC program director, introduced the speakers. Lisa Seman, executive director of Meals on Wheels in Greenville, who represents the 24th district on County Council, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
School Board Reverses Again on Classroom Supplies
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Opponents Claim Teachers Want Money Spent on Other Things
Parents and teachers in Greenville County are getting virtual “whiplash” from back and forth decisions on classroom supplies by members of the school board.
Earlier this year the school board approved the budget for School Year 2010-2011. Due to budget considerations the board deleted all funds for the reimbursement of teachers for out-of-pocket purchases of classroom supplies needed by students and not provided by the school or parents that had been included in budgets in recent years.
Three MOAA Chapters Gather to Hear Gen. Livingston
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Colonel Jim Keller, at left, with Major General Bob Livingston and his wife Barbara.
Three Upstate chapters of the Military Officers Association of America held a general meeting at the Greenville Hilton, Friday, August 20, to hear an address by Major General Bob Livingston.
- Truth about Veteran’s Funeral Benefits
- Regulatory Crisis to Affect Everyone
- Views on the “Restoring Honor Rally”
- Black Leader Comments on Glen Beck Rally and Dr. King's Speech
- County Republicans Adopt Unity Principles
- Ken Turner Named “Living Legend” by Grand Ole Gospel Reunion
- Cadet Bryce Tyson Completes Basic Training at West Point
- Local Veterans Honored at Haywood Estates
- Gates Retirement Opens Door for Graham Appointment
- Dates That Destroyed America
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