To serve their community
I want to thank all of those who voted on Nov. 5 in our local election for the Village of Clemmons. The candidates expose themselves to criticisms in order to serve their community. Do not judge anyone whether they won or lost, only that they were willing to put themselves out there for you, the citizens and your community.
Thanks for re-electing me and I look forward to serving the community for the next four years.
Mike Rogers
Councilman-elect
Clemmons
DACA ‘criminals’
In today’s edition of “Stupid Things Presidents Tweet,” on Tuesday morning, President Trump tweeted: “Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals.”
Here’s why it’s stupid: According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, those who commit “a felony offense, a significant misdemeanor offense, or three or more other misdemeanor offenses” are not eligible for DACA. Neither are those who pose a public safety threat, which “include, but are not limited to, gang membership, participation in criminal activities, or participation in activities that threaten the United States.”
Numerous studies have shown that illegal immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens. DACA recipients are the exact opposite of hardened criminals.
Why doesn’t the president know that?
I understand that people like their politics. They hear someone say something that sounds good to them. It’s just what they think.
But at some point even the most stubborn Republican is going to have to wake up to the fact that Trump is ignorant and incompetent. If he’s done anything good for the American people, it was entirely by accident while he was trying to do something good for himself.
Tommy H. Simmons
Winston-Salem
True colors
The article that appeared in the Nov. 5 Journal (“Graham pushes ‘Pray for 45’ T-shirts”) just shows Franklin Graham’s true mission in life. And in my opinion, it is not about spreading the Gospel.
It is past time for Franklin Graham to drop any pretense he has about being an evangelical. His Decision America Tour, which he thinly veils as a religious tour, as well as this most recent political sales gimmick, clearly show his true colors. He is just another political hack for President Trump.
I do agree, as the Bible says, to pray for our leaders and I do. I have no problem with him supporting a political party, candidate or even Donald Trump. But he needs to stop usurping religion to further this political agenda. This is clearly his agenda and has been for a good many years.
He once asked on “Morning Joe” if he thought President Obama is a Christian. His reply was, “You have to ask him.”
I wonder how he would answer the same question about Donald Trump.
Ronald Leonard
Lexington
Health-care solutions?
According to a new national survey released on Nov. 12, more than 13% of Americans — about 34 million people — have a friend or family member who died sometime in the last five years after not receiving needed medical treatment because they were unable to pay for it.
Why is President Trump worrying about a damn border wall when Americans are dying because they can’t afford to pay for medical care? Why is he trying to end coverage for pre-existing conditions?
Does the free market have a solution for our health crisis? Does capitalism?
If they have any answers, they’d better start offering them, because what conservatives call “socialism” looks better to me every day.
Reggie Branson
Winston-Salem
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The President doesn’t write health care legislation, congress does!
“It is past time for Franklin Graham to drop any pretense he has about being an evangelical.”
Are you an evangelical? Doesn’t sound like your religious at all. Judge yourself before you make up and spread rumors about others.
Numerous studies have shown that LEGAL immigrants (not illegal) commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens.
Joe Biden's son is just a ne'er-do-well who is unable to make a decent living using his own initiatives. Soooo . . . ol' Joe allowed his position to be used to get a job for his son in Ukraine, which has been filthy corrupt for at least fifty years. U.S. politicians enjoy using the influence of their office to get themselves and their families rich(er). Most Americans are sick of corruption in their federal government.
Mr Blankenship I'm going to agree with you, look what we happened when we elected a ne'er-do-well, he bankrupted his companies (thank God for $500 million trust funds) now he's put the US on a path to it
Gee that maks a lot of people either liars,or very very wrong trying to grab the guns from honest decent legal gun owners..
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/californias-background-check-law-had-no-impact-gun-deaths-johns-hopkins-study-finds
Then there is this . ..
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/leaked-bank-records-confirm-burisma-biden-payments-morgan-stanley-account
What about it, Steve? Archer and Biden were both on the Board of Directors and they got paid. the highest-paid director at an S&P 500 company in 2014 was Donald James, who received more than $8 million to serve as non-executive chairman of the board of Vulcan Materials Co. That means he got paid nearly $700,000 a month. Of course Biden was paid, that's not even an issue. What's the issue?
Well, the owner of the company Biden joined owned a bank that the Ukrainian government put 1.8 billion dollars in. The bank lost that 1.8 billion dollars. Then Obama and Biden leave office with way more money than their government salaries would provide. Just a guess on my part. Keep your eyes on the news.
I do, John. For better or worse, I'm a news and history junkie.
It's crazy, Gordon Sondland, Ambassador to EU,, was calling the President of the United States on his cell phone from a restaurant in Kiev???? The Russians definitely have a recoding of that and probably most foreign intelligence services. The very day after Trump asked Zelensky for a little favor about investigations and trump inquires about investigations to sondland. Even more crazy there were at least two state department officials listening in at the table and when Asked what trump thought of Ukraine after the call, he responded that trump was more interested in the biden investigations being pushed by Giuliani. I could prosecute this case. BRIBERY plain and simple.
Bob, Taylor was asked back because he could physically do the job.. and when a Battle field Commander as he was then.
He made choices,calls based upon the orders gewas given but when he took the job not only does he answer to the Secretary of State but to the President. And from watching him for about 30 minutes on TV At the doctors office I did not see a confident man,I saw a man as I said earlier who was miffed & not a happy camper that there was some behind the scenes stuff going on gewas not comfortable with And by his own admission never followed up with what the outside channels were doing .And seeing both your former esteemed West point warrior & Mr family legacy bowtie Kent didn't like or embraced until much much later the political goals of those outside efforts were intube with theirs ...then they felt a wee bit more comfortable. But still miffed professionally speaking
As far as FDR goes I used him as he has a Rudy doing some very major heavy lifting as that guy also had connections to Churchill & several others as FDR like Trump did not trust totally & completely some of the allies gewas having to deal with. So if Trump in doing what had been done before make him a traitor or whatever else Shifty claims then let the will of the voters decide
Taylor was asked back because of his expertise, not his physical abilities. I actually know how the government works, believe it or not and I also know that they take an oath to the Constitution, not to a President or his Secretary of State. We all see what we want to see, Steve. So Kent wears a bowtie with his suit??? If you want to get superficial, at least he did wear a jacket, unlike a member of the congressional panel. He is not MY esteemed West Graduate, he is our, we the people, citizen who has served his country honorably, and knows how long he wore his badge. Rudy admitted on TV that yes indeed he asked the Ukrainians to investigate Biden. Mulvaney admitted that Yes there was a quid pro quo. so Get over it. Do you by the way believe we should here first hand testimony?
Believe as you will & wish that is your choice ..but did you Ambassador Taylor ( like Biden's son,) served on a board but the Ambassador's board had very close ties to George Soros...nothing to see there either ??,
https://uncoverdc.com/2019/10/24/democrat-star-witness-sat-on-board-of-ukranian-ngo-with-deep-ties-to-george-soros/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
I didn't know that. That changes everything. Did you know that Donald Trump once did an interview with Alex Jones?
No there is nothing to see here, if that article is correct, the EEF foundation appears to be a legitimate charity, (unlike Trumps who's was fined and forced to close for using it for self interests) an internet search revealed no scandals, receiving money from a the Soros open border foundation is not scandalous, he donates to hundreds of charities globally, his donations helped saved thousands of lives, immunizing the poor and building medical facilities, maybe more, lookup the list that his open society donates to instead of believing some the conservative bloggers, yes he does donate to organizations that direct their energy to opposing Republican candidates and organizations, his history of donating is helping the oppressed, in this country and abroad, He is one the most philanthropic men in history, donating close to $19 billion of his own money
And what Rudy did + like in FDR was not illegal, seeing we do not have actual video or audio of Rudy saying anything about that...yet..😄
??? Uh, yes, there is audio and video of Rudy saying that indeed he did ask the Ukrainians to investigate the Bidens. I once pretended to be a reporter for the Daily Tarheel, was allowed on the field at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and did interviews with Gaylord and Jim Perry, and Frank Robinson of the Indians, and Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics.
Wow, now two people have said they overheard the call Sondland made to Trump on July 26th the day after Trump talked to Zelensky and asked for a favor. They heard Trump ask Sondland about the "investigations." Afterwards, one asked Sondland what Trump thought of Ukraine. "Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of Biden, which Giuliani was pressing for," and Giuliani admitted he asked the Ukrainians to investigate the Bidens, and Mulvaney admitted a quid pro quo. Like a smoking arsenal of javelin missiles.
Curt, when it comes to George Soros or Saul Alinsky, Steve will play 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.
Letter 4 … Those advocating for MORE government control of healthcare, while complaining about the current sorry state of healthcare have a lot of chutzpa. They are like the proverbial parenticidal child now complaining about being an orphan.
Healthcare in America is dominated by government, which started its intervention in 1943 incentivizing third party payment schemes. No one spends other people’s money with as much care as they spend their own. Ultimately, the role of “price disciplining consumer behavior” was broken. Decades later, we have government dominating healthcare with predictably bad results.
Here is a suggestion to move back toward rational behavior in healthcare. Fund health savings accounts in order to pay routine and predictable outlays, and relegate the role of insurers to major events. Consumers spending out of their health savings accounts DO care whether the MRI is being billed at $1,500 or at $500 (as enterprising competitors charge).
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-can-slash-health-care-costs-75-with-2-fundamental-changes-and-without-medicare-for-all-2019-08-15?fbclid=IwAR2T4YyWcOx3HpxKAUr4405lHjC6oCEvkqGQhwDI9KROWeAoo-AWduSErXw
Of course, I would be pleased to decentralize the issue of healthcare to the states, where it belongs under the 10th Amendment. Some states may prefer to empower consumers in the marketplace, and others may want “single payer”. Let fifty flowers bloom.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/will-health-care-federalism-ever-have-a-chance/?fbclid=IwAR1WS0ZlODX4gd7RDTA4hpqzu9gRbS6bcH7LWKwtvGKz5SGDCQ4ULrrMEF4
Here is a different outlook about high Crimes & Misdomeners
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/what-the-founders-thought-about-impeachment-and-the-president
In reading this link the the framers thought the act of impeachment is an indispensable part of Constitution providing checks and balances, a few originally opposed came around,
This link supports the current action of today's house Democrats
Agreed, Curt. impeachment charges would be considered at trial related to “the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.” The president has no greater public trust than to conduct foreign policy in accordance with national security and not for his own personal political gain.
If this sort of presidential behavior is somehow acceptable, what would stop a President Klobuchar, Warren, or Biden from saying to Israel, Turkey, or Saudi Arabia: That military aid so important in your defense against Iran, I would like you to do us a favor, though, because our country has been through a lot, there's been a lot of talk about Trump's children, former President Trump, and the Trump Organization, and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General Harris would be great. Oh, and you will want to announce publicly that you are investigating them. I'm sure you will want to do that., right?
It would be wrong IF Trump physically said that....but as yesterday showed ... They didn't like the appearence of a outside channels ..maybe they were threatened somehow ? But who was FDR's outside man & what did he do for FDR & Who did he talk to ? And why wasn't FDR Impeached !
The FDR defense Steve? Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Steve, I seriously doubt that Bill Taylor, a Vietnam War Vet, captain and company commander in the United States Army, earned a Bronze Star and an Air Medal with a V device for VALOR, fifth in his class at West Point, called back into service by Mike Pompeo after 10 years in the private sector, felt threatened in any way.
Mea Culpa, although Ambassador Taylor worked for the Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush II Administrations, he also worked in the Obama Administration too.
Sounds,looks,sad
https://freebeacon.com/issues/i-am-part-of-the-resistance-inside-the-new-york-times/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
So you'll accept an anonymous point of view for a story that aligns with your beliefs, but reject an another, like the white house insider,
I'd ask how you choose which one to believe, but it's pretty obvious whichever one fits your bias is believable and those that do not are not credible
I believe that's probably a little truth in both, and both leave out some pertinent information that contradicts there opinions
Yes Reggie the free market does have an answer for you, as long as you are young and healthy you'll get a much better deal, as you get older or become ill they need to find a way to jettison those that no longer generate cash flow, what company wants a customer that's only going to lose them money, so we allow private industry to cherry pick the only real profitable segment and force Uncle Sam to pick up the tab for everyone else, without the benefit of having a profitable base to offset the costs of the 10's of millions that are locked out of the free market
Just as every other industrialized nation has already discovered, the young help pay the cost of the old and the healthy help pay the cost of the sick, because eventually moves from one category to the other
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