Thomas E. Mainor, age 80, of Dahlonega, GA passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Mr. Mainor was born in Cuthbert, GA December 3, 1935. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He had lived in Lumpkin County since 2004 and was retired from the Lykes Meat Packing Company. He was the son […]
Read More »Mary Catherine Beresford: Obituary
Mary Catherine Beresford, age 95, of Dahlonega, GA formerly of Cincinnati,OH passed way Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Margaret Meyers; and husband, James Beresford. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Cathy Beresford, Dahlonega, GA; grandchildren, Tara and Roy Mullett, Evan, Gianna, Shaylin, […]
Read More »The Turmoil of a Republican Presidency
Opinion by George McClellan: Has it dawned on anybody yet, the supreme importance of not only defeating the Clinton machine in the general election, but of neutralizing, at the same time, the influence of Mitch McConnell, Karl Rove, Paul Ryan, & etc. if either Ted Cruz or Donald Trump succeeds to the Presidency? There is […]
Read More »Replacement Underway
Opinion by George McClellan: We are in a “Catch-22” Situation. The grassroot voters, those Americans who now see clearly that we are losing our constitution, our culture and our country to proponents of bigger and bigger government, have also made it quite clear that the old, unbending, corrupt GOP, long in league with the Democrat […]
Read More »Reagan Couldn’t Get Elected Today
Opinion by John Tutten: I am beginning to believe that if Ronald Reagan were alive today and running for president, he would never be elected. He might not even win the Republican nomination given the state of our culture today. His landslide victories are fading fast in our rearview mirror and I doubt we will […]
Read More »Will the Real Contestants Please Come In and Identify Themselves…
Opinion by George McClellan: Mitt Romney came, he saw, he stumbled… and confirmed my original pre-debate assessment that his enlistment to denounce Donald Trump as the very personification of wickedness and evil was simply the establishment Republican’s latest desperate attempt to save the Republican old guard from the destruction they truly deserve. The GOP is […]
Read More »Only in America
Opinion by George McClellan: Progressive politicians and Republican ‘Elites’ who have freed themselves from the demands of logic and compensate by distorting facts to support theories, have set America on a crash course to oblivion. Should that unhappy event actually occur it will be a thousand years of turmoil before any other such experiment in […]
Read More »Reply to Congressman’s Collins Letter
Personal to Congressman Collins, I read your statement as published online by FYN. Congressman Collins Statement I am assuming that it is true and correct. I am very concerned that in my opinion this statement violates your oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution. Bottom line: No government body in our country can do […]
Read More »Lumpkin County Super Tuesday Election Results
For President of the United States – Republican Preference Primary 7 of 7 Precincts Reporting Percent Votes JEB BUSH 0.44% 26 BEN CARSON 6.93% 409 CHRIS CHRISTIE 0.08% 5 TED CRUZ 27.89% 1,645 CARLY FIORINA 0.07% 4 LINDSEY GRAHAM 0.03% 2 MIKE HUCKABEE 0.17% 10 JOHN R. KASICH 5.05% 298 GEORGE PATAKI 0.00% 0 RAND […]
Read More »Kingston: The Case for Cruz
Kingston Super Tuesday election day op-ed March 1, 2016 For Immediate Release Contact: Chris D’Aniello [email protected] (610) 955-7727 Kingston: The Case for Cruz by Jack Kingston I’ve spent my adult life trying to serve the Republican Party and fighting to advance conservative principles. That’s why it irks me to hear how well Donald Trump is […]
Read More »A Dozen Reasons Why Ted Cruz is the Most Qualified and Electable Presidential Candidate
Ignore the media hype. Research presidential candidate’s character, knowledge and Federal governmental abilities. ONLY one candidate has consistently voted as he said he would when running for office and has not lost his cool under duress, demonstrating the kind of man we want as president. Ted Cruz. The last time that virtually the entire Washington […]
Read More »Apple vs the FBI
Opinion written by John Tutten: Something really stinks about this dust up between the FBI and Apple. Don’t you wonder why their dispute was made public by the government? If the FBI was really concerned about protecting we the people, wouldn’t they want to keep secret the fact that they cannot crack into the latest […]
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The Attacks Begin
Opinion by George McClellan: I see panic in the streets, politically speaking, at least on the GOP side. The campaign phenomena that is Donald Trump, now clearly acceptable to the conservative voting masses and destructive to the old time political formulas of success, has thrown the soon to be unemployed consulting class and news maker […]
Read More »Atlanta International Auto Show Returns in March
The Atlanta International Auto Show will celebrate its 34th anniversary when it returns to the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) on March 9-13, 2016. It is produced by the Metro Atlanta Automobile Dealers Association (MAADA). Not only is the Atlanta International Auto Show the largest annual consumer event held annually at the GWCC, it is […]
Read More »Repeat a Lie Often and Loud Enough
Opinion written by James F. Davis: If you repeat a lie often and loud enough, people will believe it, even though no evidence is given to prove the charge. This is especially effective in winning low information voters if the media wants the lie to be believed. Politicians caught lying tend to accuse their opponents of […]
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