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Worrying about wealth inequality is like worrying about the last runner in a marathon race not getting a trophy.
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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You could do a whole lot worse than have your own parking lot sign behind a bar.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2018 @ 8:27 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I decided to call this article Coach to simplify my thought process. Senior men can coach youngsters then get out of the way and let them succeed or fail.
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 8:38 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Starting or putting out a fire requires three components, So does a Political Movement
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 @ 12:20 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If you are old enough to have played on the playground see-saw, you no doubt know that the biggest kid can keep you up in the air all day if he wants to and there ain't much you can do about it
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 @ 1:03 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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She waits for him patiently, knowing he's near, that he will come to her.
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2017 @ 6:59 pm
By: Toby Bronstein
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I bought a Kel-Tec. Why? For pocket carry, a Baby Browning 25 is too small and a Glock 42 380 is too big.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2017 @ 7:58 am
By: Ted McDonald
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And then, monstrous violence inconceivable, unimagined, unholy
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 11:29 pm
By: Toby Bronstein
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I have no idea or memory where I was when I heard and saw the events of the world Tower and Pentagon tragedies.
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 11:11 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Perhaps our biggest challenge as a country is to come to some agreement on our current situation in the world and formulate a plan to deal with the realities of the current environment rather than re-fight a war long since lost or won depending on your heritage.
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2017 @ 1:59 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Federal Liberals are incapable of Nation Building. Today, one in four Americans in all states would vote to secede from the USA.
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 6:09 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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These Silver Half Dollars sell for $80 today. You will easily find more information on laptops. Funds were raised in 1925 but real progress was delayed until the 60s.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 12:40 am
By: Ted McDonald
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A recent article on Beaufort County Now impressed me with the short sighted vision of many companies regarding Employee Training and Apprenticeship programs.
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 @ 8:34 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Summer is here and there are many great events coming to AOP over the next few months
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 9:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ken Burns' documentaries give us great history lessons and the CSA letters personify the history.
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 12:51 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Recently, I wrote about a lesser known truth that I write poetry - when I was young on scraps of paper - now that I am older, and have the means to database these words in message for all posterity, I do it here.
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the oppressed take over from the oppressor, they usually remove all the statues and reminders of their former masters.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If this article does not interest you or you don't like to read any of BT's post , you have the free choice to move on without reading.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 10:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The inventor of Coca-Cola died penniless and addicted to Morphine. John Pemberton fought in the civil war on the losing side. He was almost killed by a saber wound and became addicted to morphine to ease the pain.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2017 @ 3:18 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A few minutes of laptop research reveals good and bad history. Why did 500,000 Free Blacks remain in the 1860s South?
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 9:33 am
By: Ted McDonald
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December 29, 2016 ...128 years ago today, a group of Lumbee petitioned the United States Government for recognition as an American Indian tribe. That fight continues today.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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William Ellison Jr., born April Ellison, (c. April 1790 - December 5, 1861) was a cotton gin maker and blacksmith in South Carolina, a free Negro and former slave who achieved considerable success in business before the American Civil War.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 12:48 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Jeff Jenkins's new book is now available at www.Jenkins100.com.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 3:08 pm
By: Jeff Jenkins
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I heard one of the pundits on the morning news make a statement that struck me a very profound. Speaking about the bombing in Manchester, England, he stated that England is the most surveilled country in the world. Manchester is 2nd behind London as the most surveilled city in England.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2017 @ 12:06 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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There was a TV show in the mid nineteen Seventies called Movin' On. It starred Claude Aikins and Frank Converse. They filmed all over the country. It was kind of a travelogue version of "Then Came Bronson" except in a big ole Kenworth-Truck instead of a Harley.
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 2:26 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Fortunately the list of Slave Owners includes General U.S. Grant and numerous Presidents.
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 4:03 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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I have found that it is always good to end the week or start the weekend with a touch of humor. Since I retired, I have not had to worry much about how to start the week. I seem to remember it starts with an Alarm, but I could be wrong about that.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2017 @ 11:52 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If you got this far and think that Willie is dead, he is still alive. (as of April 30, 2017 6:30 AM) This is an album review and not an obituary.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Now addicted to Life Below Zero documentaries (Netflix and YouTube), I am crazy about Agnes, an Inuit lady in Noorvik Alaska, married to a White guy and she and daughters do all the shooting and fishing while he and sons do heavy lifting, mechanical repair, and building projects.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 @ 10:57 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Life is like a game of baseball
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2017 @ 8:24 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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During our high school 50 year reunion, folks exchanged info to stay in touch but soon lost interest. Most remain in the Metro area but few are in my Fav Fives.
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2017 @ 8:06 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Recent DNA testing debunked my family history story of American Indian heritage. This brought to mind that most history is modified by what is omitted or included.
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2017 @ 12:04 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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After I reached that magic number, I no longer had to carry a false ID. A perspective from both ends of the age divide.
Published: Thursday, April 6th, 2017 @ 9:45 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Many years ago, I copied a chart of the 72 names in Hebrew without definitions from a long forgotten book title.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 @ 11:53 am
By: Ted McDonald
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