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Obama stabbed 'Sheriff Joe' in the back

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Wednesday, August 11. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

If a Republican president were demonizing the state of Arizona as the Obama administration has been, then the "mainstream" media would surely be wondering: Has the president helped create a climate of hatred, fear and anger that might endanger people? [Full story »]

Don't play chicken

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Monday, August 9. 2010

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Savannah Morning News

Republicans and Democrats in Washington must not play a risky game of chicken with the tax cuts that are set to expire on Dec. 31.

If they do, all Americans will be dead ducks. [Full story »]

These are the people who want to worship at ground zero?

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Saturday, August 7. 2010

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Afghan medical mission ends in death for 10

By KATHY GANNON
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They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains — unarmed and without security — to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.

Ten members of the Christian medical team — six Americans, two Afghans, one German and a Briton — were gunned down in a gruesome slaughter that the Taliban said they carried out, alleging the volunteers were spying and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. The gunmen spared an Afghan driver, who recited verses from the Islamic holy book Quran as he begged for his life. [Full story »]

Pat Condell on mosque at ground zero

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Thursday, August 5. 2010

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Video from Jihad Watch. [Full story »]

Wretched ruling on illegal immigration

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Tuesday, August 3. 2010

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The Savannah Morning News

Arizona, other states should continue fight for immigration enforcement.

The debacle in Arizona is a nauseating display of federal hypocrisy.

That state is arguably the front line in the cross-border war on human and drug trafficking, murder and kidnapping.
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Free speech is like oxygen

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Friday, July 30. 2010

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By Dink Nesmith

People ask, "What's your description of a good newspaper?" I believe a good newspaper is a smorgasbord of information - something for everyone. A good newspaper also is a community talking to itself. [Full story »]

No doc for Mama

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Wednesday, July 28. 2010

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By Matt Towery
Marietta Daily Journal

Lately, even the most elite in media have started to report some of the intended and unintended consequences of the rushed and ill-conceived federal health care bill passed earlier this year by the Barack Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress.
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'Slow down' is message in Sherrod case

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Tuesday, July 27. 2010

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The Athens Banner-Herald

Until early last week, Shirley Sherrod was a little-known public service executive, serving as head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Athens-based Rural Development Office. [Full story »]

If you are poor, it's likely your fault

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Monday, July 26. 2010

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By Walter Williams, syndicated columnist

If you're a poor adult in America, for the most part, it's all your fault. That's true, at least today, whether you're black, white, brown or polka dot.

According to the definition the U.S. Bureau of Census uses, a family of four with an income over $18,244 is not poor. The poverty cutoff for a single-person household is $9,359, and that for a two-person household is $12,000. With those definitions, the poverty rate was 11.7 percent, or about 33 million Americans living in poverty in 2001. [Full story »]

Getting that check started

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Tuesday, July 20. 2010

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I saw a group of pretty young girls last week.

Just released from the confines of high school for the summer, they were sashaying down the street in short shorts and tank tops.

They reminded me of my friend. [Full story »]

Immigration: The Regents still don't get it

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Monday, July 19. 2010

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Marietta Daily Journal

Georgia University System Chancellor Erroll Davis and the state Board of Regents still don't get it. And we're starting to wonder if they ever will.
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Lamenting an 'untimely' death

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Friday, July 16. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

In case your Liberal-to-English Dictionary is too worn to make out the words, we'll translate the latest liberal-speak from the Associated Press.

An AP story upon the death of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner this week actually bemoaned the fact that he died in a year in which there is no federal "death tax" on large estates. [Full story »]

Pure, racist slander

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Thursday, July 15. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

New Black Panther Party members have been caught trying to intimidate whites at polling places and even calling for the extermination of whites.

Mr. Obama this week said al-Qaida is essentially racist against Africa (agreed, but what about its racism against the rest of us, Mr. President?) [Full story »]

Automatic for the People

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Tuesday, July 13. 2010

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Jeffrey B. Wenger/New York Times

One of the saddest lessons of this recession is that the United States has no adequate response for rising long-term unemployment. Contrast this with our policy for combating inflation: the Federal Reserve can always reduce the money supply, no Congressional approval required. There isn’t a comparable mechanism to create jobs or to protect the long unemployed, no contingency plan that kicks in whenever job losses continue to mount. [Full story »]

A fast friendship

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Saturday, July 10. 2010

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A box of Vidalia onions arrived at the office the other day – a gift from old friends. I smelled their distinct aroma and knew before I saw it that the annual treasure from Alston, Ga. had arrived.

The smell took me back 40 years to spring football practice and a memory of an unlikely friendship formed. [Full story »]