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Thursday, November 4, 2021 • Page 4A
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Alan Landers
Insidious... Let's
Go, Democrats
"Insidious"... having a gradual
and cumulative effect; subtle... as a
disease developing so gradually as to
be well established before becoming
apparent... awaiting a chance to en
trap; treacherous... harmful but entic
ing; seductive but destructive.
Insidious is close to a one-word
definition of Joe Biden and the Radi
cal Democrat Party and the mayhem
they have wrought on America. They
seduce the masses with promises/lies
of free this/free that. They will say/do
anything regardless of the chaos and
damage caused to achieve their goals.
What we call destroying the country
and THEY call transforming America.
There was a time I had some sym
pathy for Biden's mental state, know
ing that many/all of us will eventually
suffer some decline... that time is
over. He has proven to be just a bitter,
warped, twisted, vicious old man that
will say/do anything to advance his
own self-serving agenda, no matter
the cost to the American people or the
country.
Knowing that Biden is being
propped up/controlled/manipulated
into being a puppet for players behind
the scenes by the
Obama/Hillary/Deep State per
manent bureaucracy operatives at
federal agencies that are actually run
ning the show, which they are, gave
Joe some cover for a time.
But now Biden owns the vicious
attacks, assaults, lies, and insults on
everything decent and right, whatever
sympathy may have existed has
turned to outright disgust and out
rage to many that a few months ago
voted for him. Spitting in our face at
every opportunity.
From labeling anyone that didn't
vote for him a white supremacist, to
more recently calling anyone that
hasn't been vaccinated a killer, this
husk of a human being, some call
President, is a disgusting, pathetic
disgrace to all things decent.
A spontaneous/grass roots phe
nomena that sprang up on its own is
sweeping the country shows more
and more decent hard-working
Americans of all races and political
persuasions share a contempt for Joe
Biden, and they/we are finally calling
out, standing up to and fighting back
against these tyrants.
Wherever Biden goes he is sure to
hear a rhythmic chant by scores, hun
dreds, multitudes at rallies, his travel
route, at stadiums of "Let's... Go...
Bran... don!!!" It has become an ap
propriate, universal, somewhat hu
morous expression of an explosion of
ridicule, outrage, and disgust at the
man, his policies, and his so-called
leadership.
Let's Go Brandon chant is a syn
onym for a less delicate phrase: F...
Joe... Bi... Den, that was boisterously
chanted by crowds at several large
events recently. A TV anchoret mis
takenly understood the chant as
"Let's Go Brandon," and thus it was
born.
So now, subsequently, every
where Biden goes the chant can be
heard echoing through the streets,
crowds, and canyons.
Thankfully we are experiencing a
Great Awakening of the decent hard
working American people of all races
and all political persuasions that
KNOW what is going on is just flat out
WRONG and will not take it any
more.
What caused this much needed
awakening? Pick your poison:
Was it...
-Watching our fellow Americans
abandoned by our so-called president
and generals to the murdering radical
Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan?
-Was it Biden and the Radical
Democrats killing the American
energy business and now we’re pay
ing $3/$4/$5 a gallon for gas and
begging the cutthroats in the Middle
East/Russia for gas/oil?
-Was it tearing down the wall at
the southern border, allowing mil
lions of unvaccinated illegals to
spread diseases, take jobs from
Americans, while our kids/schools
struggle and our first responders,
nurses, doctors, police, and other he
roes that worked through the pan
demic are fired because of forced
vaccine mandates?
-Was it the Transportation Secre
tary and his husband playing mommy
for months while the supply chain
melted down causing shortages of ev
erything?
-Or maybe it was a pervert
boy/transgender, whatever, in a skirt
violently raping a 16-year-old girl in
B. Waine
Kong, Ph.D., JD
Waine's World:
How to be Happy
for the Rest of Your Life
Give.
Yes. It’s that simple. You don’t
have to give it all away, but be gener
ous. It is simply amazing what these
simple acts of kindness can do for
your soul. I always suspected that
generous people are happy people
who are cherished and loved by
others while stingy selfish people are
unhappy and unpopular. Find me a
miser that is happy. The Grinch was
a very unhappy creature.
A well-designed study just con
firmed my grandmother’s belief that
doing nice things for others feels good
and enhances the life of the receiver
as well as the benefactor. Drs. Phillipe
Tobler and Ernst Fehr from the Uni
versity of Zurich in Switzerland
promised to give $100 to 50 partici-
I have been thinking and stress
ing not so much as the past two
years... this is a small community and
good and bad news travels pretty fast,
especially with our phones and social
pants and told one half to spend it on
themselves and the other half to
spend it on someone else. The doctors
wanted to find out what exactly goes
on in a person’s brain when they en
gage in acts of kindness.
They did an MRI scan on each,
measuring brain activity associated
with social behavior, generosity, and
happiness. Those who agreed to
spend the money on someone else
had much more brain activity associ
ated with happiness during the scan
and the generous subjects even re
ported feeling happier after the ex
periment was completed. Their
anticipated acts of kindness activated
the part of their brain linked to con
tentment.
While we all have a propensity for
media. I mainly stay at home away
from the crowds, tending to my own
business more or less.
I don’t watch a lot of news, but I
stay on top of most current events. I
self-preservation and self-interest,
again, my grandmother was right: It
is better to give rather than to receive.
So, prioritize the needs of others
above your own. People who donate
their organs and participate in blood
drives, volunteer, give money and
personal resources to benefit others,
enjoy more vitality and self-esteem.
People who give are the primary ben
eficiaries of their kindness.
So, go ahead, thank everyone you
helped for the opportunity to please
God. It has been repeatedly shown
that people who are generous and
kind enjoy wonderful long-term rela
tionships. Who wouldn’t want to be
friends with unselfish family and
friends? Personally, helping damsels
in distress brings me the most satis
faction.
By the way, when I tried to talk
my mother into signing her driver’s li
cense to donate her organs, she said:
“Oh ye of little faith. What would have
happened when our Lord and Savior
commanded Lazarus to come forth
and he had to confess that he no
longer had his heart, kidneys, or cor
nea?”
Dr. Tobler says: “It is worth keep
ing in mind that even little things
certainly have my own political views
and I could write a really scorching
article on that... But I’m most proud
of the fact I am now THE BEST TV
CRITIC of all time.
Don’t sit next to me watching
anything because I can tell you how
it’s going to end and what they should
have said... the reason I’m the expert
is due to the fact I try to lose myself in
anything but reality... sad, but true...
A TV in the kitchen and bathroom,
I’m not missing anything... LOL... If I
had a good memory I could teach
YouTube world history, archeology,
anthropology, geology... I watch it
all.... I was watching Life Below 32
have a beneficial effect - like bringing
coffee to one’s office mates... spend
ing money on others can be as effec
tive at lowering blood pressure as
medication and exercise... moreover,
there is a positive association between
helping others and life expectancy...
You don’t need to become a self-sac
rificing martyr to feel better. Just
being a little more generous will suf
fice.”
I am not naive enough to sell gen
erosity as the panacea for all that ails
you. You must still have good health,
a song in your heart, accomplish
something substantial, be able to pay
your bills, and enjoy a good rep
utation. It takes a hundred years to
grow a tree that a chain saw can bring
down in one minute.
With the holiday season upon us,
there are infinite opportunities to be
generous. As the president of the Zoe
Pediatrics Foundation, your tax-de
ductible charitable contribution will
help bring a pediatric dental van to
Middle Georgia. As a trustee at Gor
don College, scholarships help further
students’ educational ambitions.
Drop a little something in the pot at
the Salvation Army, something extra
for the collection plate, and don’t for-
Degrees (not the real name but al
most) and it took me back to my one-
year life south of Butler, Ga.
Sand, they have snow... Bears, we
had rattlesnakes... Bugs... we both
had those... she cried being helicop
tered to her cabin... I cried just know
ing I was leaving my mountain
homeland having to drive three hours
in the boonies... I did meet two very
nice highway patrol officers...” Mam,
do you know how fast you were driv
ing?” Me: “Yes, as soon as I saw you I
looked and it was 70 and I almost had
a heart attack” He said, “Thank you
for being honest, but it was 71 and I’m
giving you a warning. We have a lot of
Elaine Dees
I'm the Best TV
Critic of All Time
the girls’ bathroom at school and
Biden’s Attorney General/Garland
calls the parents that have a problem
with that, among other things, do
mestic terrorists and orders the
DOJ/FBI to investigate the parents.
Sleazy Democrat governor candi
date McAuliffe in Virginia, where this
took place, started it when he com
mitted the mortal sin as a Democrat...
he spoke the truth about the way they
actually feel, saying... “Parents
shouldn’t be telling schools how to
teach their children.” With McAuliffe
spiraling down in the polls, the pedo-
phile/lowlife/losers at the Lincoln
Project supplied some fake
NAZIS/White Supremacists at a rally
for the Republican candidate to help
save McAuliffe, but they blew it by sa
luting Heil Biden!
Then again it could be as we
learned this week, Biden and the Rad
ical Democrats plan on paying illegals
that were detained for ILLEGALLY
crossing OUR BORDER...
$450,000... EACH! FYI... That’s
about $1.8 million per family of four.
Welcome Biden Lotto Winners!
And mucho gracious hard-work
ing Gringos for your generous gift.
Now get your ass back in line for
bread, gas, food, and a job if you can
find it... you/we have masters to
serve.
get your spiritual leader, something
for the elderly gentleman or lady who
lives alone would be nice and please
don’t forget the boy who lives down
the lane. The Christmas stocking fund
could certainly use your help.
I am personally looking forward
to Christmas Lane as well as the
Christmas cantata at First Baptist and
Mountain View Baptist. “For unto us
a child is given. Unto us a child is
born. So come all ye faithful, joyful
and triumphant!!! ”
Not only does being generous
produce a warm glow, it is an effective
antidote for stress. Your happiness is
greatly enhanced by sharing your
bounty. You are not being generous
giving away things you don’t want. As
opposed to buying yourself some
thing nice to feel better, it is so much
more beneficial to be selfless. Pleas
ant feelings and good times will linger
if you make kindness and generosity
a habit. A life of good works produces
happiness and eventually earns you a
welcome into heaven when our Al
mighty will greet you with: “Welcome
good and faithful servant, come in
and claim your reward.”
A generous habit leads to a happy
life and joy forever in the hereafter.
motorcycles this way... be careful”... I
have an Upson County tag... They
probably were on the radio going,
“Breaker, breaker, she’s back down
here again”... it was a 55 remote state
flat out road... kinda like those 1960s
drag strips... Oh well... what sweet
memories and kinda make me laugh.
I’m 100 percent cruise control now.
Back to my expect status on TV
programming... Get ready, it’s all
happening on Hallmark... Thanksgiv
ing love, cupcakes, candy shops,
Christmas sleigh rides... ENDING...
the boy gets the girl and they finally
get a big kiss without interruption...
Every one of them... The end.
Every 10 years following the U.S.
census, states redraw their legislative
districts. It must be done because
population tends to shift. It ensures
equal representation.
Out of this necessity to redraw
our maps, an opportunity for some
thing devious, immoral, and just
plain crooked was born - gerryman
dering. The act of gerrymandering is
to intentionally distort voting districts
to favor the majority political party.
It's not “clever” or a situation where
“to the victor go the spoils." Gerry
mandering weakens democracy.
We condemn the lack of integrity
in government. Part of the reason for
this lack of integrity is that the very
process we use to elect our legisla
tures is tainted from the start. Those
who are elected with the aid of legis
lative gerrymandering and accept the
results of such an election are being
dishonest. They lack integrity. The
more frequently we elect people who
lack integrity, the more treachery be
comes accepted as simply the way
things work.
You want to restore that integrity
to Congress? To the Georgia General
Assembly? It starts with all of us de
manding fair maps. We must have
the moral strength to act honestly and
speak truth even when it may cause
our political party some loss. Elec
tions should be won and loss on the
strength of ideas and the quality of a
candidate's character. What we have
now, and what is being proposed for
redistricting, is a farce.
No one political party owns ger
rymandering. Speaker Tom Murphy
and Georgia Democrats who held the
majority for almost the entirety of the
20th century took liberties with redis
tricting. It was unethical and wrong.
Now we see heinous examples by the
GOP majority in Georgia, North Car
olina, and Texas, among other states.
Not only does gerrymandering strip
the integrity from the election pro
cess, it leads to a more ideologically
divided legislature. We'll use the pro
posed Congressional maps in Georgia
as an example.
In 2018, Democrat Lucy McBath
won Georgia’s 6th Congressional Dis
trict over GOP incumbent Karen
Handel. McBath won re-election in
2020. Also in 2020, Carolyn Bour-
deaux won Georgia's 7th Congres
sional District, which was previously
held by retiring Republican Rob
Woodall. All of these elections were
very close.
In an effort to use gerrymander
ing to win back one of these two seats,
the Georgia GOP has redrawn the
CD-6 to favor a Republican slightly,
but with enough margin to highly
likely win a general election. Ho
wever, the proposed CD-7 would
overwhelmingly favor a Democrat in
a general election. To get to the gen
eral election, however, a candidate
must first win the primary election.
A party's candidate for a general
election is chosen by the very few
voters who show up for primaries;
voters who tend to be a lot more par
tisan than those that vote in general
elections. Bourdeaux - who is a very
moderate Democrat - barely won her
primary in 2020. If the proposed CD-
7 map is adopted, she will likely be
"primaried" by a more partisan Dem
ocrat who will go on win in the gen
eral election.
Next time you wonder why our
legislatures seem so divided, consider
the role of gerrymandering.
The only way to ensure that all cit
izens of Georgia are enfranchised is to
ensure that our voting districts are
fairly established. By creating an in
dependent redistricting commission
to develop district maps that set po
litical district boundaries, we can
begin to eliminate bias.
Let us remove redistricting steps
from partisan politicians, thus miti
gating the unfair advantage enjoyed
by a majority party. Today, in Geor
gia, that is the GOP. But if trends in
voting continue, it will soon be Dem
ocrats. Neither should wield the abil
ity to hold onto office through
gerrymandering. We encourage you
to call your elected officials to de
mand we establish an independent
redistricting commission by law to
draw our maps.
No one wins when an election is
rigged or when voting is made diffi
cult for anyone. Honest voting is the
most fundamental component of lib
erty. Do we have the integrity to de
mand action to protect the process
used for elections? After all, how can
we be a standard bearer of democracy
and justice for the world when we are,
ourselves, unethical?