Comments by Van Zant | Eastern North Carolina Now

"Woke" Olympics insulting me and my friends, progressive policies causing my grocery cart to be half as full for the same price as full, and that's supposed to be OK. Then these progressive twits call me weird for not prioritizing their "melting planet" craziness. That's looney even for them.

Commented: Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 @ 5:02 pm By: Van Zant

I said, "One person does give Kamala high marks: Ex San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Willie's wife. That's another matter." Literate people can decide.

For those wanting more details, check out what Judge Joe Brown has to say about Ms. Harris' political career in California as well as her time at Howard. Judge Brown is closer to the primary sources than I am, and he says it in more plain-spoken language than I did.

Commented: Saturday, August 3rd, 2024 @ 6:16 am By: Van Zant

Checkmate again, Bobbie.

Commented: Thursday, August 1st, 2024 @ 12:03 pm By: Van Zant

Speaking of weird: It's hard to get by the picture. A white woman pretending to be an Indian (Native American) and a mostly Indian (Asian) woman pretending to be an African American. Only in America.

That's nothing in the present-day Democrat party where grown men can pretend to be girls at the expense of girls. In modern America the Coo Coo nest extends from sea to shining sea, and the Democrats want to make illegal aliens citizens at the expense of real U.S. citizens. The freak show is one thing, but having to pay for it is another. I'm tired of getting dumped on by these sick weirdos.

Commented: Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 @ 9:22 am By: Van Zant

Just think. The tripe Bob is slinging is actually what Kamela Harris is running on. How crazy is that?

Commented: Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 @ 8:45 am By: Van Zant

No Bob. I made reference to Willie Brown. You made the other references. Thanks?

Commented: Monday, July 29th, 2024 @ 1:54 pm By: Van Zant

It is comical how hard the stateside corporate media is trying to project enough excitement to create some kind of Kamala Harris wave. Watching Chuck Shumer seal clapping to himself in front of drooling MSM is a bizarre sight. Remember Kamala Harris is still the same candidate Tulsi Gabbard obliterated from a primary in one exchange.

Commented: Sunday, July 28th, 2024 @ 9:02 am By: Van Zant

It's not often that I agree with the Marxist group BLM, but they are right about this. The Democratic Party has already been on shaky ground with their rigged primary system using the superdelegates for quite some time. They've upped the ante this year and showed how fickle and abrupt their king making can be with the recent palace coup. They give lip service to being the party of the people, but they are not even pretending well anymore. Aw shucks. Why even have a primary at all.

Commented: Friday, July 26th, 2024 @ 7:06 am By: Van Zant

Going down this rabbit hole has been surreal. I don't know most of the "characters" on this board unless they specifically identify themselves. I don't know if I know anybody on the BC Repub Executive Committee except by reputation. That said, these fake characters with the personal issues overriding all local politics are fairly easy to identify. I mean, how many Philly Pandas on the exec committee that hate local conservatives can be in these parts?

Also, I've looked into this "minion" bull crap because I live in one of the districts in question. Turns out one of them barely knows the exec committee's supposed boogieman, one of them runs into the "boogieman" at a meeting once and a while and the other one pretty much knows everybody in Beaufort County. I told MY rep to keep doing what he's doing.

And who is this "boogieman"? He is the longest serving public servant in Beaufort County and he's a Republican. Why is the Repub Exec Committee at war with him?

It seems like the BC Repub Exec Committee is more of a petty clique than an organization working for the good of the community at large.

Commented: Thursday, July 25th, 2024 @ 9:29 am By: Van Zant

The personal hate within the BC Repub Party outweighs all issues.
I used to think people were joshing around with me, but it's true: The BC Repub Party really is aligned with Big Bob the progressive and really does hate almost 50% of local Republican office holders way, way more than Democrats! No good can come from an organization this toxic.

Commented: Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 @ 9:20 pm By: Van Zant

It appears racism is so fundamental to modern progressivism that they just cannot NOT be a racist. That's why many of us do not want this warped DEI thinking being pushed down our kid's throats.

If folks like B Bob are this guilt ridden maybe they should give to charity or something. Further, counselling may be necessary. Find a pastor, priest, rabbi, shaman, or perhaps a psychiatrist for help.

Commented: Monday, July 22nd, 2024 @ 2:55 pm By: Van Zant

I'm sorry folks like BB grew up in such a mixed-up environment. I'm thankful I didn't grow up in a racist household.

Commented: Saturday, July 20th, 2024 @ 1:25 pm By: Van Zant

In some of our counties the community colleges are trying to camouflage the DEI programs with other language. That's not so at Beaufort Community College. They are wearing it like a badge of honor.

Commented: Thursday, July 18th, 2024 @ 11:09 am By: Van Zant

If it wasn't obvious well before now, it certainly is now. The majority of this board is not committed at all to transparency. This board majority does not care what the community thinks unless it is a segment of the public parroting them - so much for real diversity. They are perfectly content playing the role of big shot/cheerleader brown nosers.

Think I'll call my rep and ask him why he tries to meet those fellows half-way. Do they ever return the favor?

Commented: Saturday, July 13th, 2024 @ 7:29 pm By: Van Zant

Time has proven Commissioner Richardson right before. I'll bet time will prove Commissioner Richardson right again.

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 6:54 am By: Van Zant

My takeaway from this is I prefer a more systematic approach to decision making like Dr. Blinson has laid out here. I acknowledge that way of planning is a rarity these days.

As has happened several times since I've been interacting on this site, the discussion of whatever issue being dealt with has been overridden by what seems to be a very bitter personal battle where reason and logic is nowhere to be found. On a previous discussion I found it necessary to do some personal research in order to have some idea what was being argued - in that case it was the legality or illegality of banning ex-officio members from the Repub executive committee.

I've had to do personal research again about the animosity going on in this strand. This keeps going back to the present-day BC Repub executive committee and the hatred they have for the Beaufort County Conservative Club. It seems that the current officers of the Repub Executive Committee are relative newcomers to the area - a little over or a little under a decade or so in most cases. The roots of the Conservative Club go back several decades to a time where they started as the Beaufort County Republican Men's Club. There was a time when both groups worked in the Republican Party albeit with some tensions. In recent years the newcomers decided that the conservatives had to be outright banned from the party, so we now in effect have two hostile Republican groups: The official Republicans who operate under a sort of loose association with official Republican stated principles and the Conservatives with a more serious adherence to stated Republican principles.

It seems the executive committee folks view the conservatives as demons or worse while the conservatives are wondering just who these new folks are that want to dictate who they can associate with and what they can think and say.

The Republican Executive Committee meets monthly on the second Thursday at 6:30 pm at the Republican HQs. The Conservative Club meets on the third Thursday at 6 pm in the King Chicken meeting room. I'm thinking about checking both out, but a little voice in my head keeps insisting that may a very bad idea! Oh well, there's still the bunker.

Commented: Monday, July 1st, 2024 @ 7:25 pm By: Van Zant

I agree. Dr. Blinson's experience and credentials carry more weight on this issue than anyone I know.

Commented: Sunday, June 30th, 2024 @ 9:34 pm By: Van Zant