Well, the Queen of Washington and Presidential wannabe has uttered yet another ignorant statement. Or was Hillary only speaking her heart?

A few days ago, the former Secretary of State, in addressing a questionable audience, stated that we need to “empathize” with our enemy – ISIS – or any of the many forms of radical Muslims who are hell-bent on destroying not only this Nation but Christians, Jews and any unbelievers (infidels, in their holy book). 

Perhaps the learned madam doesn’t understand the meaning of that word – “be understanding of” or “sympathize”. Hilly, how can we be sympathetic with a cult that has as a primary goal to kill us all?

Fifty seven years ago, June 10, 1957, I entered the service of the United States Army, for a three year enlistment. The FIRST thing that was required of me was to swear allegiance to the United States. “I do solemnly swear to support and to defend the Constitution of the United States . . .”.

I took that commitment seriously, including up to sacrificing my own life. Fortunately, during that time frame, I was not subjected to any combative action.

My enlistment ended three years later, BUT my commitment to defend the Constitution did not end – it is still a valid, viable aspect of my life. Many people have died in this effort including a number of my own comrades in the military.

For a number of months (actually, about two years) this site has been pretty much silent. Since the farcical election of 2012, it appeared that the voters of these United States wanted more punishment and abuse by re-electing their president, and so they have received!

Now, with the apparent change in sentiment and an awakening of where they were being taken (like lemmings, to the sea), the results of the mid-term election of yesterday (11-4-2014) once again gives hope to this Nation that we can, in fact, get back on the course that our Forefathers set us upon so many years ago.

You will now once again see promising, uplifting posts appearing on this site.

Sorry for the delay; I was waiting for you to wake up !

We are well into spring now. Spruce Pine (NC) is about two weeks behind the growing season of other communities, being at above 3,000′ elevation. Now, we are seeing signs of flowers and other plants rushing to bloom and producing seed for the next season.

For example, the chives that you see in this photo, having survived the very harsh, cold winter here, came up from last years planting. The freeze “killed” the above-ground plant but the bulb or crop of seeds were deep enough to have survived. Strangely, most all the plants shot straight up and formed the beautiful flowers that you see. This did not occur last season. Perhaps the plants knew that they had to replicate themselves quickly in order to prepare for a possible hard freeze next winter!