Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Faded Flags

Opening weekend of turkey season, I was helping friends with an Eagle Scout project at a local elementary school. I had promised I would months before, then I was hit with the date. Oh well. Anyway, it was a stormy … Continue reading

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Debate On The Office of the President

From: Diane Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:35 PM Subject: Comment from this morning Moby, I just wanted to comment on your remark this morning regarding President Obama. I cannot believe the comment "what a waste of flesh." I just … Continue reading

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Wake Up America

WAKE UP America !!! My great great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Civil War, my grandfather watched as his friends died in WW I, and my father watched as his friends died in WW lI and I … Continue reading

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Scars of Life

SOME YEARS AGO, ON A HOT SUMMER DAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA , A LITTLE BOY DECIDED TO GO FOR A SWIM IN THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE BEHIND HIS HOUSE. IN A HURRY TO DIVE INTO THE COOL WATER, HE RAN … Continue reading

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Mom’s Empty Chair

A woman’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her mother. When the minister arrived, he found the woman lying in bed with her head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside her … Continue reading

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Calvary

An Obituary

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Heroic Marine Honored

Marine Lance Cpl. William Kyle Carpenter, his face missing an eye and crisscrossed with deep scars, stood on the floor of the S.C. Senate on Wednesday to receive the thanks of his state. Carpenter, 21, lost the eye, most of … Continue reading

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This Will Give You Chills…

AFTER A FEW OF THE USUAL SUNDAY EVENING HYMNS, THE CHURCH’S PASTOR SLOWLY STOOD UP, WALKED OVER TO THE PULPIT AND, BEFORE HE GAVE HIS SERMON FOR THE EVENING, HE BRIEFLY INTRODUCED A GUEST MINISTER WHO WAS IN THE SERVICE … Continue reading

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Freedom

Remember This As we raised our right hand and took the oath to serve this country, we did it so you don’t have too- When we had to say goodbye to our family and friends some times more than once, … Continue reading

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A New Scarlet Letter

by Harry Beadle There is a new Scarlet Letter in this country. It is not the letter “A” of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, sewn onto the clothing of protagonist Hester Prynne for her adulterous behavior in Puritan society. Rather, it is … Continue reading

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