Please Freepmail me to be added to the Ollie North ping list.
Posted on 01/03/2013 4:55:35 PM PST by jazusamo
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — It seemed like a good idea at the time. After Christmas, my wife, Betsy, and I planned to head south to this lovely barrier island in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Our plan included celebrating New Year's quietly with as many of our kids, their kids and our friends as possible and then returning to Virginia. It was supposed to be the antithesis of Times Square. Like so many of the best-laid plans of mice and men, it didn't turn out quite as expected.
Only six of our grandchildren made the trek south, because so many of them had this year's version of Spanish influenza, bubonic plague or both. The kickoff for 2013 didn't turn out much better for the rest of our countrymen. The new year is now under way — and if the next 51 weeks go anything like the first episode, this 13th annum of the 21st century is going to be a doozy.
As we kissed off 2012 with a sip of Champagne, the U.S. Congress was in the process of raising our taxes. Politicians from both parties in the House of Representatives and the Senate told us they were making "Bush-era tax cuts permanent" for "99 percent of Americans" while increasing taxes on "the top 1 percent." Within hours of 2013's beginning, the potentates of pork on the Potomac were congratulating themselves on how they had "taken care of our revenue problem" and saved us from plunging over the "fiscal cliff." At this point, you should insert the word that farmers use for what comes out of the back end of a male bovine.
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Please Freepmail me to be added to the Ollie North ping list.
The good Colonel tells it like it is.
(Pawleys Island, SC-about 85 miles north of Kiawah)
He sure does. Would have been a great Senator.
(Was wondering if that was close:)
He sure would have, certainly head and shoulders above the current crop.
Mrs. Smooth and I were living in Va. Beach back in '94. We both campaigned for him and voted for him.
The race was rigged. Chuck Robb, the Dem incumbent, came up with a ringer. A "conservative" independent candidate, Coleman, pulled votes from North and Robb won with 45% of the vote. The whole thing stunk to high heaven. Ollie was the only honest man on the ballot.
Thank you for the ping.
It’s nice to hear that Ollie is adamant about our Second Amendment rights. We cannot allow ourselves to be disarmed.
He sure would have, certainly head and shoulders above the current crop.
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So is my Johnson.
Maybe you should see what you can do about getting your Johnson on the ballot in 2014! :)
Thanks for the ping jaz. Another good one from Oliver North.
Hard to believe he’s going to be 70 this coming October.
It would make a better job of campaigning than Romney did.
Excellent read.
Thanks for the ping...
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