Op-Ed
Opinions and Editorials by people who are concerned about the issues at hand.
At Odds With Freedom
Our success is the result of freedom - economic, political, and civil liberties. We are not by any means perfect and we have more recently developed some serious problems.
June 21st, 2010
Across the Great Divide
As we all know, this is an election year and a lot is at stake. The present administration shows no intention of slowing down or changing its dangerous course.
June 16th, 2010
Back on my Soapbox
Diane Rufino: "I think Mike Hayes and I have a fundamental disagreement on both the foundation and the future of this country."
May 24th, 2010
At Least Eric Holder Appears to be an Honest Man …
Most people need a manager. President Obama's boys are managed. It's just not making them any smarter.
May 17th, 2010
"No Habla Ingles"
Does the discredited, publicly funded political action committee for Barak Obama, Acorn, remain as a remnant within the context of the local census management team?
May 11th, 2010
An open letter to Sarah….Palin that is…
Publisher's Note: I suppose it would not be much of a stretch to suggest that our friend and frequent contributor, Mike Hayes, is not so much of a fan of the former Republican VP Candidate.
May 6th, 2010
Ding, Ding, Ding ... Diane ...Round three
Diane Rufino's most recent article gives a very cogent and convincing argument as to why government shouldn't be trusted.
May 6th, 2010
“Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace”
This article is in response to the article, “Physician, Heal Thyself,” by Mike Hayes.
May 6th, 2010
Understanding your thinking
To understand your mind, is to have control over your actions. Having control over your actions, is the first step toward freedom.
May 6th, 2010
Physician, Heal Thyself
The American relationship between government and those governed has reached a 50 year low.
May 5th, 2010
Rage Against the Machine
March 21, 2010: The day our elected officials ignored the will of the people and took that huge leap down the road to socialism.
May 5th, 2010
Just a Few Thoughts Before we Turn Down that Road
At the NACo Lesgislative Conference in Washington, DC, the philosophy of the "The Man" was well engaged.
May 5th, 2010
Iran will have nuclear capability sooner than we think.
America was shocked by the anti-American hatred expressed through the Islamic Revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
May 5th, 2010
Dear Friends: Part II
The Democrat Machine wishes that I could have been there for the "goosebumps" here that day as we came as a nation ObamaLand.
May 5th, 2010
Dear Friends
This begins the exposition of an extended communication effort proffered by the N.C. Democrat Machine to my person. I am exposing it now because of how wierd it has all become in ObamaLand.
May 5th, 2010
The BS Report
When your favorite sports star says his contract negotiations are “not about the money”, or when ANY politician moves his/her lips. These are what I call BS moments.
May 5th, 2010
Why No Jobs?
The debt bubble is strangling each of us in a tightening economic noose that drives free men and women to their knees.
May 5th, 2010
A Modern Age Manifesto: Paradigm Shifts and the Push Forward
With the fall of the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s, the United States was left as the only superpower capable of wielding global influence.
May 4th, 2010
Why the Crash?
There are two types of "money" competing with each other in America today as our economy enters the final stages of a deflationary economic collapse.
May 4th, 2010
Confessions of a Reformed 80’s Radical
What I continue to find out is that my moral outrage does not fold the laundry. Speaking out against the evil capitalist empire does not feed my family or my pets.
May 4th, 2010
OMG! Hell has frozen over!
Yes, Hell has frozen over, but here above the underworld on terra firma, the politcal climate is certainly heating up.
May 4th, 2010
Obama’s first 365 days: Ronald Reagan Part Deux
Obama's first 365 days could be just like "the Gipper's." If one remembers well back in 1980, Ronald Wilson Reagan was none too popular as well.
May 4th, 2010
Mr. Obama: You're Not a Community Organizer Anymore: Part I
President Obama is finding that his former prowess as a community organizer has not prepared him to be the leader of the free world.
May 4th, 2010
The Failure to Remember Pearl Harbor Day may be the Canary in the Coal Mine
As a youth growing up in a United States of America that understood the pain of sacrifice, the remembrance of Pearl Harbor was an annual event.
May 3rd, 2010
Stimulus and Health Care: At What Price?
The current United States Congress and the President of the United States are simpatico on this one issue: There will mortgage the twin futures of our nation and our children to get into office.
April 29th, 2010
Maybe It is Over
It appears that the Beaufort County Board of Eduacation does not wish to emulate the journey of the determined salmon: Swim upstream just to die a silent death.
April 28th, 2010
Will The School Board Continue To Sue The Beaufort County Taxpayers?
The Beaufort County Board of Eduacation must move in a direction that will either benefit the education of our youngest citizens, or sue their parents - the collective taxpayer.
April 28th, 2010
All Beaufort County Commissioners Should Represent the Taxpayers
This is an opinion piece about a county commissioner, who, on occaision, just gets fed up with the staus quo.
April 28th, 2010
Seeking the Savage Truth While Sifting Through the Wreckage of Governing California
I attended the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners’ (NCACC) annual conference in Hickory, North Carolina.
April 23rd, 2010