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Charlies Daniels in Iraq in 2016. (Charlie Daniels Band Photo) In my youth, the holiday we celebrate this weekend was known as Decoration Day, which started in 1861 when a bouquet was placed on a Civil War veteran’s grave and continued as America paid homage and tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate price in defense of America by “decorating” or placing flowers on the graves of fallen heroes. The name was changed to Memorial Day and became a federal holiday in 1971. America has lost over one million in our combined wars, and, by whatever...

Charlie Daniels Forty years ago, the band and I were engaged in intense writing and rehearsal mode, creating and preparing material for the first project we would be doing with our new producer John Boylan. We were excited about working with John. It would be a new direction for us, working with a producer who had a much broader and current overlook at the music business and what kind of records it would take to get the major market radio play that could raise the profile of the band and push albums into serious sales. We had already had...

<p>Everybody in America is ready to “move on” from the Mueller Report.</p> <p>The problem is that there is a dichotomy of thought on the subject.</p> <p>Some people want to actually move on, put the past and all its ugly implications and divisive rhetoric behind us and get down to the business of enjoying the best economy we’ve had in decades. And they’re ready to do something meaningful about the opioid pandemic and come together on a truly comprehensive solution to our immigration problem and the millions of illegals who are already in the country.</p>

All it takes is a look at the U.S. Congress to see how seriously fractured our nation is. Bernie Sanders no longer has the dubious pleasure of being the only openly socialist member as he has been joined by, most notably and loudly – thanks to the media – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has kicked socialism up several notches to resemble what took Venezuela down the drain in a few short years. The acceptance of socialism, mostly by the younger voters, can be blamed to a big degree on their education, especially at the college level, where pseudo-revolutionists from the flower...

Pope Francis has just returned from a youth rally in Panama.  I'm glad to see the pope there, and it's a great program to promote the faith among young people.  I have friends from our area who traveled to the event. Let's hope that Pope Francis has a tough response to the new New York law on abortion.  It is late-term abortion and worse. I'm glad to see that the opposition is coming from many places, including Charlie Daniels: Music icon Charlie Daniels blasted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Saturday tweet, asserting that a new state law that legalizes abortion up until birth threatens...

The degree that the Schumer and Pelosi-led Democrats will go to prevent Donald Trump from having the promised wall is truly disgusting and appalling.

“[A]nd that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” We are all familiar with this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, powerful words that sum up the proper governing philosophy for America in one simple phrase. I wonder what Mr. Lincoln would think about how his words, and what they mean, are being ignored by the political leaders of today. It is no longer of the people, by the people or for the people when it comes to Congress. It’s no longer of the people, by the people, and for...

“Morning prayer Lord send us a revival that will rock the foundations of this nation, let millions come to faith in Jesus Christ and proclaim His name so long and loudly that it cannot be ignored by the godless media and corrupt politicians. Do it Lord, please do it!”

FULL TITLE: Charlie Daniels: ‘Unless These Radical Voices and Financed Mobs Are Called to Heel, There Will Be Blood’ In the early days of the Third Reich, Hitler used a gaggle of psychopaths, thugs and other assorted trash as street muscle. They enforced Hitler’s evil with no legal standing. They were just a bunch of riff-raff that basically did whatever they wanted to do, protected by the Nazi Party. They were called the Brown Shirts because of the color of their uniforms. In a time before Hitler rounded up all the Jews, loaded them on boxcars and sent them to...

If this piece is going to have any impact, it cannot be viewed through partisan eyes – conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat. Preconceived political prejudice and implacable attitudes must be cast aside. For the moment, we must view the political system, as just that, a political system without the personalities and policies we loath or the blind loyalty we show for one side and the blind hatred that we feel for the other. What I will attempt to say in the next few paragraphs are the very deep and profound feelings of my heart, fostered by my abiding love...

This is an evil the world should never forget, the wanton killing of six million living, breathing human beings. The fact that our school children, when they reach an age they can comprehend it, are not being taught that it happened is a big mistake, not to acquaint them with the evils of fascism, especially since the word has been bandied about by so many people who don’t have any idea what it means, and the younger generation needs to know the true meaning of the word and its cruel political ramifications. The same is true of communism, or it’s...

Country music superstar Charlie Daniels is comparing today’s political power structure in Washington to the Pharisees of biblical times. But he’s warning their agenda – right now to attack President Trump because he’s an outsider and is disrupting their plans – won’t stop there. In fact, he’s warning that average “rank-and-file” Americans soon will be facing “dangerous precedents” because of the establishment war against the president. He posts his opinions on the Soap Box page of his band’s website. In a new commentary he said American needs to think of the “establishment politicians” as Pharisees, who, “regardless of what party...

Charlie Daniels It’s been over a year since the election that totally amazed America. To those who voted for Donald Trump it was a refreshing miracle, as the “rust belt,” the much-maligned coal miners, those who were tired of watching ISIS grow stronger, those who hated the fact that America had a president who refused to even identify our sworn blood enemy by its proper name, had finally had their voices heard. The fruits of their votes are reaching fruition as the economy sizzles, their burdensome taxes have been modified, their 401Ks are prospering, new jobs and old companies...

Full title: Charlie Daniels tells Chuck Schumer to speak about American veterans in the same way he speaks 'about illegals'Charlie Daniels has a message for Senator Chuck Schumer. The country legend sounded off on Twitter regarding Schumer's stance on immigration. "Senator Schumer, one time, just one time i’d love to hear you speak about the men and women who bled and died for you with as much compassion as you speak about illegals in this country," Daniels tweeted on Monday. "Veterans are committing suicide at the rate of 22 a day and they’re already citizens. Shameful," the 80-year-old wrote. The...

The devil went down to Georgia, but it looks like Charlie Daniels won’t be heading for the border anytime soon. The singer tweeted at Taco Bell about one of its commercials Monday night and issued the fast-food chain a warning via Twitter. “The Illuminati is not a frivolous subject,” the “Devil Went Down to Georgia” singer tweeted. Daniels, who is not shy about his conservative politics, apparently got his Chalupas in a twist over Taco Bell’s “Belluminati” ad campaign hawking its dollar menu. The campaign uses conspiracy language and imagery to reveal the “powerful connection between the dollar and Taco...

I saw the strength of America this past weekend, her will, her goodness, her compassion, her unity and her greatness. It was in Payson – a small town in Arizona I’m sure most of you have never even heard of – when the residents of the area came together on a Saturday night to honor their veterans. Farmers, cowboys, merchants, clerks, truck drivers and Americans of all professions, put aside their beliefs and political persuasions, their differences and banded together to pay homage to those who had put their lives on the line for the liberty of our beloved America....

Country-rock superstar Charlie Daniels, who at 80 years old is still performing, regularly encourages patriotism, faithfulness to the American ideal and support for America’s troops. He’s also calling out the extremists on both ends of the political spectrum for endangering Americans’ lives. In a new Soap Box commentary, he warns that both have their radicals, and they are becoming a threat. “Basically what we are seeing in the streets of America doesn’t resemble mostly peaceful civil rights marches as much as it resembles anarchy, pure and simple, aided by milksop politicians who so fear they might lose a vote, they...

Country music legend Charlie Daniels isn’t in favor of people tearing any of the Confederate statues down and even compared the act to what ISIS is doing. “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” singer joined Rita Cosby on Newsmax on Wednesday to discuss the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend and the events that have followed since then. Daniels started off his argument about why the Confederate statues should stay standing by comparing those who mean to tear them down to ISIS. “That’s what ISIS is doing, There were pieces of history over there they didn’t like, they’re taking ’em...

But when you're willing to suspend the nation's business and indefinitely delay programs that are desperately needed for the welfare of the country just to keep a president from having a win, that's hate. Hate is a many-headed monster, fickle and deceptive, just as apt to turn on its instigator. There are many old and unturned stones that reflect badly on both major political parties in this nation, and if these numerous investigations persist, last long enough and dig deep enough, there could well be a lot of garbage slung on both sides of the aisle.

Monday night we left Kansas for the last leg of our trip home. The satellite on the bus was working well, I had my grandson, Evan, on the trip, the Nashville Predators were playing on home ice, one win away from bringing the Stanley Cup Finals to Music City for the first time in history, and we looked anxiously forward to watching the game. Just a little while before it was time to drop the puck in Nashville, there was a news flash that there had been some kind of an explosion at a concert hall in Manchester, England and...