Opinion by George McClellan: Some have complained that the polemics that issue from my little essays leave an aura of communal destruction in them against which they feel they must protect themselves. But still, they are assuaged by the deeper feelings of political understanding that leaves them sweating with anticipation, trembling in fear and uncertain […]
Read More »Donald Trump Was Born With a Silver Spoon in His Mouth
Opinion written by James F. Davis: Donald Trump was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His multi-millionaire father ($300 million) ensured that his son always had the wind at his back. Donald graduated from college in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War. Initially found fit for military service, Trump got a medical […]
Read More »Bert Lloyd Wiley: Obituary
Bert Lloyd Wiley, 88, of Hayesville died Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Clay County Care Center. The Rev. Bert Wiley was born in Busti, New York and lived in New Hampshire, California, and Georgia before moving to Cullowhee, North Carolina in 1967 and then to Clay County in 2005. He joined the United States […]
Read More »Disasters in the Making
Opinion by George McClellan: Do we ever see any reaction from Obama to his collapsing foreign policy except to blame Republicans, blame Bush or blame the voters for not understand his genius? America’s foreign policy is a disaster because the lessons learned over decades of prior diplomatic experience have been recklessly chucked out the door […]
Read More »Obama’s Direction, or Ours?
Opinion by George McClellan: What more evidence do Americans need to be convinced that Obama hates America and is doing everything he can do to destroy it? Obama is an evil person, a crypto Islamists, constantly testing the resolve of the American people and our own weak politicians. Why do we continue to accept the evils of […]
Read More »The Politics of Justices
Opinion by George McClellan: Expect Obama to try every stratagem, trick, threat, or hollow promise that allows him to make a signature appointment of another leftist hack to fill the now vacant seat of Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice, recently deceased. Good or bad, for Obama it would be the ultimate act for his legacy. […]
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Trump the Conservative: He Just Plays One on TV
Opinion by Daniel McKeon I guess Republicans in New Hampshire didn’t get the memo that Trump is not a true Republican. In the state’s primary Tuesday night—the first in the nation of the political cycle—Trump won by a wide margin, whisking away 35% of the votes; Kasich won 16% and Cruz 12%. Socialist Bernie Sanders […]
Read More »Saturday Night’s GOP Debate
Opinion by George McClellan Let’s hope the GOP debates are finally over. I can’t go through another one of those debates. The Greenville, SC event was a tawdry spectacle eliciting nothing new except to illuminate what a bunch of idiots we have running for office. I sincerely excuse Dr. Ben Carson who is always […]
Read More »One Mans Terrorist is Another Mans Patriot…
Opinion by George McClellan: Continuing my theme of the Obama administration being the greatest threat to America and American’s, we are now treated to a soft sell plan by the FBI to alert American’s to be aware of their plan to protect us from domestic terrorism. The message is to teach us to be aware […]
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Who Owns What, Where? Follow the Money!
Who Owns What, Where? Follow the Money! The final arrests of the four remaining American protesters in the Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon, is simply another step by a rogue government of jihadists, marxists and fascists, to force, at the point of a gun, the compliance of Americans to the unconstitutional practices of a criminal […]
Read More »America and Obama’s Islamic Faith
Opinion by George McClellan: Obama’s early February visit to the ISIS Mosque in Baltimore, and the asinine remarks he made in the wake of that visit proclaiming Islam to be a religion of peace, but under attack by Christians, are acts by Obama setting the scene for the coming Marshal Law event he intends to […]
Read More »Marvin F. Cutshaw: Obituary
Marvin F. Cutshaw, age 74, of Andrews, died Friday, February 12, 2016 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva. He was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County. Marvin was a retired timberman, having been a logger and sawmill owner and operator. He enjoyed and was proud of his logging profession. Marvin was a member […]
Read More »Brigitta McClure Baine: Obituary
Brigitta McClure Baine, age 55, of Warne, NC passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Murphy Medical Center. She was born in Frankfort, Germany to Thelma Gibson McClure of Hayesville, NC and the late Zed Howard McClure. Brigitta was a cosmetologist and had enjoyed every minute of it. She loved her animals, cooking for friends […]
Read More »Edward Lee Chastain: Obituary
Edward Lee Chastain, age 82, of Marble, NC passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County, NC. Edward was the son of the late John and Vesta Ballew Chastain. He had retired from Parker and Reichman. His passion in life, besides […]
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