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Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Florida minister Terry Jones said Monday he will burn Korans at his church this Saturday. This could get really spectacular. The first thing al-Qaeda pilots learned in flight training school this morning is that the tallest structure in Florida is LeBron James.
Published in The Messenger 9.9.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
A Crusader's View – 9.07.10
“Transportation turmoil!?”
Hello once again! This week’s subject is an odd one to say the least. The Press sometimes gets editorial submissions that it cannot publish, because of printing space or time restrictions. This one is of no exception.
Dr. Tracy C. Miller of the center of Visions and Values at Grove City suggested to The Press in a column, that we need “transportation taxes” used specifically for road repairs and maintenance. Read More ...
Jeremy Thayer, Guest Columnist |
New EPA standards could equal job loss
A recent study shows that a new regulation proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could result in the loss of 21,704 manufacturing jobs throughout Tennessee and the South. The EPA rule, Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (Boiler MACT), will endanger family wage, American jobs and reverse economic development in the rural communities that need it the most. Read More ...
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Beating ourselves?
By TOM PURCELL
“What’s the matter, pal? You look down in the dumps.”
“I can’t help it. I’ve been wondering lately — could Osama bin Laden be winning?”
“Winning? Are you nuts! After he and his conspirators attacked us on 9/11, he had to flee to a cave.”
Published in The Messenger 9.8.10 Read More ...
Tom Purcell |
Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD -- God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Tiger Woods took out a fifty million dollar mortgage on his Florida house Friday, indicating a post-divorce cash-flow problem. He hasn’t yet lost all his commercial endorsement deals. Until an ugly mistress turns up, the Lasik Eye Center is standing by him.
Published in The Messenger 9.8.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
Martha’s big adventure: The big C squared
By MARTHA R. CARR
Cancer is a very annoying disease especially when repeated. I recently had more skin removed after a suspicion of approaching melanoma on my face and basal cell on my right arm. That’s a third and fourth time for anyone who’s keeping score. Stitches start to come out in another day.
Published in The Messenger 9.7.10 Read More ...
Martha R. Carr |
Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
The San Francisco Examiner reported Friday the U.S. faces the worst bedbug outbreak in sixty years in hotels, apartments and dorms. The infestation has reached plague levels. Bill Clinton just announced that his foundation will sell the cure at a discount to African nations.
Published in The Messenger 9.7.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
Smile index
By PETER FUNT
So, how was your summer?
I just finished a three-week trip, mostly by car, covering thousands of miles and sampling hundreds of opinions. I went to big cities — LA, Chicago, Washington, New York and Boston — and small towns — from Lancaster, Calif., to Lenox, Mass. And what
Published in The Messenger 9.6.10 Read More ...
Peter Funt |
Argus Hamilton
BEVERLY HILLS — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
The Rumble in the Jungle wildlife park in Miami erupted in chaos Tuesday after a provoked male tiger broke its cage door and escaped. The visitors were terrified. The tiger was chased through the wildlife park by its mate who was apparently carrying a nine-iron.
Published in The Messenger 9.6.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
Argus Hamilton 9.3.10
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas for cocaine possession last weekend when coke fell out of her purse while a cop was busting her for pot. Her family is fed up. The Hilton Family Foundation just offered Paris $10 million to change her name to Motel Six. Read More ...
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One born every minute
By TOM PURCELL
It could have been worse.
Some years ago, I had just spent the last of my savings to have a British convertible restored. Read More ...
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Honoring our veterans: Pt. 2
Aside from direct Congressional action, the VA made recent rule changes that will greatly benefit veterans in Tennessee and across the country.
Congressional oversight efforts, coupled with bold legislation, has encouraged the VA to issue the following decisions:
• More Veterans to Qualify for PTSD Service Connection Read More ...
Con John Tanner |
Words from the founding fathers – 9.02.10
The last line of The Declaration of Independence boldly states the resolve the 56 signers had in forming this new republic - “We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
Thanks to the encouragement and support of my wife, I was blessed and privileged to attend the Restoring Honor Rally in Washington last Saturday. Here we were all challenged and encouraged to be personally responsible in making the same pledge to ourselves and each other. If we are to see our country come back to a place that many of us recall as a distant memory, we must all take this pledge. Read More ...
Nathan Castleman, Guest Columnist |
Happy Labor Day
By MARTHA R. CARR
It’s the end of summer and time once again to celebrate the American workforce. The timing seems especially appropriate with the sluggish recovery on everyone’s minds as we enter the third quarter, which is often the most perilous. The steepest downturns often occur in this part of the year.
Published in The Messenger 9.2.10 Read More ...
Martha R. Carr |
Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Hurricane Earl approached the coast of the Eastern Seaboard Tuesday. It can be rated no higher than Category Five. It must destroy a city full of Democrats while a Republican is president before a hurricane can be classified as a Man-Made Disaster.
Published in The Messenger 9.2.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
Plain Talk – 8.31.10
My family was recently affected by crime so it’s difficult to distance myself from the recent debates in federal court about the police use of GPS surveillance.
I know my dilemma is common; distancing personal experience from the rule of law is hard. The crime committed against my family was non-violent. Read More ...
Nicolle Crist, Guest Columnist |
Our readers write
‘Speed traps’
wrong for UC
To The Editor:
I read with great interest the front page article about the new mobile speed violation monitoring systems being used by the Union City Police Department in the Aug. 24 edition of The Messenger.
Published in The Messenger 9.1.10 Read More ...
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Obama making everybody angry
By MICHAEL REAGAN
It’s almost as if President Obama’s agenda includes provoking anger at himself.
And it’s not just Republicans he’s provoking. It’s just about anybody who crosses his path, even his party’s deranged left wing.
Published in The Messenger 8.31.10 Read More ...
Michael Reagan |
Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer asked a U.S. court to revive Arizona’s crackdown law on illegal aliens. It’s causing chaos in the courts. In Los Angeles Friday two guys from Mexico showed up in court for their deportation hearing and the judge married them.
Published in The Messenger 8.31.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
Martha’s big Adventure — Going wireless
By MARTHA R. CARR
There was a moment this past week when I suddenly felt every ounce of my age, which is 50 for just a couple more weeks. It wasn’t because I was tired or anything creaked or ached.
Published in The Messenger 8.30.10 Read More ...
Martha R. Carr |
Party trend has yet to kick in
By DICK MORRIS
and EILEEN McGANN
Don’t confuse the dramatic swell of the Republican tide that is becoming increasingly evident to the pundits of the country with party trend. Right before Election Day, the numbers will get even better and presage an even larger Republican victory.
Published in The Messenger 8.30.10 Read More ...
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann |
Argus Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD — God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Tiger Woods admitted publicly Tuesday his divorce from Elin Nordegren has been tough on him. The $200 million settlement got everyone’s attention. Elin Nordegren will go down in history as the woman who killed the Free Love Movement.
Published in The Messenger 8.27.10 Read More ...
Argus Hamilton |
Balancing the government checkbook
By MARTHA R. CARR
The Bush tax breaks of 2001 are coming up for renewal and there’s a lot of debate over which ones to preserve and which ones to let expire.
Published in The Messenger 8.27.10 Read More ...
Martha R. Carr |
Honoring our veterans
WCP 8-26-10 Over the past two years, I have been honored to serve as the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, an inter-parliamentary organization comprised of legislators from NATO member states. Read More ...
U.S. Rep. John Tanner |
Chair of TFT says state has highest taxes
The Tax Foundation is correct in pointing out that Tennessee has the highest combined state and average local sales tax rate in the country.
This means that lower income families pay a far higher percentage of their income to the state than do higher income families—about 12 percent for lower income families compared to about 3 percent for higher income families. This is grossly unfair and destructive to most Tennessee families. Read More ...
John G. Stewart, TFT Chairman |
A Crusader's View – 8.24.10
“What’s that!?”
Hello once again! This week’s subject is a very touchy one when it comes to many people and their views and opinions throughout this country.
With the now well-known firestorm of Dr. Laura Schlesinger and her use of the infamous ‘N-word,’ let me begin this column with a question. Read More ...
Jeremy Thayer, Guest Columnist |
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