09/21/2023 Weirs Times

A Hiking (Mis)Adventure

Amy Patenaude’s wonderful hiking pieces are Weirs Times staples for many readers. But this piece about a hiking misadventure might also be of interest to some.

by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

filled a big canteen and grabbed my pack and headed north.

There will forever be lessons to be learned, no matter how old one gets.

August 31 looked to be one of those beautiful clear days that call hikers to the White Mountains, where the 10-mile Franconia Ridge hiking loop is rated as one of the nation’s top-ten hikes. The trick is to make that hike on a clear day. I was clear myself that day, so I impulsively

There was already a near-full parking lot at the base of Mt. Lafayette, as hikers hoped the summit ridge would be bereft of clouds. The payoff would be a great workout and fabulous views, north to Canada, east to Maine, west to Vermont and south to the Lakes Region and beyond. I opted to hike the Old Bridal Path to Lafayette’s summit, take the Franconia Ridge Trail south to Little Haystack Mountain, and then descend to the parking lot via the Falling Waters Trail.

In less than three hours I was

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The Seacoast Comes To Meredith

While gallery sitting at one of the New Hampshire Art Association’s satellite galleries, Charles Wemyss and Kimberly Meuse planned a collaborative art exhibit at The Galleries at 30 Main. They even came up with a catchy name, “The Seacoast Comes to Meredith”. It is presently showing and will be up through October with a reception on Saturday, September 23rd from 4-6pm.

Charles Wemeyss was classically trained in high school in drawing, oil, and watercolor painting where they used the Yale University School of Art syllabus. After a forty year hia-

tus he began training again for four years under the direction of Sam Vokey, using the Boston School of Impressionist painting as a bench mark for developing old and new skills. Charles is currently painting from nature and in the studio.

Kimberly Meuse is a nationally acclaimed still life water-

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It was dark when the Weirs Times columnist finished his 13 hour “hike” by finally reaching the Mt. Lafayette parking lot.

JIM MOFFETT PHOTO

Respect Life Essay Contest

To The Editor: The NH Knights of Columbus is once again sponsoring a Student Respect Life Essay Contest.

The contest is open to any Jr-High (grades 6,7,8) and SrHigh (gra des 9,10,11,12) student in NH. The NH Knights of Columbus will make up to six cash awards of $100. You do not have to be a member of the Knights or a Catholic.

The theme for this year’s contest is: “What do you think is the root cause (e.g., basic reason for, or core issue) for abortion and how do we eliminate the root cause ?”

Deadline for submissions is Midnight, Dec 15, 2023.

RULES: Essays may not be longer than 500 words; typed, and submitted as a PDF or Word Document and emailed to matu19@comcast.net.

Include student name, age, grade, school, parent name and address, phone, parish and email.

Students may obtain help & information, including from parents, teachers, friends, and internet, but the essay itself must be their own work.

Further contest details may be obtained from KofC NH contest chairman John P. Matuszewski (603-434-4098) or KofC NH State Pro-Life Director Ron Distasio (603-595-7837).

John P. Matuszewski KofC NH Contest Chairman

Reflections On Kelly Drake Homestead

To The Editor:

I am the grandson on Luther Herrick and Minnie Drake, one time owners of the Kelly Drake Homestead in New Hampton, which bordered and included an island on Pemi Lake. As a child I was so impressed by this beautiful farm that now, at the age of 82, I have chosen to have my ashes placed in the ancestral cemetery on the property.

About two summers ago an article was published in the Weirs Times. The article was about the homestead and how beautiful and serene it was to view and kayak around the island and shores of the property. Originally, after the land was put into conservation and owned by the town, the first chairperson of the committee was trying to make recreational use of the property for the townspeople with emphasis on the historic value.

Hiking trails were developed and well marked and there were different activities being put on. The Boy Scouts built shelters for camping and there was a road built to the lake. At this time the meadows were being mowed every year. The town had some lumber cut off the property and rather than use the proceeds to further the use of the property, the funds were put into the general funds for the town.

After that the property started to decline. No more activi-

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was reestablished in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.

Locally owned for 30 years, this publication is devoted to printing the stories of the people

ties and the meadow area is quickly becoming overgrown.

It was a good thing for the town to save the property from development, but it is now just being forgotten and any historic value gone forever.

It seems like a terrible waste of a perfect opportunity for the town. It could have been self-sustaining and very beneficial for the townspeople and ancestry.

My time is coming to an end and younger generations do not have much interest in this type of history, so I will leave this earth with all my memories of such a beautiful place.

Luther Drake Bradford, NH.

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by Debby Montague Weirs Times Book Reviewer

Off The Shelf Off The Shelf

Poetry And CHAos

The Detective Up Late, Adrian McKinty, Blackstone Publishing, 2023

Ulster 1990 – on the hinge of history. In one universe the war continues, in another peace shoves green shoots up through the cracks in the concrete.

Some things are worth waiting for and Adrian McKinty’s 7th Sean Duffy novel, The Detective Up Late, is certainly worth the long wait.

I will admit that I worried that some of the lure of McKinty’s words might be diminished by the interval or that I would find a decline in the lilt and timbre of Sean’s voice. My fears were completely unfounded as I discovered on page one of The Detective Up Late. All the doubt, terror, and woe of Sean’s life as Detective Inspector in the Carrickfergus Royal Ulster Constabulary is found in McKinty’s prelude. Early on I found, too, that there was no tarnish on McKinty’s skill in calling to life Sean, his fellow CID squad members Detective Sergeant John (Crabbie) McCrabban and Detective Sergeant Alexander Lawson and The Detective Up Late takes place in the last decade of the 20th century and there is a glimmer of hope that The Troubles in Northern Ireland will have an end. Sean is nearly forty and has spent ten years in the Carrickfergus RUC. He has moved his

Beth, daugh-

gus. Sean will begin his new arrangement with the RUC as a part-time constable as soon as he clears one last case. Katrina McAtamney, a young Traveller girl is missing; some think she has run away. After the initial investigation and the discovery of the girl’s car in the River Bann, Sean believes she has been murdered. Crabbie is calling it “Duffy’s Last Case” and Sean will not declare the case closed until it is solved to his satisfaction. The problem is that Sean, or Crabbie or Alex, or all of them may get killed in the process.

The Detective Up Late is a mix of poetry and chaos, of hope and despair, and it is a realistic narrative about The Troubles. McKinty’s writing is captivating. He can write a line like “The fog smells of rust and rot like an

family –

ter Emma and Jet the cat - to Portpatrick,

a safer place than Northern Ireland, Belfast and Carrickfer-

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Fall Craft Fair In Tilton

Don’t miss the Fall Craft Fair to be held once again at Tanger Outlets in Tilton on Saturday and Sunday. Sept 23-24. Hours are Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. There will be 80 fabulous exhibitors! A special feature will be chainsaw demonstrations on Saturday & Sunday by female chainsaw artisan, Elise. Don’t miss her amazing talents!

Some of the other exhibitors will include fabulous wildlife photography, awesome soy candles, beautiful leather jewelry, resin art, beautiful art prints, gourmet desserts, stained glass, laser engraving, home decor & signs, cribbage boards, pottery, fabric creations, NH maple syrups, hats/tee shirts, scarf slides, gourmet honey, personal care products, sublimation art, children’s growth charts & lots more. Food available. Held Rain or Shine Under Canopies . Friendly, Leashed Dogs Welcome . Free Admission & Free Parking.

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African American Soldiers & Sailors Of The American Revolution

Join the Gilmanton Historical Society on Tuesday, September 26th for a presentation on African American Soldiers & Sailors of the American Revolution.

Prohibited from serving in revolutionary military units, how is it that these soldiers still came to fight for the cause of independence even when their own personal liberty was not guaranteed?

Glenn Knoblock examines the compelling history of these brave soldiers.

The program, at the Old Town Hall on Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, begins promptly at 6:30 pm. Social hour and refreshments begin at 6:00. All are welcome. There is no charge, but donations to support the Society are welcome.

The final event of the Society’s 2023 season is on Saturday, October 7, 10am-3pm, rain or shine: Gilmanton Historic Buildings & Homestead Tour. Cost: $20. Tickets will be available for prepurchase at the Historical Society Museum in the Iron Works, or through a link on thewebsite: www.gilmantonhistoricalsociety.org.

A limited number of tickets will also be for sale at the September 26 meeting.

Corn Maze Features Ice Cream at Moulton Farm

For their 21st annual corn maze, the Moulton Farm team was inspired by the farm’s history and the newest attraction at the lakes region farm. The 2023 design is a giant ice cream cones and ice cream scoops celebrating the farm’s ice cream stand and food truck launch earlier this year. John Moulton and the team at the farm aren’t giving any clues about the solution for getting through the maze or the ice cream trivia game that is part of the corn maze. The maze and pumpkin patch will open on Saturday, September 23. Visitors can enjoy pumpkin hunting, either in the farm’s “pick your own” pumpkin patch or from among the pre-picked pumpkins grown at the farm, and there are other reasons to visit.

Wagon rides will be offered on most weekends and are free. Live music is also happening on select Saturdays and Sundays. Fall displays and games will make for good pictures, and the farm’s garden center will feature items to use for decorating. Food featuring produce grown at the farm and Moulton Farm ice cream will be available from the farm’s food truck. Other classic fall favorites will be available at the Cider Bellies Doughnut stand and at the farm’s market including apple crisp, freshly baked pies and whoopie pies in several flavors made in the farm’s kitchen and bakery. Yankee Magazine called Moulton Farm’s whoopie pies “the best in New England.” Moulton Farm’s corn maze opens September 23 and will be open 7 days a week starting at 8 am. The last admission to the maze is one hour before the farm closes. Admission costs $10 per person with a special $6 rate for each child between 6 years and 3 years of age. Children under 3 years old are free.

Moulton Farm is located at 18 Quarry Road off Route 25 in Meredith and is open seven days a week.

Dueling Pianos At Elks Lodge In Franklin

An audience favorite is returning to Franklin in September. Two funny and talented performers combine humor and their passion for music in a challenge to play songs requested by the live audience. Songs could be from any genre, including rock, pop, show tunes, country… you name it. It’s a rollicking good time for all, and this time ALL tips for the performers will benefit the Franklin Opera House’s renovation.

The pianos will duel it out this year on Saturday, September 30 at 7:30pm at the Franklin Elks Lodge located at 125 S. Main St. Franklin, NH. The Elks Lodge will also have a cash bar available.

This popular event will be general admission; there will not be assigned seating. Tickets are $18-$20 and can be purchased in advance at www.FOHNH.org, or by calling (603) 934-1901.

As a non-profit organization dependent on the generosity of public support, it is the mission of Franklin Opera House, Inc. to provide an attractive venue for wholesome community entertainment, expansion of arts awareness in all ages, a cultural hub, and center for social interaction, in an historic setting.

This column is an easy one for me to write. It’s about an important milestone in my life that comes around every late September.

by Brendan Smith

You see, it was thirtyeight years ago in this month that I moved to Central New Hampshire from Long Island, New York; most likely the reason this column exists in the first place.

I was twenty-nine years old when I moved here and today, as I write this, I am a few short weeks from sixty-eight. More than half my life and yet I am still figuring some things out about New Hampshire, and I am still, as are all of you not born here, a Flatlander.

In September of 1985 Ronald Reagan was president, Hurricane Gloria was about to threaten New England, and nobody was screaming Climate Change at every weather event. The New England Patriots were on their way to their first Super Bowl (they lost), gasoline prices were a dollar something (and we complained) and the sixth game of the Red Sox/Mets World Series was still a little bit over a year away.

Thirty-eight years ago, the laptop computer I am typing this column on was still far away from being a normal household item, the Internet was certainly not a well-known word yet and many of us were still playing vinyl records, which went away and now are back again.

Thirty-eight years ago there was still a “landline” telephone in every house and there were even a few that still had rotary dialers. I had one. (For those of you under thirty, I don’t have time to explain what those were, but I’m sure you can find one in an antique store somewhere.)

The Berlin Wall was still up. (For those of you under thirty who enjoy your freedom, this is something you should read up on.)

The biggest cultural phenomenon of 1985 was when CocaCola introduced New Coke and then Classic Coke, using the same formula that was dumped for New Coke which was introduced a few months later to replace New Coke, which later became Coke II. Those of us alive at the time didn’t think life could get much more complicated. Of course, we never anticipated the challenges of trying to figure out how to navigate the Internet and use smartphones which would be thrust upon us in later years.

Speaking of smartphones, thirty-eight years ago most of us were still standing upright and looking straight ahead instead of being hunched over all day staring into one.

Along with all of these changes, I was personally invested all those years ago in learning to adjust to life here in New Hampshire.

I have to admit that at first, I never thought I would. People talked funny, there wasn’t much to do at night – or even during the day after Labor Day – and the winters were a lot worse than I was used to.

Thirty-eight years ago the Lakes Region was quite a different place. There really wasn’t a large selection of stores in the area. I found myself planning a day off from work by checking my car’s oil and tire pressure, filling the tank and heading off to Concord to buy myself a pair of pants. Today, I don’t have to travel that far and my pants size has inched upwards.

My first job in New Hampshire was as a bartender at Steele Hill Resort in Sanbornton (the word “Hill” being a bit deceptive). I drove to it every day on an approach that was nearly a full vertical tilt; loose items secured by seatbelts and duct tape so as

not to cause personal injury. I also experienced my first winter trying to maneuver that “Hill” in snowstorm after snowstorm in a rear-wheel drive vehicle.

I figured if I could survive that winter, I might just make it.

I did.

And no more rear wheel drives. Not long after. I was initiated into things like raking my roof and spending mornings at the dump and a slew of other things that I’m sure you will find less than amazing if you have lived here yourself for a while.

There are still things that I won’t try.

No matter how many cars and trucks I see parked on the frozen lake, I’ve yet to consider even walking on it myself with only the weight of heavy winter clothing. It seems unnatural.

Another thing I can’t be, is a New England Sports Fan. I have considered the alternatives to the lonely and sullen existence I experience as a New York Jets and Mets fan living in New Hampshire, but I also feel that loyalty is a true virtue (and tested even more after fifty plus years of not even “going” to the Super Bowl).

Most important of all, thirtyeight years ago I called myself a Christian merely because I was told I was when I was younger. But today I truly am one as I have fully put my faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. It has changed my life.

As I finish up these first 13,875 days in New Hampshire, I am ready for the next round. Thanks for having me.

Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles”, “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire” and “I Only Did It For The Socks -Stories & Thoughts On Aging” available at BrendanTSmith.com.

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Weirs Times Editor

9/11

And

tHe PolitiCs of evil

Three days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the worst and most murderous attack on the United States in history, President George W. Bush declared “a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance.”

tHe iMPeACHMent of Joe Biden

by Star Parker Syndicated Columnist

He went to the National Cathedral and spoke to the nation, casting the horrible event in theological light, saying that the United States must “answer these attacks and rid the world of evil.”

Bush said we live in a world “of moral design” and he appealed to “Almighty God to watch over our nation.”

Three months later, he addressed Congress in his State of the Union message and defined nations supporting terror as an “axis of evil.”

Others also cast the attack in theological light but were denounced rather than supported by Bush.

Evangelists Jerry Falwell Sr. and Pat Robertson discussed what happened on Robertson’s television show and cast the event as divine retribution for what they defined as evil occurring inside our country.

As reported by The New York Times, “The Rev. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson set off a minor explosion of their own when they asserted ... that an angry God had allowed the terrorists to succeed in their deadly mission because the United States had become a nation of abortion, homosexuality, secular schools and courts, and the American Civil Liberties Union.”

Per Bush’s spokesman, the president “does not share those views and believes that those remarks are inappropriate.”

What is certainly clear is the activities that Falwell and Robertson talked about and condemned are defined in the Bible as sin, and therefore evil.

As a born-again Christian, we do indeed live in a world, as Bush said, “of moral design,” and the idea of good and evil has meaning only if there are consequences.

Certainly, it is true, as other evangelicals pointed out then, that we cannot claim to explain specific acts of God. But we certainly know that evil has inescapable consequences. If not, it has no meaning.

What we might ask now is, if the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, had anything to do with good and evil, where do we stand today compared to then?

The data shows that today the country is decidedly less religious than it was Sept. 11, 2001. Despite the trauma of 9/11, it did not cause Ameri-

This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced the opening of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption, and they warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives,” McCarthy explained. The impeachment inquiry will give the House Republicans a better legal defense against claims that any subpoenas they issue exceed the scope of congressional authority. More importantly, it signals to the American public the seriousness of Republican intent to make Biden’s corruption the top issue in the 2024 election.

by Ben Shapiro Syndicated Columnist

when Jimmy fell behind on his loans. In 1996, Joe cashed out his home by selling it to the vice president of MBNA in a sweetheart deal; MBNA would also hire Hunter fresh out of law school. MBNA was one of Biden’s biggest donors and a beneficiary of his credit card policy largesse. In the words of Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger, “The Bidens regularly intermingled personal, political, and financial relationships in ways that invited questions about whether the public interest was getting short-changed.”

For those complaining about Republican politicking, turnabout is surely fair play. Former President Donald Trump was impeached not once but twice; neither time did Democrats so much as allege a statutory crime. They relied on the fact that impeachment is a political response, not a criminal one -- true as far as it goes, but precedent-setting in the context of prior impeachments. They pursued impeachment inquiries without so much as a vote in the House. The genie is out of the bottle, and it isn’t going back in anytime soon.

The allegations against Biden are already damning. So is the evidence. Biden used his son, Hunter, as a cutout to clear cash from foreign sources on behalf of the Biden family. That’s all part of a decades long pattern by which Biden has used his political power and influence to benefit his family. Back in the 1970s, Jimmy Biden, Joe’s brother, somehow obtained generous loans from a local bank to open a rock club, despite little in the way of collateral; Joe was sitting on the Senate Banking Committee at the time and ended up pressuring the bank

All of this came to a head when Joe attained the vice presidency. Hunter forged relationships, with his father’s aide, in China and Ukraine; Joe would call into business meetings to “talk about the weather.” Hunter joined the board of Burisma, where he made an extraordinary amount of money; in return, he promised connection with his father. In December 2015, Biden went to Ukraine, where he demanded that Viktor Shokin, a prosecutor looking into Burisma, be fired, threatening to withdraw $1 billion in American aid. During this time, a confidential human source later told the FBI that Burisma’s CFO said that he had hired Hunter “to protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems.”

That was merely the most egregious apparent abuse of power. There were dozens of others.

Was Joe benefitting from Hunter’s business arrangements? We hear from the media that there is no evidence to suggest he was. But that’s obviously a lie: scoring benefits for your drug-addicted, sexually deviant son is certainly a benefit that accrues to Joe. And we also have a text directly from Hunter to his daughter Naomi in 2019: “I hope you can all do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years. It’s really hard. But don’t worry. Unlike Pop, I won’t make you give me half your salary.”

All of this is predicate to Biden’s behavior as

Want a soda?

You’ll pay more for one in Philadelphia, because five years ago, local politicians decided to tax it.

sodA tAx

My new video updates what happened.

Store owners hated the new tax.

“Bad tax!” said Melvin Robinson, who runs Bruno’s Pizza. He says few customers now buy soda from him.

William Greenlee with the store owners’ complaints.

“Nothing else that we could come up with could raise that kind of funding,” he said.

As with most taxes, the soda tax had an unintended consequence: Alcohol sales rose 5%.

by John Stossel Syndicated Columnist

They’re “protecting” people, they said. The tax would “reduce obesity” and “lower diabetes rates.”

But their main goal was to bring in more money, which they said would “fund early childhood education” and “help a lot of families.”

I reported on this five years ago, right after the tax went into effect.

One of his customers told me, “I refuse to buy soda in Philadelphia.”

“20-ounce soda, almost $3!” complained another.

Bruno’s is located right on the outer edge of Philadelphia, so his customers can cross the street and buy untaxed soda.

But they still go back to Bruno’s for pizza. “Best slice in town!” gushed one.

I confronted then-city councilman

Soda taxes are disproportionately paid by poor people. Even Sen. Bernie Sanders said, “You don’t have to fund child care on the backs of the poorest people! ... That’s a regressive way.”

“It hits the poor most,” I repeat to Greenlee.

“I didn’t know Bernie opposed it,” he laughed. “We’re raising enough money to put 2,700 kids in pre-K and to open 11 community schools!”

“Preschool?!?” snarled a Bruno’s customer. “I doubt that.”

“People buy more liquor,” I shout at Greenlee. “Less Coke, more liquor!” Greenlee laughs and says, “We have a liquor tax, too!”

Politicians do like their “sin” taxes.

Denmark passed one on saturated fat but quickly repealed it when Danes crossed the border to shop in other countries.

But Philadelphia isn’t repealing anything.

People who live there already pay 44 taxes, including a higher income tax than other cities impose.

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if liBerAls voted tHeir vAlues, AMeriCA Would Be sAved

John Metzler is off this week.

by Dennis Prager Syndicated Columnist

The greatest reason for the existential threat to America posed by the woke/the progressive/the Left is that liberals vote for them

If liberals voted for their values, the Left-wing destruction of every American institution — the American Medical Association and medical profession generally; the universities, high school and elementary schools; and the military, among many others — could not happen.

This is the American tragedy in a nutshell: The Left votes its values.

The Right votes its values. Liberals do not vote their values. Liberalism has almost nothing in common with leftism, yet virtually every liberal votes for the Left.

Liberals believe in racial integration. The Left believes in racial segregation (all-black dorms on college campuses, for example).

Liberals believe in the ideal of color-blindness. The Left rejects the ideal of color-blindness. In fact, the Left claims the very term “colorblind” is racist.

The Left maintains that all whites are racist. No liberals do.

Liberals have always believed in America (without ignoring its flaws).

The Left believes America is and has always been a fundamentally immoral country.

Liberals have always believed in free speech, which, by definition, includes “hate speech.” The Left, on the other hand, does not believe in freedom of speech. There is no example in history — from the French Revolution to the Russian Revolution to the contemporary American campus — of the Left not suppressing dissent.

Liberals have always been in the forefront of those supporting Israel. The Left is anti-Israel and supports Israel’s enemies Liberals have always supported capitalism, knowing that there is no other economic system that maintains liberty or lifts vast numbers of people from poverty. The Left believes capitalism is evil.

Liberals regard the flag as a sym-

bol of freedom. The Left regards the national flag as a symbol of racism and colonialism.

The Left supports giving hormoneblocking drugs to pre-pubescent children who say they are the opposite sex; removing the healthy breasts of teenage girls and young women who say they are boys; and castrating boys who say they are girls. Very few liberals believe this.

The Left fights for the “right” of men who say they are women to compete in women’s sports. No liberal does.

The list of liberal-leftist differences is almost as long as left-wing positions. So, the question is why? Why do liberals vote left, given that the average liberal has so much more

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Will you go to Hell for Me?

try from his parents. His father became successful in the insurance industry which raised him and his seven siblings from poverty to the middle-class.

by Hal Shurtless Director/Camp

No, I don’t want you to go to Hell for me?

But I want to introduce the readers to a powerful documentary of the same name, and the writings of the man who produced the documentary- Mr. Vince Ellison who is both a friend and a Camp Constitution instructor.

One of my duties as Camp Director is to serve as a “talent scout” by being on the lookout for potential instructors at our annual camps, and speakers’ bureau. I find these instructors in various ways: meeting them in person at their speaking events, recommendations, and while watching and listening to media outlets.

Since our inception, we have been blessed with an incredible list of instructors including a British Lord, Christophen Monckton, one of the world’s top atmospheric scientists Professor Willie Soon, a pioneer in the modern home school movement Sam Blumenfeld, a pioneer in the Right to Life Movement Dr. Mildred Jefferson, and now and Vince Ellison.

Vince first came to my attention in an interview he did on the Tucker Carlson Show early last year where he was discussing his book The 25 Most Damnable Lies of the Democrat Party and How to Refute Them. He and Tucker have become good friends. I also saw him on NewsMax and listened to him on the Grace Curley Show which airs on WRKO.

Vince Ellison with his latest book “Crime Inc.” which will be published in October

I contacted Rev. Steve Craft, Camp Constitution’s chaplain and said that we need to reach out to him. Rev. Craft visited his website, emailed him and shortly thereafter, had a lengthy phone conversation with him. Vince told Rev. Craft that he was driving and listening to the radio when he heard the news of our lawsuit Shurtleff v. Boston. He was so excited to hear the news of the victory that he pulled the car over and did “A Holy Ghost Dance” which I wished he videotaped.

Vince lives near Lynchburg, VA where one of my daughters attends Liberty University. We had to move our daughter in for her freshman year in August of 2022 so I was able to meet with Vince. Our breakfast meeting lasted close to four hours and ended with the creation of a friendship. Vince had a profound knowledge of the negative side of the Civil Rights Movement. I learned from him that it was Communist Stanley Levinson that wrote

His family started the Ellison Family gospel singing group and performed in black churches and the gospel music community through Vince’s young life. Through his experiences in gospel music, Vince gained intimate knowledge of the inner workings and failings of many of black churches and their ministers. While he received a degree from Memphis State University, he says his real-world education came from working as a

Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Vince learned from me that King was the first recipient of Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Award.

Who is Vince Ellison?

Vince was born on a cotton plantation in Haywood County, Tennessee, where his parents were sharecroppers. Vince was taught a love of God and Coun-

correctional officer at a maximum-security prison in South Carolina. Vince later worked with many black civic organizations in the nonprofit arena. In 2000, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 6th Congressional District of South Carolina.

In 2019, Vince wrote The Iron Triangle: Inside the Liberal Democrat Plan to Use Race to Divide Christians and See SHURTLEFF on 32

Constitution

Rev. Steve Craft (left) and Vince Ellison holding a copy of The Boston Broadside.

This series of Letters

From God is an attempt to put the thoughts of God as revealed in the Scriptures.

Letters From God Letters From God

QUESTION: We Are Getting Worse, Aren’t We?

Yes, you are! And your descent from me, my will and my blessings is precipitous. I liken you today to the time of the Psalmist, when he penned the words of the 2nd Psalm, which I inspired him to write. He had witnessed what I was seeing at the time. It was an almost total rejection of me and my will and a rebellion to become freed from any allegiance, accountability, submission and obedience to me. Listen to the words of the Psalmist.

“Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. “Let us break their chains,” they say, “and throw off their fetters.”

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, “I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill.” I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and

rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.” (Psalm 2).

Note carefully that world leaders, and as a result many of their people, had united to “throw off” the fetters which they saw as chains imposed by me and my son, Jesus, whom I anointed as Messiah (:3). They didn’t realize that my laws were given not to be chains to keep you from life but to keep you away from behavior that will ensnare you and lead you to death. They couldn’t see this and sought their freedom, not realizing it would lead to bondage. I laughed at this foolishness, not out of glee but because incredulously, those in rebellion were unwittingly rushing to their own demise yet couldn’t see it (:4). Like sheep who flee the good shepherd, they will soon be a meal for the wicked wolves. I also laughed, at their thoughts that they could ever be successful in their rebellion against me, their creator God. Note as well, that as the sovereign and almighty God, I have decreed that only my son Jesus, the anointed one or Messiah, will ultimately rule the earth. This decree, ensures that any who rebel and challenge my will and him, will fail miserably, even eternally (:6). One day, “every knee will bow before Him” and give an account of their life of either trust or rebellion (Philippians 2:10). Finally, note that if you are ever to have hope, you must “kiss,” embrace or humbly

trust my Son, Jesus, as your Savior (:10). Your only hope of success is trusting Him and obeying Him and me, so that when he conquers, and he will, you will conquer as well. You don’t want to be on the other side of those who rebel and will suffer lose, that will be for eternity.

“You have managed, in a short amount of time, to do what your country has never done over the 250 years of their existence. That is, to completely renounce any ties of trust, love and obedience to me, your creator and only God, in order to live according to your own desires and values. This is true in every realm. You worship everything but me. Your moral values are from hell. Your rejection of law & appropriate punishment has unleashed a tsunami wave of evil and destruction. You embrace and champion the causes of what I deemed “perversions,” (Ezekiel 9:9) and persecute those who defend my holy ways. You follow leaders who have exchanged my life-giving wisdom for foolish ways that will ensure your ultimate collapse.

I must remind you that you have made a disastrous decision that cannot end well. When I created you, I also taught you, what was right and wrong, what would give life and what would bring death. I gave you clear teaching throughout my book, the Bible, of what pleased me and would bring my blessings of life and what would displease me and lead to curses and death. As your creator, I know what you need and what you should avoid because I created you (Deuteronomy 32:46-47). Sadly, like so many in-

dividuals, leaders and nations before you, you are foolishly choosing to rebel from me and my will at breakneck speed.

You are dangerously close to a point of no return. Since I am God, your path will never end well. Your destiny, if you don’t change, will be the loss of every blessing I have bestowed on you as individuals and as a nation. Your destiny, like all those before you who have followed the same path, will be death not life.

I write because I love you. I desire that “none should perish.” (2 Peter 2:9). I have sent my Son, Jesus the Messiah, to pay the penalty of your sins so you could be restored to me. I offer you life if you will humbly bow and confess your sins and dedicate your life to obey me. I must remind you that this offer expires when you expire at death. Do you really think your rebellion is worth it?

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Many anglers believe making too much noise will spook fish. There are times when sound is more important than color, size, or profile for bringing fish in from a distance. Wounded or dying bait fish make noises that predatory gamefish key in on. The noise made by a school of feeding fish alerts other schooling fish to the presence of food. Opportunistic predators, such as lake trout, are attracted to the sound of a feeding frenzy in hopes of

scoring an easy meal. There are numerous instances where fish will use noise to find food. While some fish are more skittish than others, most fish are curious and will investigate subtle noises, especially when they can’t see the source.

Sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than through air and is transferred through water as pressure waves and particle displacement, which fish can detect using their auditory and lateral line systems. These systems are often referred to as displacement detectors,

because sound traveling through water displaces pressure and particles. Fish tend to use their displacement detectors more in dirty or stained water. The harder it is for fish to see, the more they will rely on noise and vibration to find food. This holds very true for fish that thrive in murky or stained water, such as walleye.

Many anglers believe that because fish don’t have ears, they can’t hear the way humans do. Although they have no visible ear, fish have an inner ear that consist of small bones called otoliths, which

they use to detect vibrations (noise) traveling through the water. The lateral line system consists of tiny hairlike organs on the skin, or in canals beneath the surface of the skin called neuromast cells. These neuromast cells are used to detect the tiniest movements in the water, from changes in pressure created by noise to the direction the sound came from.

When sound travels through water it creates pressure waves. When these pressure waves meet the neuromast cells of a fish,

This fish was a direct result of making noise with a lure. Tim used a tungsten jig head with a ribbed paddletail to create enough noise and vibration to attract this weary walleye in very dirty water.

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by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr.

Contributing Writer

I was asked a few weeks ago about what it was like to attend the one-classroom Hanaford School that I went to in my childhood days. So I’ve consulted the memory section of my brain and devoted two articles, including this one, to that topic. Whether it was “losing my marbles” or participating in some other game at recess or during lunch hour, those game times, usually without adult supervision, were also learning times. So it might have been playing in the sand bank with toy cars and trucks, or for the boys, playing football on the field adjacent to the school in the fall and baseball or softball in the spring. I don’t remember that the girls joined in those ballgames, except as spectators, but there were other games, like hide and seek, tag, or kick the stick, which included boys and girls. There was a large

pine tree near the school and on the edge of the dirt road by the schoolhouse, that often served as the goal or base for some of the games. The disagreements that occurred at times during the recesses were not often fully “resolved,” but I think they were usually quickly forgotten without long-lasting grudges. We didn’t have many visitors at our “remote” school, but the school superintendent for the town (shared with other towns) would make an occasional short visit and a school nurse would make an occasional visit also, perhaps to take a look at our teeth or to check our hair for lice, a not uncommon thing in

schools in those days. If my memory serves me right I received my first treatment to ward off polio at school; it was administered through pills at first and at a later date by an injected vaccine. School board members might also make an infrequent visit. I think we thought the village school was the most favored one of the town districts. Discipline could be firm, but I don’t remember it being severe, though I do recall one occasion when the teacher’s husband chased an escaping pupil down the Hollow Road, a road with little traffic that formed an intersection with the main dirt road beside the schoolhouse. That would have been one of

So there we were beside a dirt road that I don’t recall being called Dana Hill Road in those days of my childhood, but is now in honor of Dr. Simeon Dana who lived in a house at the top of the hill and was a prominent physician and preacher during the early 1800’s.

I do wish that I had been taught that the stagecoach not too many years in the past had traveled that road and that the stagecoaches that I saw pictures of in the western part of our country may have been made in the capital of our state, being Concord coaches. All I understood was that the road I lived on and went to school on was R.F.D. #1, Ashland, New Hampshire, but there was no mail delivered to the school.

There were no computers, no TV, no telephone, no passenger pigeons, no internet, no running water, no fire or smoke alarms.

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American oystercatchers, herring gulls and brant share a sandspit in New England last week.

by Chris Bosak Contributing Writer

Ask me what my favorite bird is and I’ll likely give you a different answer every time. Truth is, I have lots of favorite birds. Now I just say “that’s one of my favorite birds” when I see one of the dozen or so species that fit the category.

The American oystercatcher is one species that has long fit into that category – probably from the first time I saw one. While many shorebirds blend in with the sand or rocky habitat and look nearly identical to each other, the American oystercatcher stands out with its larger size, contrasting plumage and, of course, its large orange-red bill.

Aside from its cool appearance, oystercatchers have a high-pitched

call that may be heard from a great distance. I have often visited the shore and thought I struck out in my quest to find an oystercatcher only to hear that call on a nearby sandbar. The call is often made in flight so it’s easy to find them and track them to their landing spot.

Obviously, if it is one of my favorite birds, it is exciting when I visit the coast and see one, or a pair, or a small family group of three or four. The other day, however, was an oystercatcher bonanza as there were dozens of them gathered on a sand spit jutting into Long Island Sound in southern Connecticut.

It was a reminder of why it is so important to get out there to look for birds during migration periods, be it spring

or fall migration. I had been to this sanctuary many times before and have seen oystercatcher pairs and small family groups on many occasions. This was the first time, however, that I had seen so many of the fantastic birds.

Unfortunately, my time was short. A storm was rolling in as I walked along the sand. The sky above me and to the east was blue with puffy clouds. The sky to the west was midnight blue to black and looking as ominous as you could imagine. I hadn’t even noticed the darkness when I started my walk. The walk from the parking lot to the beach at the sanctuary is relatively short, only about five minutes, but the storm was moving slowly, but steadily in my direction.

I kept an eye on the darkness to the west as I continued along the rocky beach. The water’s edge was filled with shorebirds such as dunlin, sanderlings, semipalmated plovers and a few varieties of sandpipers. It is true that the shorebird migration starts in the middle of summer, but it was in full swing on this midSeptember afternoon.

I hadn’t noticed the oystercatchers at first, but when I trained my binoculars on the sand spit, I noticed one, then two, then ultimately dozens of them out there. At rough count, I’d say there were 30 to 40 of them. A few ring-billed and herring gulls and several brant joined the oystercatchers on the small piece of sandy land.

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by Mike Moffett Contributing Writer

It was wonderful to see Tom Brady feted at the New England Patriots home opener earlier this month. Has anyone ever done more for a pro franchise than he did for New England over a twenty-year span that included nine Super Bowl appearances?

One of those Super Bowls saw Brady and company losing to Philadelphia, the Patriot opponent during “Tom Brady Day.” The Eagles jumped out to a quick 16-0 lead on Sept. 10, but the Pats to came back and almost won the game in the last minute, before falling 25-20.

The Pats announced that for Brady they’d waive the five-year Patriot Hall of Fame waiting period to induct Patriot contributors.

No arguments there. And in less than five years Brady will be enshrined in Canton, Ohio, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That should be a fun day.

With Aaron Rodgers’ injury in his first game for the Jets putting him out for the season, there was speculation that the 46-year-old Brady would sign with the New York team, but that didn’t happen and shouldn’t happen. Imagine seeing him in a Jets uniform. And he couldn’t even wear

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atively immobile pocket passer, throwing the ball away countless times. He was sacked a record 565 times. Imagine if he was half the scrambler that Fran Tarkenton was. Or Donovan McNab. Or Michael

#12 there, as the Jets retired that number in honor of Joe Willie Namath.

Brady’s legacy is secure, not only concerning the all-important team successes, but also regarding the individual marks that quantify his successes.

Consider the alltime NFL records that Brady can claim:

• Most games won by a player: 251

• Most games played by a non-kicker: 335

• Most games started by a skill position player: 333

• Most division titles: 19 (17 with New England, 2 with Tampa Bay)

• Fourth quarterback to beat all 32 teams

• Best touchdown to interception ratio in a season: 28:2 (2016)

• Oldest quarterback to lead the league in passing yards: 44 (5,316 yards: 2021)

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win NFL MVP: 40

• Most career passing yards: 89,214

• Most career pass completions: 7,753

• Most career passing attempts: 12,050

• Most career touchdown passes: 649

• Most career passing yards with one team: 74,571

• Most career pass completions with one team: 6,377

• Most career passing attempts with one team: 9,988

• Most career passing touchdowns with one team: 541

• Most Pro Bowl selections: 15

• Most seasons as passing touchdowns leader: 5

• Most 4th quarter comebacks: 46

• Most game-winning drives: 58

• Longest pass-play: 99 yards, tied (2011)

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Sometimes the simple things in life are not always so simple. Take Egg Salad for instance, one would think that the simple act of making Egg Salad is, well… simple. But actually, this is not always so; particularly if you´re a chicken. This minor inconvenience aside, when you stop and think about what really goes into making egg salad, it is, like anything else, a process.

First you need to procure eggs. And, if you are fortunate enough to keep chickens, this can still be a dicey endeavor. Have you ever tried to deftly coax eggs out from under a broody hen who would like nothing better than to take a finger off at the first, second, or third joint? But, short of this feat, she is content to try and bore a hole through the back of my hand with her beak. Attempting to ward off what I can only assume she mistakenly considers to be amorous advances, my innocent blind groping beneath her numerous petticoats for eggs is just that; the gathering of eggs. Nothing more!

Then, there is the rooster to contend with.

Stirred up by the squabble going on in the nesting box, he too assumes that there is an unlawful malfeasance taking place upon one of his harem and is all too willing to sound the alarm. Which in turn draws a cacophonous cavalcade from the rest of the hen population who were, up to that point, roosting comfortably or quietly milling about aimlessly doing whatever it is chickens do to get ready to settle in for the night.

If I am successful, returning from the nightly foray relatively unscathed with a clutch of eggs, the next hurdle is the wife. Greedy for eggs, she has them bartered off before they are laid. And woe unto he who eats one of these precious commodities without just cause. I made this mistake long

ago, consenting to this whole keeping of chickens nonsense under the misguided notion that there would be eggs aplenty. “As long as you guys take care of them and they earn their keep!” I believe these were my exact words, figuring it was a “Fool’s Bet,” knowing full well that the brood would get tired of taking care of chickens. And the mother of said brood would get tired of keeping after said brood about taking care of chickens. But, I was young, foolish, and new to this husbandry stuff, both the fine art of animal husbandry and of being a husband, say nothing of fatherhood. All of them had me duped into thinking I was lord and master of my castle and all I surveyed. HA! Oh how we men are a gullible lot

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I approached close enough to get a few shots with my telephoto lens extended out to its maximum. With the storm clouds now overhead and the birds already feeling the many stresses of migration, I did not approach too closely and risk flushing the birds. They need all the energy they can muster for their travels south.

I am fortunate that a few species of waterfowl fit onto my ever-growing list of “one of my favorite birds.” Waterfowl often gather in large flocks, so I have seen many huge gatherings of common mergansers and hooded mergansers, two of my other favorite birds. This was the first time I was lucky enough to find a big group of American oystercatchers. It was almost surreal to see so many together like that. I hope all of those birds reach their southern destination safely, wherever that may be. Oystercatchers, according to the books I’ve read, typically overwinter along the coast in southern U.S., so I would imagine their ultimate destination would be somewhere in the Carolinas or Florida. I look forward to their return in the spring. Maybe I will get lucky and find them in great numbers again as they return to their breeding grounds.

The fall migration may not have the notoriety of the spring migration, but there is a lot to see out there in the weeks ahead. As always, let me know what you find out there.

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The average American spends 90% of his or her time indoors, where clean, pure air can be taken for granted. While some people check the weather forecast for smog and pollen count to find out the status of outdoor air, many homeowners haven’t thought about air quality inside their homes.

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There are so many reasons to love daffodils. These springblooming bulbs aren’t fussy about where they are planted. They come back to bloom again year after year and are not bothered by deer, rabbits, or other garden pests. But there’s also a whole world of beautiful daffodils beyond the classic yellow ones. Daffodils are available in unusual flower styles and unexpected colors that can bring a whole new look to spring gardens.

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Double-Check the Components: It’s important to give your generator a thorough check for any damage that may have occurred while stored. Make sure nothing is out of place and there is no corrosion or rust in critical areas. Rodents, bugs, and birds are also known to nest in engines, so clear any pest debris before operation. Manual choking to bring more fuel into the engine on an electric-start generator may also help with low temperature starting.

Maintenance: To ensure that your winterizing efforts have worked, regularly check up on your generator, running it for five minutes to ensure that it’s fully operational. Take this time to double check any of the above concerns and rest assured that your backup plan is in its best condition for an outage.

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(BPT) - If you’ve been thinking about making improvements to your home and dreaming of the possibilities, you may be imagining expensive renovations or a complete design overhaul. But the truth is, you can start with smaller projects that offer a big impact. For example, one simple but effective and budgetfriendly project that’s frequently overlooked is updating your window coverings. This easy upgrade can have a significant effect on the aesthetics, energy savings and even safety of your living spaces.

Here are four compelling reasons why you should consider updating your window coverings first.

1. Enhanced Aesthetics. Window coverings serve as both functional and decorative elements, and they are highly visible both indoors and from the outside. You’ve probably already observed how outdated or worn-out curtains, blinds or shades can bring down the overall appearance of a room. By updating your window treatments, you can instantly infuse a fresh look that will complement your interior design style.

The good news is that your window treatments don’t have to match the walls or trim. You can choose

contrasting colors from your existing walls or trim, or select a neutral color like off-white that will complement any decor. Especially if you’re envisioning making renovations like painting or wallpapering a room fairly soon, you’ll know that more neutral colors will likely go with any interior design choices you make in the future.

2. Improved Energy Efficiency. With energy costs on the rise, it’s important to consider how your window coverings may be affecting the ener gy efficiency of your home.

One smart move is upgrading to energyefficient window attachment products, such as those certified by the Attachments

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4. Safety Improvements. Kids in the home? If you have

corded window coverings, you may not realize that you have what the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) calls one of the “top hidden hazards in the home” as they may pose a strangulation risk to infants and young children. Some homes may also have older window coverings which may not be recognized as a danger

by new homeowners. It’s important to take notice of the window coverings wherever children live or visit, and make necessary safety updates. It’s easier than ever to “go cordless.” Just look for products marked with the Best For Kids™ logo. Products with this logo either have no cords, no operating cords or

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overall look, as well as contributing to its energy efficiency, comfort, safety and security. Refreshing your window coverings can be a straightforward, quick and impactful first step in renovating any of the rooms in your home.

when you don’t want to open windows or in addition to opening windows.

Additionally, if you need to paint an item, do it outside whenever possible. Also keep windows open when using harsh cleaning products.

Source Control

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nials. Tete a Tete has perky, bright yellow blossoms and grows just 7” tall. Tete Boucle is similar in size, but its double flowers display layers of yellow, gold, and green petals.

Jet Fire is another outstanding miniature daffodil. It has bright orange trumpets and golden yellow sweptback petals and is a great small-scale naturalizer in the landscape. Minnow is an adorable little gem with pale-yellow petals and bright yellow trumpets. Sundisc’s petite flowers have pale yellow petals and

an almost flat, deep yellow trumpet. Miniature daffodils are a particularly good choice for perennials gardens, where they won’t overwhelm neighboring plants. For more on these and other unique daffodils, see Longfield Gardens Types of Daffodils to Know and Grow. With so many daffodil varieties to choose from, you are sure to find new ways to add spring beauty to your yard and gardens.

Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including the recently

released Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, 2nd Edition and Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD instant video series and the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine. Her website is www. MelindaMyers.com.

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12 eggs

EGG SALAD

Servings: 6-8 Time: About 90 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 Cup Mayo or ¨Salad Dressing¨ Mayo

TT* Salt

TT* Black Pepper (fine grind)

— Preparation —

- Into a large pot place the dozen eggs and run cool water over them until covered plus about an inch or so leaving room for the boil.

- Place the pot of eggs on high heat and bring to a boil, then start the timer for ten minutes.

- After a ten minute boil, remove the eggs from the heat and drain off the hot water. Jostle the eggs in the empty pan to crack the eggs and then fill the pot with cool water. Run the water until the eggs are cool enough to handle without getting burned.

- With eggs in the tepid water to cool, peel the eggs under water. Rinse the eggs as you go and set them aside in a bowl.

- Once finished, place the bowl in the fridge for about an hour to cool.

- In a dry bowl, with clean hands crush each egg ( or you can use a butter knife or fork or pastry cutter or potato masher) to create a large coarse ¨crumb¨. (or your desired consistency)

- Add mayo, salt, and pepper and mix well with a rubber spatula. Taste and adjust if needed.

- Make a sandwich and enjoy!

*(TT is To Taste)

ket egg is an older egg. Not that you would notice a significant difference nowadays as the time it takes from farm to table has made significant inroads (pun intended). But, at one time, to steal a line from Bob Hanaford Smith Sr., “not so long ago” the differences between a cheap supermarket egg and a farm fresh egg were most evident. A farm fresh egg would, when raw and cracked onto a plate, hold together. Whereas a supermarket egg that had sat in some storehouse for weeks waiting to be shipped, thus being older, would become watery and when cracked onto a plate, the white would run. Too, the typical fresh yolk has more yellow luster, almost a deep sunny orange to it, while a cheap store bought egg yolk would be a pale mellow yellow.

Many factors are the reason for these differ-

ences but the biggest culprit is “time.” Time takes its toll on everything, and in the case of protein, time is a factor whose effects can only be slowed, as it works to break down an egg’s composition over time. But conversely, as eggs break down they let off gasses, and these gasses help the cheap supermarket egg, when boiled, become easier to peel than its fresher counterpart. So, I welcome the inexpensive (by comparison) supermarket egg for Egg Salad. Anything that makes life easier is always welcome!

Another “secret” to peeling eggs, I have found, is after boiling them, drain the hot water from the pot, jostle the pot about a bit to crack the eggs, and then run the eggs under cool water and let them sit as you peel each in turn under water. The shells seem to come off much easier. And, after peel-

ing, while held in your hand, with a little swish in the water, any shell fragments tend to come off so much easier.

The task of peeling done, let your eggs cool for a while in the fridge. Tuck them into the back at about level with the cool air flow for an hour or two. My favorite thing to do is leave them uncovered in a bowl until someone comes home and opens the fridge. Nothing like a cold smack of sulfur in the face to shake the olfactory senses from their slumber. Absolutely breathtaking! (To say the least.)

So, what goes into Egg Salad? Well, recipes differ, but considering that Egg Salad is a ¨bound¨ salad this means it needs a binder. The binder of choice is typically mayonnaise. In addition to this I have heard of everything from dill and sweet pickles to powdered mustard and paprika being added

chopped pickles in my Egg Salad, which was rather tasty (Thanks Doug!), in this house we are purists, only faltering slightly, using a whipped salad dressing rather than pure mayo. Having said that, with the proper chill on your eggs, grab the ¨mayo¨ and grab the salt and pepper because it’s time to make Egg Salad. What follows is a simple recipe. Measure -

ments will vary depending upon individual tastes and desired textures. The rule is simple: start with less, you can always add more, but seldom can you subtract once an ingredient is in the bowl. And with that said, it is time to end where this story began, as I must go collect eggs for yet another Simple Feast.

Enjoy!

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to Egg Salad, and even roe has been mixed into Egg Salad. Roe, by the way, is fish eggs, and not to be confused with Caviar. Caviar is to roe what Cognac is to brandy. And both are a lesson for another time, so let us keep our focus as well as our composure and move on. While I can attest to having had

at the AMC’s Greenleaf Hut where I had a piece of coffee cake to augment the apple I’d had for breakfast. It was still over a mile to the summit, which was shrouded in clouds, but I topped off my canteen and headed up, hoping the strong winds would blow away the clouds. Which is what happened!

The payoff was as hoped. Spectacular views all around. I chatted up other hikers at the summit, got the requisite fabulous photos and headed south on the ridge trail. It was glorious. I stopped again atop Mt. Lincoln en route to Little Haystack and thanked the hiking gods for my good fortune. So often these peaks are clouded over, to the great disappointment of hikers hoping to get that million-dollar view. Ask anyone who’s ever climbed Mt. Washington.

It was after 3 p.m. when I got to Little Haystack to head down Falling Waters Trail. I was beat and didn’t

relish putting my body into permanent first gear while carefully making my way down. While the route is listed as a trail, it is really

a tricky steep descent from rock to boulder to rock. Not enjoyable for my 68-year-old knees, but part of the price for the spectacular views

which I’d just enjoyed.

I slowly and carefully made my way down and eventually came to a trail intersection. I was so intent at watching every step and avoiding injury that I inadvertently took a side trail down to a scenic vista. When the trail ended, I realized my error.

The Trouble Starts

I should have just headed back up and resumed my descent on Falling Waters. But instead, I decided to “bushwhack” and angle back to the main trail. It turned out to be one of the worst mistakes of my life. Veteran hikers know how impenetrable the vegetation and terrain can be if one abandons a trail. My hubris got the best of me.

I plowed through the ever-thickening biomass and was soon utterly exhausted. Retracing my steps was an increasingly un -

palatable option so I plowed ahead, angling up the slope. I wished I’d brought a machete. I sat down and drained the last of my water. I then realized I was in deep, deep trouble, as the sun sank lower on the horizon.

A Phone Call

My spouse Beth was in Portland, Oregon, for an eye operation, three hours behind White Mountain time. I’d planned on calling around 4:30 p.m. when her procedure was over, so I deployed my cell phone (what a great invention) and checked in. Beth explained that the surgery went fine and asked what I was up to.

“I’m heading down from a hike on Franconia Ridge,” I explained. “I thought I’d try some bushwhacking, but I bit off more than I could chew so it might be a while before I get down. Feel free to send some happy thoughts my way.”

I said goodbye and turned off my phone to save precious battery power. I sat on a rock in a dense thicket, completely dehydrated and with no water. I felt the first twinges of panic.

A Decision

I could gamble and press on and bushwack north where I knew I’d eventually hit the Falling Waters Trail. But it had taken me 15 minutes to cover 100 yards and I was dying of thirst. I opted to head south, down to a ravine where there was a mountain stream and water. I knew I had no choice.

The treacherous bushwacking continued, but at least I was going downhill. The occasional slips and falls were terrifying, as I knew a broken leg or a fractured skull

would leave me in a near-inaccessible place. I dreaded the notion of search parties looking for me the next day— an especially mortifying and embarrassing scenario for a former Marine Corps infantry officer. But I still had a precious bit of juice in my sleeping cell phone. I got to the stream and hydrated. (Of course, this created a risk of contracting Giardiasis, an illness caused by parasites commonly found in untreated mountain water, especially in late summer.) And yes, there were the omnipresent summer insects. I turned on my phone and saw I had two messages, one from my brother (Jim) and one from a legislator friend (LF). I called Jim back and he asked if I was okay. Beth had obviously made a couple calls from the west coast. She knew me well enough to know that for me to ask her to send some “happy thoughts” meant that I must be in deep trouble—which was true.

I called Jim and explained that I was not lost. I knew right where I was, but I was way off the trail. I was completely exhausted but now had water.

“This stream will eventually take me down to the valley. But it’s a real slow go. I may have to hunker down at dark and come out in the morning, just to be safe. I’ll be fine. My phone’s about out of juice so I’ll turn it off, but I’ll message you with an update later. Hopefully I’ll keep reception in the gorge I’m heading into.”

Before turning off my phone I clicked on the map ap. A blue dot showed my position. Still well up on the mountain, right in a ravine. The stream eventually led to Cloud-

Mike Moffett on Mt. Lafayette, before his August 31 hike “went south.”

land Falls, where Falling Waters trail could be accessed. But I was completely spent after hiking for nine hours. I wished I’d eaten more than an apple and some coffee cake. And the stream was really a raging torrent. The vegetation and terrain made things nearly impassable. I was screwed.

I pondered how hellish jungle warfare must have been for Marines and soldiers. At least no one was shooting at me, and I didn’t have to drag along a wounded buddy.

But there was still some daylight left. I drank some water and started taking tiny steps. I was cut up and bruised but didn’t want to sit there all night. It took me 20 minutes to go 100 yards, but I kept moving. The sun set but I eventually could see the falls. There was still enough light in the gloaming/twilight/dusk to keep moving.

When I got to the falls, I could make out a marker on the other side of the gorge. The trail!

Unfortunately, I was on the wrong side of the ravine. I had to figure out how to get across in the near dark. I could go back upstream to a place that was fordable, but I didn’t have the energy to climb again. I could pick my way downstream, but I’d still have to scale a steep, slippery slope through dense thickets. Plan C meant a couple of long jumps to get across.

I opted for Plan C. The first jump went okay. The second jump did not, and I plunged eight feet into the rushing water. But I was still in one piece and crawled up to the trail.

Darkness

I turned my cell phone on. I hoped to use it to

provide a bit of light, but it was dying out. I used the last of its juice to text Jim that I was fine and on the trail. But I was not fine. It was getting dark, and I still had a long way to climb down. The moon wouldn’t come up for a couple hours. I gingerly took baby steps and slowly edged my way down. It was nearly pitch dark but there was enough “ambient” light to carefully keep moving.

Eventually the trail crossed a stream. Hikers could step or hop from rock to rock to cross—in the daylight.

I was not about to try to blindly jump from rock to rock in the dark. I had that aversion to broken legs and fractured skulls. So, I got down on all fours and crossed the stream in that fashion. I made it but I was now totally drenched. With temperatures heading down to 40 degrees I now had to contend with hypothermia in addition to exhaustion, dehydration, hunger, and the countless cuts and bruises from the hours of bushwhacking. I sat on a rock on the side of the stream in despair. If only I’d packed even one candy bar.

I continued feeling my way down the trail when I saw a light moving way below!

“Hey!” I yelled.

“Is that you Colonel?” was the response.

It was Jim!

Also a former Marine, Jim was imbued with that USMC ethos of not leaving people behind. He’d driven all the way up from Concord. Also a hiker, he was familiar with Falling Waters Trail and figured he’d link up with me, after he knew I’d regained that trail. We still had a long way to go, but at least we could see where we were step -

ping.

Soon we saw another light coming up the trail. It was LF! I preempted my friend’s inevitable jibes and ex-

plained I was never lost, but just got stuck. Eventually we got to the parking lot, just as the moon came up.

Success!

The experience left me beaten up but very grateful as well as humbler, wiser, and better.

My belief in guardian angels was reinforced. My angel was probably as exhausted as I was. I profusely thanked my rescuers and suggested we keep the whole episode quiet—just between us. But later, upon further reflection, it occurred to me that there may be some value in sharing some lessons learned for those considering hiking in the White Mountains, where hundreds have died with countless more injured because of poor planning or dubious decision-making. Eat breakfast. Bring extra socks and clothes. Bring extra water. Bring something to eat. Charge your cell phone. Bring a head lamp. Don’t hike alone. AND DON’T BUSHWHACK!

There will forever be lessons to be learned, no matter how old one gets!

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Mike Moffett at the summit of Mt. Lafayette.

America in their Quest for Power and How We Can Defeat Them, and 25 Lies Exposing Democrats Most Dangerous, Seductive, Damnable, Destructive Lies and How to Refute Them which both became Amazon #1 bestsellers.

Vince’s upcoming book from Posthill/Simon & Schuster Crime Inc. will be released in early October. He has appeared numerous times on Hannity, The Laura Ingraham Show, Newsmax, OAN, Tucker Carlson Show, The Joe Pags Show, The Brian Kilmeade Show, The Howie Carr Show, and many other radio and television programs.

Vince is a member of Project 21 and has written numerous articles for American Greatness

magazine, Bizpacreview. com, and other publications. Vince is also the

producer and writer of the recently released documentary Will You

Go To Hell For Me?

Vince Ellison is America’s most fearless truth teller. Agree or disagree with his thesis, openminded readers must grapple with the persuasive power of his arguments, his mastery of facts, and his passionate love for mankind and our Creator.

As a young man, Ellison began his career in the belly of the beast — as a prison guard working in the worst cellblock imaginable — the one housing mass murderers, rapists, child molesters, and others who would never be released, and whose crimes would never be redeemed in this world. Vince Ellison saw the face of evil up close. He knows it like few of us ever could.

And it was to his dismay and sadness that he has seen that same evil later in life. This time, not in the faces of hardened, incarcerated criminals. But rather in the eyes of the leaders of the Democratic party. In this stunningly persuasive work, Vince marshals his own experience and couples it with a learned and original analysis to conclude that the leaders of America’s “progressive” party aren’t just wrong on their policy stances— they are deliberately and intently destructive.

Ellison painstakingly dismantles the twenty-five lies underlying Democratic policies and arguments and provides readers with the tools they need to understand and refute these myths and deceptions. Finally, Ellison implores his fellow Americans and Christians to open their eyes to the damage being done to the nation’s heart and soul in the name of progressivism.

Will You Go To Hell For Me?

This is a powerful documentary that exposes

the pernicious grip the Democrat Party has on the inner-city black community.

The major thesis of this documentary is that one cannot be a Christian while at the same time vote for Democrat candidates and support the anti-Chrisitan programs of the Democrat Party. Doing so will send you to Hell. Vince contends that the Democrat Party is the evilest institution in the history of the world and makes a strong case in defense of his claim.

Vince says that the Democrat Party controls every whorehouse and crack house in the black community. He lays the blame of this control on three groups of people: black politicians, the black clergy that deliver the votes (with notable exceptions), and black social workers who fuel the flames of racism and the idea that blacks are victims of white oppression.

It is necessary to point out that Vince isn’t a shill for the Republican Party. Many Republicans support the agenda, and have made an unwritten treaty with the Democrats to leave the black communities alone. This is evident by the lack of support the Republican National Committee gives to black Republicans contesting Congressional seats in black communities.

The most controversial aspect of this documentary, and why readers may be hearing about it for the first time, is Vince’s condemnation of Martin Luther King. While most Americans have been led to believe that King was a noble man, Vince isn’t afraid to condemn him.

Vince exposes King as a pro-communist and a supporter of Planned Parenthood. King, as Vince reveals, was the first recipient of the

Margaret Sanger Award named after the racist founder of Planned parenthood who launched the infamous “Negro Project.” Sanger considered blacks to be inferior and enlisted black clergy and black doctors to promote birth control. The Negro Project has been successful beyond Sanger’s wildest dreams.

Vince tells the story of how liberal Democrat U.S. Senator Patrick Moynihan, concerned about the high rate of single parent households-about 20%in the mid-1960s - visited King and his fellow Civil Rights activists insisting that Civil Rights bills must promote the father in the household. This idea was so widely rejected by King and his colleagues, that Moynihan said that he was lucky to get out of that meeting alive. Today, thanks in part to the Civil Rights and Welfare reform legislation, black single parent households are close to 80%, and few have the political courage to discuss the issue.

Vince believes that if a sizable minority of black voters stop voting for Democrats, the party will never win national elections. This explains why Democrat leaders constantly promote racial division and hatred. He is committed to bring black and white Christians together fully realizing that both groups have much in common, and by working together, our nation can be healed.

We are making plans to bring Vince to New England for some speaking engagements. Readers who would like to help make that happen are urged to contact me.

My E-mail is campconstitution1@gmail. com Tel # (857) 4981309.

the tiny hairs not only detect the sound, but also tell the fish which direction the sound came from. Think of it like when the wind blows the hair on your head, if you have any. You know that there is wind and you can tell which way the wind is blowing.

Some of my favorite noise-making lures include the Rattlin’ Blade Spoon and Leech Flutter Spoon from Clam Outdoors. These lures are designed to make noise using rattles, or simply by the noise they make fluttering through the water column. The more surface area a lure has, the more water it displaces when jigging it, and therefore more noise. Some lures are not designed to make noise, but will when used properly. Tungsten jigs heads are a great example. When bounced

or dragged along the bottom, tungsten will make more noise than lead since it is 30% more dense. Give noisy lures a try the next time you’re out fishing, you might be pleasantly surprised, and don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Making noise isn’t something that works for all fish or in all situations, but it’s definitely something I keep in my bag of tricks.

Tim Moore is a fulltime licensed professional fishing guide in New Hampshire. He owns and operates Tim Moore Outdoors, LLC. He is a member of the New England Outdoors Writers Association, and the producer of TMO Fishing on YouTube and the Hooked with TMO Fishing Podcast. Visit www.TimMooreOutdoors.com for more information.

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Vick. Or current Eagle QB Jalen Hurts. Brady would not only be the GOAT, but the GOAT of GOATS!

(GOAT = “Greatest of All Time.”)

If the Patriots could have only got that last minute touchdown to win on Sept. 10, it would have been some great icing on the Tom Brady Day cake.

Okay. Now New England coach Bill Belichick and Company need to “Cowboy Up” and try to deal with spoiled Patriot fans’ outsized expectations in the post-Brady era.

On to Cincinnati?

Sports Quiz

What season saw Tom Brady play only one game for the Patriots? (Answer follows)

Born Today

That is to say, sports standouts born on September 21 include

NBA forward Rick Mahorn (1958) and MLB slugger Cecil Fielder (1963).

Sports Quote

“The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.” – Tom Brady

Sports Quiz Answer

Tom Brady was injured in Game 1 of the 2008 season and didn’t play again until 2009. The Pats finished 11-5 in 2008 and missed the playoffs for the only time between 2002 and 2020.

State Representative Mike Moffett was a Sports Management Professor for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the awardwinning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available on Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net

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the building were what would now be called primitive toilet facilities, or an inside outhouse. There were lattice walls with open spaces to the outside in the passage from the woodshed to the toilet area, and the snow would blow in onto the floor during winter storms. About the only things in the classroom operated by electricity were the lights hanging from the ceiling. If there were any electrical outlets on the walls, they were few in number.

By my time we had a full school year as do today’s children, but, to look back to earlier times, at the turn of century from the 19th to the 20th, that was not the way it was.

The New Hampton Town Report for 1897-8 lists the amount of money raised for schools as being $820 as required by law, with an “extra school money” of $300.

Still the length of the school year consisted of a term of ten weeks in the spring and twelve weeks in the fall, or a total of 110 days minus

any holidays. It was stated that there were not sufficient funds for another term, though an added term was anticipated for the next

year.

School #3, the future “Hanaford School,” had Eva R. Sanborn as teacher, with an enrollment of 14 pupils in the Spring, and 15 in the Fall term, with 7 of those in the Spring term having perfect attendance, compared with 2 in the Fall.

In 1904 the town still had 12 weeks of schooling in the Spring term and 10 weeks in the Fall. The School Board reported that there were plenty of funds for a longer term, “but owing to many parents prefering the help of their children to their education, we deemed it expedient for a shorter Fall term.” And, yes, they misspelled preferring.

The report also read, “At times the school rooms are in excellent order and on such days such a calm was never more delightful; then again all the ungovernableness of undisci-

Report by town school boards and school superintendents concerning one-room schoolhouse education included assessment of teacher performance, student behavior, and building conditions with the importance of regular attendance emphasized.

plined young America causes a regular hurricane. Is there any cause for this state of affairs?...There is not sufficient painstaking on the part of parents to visit the schools, and thus learn for themselves what is trying to be done there.”

By the year 1928 the town provided for 36 weeks of schooling, though the District Superintendent pointed out that there were not 36 weeks or 180 full days of teaching because ten half days of school resulted in a week’s worth of missed teaching. He also indicated that “The problem of keeping the schools running in the winter is no longer the serious one that it was before the days of the tractor snow plow,” Before the tractor snow plow snow-covered roads were rolled over by horse-drawn rollers to flatten the snow rather than plowing it to the side.

Having been in the neighborhood, my father and probably my

grandfather attended the same one-room school I did. Coming from the city and a graduate of Plymouth Normal School, my Mother was a teacher at the Hanaford School before her marriage to my Dad. Besides Thanksgiving and Christmas, school holidays in my childhood included Fast Day in April and Armistice Day on November 11th (now Veteran’s Day). We observed Columbus Day but didn’t have a holiday from school, a fact I always regretted because October 12th was also Sandwich Fair day.

The old-fashioned schoolhouse with oldfashioned learning may have had its limitations, but additional country learning took place outside of that one-room: in the home, the woodshed, the barn, the fields, and the forest.

Old clay marbles from before my school days. We played with glass marbles in the 1940’s-50’s. These may have been used at the Hanaford school because they were from that neighborhood. Maybe my Dad or perhaps more likely my grandfather played with these

president. Thanks to whistleblowers, we know that the Biden DOJ attempted to cut a sweetheart deal with Hunter Biden to end any investigation into these matters. In this case, the cover-up may be just as bad as the crime.

In the end, the American voters will give their verdict on Biden; with Democrats in control of the Senate, he won’t be removed from office. But Republicans are right to remind Americans that Biden isn’t a decent man restoring honor to the Oval Office. He’s a career-long corrupt politician who simply got lucky in his enemies at the right time.

Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and cofounder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is “The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.” To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

old bicycle” and I am smelling that corrosion and feeling clammy from the fog. McKinty is one of the best at setting the mood of the time and the place. In this seventh Sean Duffy novel it is January 1990 and Northern Ireland is changing albeit very slowly. A cinema has reopened in Carrick, but Sean still checks for bombs under his car. Sean is adjusting notwithstanding the bomb check. He is a father now and he wants to protect Beth and Emma. Sean looks forward to a safer and calmer life in Portpatrick, but it is hard to leave Coronation Road where he has finally become friends with his Protestant neighbors. “All is flux.” “All is change” muses Sean. Sean’s job is changing, too. Not only will he be a part-timer as soon as he closes the case of the missing Traveller girl, but he will be the primary handler of a triple agent. The mood is a contrast of gloom and corruption, anticipation and transformation, and McKinty writes it deftly.

Reengaging with Duffy and his mates is always satisfying. Sean is the flawed, brave, and just hero with love for his family and friends and an inane sense of

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cans as a whole to do soul searching to take inventory of our own moral behavior.

Per Gallup, in 1950, the percentage of Americans who said they have no religion was close to 0. In 2001, it was 8%. Today, that figure has increased to 21%.

In 1996, 27% supported the idea of legalized same-sex marriage. Today, that figure stands at 71%

In 2000, 8%, per Gallup, said abortion should be legal in the third trimester of pregnancy. Today that percentage has almost tripled to 22%.

The transgender issue was not even part of the national discussion in 2001. Today, it receives major attention.

Per a new study re-

leased by my organization, CURE, “The Trans Youth Phenomenon: Critiques and Hard Questions,” the incidence of youth identifying as transgender “has substantially increased.”

As traditional morals decline, we adopt a new religion of government. In 2001, federal government spending as percent of GDP was 17.6%. In 2022, it was up to 24.6%.

Bloated government slows our growth. GDP grew from 2000 to today, on average, 2% per year. From 1950 to 1999, the average was 3.6%.

Regarding national security, all the spending makes us less secure because it puts pressure on the defense budget.

I think Falwell and Robertson did the na-

tion a favor in 2001 to say we must look inside as well as outside. If we did, and we made corrections where, according to biblical standards, we were headed in the wrong direction, we would be a stronger nation today.

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“You should be rolling in money,” I say to Greenlee.

“I don’t know about that,” he replies. “There’s a lot to do out there.”

Politicians like to do “a lot” with other people’s money. Philadelphia spent $4 million of the soda tax money on an office of Arts and Culture, and “hip-hop dance instruction that teaches youth empowerment.”

When I scoffed at that, Greenlee said, “The Office of Arts and Culture does a very good job.”

Bruno’s customers aren’t convinced. “Like we need that!” exclaims Robinson, sarcastically. “People are trying to live!”

I told him that the politicians said they need more money.

“Stop stealing!” he responds.

I don’t know that Philadelphia politicians steal, but councilmembers make $121,000 a year, three times the local median income.

“I don’t think that’s terribly unusual for elected officials,” Greenlee says.

Sadly, he’s right.

Five years later, Greenlee is no longer in government. Restaurant owner Robinson still sells pizza. He survived the soda tax.

Philadelphia did use some of the soda tax money to open preschools. Whether the schools are well-run -or just waste -- I don’t know.

Most of the tax money did not go for education. Most was just dumped into the city’s general fund.

Now the politicians spend it on whatever they want.

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There are three primary reasons.

One is that the average liberal has no idea what the Left is doing to the country. Whenever I relate a left-wing action or position to liberal friends or relatives, they almost all say, “That’s crazy,” and thereby dismiss the action or position as that of a handful of weirdos. Most liberals have no idea what leftists are doing to deprive children of their sexual innocence: Ask any liberal in your life if they know what “Drag Queen Story Hour” is, or that professors have to take oaths committing themselves to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in order to obtain or retain employment. In fact, I suspect few liberals even know what “DEI” stands for. Liberals read only The New York Times or The Washington Post or some other major urban newspaper and they only watch CNN and listen to NPR. Therefore, liberals know almost nothing about the Left.

The second reason is most liberals have

chosen to believe that the Democratic Party is still the party of John F. Kennedy. They are fooling themselves. It is the party of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, George Soros and teachers unions.

The third reason is liberals have been brainwashed from their youth to believe that Republicans represent “the rich” and that “Right” is synonymous with “fascist.” The opposite is true: it is the Democratic Party they reflexively vote for that represents the interests of the wealthy and that is stealthily and steadily imposing fascism — the merger of state and corporate power.

For these reasons, it is the nice liberal who is enabling the vile Left to destroy the country many liberals still love.

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