More Democrats Running on Divisive Issues
- By Bob Dill
Hatred of Confederate Flag Based on Ignorance of Factual History
The Sate newspaper reported on November 20 that two candidates for Governor Mullins McCLeod a Charleston attorney and Sen. Vincent Sheheen of Camden, both Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for Governor of South Carolina, have announced as part of their platform, they want to get the Confederate battle flag off State House grounds.
License to Wheel, Deal and Steal
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
The founders of our constitutional republic advised that they had created a “republic if we can keep it.” They also warned that the new form of government that they had created provided for a degree of freedom, balance and checks that had never before been achieved and was suitable only for a moral and ethical people who were capable of self-control and self-constraint.
Taylor Requests Council Return Land Use Plan to Committee
- By Bob Dill
Hold Public Meetings on Infringement of Private Property Rights, Free Enterprise
In a letter to Greenville County Council Chairman Butch Kirven, Robert G. Taylor, president of the Greenville County Taxpayers Association, requests that “Council return (the Greenville County Comprehensive Land Use Plan) to Committee to hold public meetings that identify all areas that infringe on Private Property Rights and the Free Enterprise System.”
Taylor states that the Association supports sound professional planning, but is opposed to “exploitive planning, which is conducted to produce a predetermined outcome. As an example, Imagine Greenville is almost a copy of previous plans dating back to Visions 2000 and 2005.”
Veterans Day Ceremony Held In Spite of Weather
- By Gilbert Scales
On a very blustery, chilly and rainy morning, the annual Veterans Day ceremony was held on Wednesday, November 11, at 10 a.m. at Greenville County Square. The theme of this year’s program was “Veterans Honoring Veterans.”
Approximately 250 veterans, family members, and guests braved the elements to attend this year’s program.
George Blevins, Greenville County Veterans Affairs Officer, welcomed those attending the event this year in spite of the bad weather conditions.
Wade Hampton High Names General to “Wall Of Honor”
- By Bob Dill
Wade Hampton High School Principal Lance Radford and Senior Aerospace Instructor Col. Ben Pittman presented the first annual veteran’s Wall of Honor award to Brigadier General Wayne Brock during a Veterans Day program in the school auditorium with the school’s Air Force JROTC cadets and invited local veterans, including 3 World War II veterans who were in attendance.
Lessons From The Vietnam War: Truths the Media Never Told You
- By Bob Dill
Hardback- 250 pages- $24.95 (Copies Available for sale at The Times Examiner Office)
Lessons from the Vietnam War is an accurate, interesting and comprehensive account of a tragic, painful and prolonged event in American History. Decorated Vietnam War Veteran and noted Historian Mike Scruggs skillfully sifted through the propaganda and political correctness of the 1960s and 1970s and recorded the facts of the Vietnam War from beginning to end including the views of dictators in Hanoi and decisions of politicians and bureaucrats micro-managing a war from Washington, DC. Lessons from the Vietnam War honors the service of heroic Americans in uniform who sacrificed to win the war and exposes those who undermined their efforts and ushered in a Communist victory unopposed by American Power.
Charleston County GOP Censures Sen. Lindsey Graham Senator Eyeing Sec Def Appointment?
- By Bob Dill
The Republican Party of Charleston County has voted to censure Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to county GOP Chairman Lin Bennett.
“U. S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the name of bipartisanship continues to weaken the Republican brand and tarnish the ideals of freedom, rule of law, and fiscal conservatism,” the resolution stated.
Ignore Local Issues at Our Peril
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
There are literally too many things to worry about these days. Some of us choose to “turn it off and tune it out.” We rationalize that we already have all the problems we can handle and, after all, God is in control. But ignoring a problem, leaving it to others, or pretending it doesn’t exist does not make it go away. Problems left unsolved seldom resolve themselves.
The Congress is spending our children and grandchildren into financial servitude to the state and foreign governments. President Obama is flitting around the world in Air Force One and making financial commitments to foreign countries as if the federal money pit has no bottom.
Veterans Day at BiLo Center
- By Bob Dill
Senator Jim DeMint was the Keynote Speaker at the Veterans Day celebration on the grounds of the Bi Lo Center, Friday, November 6, sponsored by the BiLo Center and the Col. Robert Anderson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. Music was provided by the Travelers Rest High School Band. The ceremonial bell was provided by the Furman University Army ROTC unit.
“Honor Flight” Veterans Visit D.C. Memorials
- By Gilbert Scales
“H” Hour arrived on Wednesday, November 4, for the eighty-six men and two women, World War II veterans, who were scheduled to be on the third “Honor Flight” Upstate South Carolina.
These veterans got up Wednesday morning before dawn, just as they had done during military basic training almost seventy years ago.
Reception for GOP Candidates for Governor of South Carolina
- By Bob Dill
Geri and Steve Warren hosted a reception for GOP candidates for Governor of South Carolina at their home Thursday, Nov. 5.
Two of the candidates were in Washington, DC, and did not attend, however, Lieutenant Governor Andre’ Bauer, Representative Nikki Haley and Attorney General Henry McMaster were present and addressed the guests briefly.
Sustainable Development Part 2: Remove ICLEI - Restore the Republic
- By Tom DeWeese
Many Americans ask how dangerous international policies can suddenly turn up in state and local government, all seemingly uniform to those in communities across the nation and around the globe.
The answer – meet ICLEI, a non-profit, private foundation, dedicated to helping your mayor implement all of his promises. Originally known as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), today the group simply calls itself "ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability."
The Price for Political Correctness
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
An honest assessment of the terrorist attack on unarmed troops and medical personnel at Ft. Hood, Texas, would reveal that the alleged perpetrator, Nidal Malik Hasan is a “lone wolf terrorist” motivated by his commitment to Islamic fascism. He was educated and tolerated by the United States Army due to the societal rules of political correctness that have permeated American society in recent years. Beginning in Kindergarten and public schools and enforced by government agencies the rules of political correctness have been forced on the military services to their detriment.
Lawmakers Return to Approve Extended Unemployment Payments
- By Bob Dill
Rep. Delleney Plans to Introduce Impeachment Resolution Against Governor Next Week
The South Carolina General Assembly will return to Columbia, Tuesday, October 27, to correct an oversight that threatens to deprive approximately 7,000 unemployed South Carolinians of 20 additional weeks of unemployment payments. The special session was announced by House Speaker Bobby Harrell on Monday.
DeMint: “People in Washington are Listening”
- By Bob Dill
“My Oath of Office is to ‘Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States’”
Senator Jim DeMint was the keynote speaker at the CEO Round Table of South Carolina Friday evening at Taylors First Baptist Church.
The mission of the CEO (Christians Empowered & Organized) Round Table of South Carolina is to bring a consistent, conservative message to the Palmetto State. This objective is accomplished by bringing together social and economic conservatives out of conviction that the two are mutually interdependent.
Five More Musical Pioneers Named to SC Gospel Music Hall of Fame
- By Keith Crowe & Bob Dill
The final five musical pioneers elected to the South Carolina Gospel Music Hall of Fame by members of the South Carolina Gospel Music Association last month are Marshall Pack, Hovie Lister, Allen Lovelace, Carl Whitman and Joe Brown.
Marshall Pack owned and operated WCKI, a Christian radio station in Greer, South Carolina, for many years until his death. WCKI was the station that provided listeners in the Upstate with the latest in Southern Gospel music. Rev. Pack also pastored a local church and was a talented poet and songwriter. He was known for his ability to write poetry and have it set to music and in many cases appeared with groups to sing and recite some of his work.
Why The Vietnam War Matters Today
- By Mike Scruggs
The Battle for Historical Perspective
Why does a war that ended more than a generation ago matter today? The answer is: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon, Israel—the entire Middle East— North Korea, growing Chinese power, and resurgent Russian ambition. There are important lessons to be learned from the Vietnam War, but most of the mainstream media and academia got them wrong during the war and still have them wrong today. Consequently, our political leaders are vulnerable to repeating the same tragic mistakes that led to 58,000 American dead and the abandonment of South Vietnam and Cambodia to a Soviet sponsored and equipped invasion by the North Vietnamese Army in 1975. As a result, over three million innocent South Vietnamese and Cambodian civilians were brutally murdered, starved to death, or drowned in the South China Sea trying to escape Communist oppression. Millions of others would be abandoned to cruel tyranny and economic misery.
Republican Women Providing Leadership for GOP Comeback
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Republican women are making a dynamic effort to lead their political party to greatness through open, moral and ethical leadership based on tried and tested conservative principles that have been lacking in government at all levels in recent years. Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin added a needed spark to the lackluster campaign of Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign. Her fresh, honest, open approach to communicating with people and dealing with political issues shook the foundations of the "business as usual" political establishment and may have saved the fragile GOP from self-destruction. Although there are other potential Republican candidates at the national level, Palin is and will continue to be the national figure that challenges conservatives and terrifies progressives (liberals).
An ACORN-Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend Radical in GOP Clothing
- By Michelle Malkin
Here's the dirty little secret about political candidates and officeholders labeled by the mainstream media as "moderate Republicans": There's usually nothing moderate about them. Consider the case of "moderate Republican" Dede Scozzafava, the GOP nominee in the New York 23rd congressional district's special election.
If Obama Had Told Us Before His Election
- By Phyllis Schlafly
If Barack Obama had campaigned on what he has actually done in his first 300 days in office, would he have been elected? That's the question so many are asking today.
If Obama had told us he would appoint 34 Czars, reporting only to himself and not vetted or confirmed in the constitutional way, building a powerful unitary executive branch of government, would he have been elected? What if he had told us that his Green Jobs Czar had been a Communist, that the Science Czar wrote in a college textbook that compulsory "green abortions" are an acceptable way to control population growth, and that the Diversity Czar has spoken publicly of getting white media executives to "step down" in favor of minorities?
The Democrats’ Coming Defeat
- By Mona Charen
"There is a tide in the affairs of men" -- Shakespeare
Yes, but undertows, too. As Obama, Pelosi, and Reid rush to transform America into a European-style social democratic state, they must be nervous; they must feel the sand sliding under their feet. The 2010 elections are just over the horizon and the omens are not encouraging for them. Thomas Jefferson warned that "Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities." Maybe so. But the Democrats may be calculating that a slender majority is better than an anorexic majority, or no majority at all.
The Three State Solution
- By Dr. Al Snyder
The United States, the United Nations, the European Union, and virtually the entire world are pressuring Israel for a "Two State Solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict. But former Israeli MK and Minister of Tourism, Binyamin "Benny" Elon, contends that what they are really calling for is not a "Two State Solution," but rather a "Three State Solution." His opinions are printed in a book entitled, "God's Covenant with Israel."
The Isaacs
- By Keith Crowe
This week’s article features the Isaacs, a family group that has traveled for over 30 years, are based out of LaFollette, TN. Current group members are Lily Isaacs, Ben Isaacs, Sonya Isaacs, John and Rebecca (Isaacs) Bowman. They have a unique style that marries bluegrass harmonies and instrumentation with modern southern gospel lyrics.
South Carolina Should Keep Primary Status
- By Karen Floyd
The existing system of selecting the Republican nominee for president of the United States works well.
Wisely, it starts with small states: the first caucus in Iowa and the first primary in New Hampshire. Then the eyes of the nation turn to South Carolina, home of the first-in-the-South contest. It is a bellwether event in American politics.
Greenvillian to Lead SC Federation of Republican Women
- By Press Release
Betty Poe of Greenville was elected President of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women for 2010 and 2011 during the biennial convention of the SCFRW in Beaufort last weekend. Linda Garner also from Greenville was elected Treasurer.
Geri Warren, president of the Greenville County Republican Women’s Club, the largest GOP Women’s club in the state, was named President of the Year and LaDonna Ryggs, Chairman of the Spartanburg County Republican Party was named Woman of the Year.
Convention attendees heard presentations by South Carolina Gubernatorial candidates Gresham Barrett, Larry Grooms, Nikki Haley and Henry McMaster.
Prepare Now for Global Cooling
- By Jeff West
The American public has been inundated with global warming propaganda by the media for years, while millions of their tax dollars have been wasted studying something that doesn’t exist. The arrogance of man shows as many scientists, politicians and the media have attempted to make us feel guilty about emitting too much carbon dioxide and heating up the planet. They actually believe that man is so powerful as to exert that much influence over global weather.
Troop Morale Sags as Washington Stalls on Strategy, Troop Strength
- By Bob Dill
Perceived Indecision May be Planned Strategy to “Change” Complexion of Armed Forces
Word coming from the White House is that it may be “weeks” before a decision is made on strategy for Afghanistan and the level of troop strength to carry out the strategy.
In the meantime, troop morale is sagging. The Times of London interviewed U. S. Army Chaplains in Afghanistan recently and published a report October 8th.
“American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned,” the report began.
US Navy Visits Greenville
- By Gilbert Scales
The U.S. Navy Office of Community Outreach chose twenty-three cities in the U.S. for a group of Navy officers and sailors to visit, and explain to citizens what the U.S. Navy is doing with regard to the “War on Terror,” including humanitarian projects.
The officer in charge of the Greenville visit was Rear Admiral John W. (Bill) Goodwin, a graduate of the University of South Carolina who was commissioned in May 1975 and started his training as a naval aviator in February 1977.
SAR Dedicates Patriot Grave at Reedy River Baptist
- By Thomas C. Hanson
Ed Butler, president general of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), dedicated the grave of his patriot ancestor Rev. William McClanahan (1732-1802) at Reedy River Baptist Church, Oct. 7.
Larry McClanahan, president general of the NSSAR in 2001-2002, and also a descendant of Rev. McClanahan, participated in the ceremony.
Reedy River Baptist Church was organized in 1789 and is celebrating its 220th anniversary this year. The church’s cemetery contains many graves of Revolutionary War veterans, soldiers who fought in the War Between the States, and slaves.
Musical Pioneers Named to SC Gospel Music Hall of Fame
- By Keith Crowe
Three of the 12 artists added to the Hall of Fame by the South Carolina Gospel Music Association for 2009 were reported last week. They were Ken Turner, Sandy Knight and Bobbie Jean White.
Another recipient, Burl Strevel, came to Upstate, South Carolina from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he had a reputation of a “smooth” bass singer. He sang with the Popular Blue Ridge Quartet based in Spartanburg in the 1950s and left to sing with the Sunshine Boys when the legendary J. D. Sumner left that group and joined the Blackwoods.
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