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"Planet Earth" seems to be Bolshevik Bob's euphemism for "the far left narrative". That movie trailer does point out where the real facist threat in America comes from, but his whole movie gives a lot more detail. I think it is still available on DVD.

Commented: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 @ 7:06 am By: Conservative Voter

Recently in public session, the 3 Republican county commissioners have been assured by the BCS Superintendent that the vestiges of DEI is not in the current curriculum.

Should we take him at his word?

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 10:26 pm By: Stan Deatherage

So nothing to see. Just a raising of the arm. Perfectly understandable. Do it myself all the time. I'm sure you do to. In fact I did it today at work. Perfectly normal. Got it.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 9:43 pm By: Big Bob

Kindergarten children need to memorize traditional patriotic songs and the pledge of allegiance. They should have stories read to them about Betsy Ross, George Washington and other Colonial heroes who gave us our freedom documents. It’s important that they don’t get indoctrinated with Drag Queen story time.
After Kindergarten they should begin learning about those freedom documents that made America great until anti freedom politicians gained control of government and education. But ithat is just what has happened and it became possible because evil doers in government and education established an educational system that kept their future voters ignorant of government of, by and for the people.
A good foundation of learning to love freedom and a free country must begin in kindergarten when young minds and hearts absorb so much of what is taught whether good or evil..

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 9:06 pm By: Noel Cayton

USAID under Biden spent hundreds of millions of dollars, probably over a billion promoting political and ideological censorship in the US and abroad. It would not surprise me if some of that money has helped promote censorship in France and Germany.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 7:14 pm By: Rino Hunter

Big Bob: They raised their arm, and some Leftist caught the arm in the video as it was moving, and once the proper angle of the arc is reached, they take a screenshot of it, or they get AI to draw it at that perfect angle. These are two of the ways leftists can achieve this clichéd image that the Non Patriot Left is so fond of.

What the Non Patriot Left should attempt to accomplish is to avoid using the words "Hitler," "Nazi" or "Fascist," since NO living Leftist is smart enough to know what these words actually mean.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 6:41 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Stan- legit question. You are not fond of the fascist label applied to trump and MAGA. Fair enough.
Please wax poetic on the NAZI salute given at the end of speeches first by President Musk and now Steve Bannon at CPAC. Love to hear your thoughts on the subject.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 2:48 pm By: Big Bob

Thanks HR. I have always maintained that Republican and MAGA are two different parties.
We agree.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 2:37 pm By: Big Bob

Passing something like the Arizona bill in Raleigh would be great, but counties already have the authority to enact wind turbines ordinances. Beaufort County has a weak solar farm ordinance but no wind farm ordinance. We need one. We also need both wind and solar bond requirements to decommission wind and solar farms. Most of them are organized as LCC's in a manner than at the end of its useful life, there is no further assets to collect out of and the owners can just walk away from the mess they have created. We need performance bonds on decommissioning.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 5:46 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Parker's answers are NOT something that should be relied upon. During the controversy over the SAVAS social studies curriculum, Parker incorrectly told the School Board that Savas was "the only curriculum approved by NCDPI". That turned out to be false. Then on the Bridges math curriculum controversy, Parker told the School Board that Bridges "was not Common Core math". At a later meeting when easily available research showed that it WAS Common Core, he had to reverse himself.

The question is whether Parker is just that poorly informed or whether he is deliberately giving answers he knows to be false, possibly at the behest of his boss. Either way this history means anything he says should simply not be trusted.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 2:48 pm By: John Steed

Bob seems to be ignorant of Republican Party history. Unlike Europe where parties on the traditional right and populist right almost always organize as seperate parties, in America, the GOP has always had its populist and traditional conservative wings, as well as a moderate faction. Only once has the populist faction gone off as a third party, which was Teddy Roosevelt's ill-fated Bull Moose Party. The Democrats have also had their populist factions from time to time, with two instances where they broke away and formed third parties, the Populist Party in the south at the turn of the 20th century which allied with Republicans and ousted Democrats in some southern states including North Carolina, and George Wallace's short-lived American Independent Party in 1968.

President Trump is doing a good job keeping the Republican Party united and governing effectively. Yes, we may have primaries, but we will close ranks afterward to defeat the left. IN general, I think there has been a better working relationship between populist conservatives and traditional conservatives than between either of them and the moderates, although at most levels things have been worked out there, too, although that historically has been the biggest point of strain within the party.

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 11:37 am By: Steven P. Rader