Follow the star to a place unexpected
Would you believe after all we’ve projected
A child in a manger
Lowly and small the weakest of all
Unlikeliest hero wrapped in His mother’s shawl
Just a child
Is this who we’ve waited for ‘cause
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Weekly Editorial
Perspective:
Why the U.S. was downgraded:
• U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
• Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000
• New debt: $1,650,000,000,000
• National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
• Recent budget cuts: $38,500,000,000 [Full Story »]
• U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
• Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000
• New debt: $1,650,000,000,000
• National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
• Recent budget cuts: $38,500,000,000 [Full Story »]
A smart professor
An economics professor made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. This particular class had insisted that the current socialist movement in America is working and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich; a great equalizer.
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A time to give thanks
Did you know that in 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies? For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
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Ho, ho, NO!
(Savannah Morning News editorial published November 12)
Most people probably agree that the venerable Christmas tree doesn’t need any help with its classic, holiday image.
But not if you happen to work for the Obama administration. [Full Story »]
Most people probably agree that the venerable Christmas tree doesn’t need any help with its classic, holiday image.
But not if you happen to work for the Obama administration. [Full Story »]
A new word and definition
I received the following from a good friend this past week and find it very interesting. The new word and its definition are very appropriate in today’s society.
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Can you spare five?
(Editor’s note: The following is an article submitted by Pastor Lester Weldon regarding the Appling County Food Bank. The food bank is a tremendous asset to Appling County. Please support this worthy cause.)
By Lester Weldon, President Appling County Food Bank
While attending a pastor’s conference at Moody Bible in Chicago, a man on the street approached us asking for assistance. He felt that five would make a difference in getting food to eat and affect his life for the day. I am thinking of the Appling County Food Bank and what a difference ‘five’ would make. But the five is not in monetary terms, but one of our most valuable assets, “Time.” [Full Story »]
By Lester Weldon, President Appling County Food Bank
While attending a pastor’s conference at Moody Bible in Chicago, a man on the street approached us asking for assistance. He felt that five would make a difference in getting food to eat and affect his life for the day. I am thinking of the Appling County Food Bank and what a difference ‘five’ would make. But the five is not in monetary terms, but one of our most valuable assets, “Time.” [Full Story »]
Federal spending increased this year
To all those who believe that the federal government has cut back in these tough economic times…it is simply just a myth. In reality, the federal government has increased spending by five percent this year.
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Steve Jobs changed lives
You may find it strange that I would dedicate this space this week to a guy I never met. However, I feel as if I knew him the majority of my life.
Jobs, who passed away last week, was an American computer entrepreneur and innovator. He was a co-founder of Apple Computer. Many of the products that we use in everyday life can be contributed to his ingenuity. Have you jogged while listening to your iPod? Or do you have an iPad or iPhone? Thank Jobs. [Full Story »]
Jobs, who passed away last week, was an American computer entrepreneur and innovator. He was a co-founder of Apple Computer. Many of the products that we use in everyday life can be contributed to his ingenuity. Have you jogged while listening to your iPod? Or do you have an iPad or iPhone? Thank Jobs. [Full Story »]
If public figures use public money, it’s public business
(Editor’s note: The following editorial was published in The Brunswick News on September 26.)
Georgia Senate Pro Tempore Tommie Williams, R-Lyons, is refusing to say much about why he and other members of the Senate Committee on Administrative Affairs paid $80,500.00 in public funds - tax dollars - to settle a racial bias lawsuit against one of their colleagues in the Legislature. [Full Story »]
Georgia Senate Pro Tempore Tommie Williams, R-Lyons, is refusing to say much about why he and other members of the Senate Committee on Administrative Affairs paid $80,500.00 in public funds - tax dollars - to settle a racial bias lawsuit against one of their colleagues in the Legislature. [Full Story »]
Perspective
A friend on facebook shared the following thought this week. I know abortion can be a divisive issue, but I’ve never heard it explained in this manner.
A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said, “Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even one-year-old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.”
So the doctor said, “OK and what do you want me to do?” [Full Story »]
A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said, “Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even one-year-old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.”
So the doctor said, “OK and what do you want me to do?” [Full Story »]
Another half billion dollars down the drain
That’s right fellow taxpayers, we took another one on the chin recently as we learned that the White House’s darling of Green Energy, Solyndra, shut its doors the last day of August. The company was supposed to be one of President Obama’s highly touted green energy companies specializing in solar energy products.
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No room for Medicare patients
By Jane M. Orient, M.D.
When I went into solo practice of internal medicine in 1981, it was very easy to get a doctor to see a Medicare patient. All I had to do was make a phone call. A courteous receptionist answered. If the doctor couldn't come to the phone right away, I could count on a prompt callback. [Full Story »]
When I went into solo practice of internal medicine in 1981, it was very easy to get a doctor to see a Medicare patient. All I had to do was make a phone call. A courteous receptionist answered. If the doctor couldn't come to the phone right away, I could count on a prompt callback. [Full Story »]
Where good ideas go to die
System in Washington stacks deck against best lawmakers’ ideas
(Editor’s note: The following editorial was written by the Augusta Editorial Staff and published on Sunday, September 11)
An ultra-conservative Republican senator brought the U.S. Senate to a standstill today with a lengthy and controversial one-man filibuster over what critics are saying is nothing more than a pork-barrel project for Boy Scouts in his home state.
Angry Democrats called Sen. Jefferson Smith’s actions - which included time-wasters such as reading from books and founding documents - a ploy to obstruct progress, cynically using the Boy Scouts for cover. [Full Story »]
(Editor’s note: The following editorial was written by the Augusta Editorial Staff and published on Sunday, September 11)
An ultra-conservative Republican senator brought the U.S. Senate to a standstill today with a lengthy and controversial one-man filibuster over what critics are saying is nothing more than a pork-barrel project for Boy Scouts in his home state.
Angry Democrats called Sen. Jefferson Smith’s actions - which included time-wasters such as reading from books and founding documents - a ploy to obstruct progress, cynically using the Boy Scouts for cover. [Full Story »]
2,977
Does this number sound familiar? It should. Or have we already forgot what we promised to never forget?
It seems like it was just yesterday that most of the world stood glued to television or computer screens trying to catch the latest news of what was taking place on U.S. soil. Nineteen cowards/terrorists hijacked commercial airliners and began killing innocent men, women and children. [Full Story »]
It seems like it was just yesterday that most of the world stood glued to television or computer screens trying to catch the latest news of what was taking place on U.S. soil. Nineteen cowards/terrorists hijacked commercial airliners and began killing innocent men, women and children. [Full Story »]
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