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Look at what going on today. Look at a national weather map. Think about what it was like when you were a kid. It's not the same.

You don't need John Steed to know which way the wind blows.

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 4:13 pm By: big Bob

It sure sounds like you had some personal beef with Kidwell, befuddled, or maybe you are just a liberal. You probably are not one of those anti-gun RINOs from Raleigh like that worthless liberal Troxler who recruited Armstrong, but I guess you could be one of those local tax-and-spend RINOs who were so active in his campaign like Frankie Waters or Randy Walker or one of their allies.

Kidwell ranked as the most conservative member of the legislature on all of the legislative scorecards of conservative organizations. He was endorsed by the NRA, Grassroots North Carolina, and the Conservative Coalition of North Carolina.

Armstrong is a one trick money whose campaign showed he cared about nothing but Big Ag issues. He received an "F" rating from the NRA on gun rights issues. He is a warmed over Marc Basnight Democrat now masqeerading as a "Republican".

That was a very clear cut race between a staunch conservative and an establishment hack and the hack narrowly won due to hundreds of thousands of dollars of special interest money. Many of us really do not like having our incoming legislator bought and paid for by the special interests, but that ias what we are stuck with for two years.

In voting we need to look at candidate records on issues, not personal chips on ones shoulder. Take this very issue. Kidwell was rock solid on it and he stood up for us. It does not have any connection to Big Ag, so it is unlikely that Armstrong would give it any attention at all. The one trick pony does not care.

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 2:38 pm By: Rino Hunter

You are wrong. C02 is a greenhouse gas. Pure fact. As for the rest of your argument:

Conditions on earth 40 million years ago were indeed very different than today. However, life on earth as we know it has developed during a long period of relative stability. That stability is being altered at an incredibly (in geologic terms) fast pace.

The industrial revolution has warmed the earth. The natural heat sinks, forests & oceans, have absorbed all they can. Changes will accelerate.

Humans will argue over our response to this phenomenon.

My contention is that ignoring it for short term profit is the worst possible response and the most politically risky for any government.
The second worst response is to blame Canada. (Ever wonder why these a-holes want to annex Canada and Greenland? Exploitation sure. But in addition, they see what's coming and know it's best not to tell you.)

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 12:00 pm By: big Bob

The issue here is expectation of privacy. Case law, and where it bears on the subject statutory law has always presumed that people have no expectation of privacy when they are out in public. That may have made sense in the time before the era of widespread cameras, but what really calls for a rethink is the recent wave of data collection and retention for long periods rom these cameras. I don't think citizens have any reasonable expectation of that.

Rather than waiting for the courts, what needs to happen is passage of data privacy laws either by states or by the federal government. Those have already been adopted in some other countries. Those laws should govern both how retention of this data is allowed or disallowed and access to the data by third parties, which should probably be limited in most cases to law enforcement AFTER they get a warrant.

If a business or homeowner wants to monitor their surroundings and who comes and goes, that should certainly be allowed both to put up cameras and to retain the images for a reasonable period. It is the transmission to and long time retention in a data base by thrid parties that screams for reform. Also, Kidwell was right that our government should not be doing this on a daily basis.

There are also national security considerations. What happens if China, for example, buys Flock, or even hacks Flock's database?

The surveillance state is inconsistent with democracy and human freedom.

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 12:48 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Fauci
AI correction over took & I didn't double check it

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 10:48 am By: PK

In some countries, Country Girl, the woke try to call it "hate speech" to even bring up the issue of migrant crime, but it exists on a huge level and is very real. They just want to sweep it under the rug.

In news reports after a crime, some countries like the UK and Germany are very slow to acknowledge that the perpetrator was a migrant. In overall statistics, Germany includes some categories of migrants as "German". A reporter went through crime records and identified people with non-German first names like "Mohammed" and "Hasan" and using those found actual migrant crime statistics were even higher, by a significant amount, than official numbers.

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 8:06 am By: borderhawk

Brilliant!
This should be required reading for every student. Her work is a blessing to us all, and I can't be more thankful for the opportunity to share these truths.

Commented: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 7:34 pm By: Michael McCarren

Faucet?
Sorry couldn't resist!

Commented: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 3:24 pm By: big Bob

"We've got trouble right here in River City."

Sounds to me like all of our small govts hav th same illness.

"Municipal government should be conducted openly, honestly, and professionally. It should not be driven by innuendo, half-truths, social media campaigns, or efforts to divide employees, elected officials, and the public.I have O interest in participating in or legitimizing that type of environment." So stated: "Kennedy Thompson sent a resignation letter to Warsaw town leaders Saturday, saying remaining in the role would compromise his principles." (After just 3wks on the job.)

"Unfortunately, a small segment of the Town’s governing body and the uninformed public fostered an environment marked by personal attacks, misinformation, social media theatrics, rumor, and unnecessary drama rather than respectful and productive governance."

READ:
www.witn.com

Commented: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 10:48 am By: Washingtonian

Bob, you do understand, do you not, that CO2 is NOT pollution. It is a necessary nutrient for plants, and without it, all plant life on earth would die, followed shortly by all animal life. Furthermore, without the Greenhouse Effect, the Earth would be far too cold to sustain life. That is basic science.

Yes. temps do go up in summer. At least you comprehend that. They go up more if we are in an El Nino cycle or a Super El Nino cycle, as we are now.

Conservatives do want protection against pollution, including that generated by wind turbines and solar panels. What we do not believe in is the CO2 global warming conspiracy theory that even the UN's IPCC now seems to be backing off from.

Even Bill Gates finally got some common sense and backed off the cliamte doom scare. You can, too, Bob.

Commented: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 9:27 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

RoadKill, We do have to elect local leadership and North Carolina is a swing state. The Primary is over. We have to choose from what we have. We cannot let Lakeem Jeffries become the speaker of the house. Our job is going to be, get out the vote and protect the seat.

Commented: Monday, July 20th, 2026 @ 4:24 pm By: Buzz Cayton

That government can access this Flock public surveillance empire is what is frightening. I looked at the deFlock site in a link in a previous post, and it is almost certain there are two of these cameras at the Washington Lowes according to their location map. Should we be surveilled every time we shop there? Many of these surveillance devices can pick up cell phone information and send it to a central database. This makes my desire to shop at Lowes quite negative if I can get what I need somewhere else.

Commented: Monday, July 20th, 2026 @ 1:08 pm By: piratefan