(NOT A BEER FEST) May fifth commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It was a large victory for Mexico as they were able to defeat a the larger, better equipped French army of 6500 with a small militia of 4500 men. It was a […]
Read More »Don’t Forget to Change Your Clocks – Spring Forward
Spring is quickly approaching this year. It’s the time again to “spring forward”. Dalight Savings for 2019 is March 10, 2019 around 2 AM. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour before going to bed on Sunday. While changing the clocks it is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke […]
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NO RINOS NEED APPLY
By: Candace Hardin The 2016 election saw around 60 million people voting for Donald J. Trump for President. All of his rallies show huge arenas packed cheek by jowl with supporters, as well as an equally large crowd of enthusiasts outside of the building, watching screens set up for these people’s viewing of the […]
Read More »Current Closings and Delays for Public Health in North GA for Dec. 10
Due to the potential for wintry hazardous road conditions tomorrow, Monday, December 10, Pickens County Health Department will be CLOSED all day, and Fannin County Health Department will delay opening until 10 AM. Gilmer County Health Department will delay opening until 9:30 AM. This applies to all public health services in these counties. Further updates […]
Read More »Bull Sale to be held in Calhoun on Friday, December 7 th
By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent The 49 th annual Calhoun Bull Evaluation Center Bull Sale will be Friday, December 7 th at the Northwest Georgia Research and Education Center Livestock Pavilion in Calhoun. The sale starts at 12:30 pm. Approximately 95 performance tested bulls will be for sale with 5 breeds represented including Angus, […]
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Pickens County – State Election Results (FINAL)
2018 Georgia Election Results from Pickens County Governor: Brian Kemp (R) – 11,326 Stacey Abrams (D) – 1,899 Ted Metz (L) – 130 Lieutenant Governor: Geoff Duncan (R) – 10,946 Sarah Riggs Amico (D) – 1,958 Secretary of State: Brad Raffensperger (R) – 10,928 John Barrow (D) – 1,995 Smythe DuVal (L) […]
Read More »Agenda 21 Redux?
My last essay concerned the quiet but efficient attempt by the New World Order crowd to implement their Agenda 21 scheme in Phoenix, Arizona. This is not a new issue to Arizonian’s except to the new comers fleeing the soviet state of California who may be unaware of Arizonian’s previous attempts to thwart the loss […]
Read More »Is Institutionalization The Answer?
Mary Todd Lincoln moved to Chicago after the assassination of her husband at the end of the Civil War. In her grief she continued her old habits of flittering away her money, a trait that drove her husband Abe, almost nuts when he was alive and driving her son Todd nuts as well and so, […]
Read More »Political Language at War
The great political philosopher George Orwell once opined: ”Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” Once, well crafted political speech, like that Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan produced, were magical in their rhetorical realism and their prophetic truths. Political speech […]
Read More »“Conservative” Republican Congressman Tom Graves refuses to support English as the official language of the United States.
Submitted By: D.A. King While the political world is focused on the lunacy in Washington DC, conservative, pro-English voters in Georgia’s 14th congressional district may have an interest in Republican Congressman Tom Graves’ very curious and un-conservative anti-English stance. HR 997 – the English Unity Act – was introduced last year in the U.S. House […]
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The Ultimate Insult
It would please me no end to see Senate Judiciary chairman, Chuck Grassley, at the very commencement of Thursdays extra-judicial hearing on the Kavanaugh confirmation to interview Dr. Christine Bassey Ford, to publicly ask Senator Dianne Feinstein to immediately tender her resignation from the committee by reason that she has lost the faith and trust […]
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PCAP’s Margy Lohman Honored for a Career of Service
Margy Lohman, founder and former Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Pickens, received the Mark Chaffin Community Award for her 25 years of dedication to preventing child abuse in Pickens County. The award was presented on September 13 by Julia Neighbors, Director of Prevent Child Abuse Georgia at a luncheon attended by hundreds of workers […]
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