Does anyone remember Scooter Libby. He was the bad guy in the Bush Administration that leaked the name of Valery Plame (allegedly a CIA Operative) to the media and got sent to jail for staunchly denying it.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Several years ago we were treated to the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.. What's not to like about something that sounds that good. Patient Protection; Affordable Care. Wow!!
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 12:00 am
By: Jim Bispo
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We have a "daily morning paper" that is delivered (sometimes as early as 9 a.m.) every day except Monday. I rather doubt that the late delivery can be blamed on the carrier.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: Jim Bispo
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They say that time flies when you are having fun. And so it has been with my relationship with the Beaufort Observer. It has been interesting; it has been positive; and it has been enjoyable.
Published: Sunday, May 5th, 2013 @ 11:15 am
By: Jim Bispo
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It was 1962 when Rachel Carson wrote her revealing - if not controversial - book Silent Spring which pretty much ushered in the "modern" environmental movement.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 8:08 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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We hear that as many as 30 states have petitioned to secede from the Union.. Do you suppose those are really the states asking or is it some nut from the state posting the petitions?? It seems fairly clear that the ability to secede from the United States has already been settled.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2013 @ 3:59 am
By: Jim Bispo
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There are a lot of folks (me among them) who believe that when your negotiation includes Richard Trumka across the table and Chuckie S. moderating, you don't have much of a chance of coming out anywhere near even.
Published: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 @ 6:14 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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I am beginning to wonder if I am the only person in the countryside who abhors having someone look me right in the eye and lie to me.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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It's too bad the Washington Monument remains closed following last year's earthquake. That is traditionally the first thing the bureaucrats (read - politicians) threaten to close when they haven't received the total amount of money they have requested in their budgets.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 6:06 am
By: Jim Bispo
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As I look at the Blue Goose wheeling and dealing that seems to be going on, I get a little suspicious that some of the "Good Ol boys" are about to pull another one over on the long suffering taxpayers.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 9:21 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The last week of February must have been a slow news period, because all we seemed to hear about was a heated discussion between Gene Sperling and Bob Woodward.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:07 am
By: Jim Bispo
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You would think we would have learned by now - but, alas, it doesn't seem so. Specifically, we have not learned to listen carefully to the Anointed One when he speaks and to carefully parse every word that he utters.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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It was just a little over four years ago that the Hillary for Prez Bandwagon was rolling right along without a worry in the world. But suddenly it was not only slowed down; it was completely derailed and ground to a rather undignified halt.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 10:55 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The world is full of imponderables. We have been treated over the last year or so to a seemingly unending diatribe about the need for the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes (whatever that is).
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2013 @ 4:50 am
By: Jim Bispo
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It sounds as though the Prez is beginning to take to heart the need to reduce spending. It would seem he is saving money on speech writers.
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Did you know that the State of NC Department of Commerce runs a program (in addition to all the other things it does) designed to bring retirees to a specific community?? Which community, you ask??
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 @ 8:31 am
By: Jim Bispo
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It's time to weep for the children who lost their lives and the adults who gave theirs trying to save the children in Connecticut.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 11:46 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The Beaufort County Commissioners were recently approached with a request to approve a study being performed to determine if Beaufort County would benefit from a County Tourism Authority.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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I couldn't believe it when I read that the amount of money that tourists (or is it simply "visitors?) spend in North Carolina in general and Beaufort County in particular is determined through a mathematical model: A proprietary model that the developers refuse to share with anyone.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Watch out!! Here comes the UN. After "observing" our election, perhaps they will be able to report how many folks were deprived of their right to vote for lack of a photo ID.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 @ 10:45 am
By: Jim Bispo
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According to a front page article in the 11/15 WDN, we have a group of Citizens that wants to undertake a "study" to determine if Beaufort County would benefit from a county tourism authority.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2012 @ 9:26 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Has anyone ever heard of Chester Barnard?? Probably not, so I'll tell you who he was.
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 @ 10:10 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Does anyone remember J. Edgar Hoover?? He's the individual after whom the FBI building in Washington, D.C. is named.
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 @ 10:26 am
By: Jim Bispo
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We are seeing an outrageous amount of 20:20 hindsight about why Mitt Romney lost the election.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2012 @ 8:00 am
By: Jim Bispo
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I believe I have figured out why the Anointed One is spending so much time trying to get reelected. He has realized that he will be put out of government housing if he doesn't win the election.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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As I saw Sandra Fluke hob-nobbing around the Anointed One and his henchmen at the Democrat Convention (and since), I couldn't help but think about Monica L. and all that connotes.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 12:11 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The ninth Commandment says something like "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor".
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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After handing over half a million dollars in the last five years or so (ending June 2011), with the understanding that it was seed money and there would be no further public funding (and, as I understood it, no further forgiveness of tax bills) by Washington.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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We keep hearing that all we need is for the government to pour more money into the economy for our economic situation to improve.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 8:59 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Has anyone ever heard of Chester Barnard?? Probably not, so I'll tell you who he was.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 2:57 am
By: Jim Bispo
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We've got to save the Turnage. We being the taxpayers. If you don't believe me, just check out the headline and accompanying article in the Friday (6/29) WDN.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 4:33 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Well, Mitt Romney has finally released his 2011 tax return, all 379 pages of it. Yes, 379 pages!! And now we are going to start hearing about all the "bad" things he did and "good" things he didn't do in his return.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 4:10 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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What store?? The Beaufort County store. You know, the store run by our County Commissioners. It sure doesn't seem to be the Commissioners. Well, at least five of 'em.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:50 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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We have for a long time had bankruptcy laws that have served us well. They are understood and over time and usage they have worked.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 5:15 am
By: Jim Bispo
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