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John Steed, you could easily be describing the USA Executive Branch, as well. Over the decades our Congress has surrendered so much of its power to the WhiteHouse, tha WeThePpl are now living at the mercy of all old fool, who wont live long enough to suffer with the rest of us, under the misery of a destroyed Republic.

Commented: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 6:18 pm By: Washingtonian

Its election time again, but it doesnt matter who we elect because the only thing that will change is the flavor of the corruption.

As long as we have a corrupt self-serving City Manager, the local corruption will continue. (Anyone checked his bank acct?)

Why is no one ever held accountable?
Because here and there, the people in govt, that are holding the dirt over each other, would rather hold it in secret, so that dirt can be weaponized to control each other, and silence each other.
The manager controls all the incoming info, and can keep that knowledge from the elected ones, so that they can claim "plausible deniability." Dem or GOP... it is the system.
The campaigners keep promising change and never deliver. They blame others. You all know this is true. I exclude Trump... he tried and is still trying to do the right things for WeThePpl. He is practically a martyr for the nation. God Bless Trump.

Commented: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 2:16 pm By: Washingtonian

If you check Bobby Roberson's voting record, you will find he has consistently opposed Sadler's big spending and Sadler's tax increases. He has also led some successful battles to protect local citizens from projects pushed by the mayor's cronies.

As to the corruption at the Housing Authority, Bobby was the first to bring this to light. Gary Ceres picked up on it early and has beat the drum more loudly, but it was Bobby who first went to the Register of Deeds to get the goods on the transaction with Richard Brooks. If you had been at his campaign forums, you would have heard him discuss these situations in detail. And Bobby has sent this information to Raleigh to be fully investigated and dealt with. Bobby has also been the one to expose the junketing, all over the country at taxpayer expense by the Housing Authority board, led by Sadler's wife, with Sadler himself on many of those trips.

Commented: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 6:16 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

yes Gary, if multiple prospectives are presented and taught, you are still allowed to form your own opinions and come to your own conclusions. No question. I support that. Your last post suggests you do not. Please clarify

Commented: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 3:09 pm By: Big Bob

I chose that example because it illistrates my point. History is complex, how we teach it is important and there is always more than one perspective. Traditionally, in our schools, the white perspective take center stage. in the last 20 years a shift has taken place to include more perspectives in the lessons we teach our kids.

I think its a good thing. Some would disagree.

CV calls me a troll. while it's true I can be snarky from time to time, on this I offer my honest opinion. History matters. How we tell history matters. Our kids are better people if they learn the earth does not revolve around them and people who look like them. Use more than one perspective, even if it makes you uncomfortable. It's how we grow and become better.

Commented: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 11:54 am By: Big Bob

"Just the facts mam, just the facts"
"My mind is like concrete, all mixed up and solidly set."
Just some old sayings that came to mind.
Another one that I remember often is, "No matter how much a man believes a thing in his heart, it does not make it true."

Commented: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 10:52 am By: Buzz Cayton

Why is a radical leftist troll who condones the destruction and falsification of history, now suddenly saying he supports teaching of history? Is it because, what he really wants is a teaching of politicized history from his own racist viewpoint? Bigot Bob is a real trip.

We in the South have seen our history taught from a northern viewpoint for many years. Why can't we at least get some balance? A lot of well known people from Sir Winston Churchill to Englist novelist and anti-slavey leader Charles Dickens to Karl Marx have pointed out that slavery was NOT the main cause of the War Between the States, but southern children are being taught in school that it was. Anyone familiar with the Freemont Affair in Missouri or the Corwin Amendment to the US Constitution would know that the north did not start the War of Northern Aggression over slavery by sending an armed intervention force steaming for Charleston Harbor, forcing the city's defenders to take Fort Sumter before it arrived. Again, the sanitized history taught in our schools, only tells that the South fired on Fort Sumter, not on Lincoln's fleet that forced their hand to do it.

Commented: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 10:35 am By: Conservative Voter

Big Bob: I say real because I am smart about some things; mostly about what is real. As an adult, I have seen far too much of what is false.

Yes, I also know much about the "Battle at Little Big Horn" within the Lakota Uprising of the northern plains. That one is easy. Also easy is the history of strained to terrible relations between Indians and European Settlers for centuries.

Even in that time, it should have been dealt with far differently, but it was not, which was the European way of things then, and those days are far behind us now.

Not all was perfect in the settling of the American continent, but wars and murder are the human tragedy for millennia since the beginning of human history, on every continent, by every people, no exclusions.

So move on Big Bob. It is most important for People in these terrible times to act as if they want to survive themselves, and then act accordingly. That is how history is made, and it is being made right now, in a very big way.

Whether you wish to believe it or not, "Eastern NC NOW," and any or all of its off-springs yet to come will help to shape that history ... so drink up Big Bob, and tell us how your really feel.

Commented: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 5:43 am By: Stan Deatherage

Big Bob; You talk about history as if it is a golden goose that will feed you exactly what you want, what you need to create workable solution, where one does not exist to satisfy your specific Leftist precepts.

History is built upon many things, but first and foremost is human nature. When you skew what is real about human nature, you end up not understanding what went on before your time Big Bob, so that is possibly what leaves you so lost and gasping for what is real, which is unattainable for your Leftist code built upon the broken footers of a cracked foundation.

Commented: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 11:20 pm By: Stan Deatherage

I’m going to regret this but here goes. High school US history. Can we agree that the the curriculum can include things that actually happened? That’s the first fork in the road. If we can’t agree on that there is no point is discussing further. Just stuff that happened. Agree?

Commented: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By: Big Bob

What lame response.
Of course they should. Everyone one should, but we know that wasn’t the case and in many ways still isn’t. Sure times have changed for the better. How do you suppose that happened? Personally, I feel nonwhites have done very well considering the cards they were dealt. Equality is not pie. We can all have a slice

If nonwhites can live it, you and yours can learn about it.

Commented: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By: Big Bob

So big Bob I guess all those black women that have stood up in front of school boards denouncing CRT as portraying their children as victims and incapable of competition with white people are just bigoted black women huh? Such absurd statements. People should be judged as individuals and I'm sick and tired of people jumping to race on both sides every time there's any kind of issue in our schools the problem is leftist indoctrination that teaches that people are incapable of success simply because they are a member of a group which completely negates all of the hard work done by countless minorities who have succeeded to own businesses and in education and an innovation and in technology what you're doing is saying that they're only capable of success if Government gives them a handout or if Government steps in. That's absolutely nonsense and completely racist in and of itself. It's also completely racist of certain white people on the right to think that every single black person that has been successful has done so because they've been given a hand up by the government which is also incorrect since there's a lot of black and Latino people who have chosen to become individuals and ignore the extremes on both sides. So big Bob you might want to reevaluate where your racism is actually coming from. Sorry for the tone of this message but it really infuriates me when people think that minorities and others people of color can only be successful when a liberal white person steps in to help them.

Commented: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 5:54 pm By: Gary Ceres

Actually in many schools, students are taught history. If you are ashamed of your history, like Buzz here, you need to learn about it and regain your dignity. The abortion comment is absolutely not true. God is everywhere including the schools. The rest of this post is nonsense. Buzz seems to angry that others (ie nonwhites) get to tell their story and live their life.

Commented: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 4:05 pm By: Big Bob