Like gnats, election predictions fill the political air. Politicos work to sway the voter, as sophisticated computer programs are devised to predict election outcomes.
TV commentators let slip over heard gossip and pundits place their bets.
At a time when everything is up for grabs, there is a doubt that will not go away. The Democrats could lose the presidency.
With a commitment to repeat the Bush years of inane economic plans, unbridled federal spending, and unrestricted corporate and financial activity, Romney and Ryan continually prove they are a danger to the positive social and economic strides of the last 70 years.
Sadly, they represent additional issues that directly affect the basic rights of all citizens. Under the guise of voter fraud, the Republicans brazenly attempt to rig state and local elections. Congress is stymied by mindless TParty inaction.
With Taliban-like strategy, Christian extremists work to impose religious tenets into State and Federal law. The Republican Platform endorses a small non-intrusive government until reproductive and women’s health issues are raised.
A secreted video tape shows that only a select few, certainly not “the 47 percent”, gain Romney’s confidence and can share his true “class warfare” vision. With political vengeance, Republican Sen. Darrel Issa publicly releases the Libyan papers. His irresponsible “gotcha politics” jeopardizes the lives of hundreds of agents/collaborators and compromises government intelligence in that region.
This is the new and improved version of a right wing America. It is the vestige of Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy that gave credence to such nonsense. A Georgian once said to me, “In Georgia, the period of calm since the civil war is known the interim peace.” I see what he meant as the interim gives way to this new southern strategy.
There is a singular reason to vote Democratic. Health care, federal spending, National debt, and women’s issues are all important concerns. Yet, nothing is more critical than defeating the rise of a corporate sponsored religious extremist John Birch agenda.
Robert Llewellyn
Cumberland
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An old story
What for years has been an on-again, off-again battle over funding between the Allegany County Commissioners and the Allegany County Board of Education seems to be growing even uglier.
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‘Forgotten warrior’ not forgotten
The Korean War is often called “The Forgotten War.” My generation remembers the Battle for LZ X-Ray at Ia Drang, The Tet Offensive, and Khe Sahn of the Vietnam War.
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Organization needed to help utilize the Potomac River
I am a committee remember on the Tamiami Trail Scenic Highway which stretches from Palmetto to Venice, Fla.
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Reducing meat consumption can help ease climate change
A review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15 issue of “Environmental Research Letters,” found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities.
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Editorial Cartoon - 05/18/2013
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Maryland has stopped being “The Free State”
I am a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and, last but not least, the National Rifle Association. I am a yearly member of the American Legion.
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Outrageous
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
This amounts to spying on an American news organization — common practice in dictatorships but scary conduct in a democratic system that prizes the public value of an independent watchdog press. -
Prevention
The Allegany County Board of Health on Tuesday heard some alarming numbers involving overdoses involving drugs and alcohol. Fortunately, the group already has a plan to ease the situation.
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Financial gutting will damage school system
I am writing in response to the Allegany County Commissioners’ efforts to cut local education spending to the lowest possible level allowed under state law.
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Cemetery organization plans events to mark Memorial Day
This upcoming Memorial Day marks the 30th anniversary of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization (CHCO).
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