Posts Tagged ‘Gary Meier’

Musings from the Mountains

March 29 | Posted by editor | News, Opinion Tags: ,

Guest column by Gary Meier Fanning flames of racism   There they all were again, this time in Sanford, Florida, using the race card to foment division in their constant battle of class and racial warfare…Al Sharpton, Benjamin Jealous (NAACP President), Martin Luther King III, Dick Gregory, David Patterson (former governor of NY). Black activists stirring up a firestorm of rallies, marches, protests,... Read more

Musings From the Mountains

March 1 | Posted by editor | Opinion Tags: ,

    Guest Column by Gary Meier   Bits of this and That Astonishing, asinine or both? The National Labor Relations Board’s move to prohibit the Boeing Corp. from expanding their operations to South Carolina because that state is a right to work state is neither astonishing nor asinine.  It’s a message that organized unions and labor have complete control over Obama and his administration.  The proper descriptive adjectives are... Read more

Musings From the Mountains

November 22 | Posted by editor | Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier This is ridiculous.  Americans took another big hit yesterday in the stock market because Democrats are holding this country hostage and Obama continues to play politics.  A costly colossal collapse of the Supercommittee, unable to identify $1.2 TRILLION in spending cuts, has led to TRILLIONS of dollars in losses by citizens of every stripe…retirement accounts of teachers and nurses,... Read more

Musings From the Mountain

November 15 | Posted by editor | Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier More bits of this and that  As the American economy continues in a free fall without a parachute, Democrats continue to show their penchant for self, ideology and a wacko base by playing politics with the economy.  The Republican led House has sent bill upon bill dealing with healing the economy to the Democrat led Senate. Each has been DOA.  A... Read more

Musings From the Mountains

May 13 | Posted by writer | News, Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier Questions needing to be asked. Finally!! Headlines in newspapers throughout the world screamed the news…BIN-LADEN DEAD !! A great chapter in the war on terror and meeting a threat to our national security concluded. President Obama, the great inheritor, benefited from Bush policies, enhanced interrogation techniques, anti-terror apparatus, information from Guantanamo detainees and intelligence that resulted in a win... Read more

Musings From the Mountains

February 12 | Posted by writer | News, Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier From anarchy to democracy? The world has been consumed for 13 days with events in Egypt. An obsessed media has given us 24/7 coverage of rumbling tanks, screaming male Muslims, out of control male crowds, beatings, killings, chaos and anarchy. Meanwhile, the media tells us that all women in Egypt have stayed home, presumably... Read more

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January 18 | Posted by writer | Opinion, Towns Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier Anatomy of a national memorial service: It was billed as a national memorial service for the victims of the recent slaughter in Tucson, Arizona. Memorial services are considered to be solemn, serious, somber affairs. They serve to console family and friends of the dead, who are presumably in a state of sorrow and grieving. Memorial services are... Read more

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January 9 | Posted by writer | Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier Bill Clinton did it 140 times. George Bush did it 170 times. Last Wednesday Barack Obama did it. There is nothing unusual about presidents bypassing the Senate confirmation process by making recess appointments. They all do it. However, it would seem the following statement by James Cole would be a red flag... Read more

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January 4 | Posted by writer | Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column by Gary Meier Apparently the new year will begin with a bang in Washington, D.C. as Rep. Peter King, new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, will open hearings on Muslim extremism, or as King terms it, “the radicalization of the American Muslim community”. This will certainly be a controversial topic as Obama and the ... Read more

Musings From the Mountains

December 29 | Posted by writer | Opinion Tags: ,

Guest Column from Gary Meier As cities across the U.S. experience average daily temperatures far below normal, Al Gore and his ilk stubbornly cling to their misguided beliefs that man is causing the earth to become warmer. Tell that to the citizens across the U.S. and many parts of the world who are suffering from teeth-chattering, bitterly... Read more