Category Archives: Opinions
In God we trust for every situation
Have you known someone who was even-tempered and composed even when circumstances seemed to be falling apart all around them? In times of a serious crisis, somehow these individuals have the type of personality to remain calm and collected. In fact, it’s not unusual to see them comforting the very ones who
came to help them.
So, what is the secret to living in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind? For those who trust in God, I believe we come to a point in our spiritual journey where we simply begin to realize that Jesus is the Prince of Peace, and it
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Courier Letters to the Editor 3-23-22
On Lillian Boatwright
Dear Editor,
Lillian Boatwright was not reappointed by four of the six state legislators on the Pickens Election Board. She took the opportunity to whine profusely on social media and in the newspaper.
Lillian lost this position because her social media posts describe her perfectly: She is in favor of destruction of society — either through the anarchistic and anti-human BLM organization, woke ideologies of rampant racism, the breathtaking position that people should not think for themselves or erasing history by tearing down statues. She has promoted the lie that absentee voting is the same as vote by mail. Her posts are frequently filled with sickening wokeness and never retracted: whether she is promoting the mask policy, which has been well known since it was introduced to be almost completely ineffective, or, for the BLM. She may have been part of the roughly 75 percent of the people that polls show rooted for this organization as of July 2021. People were duped without ever checking the BLM website, which said they were trying to eliminate the nuclear family — the fundamental cornerstone to society on the planet. Within five months after witnessing the anarchy and destruction that BLM produced, it fell out of favor to less than 10 percent.
According to woke individuals, believing they are gods and in charge of truth, I am a hater, a bigot, deplorable, Islamophobic, homophobic, neanderthal and transphobic. While none of this has anything to do with reality, those pushing these divisive labels are in fact minions of evil — they are not “social justice warriors” or any other contrived name. America is not rife with racism — as all data shows. Media can find a racist and run that up the flagpole, or a bigot or a hater or a killer or a thief — but these headlines do not define America. America’s problems will end only when we get back to its roots — based in God — and recognize that absolute truth exists, and it comes only from God. I have and will continue to pray for Lillian — and others — that the Holy Spirit might infect them to change their ways.
While the facts and truth of this may seem harsh, they are far less harsh than the derisive, condescending, prideful and discriminatory words in print and social media by Lillian … and she should be a nonpartisan person on the elections board! No. Period.
Luke Campbell
Pickens
Enough hating — here’s what we don’t need
Strap on your AK-47, O mighty warrior. Take off your shirt so you look like a big tough macho man, hop onto your white horse and start riding south.
Keep going until you come upon a caravan of drunken misfits that has been stalled on the road to Kyiv. If you can find them.
Now, take another good swig of that vodka, Mr. Pootin. Point your troops in the direction you think they ought to go, let out a good ol’ Cossack yell and charge forth — to get your head blown off for the
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet?
There are degrees of evil. We see it on the news every day. And now we see a great evil displayed on the world stage.
Our president warned us the Russian invasion of Ukraine was coming. We were made aware it was imminent. What stunned some was the total brutality and barbarism shown by Russia.
As far as I know, most nations that consider themselves civilized don’t deliberately mow down children and their mothers. Nor do they kill
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Transparency improves gov’t and builds trust
Making detailed financial information easily available to the public improves the quality of government. It keeps officials on their toes and makes it easier to catch misspending and waste. Transparency builds trust with
taxpayers, who have a right to know how their hard-earned dollars are being spent.
About this time each year, advocates for open-government celebrate Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote access to public information. This year, Sunshine Week is observed March 13-19. This
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Highway 11 and election board issues
Highway 11 and election board issues
Dear Editor,
I want to write about two news stories last week.
The first is the “County council approves pause on Highway 11 development.” I praise the county council for the pause. Everyone needs to stop and take a breath when it comes to development on Highway 11.
The Scenic Highway is a jewel and it should be protected, or at least thought about for a time. I wonder who is speaking for the animals that call their home that place. While they do not have a vote, the should be represented
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A much broader perspective on history
When you get as old as I am — which is really not extremely old, but fairly well-seasoned — it gives you a much
broader perspective on the grand sweep of historical time.
For example, when I was in elementary school in the early to mid-1960s, World War II was “20 years ago.” That seemed like an eon ago. Now, 20 years ago was 2002. That may seem like a very long time to you if you’re a Millennial, but not to me.
This idea of collapsing and expanding time comes up in my mind all
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Write to Ron Barnett at rbarnett@thepccourier.com.
God searches for those who drift
No matter where we come from or how we have been taught, we are responsible for what we think, what we say and how we act.
As optimism and pessimism are learned behaviors, we know that our conduct and worldviews can be changed and controlled if this is our desire. Our spiritual understanding about who God is and who we are in Him must become more than a hope or a chance of fate. Having a
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Courier Letters to the Editor 3-9-22
Playing Games?
Dear Editor,
In an article concerning her non re-appointment to the Pickens County elections board, Lillian Boatwright blames Sen. Rice for this action. Let me remind your readers that 979 people signed a petition to have her removed in 2020, when she blatantly proved she could not have self control and gave the public the perception she was clearly biased
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Pension shortfall demands attention from lawmakers
It definitely doesn’t get the attention it deserves, but it’s among the most severe financial problems facing South Carolina today: The state retiree pension plan is underfunded by a whopping $25 billion. That means, as things
currently stand, the state is obligated to eventually pay out $25 billion more in pension benefits than the plan will have on hand to make those payments.
Twenty-five billion dollars is a whole lot of money — nearly two and a half times the state’s general operating budget — and there are no painless
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