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Mark Thomas Carson
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(commented on October 12th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm)
I can't believe that this talented trio came to Washington, NC, to the historic Turnage Theater, and the theater was half empty. These girls were AMAZING. Some of the most beautiful harmonies you'll ever hope to hear. Beautiful songs, both upbeat and slow, with uplifting lyrics and great stories. I've been to well over 100 live concerts in my lifetime and I'm not sure that I've ever heard a more beautiful performance of a song than when The Good Lovelies sang "Best I Know". I got goosebumps several times during the concert. That's how good these girls were. If we're ever fortunate enough to have them back in the area, you do NOT want to miss them. They are a truly special talent. And, in case you don't yet know it, The Turnage Theater is an equally special venue.

Dean Stephens
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John Richard Furlough
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(commented on January 19th, 2012 @ 12:42 am)
Good to know that i'm not the only one fighting

Michael Speciale
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(commented on August 24th, 2014 @ 7:27 pm)
A clearly embellished statement. I am on the UAS committee and his bio is fluffed up.

John Latham
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(commented on August 8th, 2014 @ 9:41 am)
Your last comment sums up quite well what I make of it. Jesus was no coward, when the time was appropriate, He used violence in righteousness. Then, again when the time called for it, He was compassionate and spoke against unnecessary violence. The only complexity of the issue is when to use use violence righteously, and when to avoid it. If violence was immoral in and of itself, and the weapons of violence also, we would not have Law Enforcement, the Military, or any other defense against physical evil; so long as we desired to be moral people. The question is less "would Jesus carry a gun," and more "when would righteous men use a gun."

(commented on August 7th, 2014 @ 9:58 am)
Gene, what you are trying to accomplish is shaming people into not defending themselves from harm by holding them to an impossible standard. Jesus did not have to "stoop" to carrying a gun (Thanks Mr. Deatherage, for joining the shaming) because He was the Son of God. The rest of us are mere mortals living in an evil world, in the world but not of it. I encourage you again to take a look at www.biblicalselfdefense.com.

(commented on July 28th, 2014 @ 10:29 am)
Thankyou, Gene. I know we all, well most of us, want to live in a safe world where morality and reason guide the actions of young men, but that world does not exist. If our world today is The Wild West, with mothers hanging long-irons on their hips, it is the criminals that make it that way, not those who would protect themselves from crime.

An openly carried gun certainly gets attention, but that is the point. A concealed weapon may be used to protect oneself once a crime has been initiated, but an openly visible gun may prevent the crime entirely.

I think it's good that she kept a 'clean' appearance while carrying. This helps set a good impression of 'responsible gun owner' instead of 'gun rights nut militia-psycho.' When I see someone in torn jeans, with an untucked t-shirt spouting needlessly aggressive patriotism, and a scowl as mean as the handgun strapped into their 'tacti-cool' thigh holster, I immediately think 'Danger, hothead, avoid.' However, someone in slacks with a collared shirt, a clean haircut and a recently shaved or trimmed beard makes me think of them as law abiding and 'socially acceptable,' even with their gun in full view. Image matters a lot with open carry, I believe.

As for Jesus, I won't parse scripture, but He did command his apostles to arm themselves. Why would he do that if he believed that defense wasn't necessary? He argues against Paul's cutting off the Roman soldier's ear because He knew that what was going to happen had to happen. Paul acted when he should have accepted.

Check out www.biblicalselfdefense.com where people far wiser than I explain the Biblical foundations of personal self defense.

Imelda McCathy
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(commented on February 12th, 2012 @ 10:29 pm)
There are so many mis-statements (to be polite) in what these complainers say that I don't know where to begin. I'm familiar with this property as I have friends in the area and we pass it on the way to the beach. I've been there often during the summer and even in the immediate area I detected no odors. Dogs bark when strangers pass (which is a good thing in such a remote area)but then they settle back down. None of the other neighbors have a problem. Sometimes there is a friendly old black dog loose in the yard, but the only dog I've seen running loose belongs to one of the complainers. The pot is calling the kettle black here. In the video notice the total silence until the vehicle (with a yappy dog in it) sets the dogs off-which is normal. Also this was taken right after the hurricane so of course there was debris in the yard. Neither the sheriff's dept nor the state found any problems (contrary to what the complainers said) and the animal warden stated that the dogs are well cared for, the property is clean and she can't fix the problem because there is no problem. I would suggest that the commissioners go to any house on Hollis Rd and ask if the residents have a complaint. They will NOT.

Mattie Lawson
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(commented on January 12th, 2015 @ 2:55 pm)
This move was a surprise to me as Tine's opponent in 2012 and 2014. I am very interested in this change because if Tine had run as a Unaffiliated (as he claims is more closely aligned with his beliefs) I would be the District's current House Representative. And the NC Republican House Caucus would have had an actual Republican in it's ranks rather than making room for a liberal Unaffiliated who will just muddy the waters.

My supporters and I worked hard and lost against a super well-funded Democrat and voters cast ballots for someone who wasn't really what he said he was. Politics aren't fair. It's hard to make this look like anything but an opportunity for Tine to use donors and use the political system to gain power for himself. Hopefully, this will somehow bode well for District 6 in the end.

Although Tine didn't beat the Democrat drum as much as I've heard other politicians during the campaigns, I found his ideas leaned far left: the answers to our problems are more government involvement.

Politically, he made a smart move as someone who wants to be a mover and shaker, which he clearly does. Getting into the Republican Caucus won't hurt him though I fail to see how it helps the Republicans who don't need his vote and will find he doesn't help bolster conservative ideas of less government involvement in our daily lives. Look at this voting record in the past. Civitas gave him an "F" rating for good reason.

In making this announcement Tine claimed he wasn't free to vote as he chose as a Democrat. That's quite a condemning statement on Democrats. Maybe his most significant contribution to his home District might have been to remain a Democrat so he could reform it from the inside allowing politicians to vote their conscience rather than follow lock-step in line with the party.

He voted against keeping Sharia Law out of NC courtrooms. His position on Common Core has him aligned with the NC Department of Instruction rather than with parents. He can’t run from the $2000 he gave from his personal resources to elect 0bama.

I imagine the NC and outside NC Dems that gave him thousands and thousands of dollars to beat me twice are not happy right now.

Bottom line: I'm glad he did it and am not disappointed he didn't switch to Republican because he kept some credibility.

It will be interesting to see what legislation he sponsors and who the "Dare Care" Dems will find to run against him in 2016. Becoming unaffiliated makes him more beatable by a hard-hitting Republican candidate regardless of which race he tackles next.

Keep on eye on his voting record. Talk is cheap. Action is what matters.

(commented on April 30th, 2012 @ 10:09 pm)
Let's get a Republican to run in November as a write-in for Attorney General against Cooper - how about a huge grassroots campaign for a powerful GOP lawyer nominee patriot who loves freedom - someone like the incomparable Justice Rusty Duke.

(commented on April 28th, 2012 @ 2:24 pm)
Again one of my opponents has chosen to whine about "he said/she said...," "she did it first..." and other such trivial matters. I will not respond point by point to such childishness.

There are too many more important issues to be talking about in this campaign, such as how to turn the economy around in our state, how the state can prevent further damage to our nation by Barack Obama and especially how House District 6 can help complete the job begun by the Republican majority in the last session of the Legislature. Mr. Adams' continuing insistence on going off on tangents serves no useful purpose, either in finding solutions to the real problems facing our district or in helping voters determine who will best deal with those issues.

I regret that I initially fell for Mr. Adam's attempts to call attention to himself by such tactics as using quotes out of context and parsing words. I won’t participate in such childishness. If Mr. Adam's wants to dwell on trivial matters he is certainly free to do so. I'm going to focus on the important issues in this campaign.

Barack Obama and his arrogant czars and bureaucrats are ruining this country, from an insidious attempt to subjugate American sovereignty to the United Nations, all the way down to diving rules on our beaches, without our state officials standing up to him. That must stop. The Republican Legislature passed SB 2 to prevent the implementation of ObamaCare in this state. A Democrat governor vetoed it. We must elect a Republican governor and enough conservative Republicans to override any veto if need be. And the way we do that is to focus on the issues that are important not to politicians, but to the people of Eastern North Carolina. Our people do not care who decided first to run in this election or what conversations were held between potential candidates. Nonsense! That kind of nonsense is exactly why so many people are disgusted with politicians and government today. Let’s find ways to get the People's job done. I call upon Mr. Adams and all candidates to join me in focusing on what we need to do to turn this state around and restore constitutional government in North Carolina and in Washington, D.C. In November let’s send Mr. Obama into retirement.

John Locke Foundation
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Richard Andrews
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Jeremy D. Adams
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(commented on May 9th, 2012 @ 7:53 pm)
Civility is big with me. Bigger than many other differences.

Politics is only nasty when nasty people are involved.

(commented on April 27th, 2012 @ 6:47 am)
And for the record, I oppose Agenda 21 and any efforts by anyone anywhere at the sacrifice of our individual sovereignty and the honest social contract we make with specific levels of our federalized government.

(commented on April 27th, 2012 @ 6:43 am)
Mr Cayton, et al,

Challenging a principle or an action on its merits should always be within the realm of fair play.

But placing blame for a firing circle when my candidacy and my person has been under attack since day three (many, many unfounded attacks, some withdrawn from the internet and some not. At one point 50% of my opponents website was dedicated to me, including a whole page because I was "whining" about her attacking me after we agreed to run a clean race) and then suddenly when my campaign responds, there is a response from you?

Where were you two months ago? You certainly weren't chastising your candidate for her personal negative (and mostly false) attacks.

You also seem to notice when one candidate was picked by a faction in Raleigh, but not your own candidate by another faction in Raleigh despite that she admitted that she was selected on tape in your forum.

You want to put forth a legislative candidate who's best trick is just attacking and sidelining other members of the party?

When Pat McCrory wins, when I win, when half a dozen other Republican candidates win that have been polarized by her campaign (and her choosing folks who she herself called RINOs only a year ago over other local candidates)... how is she going to come back from that? She cannot then support me, or Pat McCrory, or any of the half dozen others she has been sidelining because she has been tearing us down during the primary?

Before we started this race we agreed that we would run our own clean races and then whoever would win, would then support the other in the general elections. Be honest. That cannot happen any longer after months of attacks.

By all means, please criticize the application of conservative principles. Everyone certainly should do that. But this hypocrisy of trying to lay blame on others for this rift has got to stop.

This rift was started by one person and one campaign and it most certainly was not mine or the people who realized towards the end of the primary campaign that I was the strongest Constitutional Conservative candidate and then in turn backed me.

You cannot turn back time unfortunately. Perhaps Raleigh should have made a better "selection".

Luciana Sharpe
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Sherri Canady Clayton
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(commented on March 15th, 2012 @ 12:00 am)
I was so sadden to hear my dear Uncle Randolph had passed. I am sending my condolences to his immediate family (my Aunt & Cousins). I can say I do understand your pain and although it doesn't just go away, it does get better. Keep you head up and be strong. God will see you through this time of bereavement. God Bless!!!

Jeff Lewis
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(commented on July 1st, 2017 @ 8:09 pm)
Over the past several years, as national director of Patriot Coalition, our general counsel Richard D. Fry and/or I have researched this issue in great detail, and debated a wide range of their "experts" across the country, many of which are available in our Article V channel (45 videos) at YouTube here:

www.youtube.com

Besides the numerous debates, I highly recommend the second video, which is one I filmed of my friend Publius in Virginia last year. I also recommend the videos with Dr. Edwin Vieira discussing an Article V Convention and COS architect Michael Farris' dangerous Parental Rights Amendment, which totally pits parental rights against government indoctrination.

Thomas Jefferson said the price of liberty is "eternal vigilance." Had it been simply defeated, the sponsors would simply reintroduce it again in the next general assembly.

That despite the shady behavior of the leadership, giving the public no notice on an issue of such great importance, and then muzzling opposition at the drive-by, pencil-whip hearing they held, the Republican leadership continues to extort votes. If only they would uphold their oaths.

We all know what happens when members don't tow-the-line by supporting what the leadership wants: their bills don't get hearings or votes in other areas. This is how the dishonorable game is played. Everyone knows it. EVERYONE.

Now, if they will play these shenanigans just to get the Article V application resolution passed, what will they do to get the amendments passed over the course of 2-3 election cycles?

Already, in neighboring states like Virginia, well-funded political PAC's are letting it be known that opponents such as Delegate Marshall and Senator Black, the two "statesmen" in Virginia blocking this insanity won't see any more donations to their campaigns, and in some cases, the establishment is funding primary opponents to run these statesmen out of the legislature in Richmond.

In North Carolina, our own Republican Lt. Governor has been trying to fast-track this process for years. Publius is right. The enemy isn't just at the gate, he's running around loose in the N.C. General Assembly with mad-con-cow.

That Republican leadership in North Carolina are driving this reckless attempt to trigger a convention and playing games with the rules and public instead of using its constitutional authority to interpose, tells me we need new leadership, and perhaps to replace most of the "scoundrels and scalawags" (N.C. Governor Zebulon Baird Vance's words) who refuse to take no for an answer. I'm certain that is what I will tell any of them that ask for my help or my money for their next campaign.

The Constitution isn't the problem. COS admits that. Why is amending it the solution, then? It isn't. I don't trust them because they don't keep their oath now. I won't trust them to be honorable at a convention or in the ratification process.

Jeff Lewis
National Director, Legislative Affairs
Patriot Coalition
Jeff@patriotcoalition.com

(commented on March 19th, 2012 @ 2:45 am)
Hmm... Listening to Mr. Warren's queries about the EDC's per job costs sounded like the "shovel-ready" boondoggle of the Obama Administration's "Stimulus Bills."

Perhaps Commissioner Klemm should have simply said what Obama said: "I guess they weren't as shovel-ready as I thought." The free market doesn't need a taxpayer-funded economic development commission. Only crony-capitalists profit and the taxpayers lose...every time.

If you have to bribe businesses to move into your area, you might consider the real reasons they want tax-breaks and special deals. Are your K-12, trade and technical schools producing qualified educated workers? Is the infrastructure sufficient to allow reasonable ingress and egress of all the various stakeholders, (employees, clients, customers, etc...)

Is the tax base appealing to prospective business investors? Provide a climate that is conducive to new or expanding business ventures and "they will come." Beaufort County is a beautiful place with wonderful people, a proud history that goes back hundreds of years, and sunsets that are only a postcard-dream to folks across the country.

Without proper oversight by the commissioners, the Economic Development Commission may as well be the Warren Commission, looking for a magic bullet to explain the unexplainable.

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(commented on August 18th, 2017 @ 12:20 pm)
No one gains from hate and division. Any group of people who have ever tried to organize a larger society have had great division as they formed their society. From the Russian Revolution to our own formation, a level of great dissatisfaction led to the new ideal. Unless you know what in the Old World our Founding Fathers were trying to correct, you miss important points about the Constitution.

(commented on August 18th, 2017 @ 12:04 pm)
We can work much harder on cooperative government and society than we have in the past. Frankly, I would have thought enough time had passed to solve this problem between 1950's and now. It is disappointing to see people so loving hate and division that they miss the opportunitiy to love and respect one another.

Some hearts must change to see better days.

(commented on August 13th, 2017 @ 4:41 pm)
Those who are wise and compassionate could realize that women deserve to be protected from undue abuse from the men who got them pregnant . . .

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(commented on August 22nd, 2012 @ 9:39 am)
Loved this remake! It really made the Three Stooges come to life. Great acting and LOVED, LOVED Larry David as Sister Mary-Mengele. So funny!

(commented on August 15th, 2012 @ 2:57 pm)
What a great couple! Congrats.

(commented on April 29th, 2012 @ 7:01 pm)
Dustin did it again. Love how it switches from color to black and white. Great job on the cloak, Lynn.

Harvey West
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(commented on July 12th, 2012 @ 11:04 am)
If Arthur Williams Wins.....www.youtube.com

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