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The Taylor County News, May 21, 2020, Page 2.
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valori Moore
This is to the Thy lor County High School Class of 2020! I want
all 08 of you to know just how proud your community is of you!
You are amazing!
You have diligently worked to complete years of school to reach
this moment-oh, the knowledge you have in your heads and ex
periences you have had. Those are yours forever! 1 have taken
your pictures and covered your accomplishments and accolades
for many years, so 1 know firsthand that they are many and most
deserved.
You worked so hard, got to the very last part of the last semes
ter of your school career, were ready and set to celebrate—and
the bottom fell out! I'm so sorry the COV1D-19 pandemic came
along and created havoc for you. Many folks would have just sat
down and cried and felt sorry for themselves-but not YOU! You
prevailed in the finest fashion! As the old adage goes, “You took
sour lemons and made lemonade ” You proved what you are made
of-the good of Taylor County stuffl
Every generation has a set of characteristics that "‘labels” the
members. For example, 1 am Generation X, My generation is
labeled as being self-reliant (because we were latchkey kids), in
dependent, adaptable, unimpressed with authority, and angry
(but we don't know r why). 1 take exception to some of that! And,
you are Generation Z, You are known as being sheltered, self-
entitled, and self-absorbed. YOU have proven that to be hog-
wash! You may be a little sheltered, and that w'ould be my
generation’s fault-we arc tho ones who sheltered you. But, you
most definitely are not entitled and self-absorbed! You are self
less, brilliant, understanding, flexible, and just absolutely awe
some! You'Ve learned lessons that it takes most a lifetime (if
ever) to learn. You will go far, and you will be very successful-
you have the mindset, the education, and the tools to do what
ever you want to do! And, I know you will!
Folks in the community have watched how you have handled
this hand you've been dealt. And, you have more than just
handled it—you grabbed the bull by the horns, wrestled it, and
came out on top! You probably will never know how proud we all
are of you!
Way to go, Taylor County High School Class of 2020. We are so
extremely proud of you. Keep on being that shining light for the
world to see! Look out, world, more Taylor County High School
graduates are about to be unleashed on you—and they are pretty
extraordinary and special!
To The Light
Bob wade
Unwittingly
In February 2016, the campaign team supporting Donald
Trump’s bid for president approached Michael Flynn to join
them. He was President Obama’s Director of the Defense In
telligence Agency (military spy chief).
At the Republican National Convention, Flynn gave a speech
that included this passage: “We are tired of Obama’s empty
speeches and his misguided rhetoric. This, this has caused the
world to have no respect for America’s word, nor does it fear
our might.”
He joined a chant of “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
Flynn fired the crowd up by talking disparagingly of the Demo
crat, Clinton. He even led a round of “Lock her up!”
The Obama’s deep-state bureaucrats’ blood boiled with ha
tred of Flynn!
Those haters were cocksure Trump (an amateur politician)
had no chance of winning the election so their fever pitch to
“get even with Mike” cooled.
On November 8,2016, Democrat s were dumbstruck by Ameri
can voter's choice for president!
They received a bigger shock when the president-elect added
Flynn to his transition team!
That group had to stand-up an organization of about 375
people to replace the White House staff at 12:00:01 PM East
ern Standard Time, a mere 72 days away!
Consider this, on January 20, 2001 when the Clinton staff
left the White House, they engaged in petty acts of vandalism
of the White House that included pouring glue on computer
key boards, obscene messages, and others removed the “w”
buttons from computer keyboards of essential equipment.
The Obama staff was even more upset than were the
Clintonites!
One thing however worried them, no, it frightened them to
their core, Michael Flynn, the former military spy chief! He
knew their secrets!
President Trump appointed Flynn as his National Security
Adviser, the chief of the nation’s spy apparatus! Politico, a media
outlet, wrote two days after the 2016 election, ‘Obama hadn’t
planned to spend time in the meeting criticizing Flynn, but it
came up as part of the conversation when the topic of person
nel came up, according to a former Obama administration offi
cial. Accounts differ on bow extensive he got, with one person
familiar with the meeting saying that Obama forcefully told
Trump to steer clear of Flynn.
’This seemed to momentarily give Trump pause, the former
Obama administration official said.”
President Trump however continued the employment of Flynn
as his Director of National Intelligence,
Democrats and Trump-haters intensified their campaign to
sabotage President-elect Donald Trump. Included in that mas
sive group were -James Comcy, Andrew’ McCabe, Peter Strzok,
Lisa Page, and James Clapper.
Scripture Of
The Week
For if, when we were enemies, we
were reconciled to God by the death
of His Son, much more, being recon
ciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Romans 5:10
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John Ligato, a former FBI agent, in his book titled, The Comey
Gang: An Insider?#Look at an FBI in Crisis wrote, “...the Comey
Gang had already determined President Trump’s guilt in some
crime. They kept fishing with a massive net since they lacked
any specific evidence.
“At the time ofthe [Flynn l interview, Strzok had information
on Flynn considered embarrassing but not illegal. Flynn had
spoken with the Russian ambassador during the transition,
which is business as usual but became a crime when Flynn
lied about the context ofthe meeting. Flynn believed the sub
ject matter would be an embarrassment to Trump due to the
fever of Russian collusion. It’s a similar situation when Presi
dent Clinton lied under oath about Monica Lewinsky. Oral sex
is not a crime but highly embarrassing given the circumstances,
so I Clintonl fibbed ”
Ligato later wrote, “Rosenstein allowed Mueller to veer off
course and select targets of opportunities not directly tied to
Russian collusion (the original purpose of the Mueller “witch
hunt”], but w ith connections to President Trump. This is fur
ther proof that Russian collusion was merely the excuse to end
or cripple the Trump presidency.”
Mueller submitted to Judge Emmet Sullivan this: £< 0n De
cember 1, 2017, the defendant pleaded guilty to one count of
making materially false statements to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (“FBI"), in violation of 18 U.S.C, § lOOUa). As
calculated by the United States Probation Office...resulting in
an advisory guideline range of 0-6 months...Given the
defendant’s substantial assistance and other considerations set
forth below, a sentence at the low end of the guideline range-
including a sent ence that does not impose a term of incarcera-
tion-is appropriate and warranted.”
Ligato wrote, “The motto for the Comey Gang could be ‘Any
one can convict the guilty, but it takes hard work to convict the
innocent,’”
He went on to write, “Recent court filings by DOJ clarified
that in order to prove a defendant acted willfully, federal pros
ecutors must show beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant
knew his or her statement was unlawful, not just that the state
ment was false.”
Last week, the DOJ turned over a large cache of documents
showing prosecutorial malfeasance |Flynn’s unguarded state
ment may have been false but not unlawful] and thus sought
to withdraw the case against Flynn,
Surprisingly Judge Sullivan wants the case to continue!
Let us hope Sullivan unwittingly forces the government to
show how the Democrats’ attempted a coup d'etat of President
Trump!
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Jesus’Last
Dying Thought:
His Mother
By Billy Powell
This past Mother’s Day Was a special day for Beverly.
Since banned gatherings had prevented Beverly and me
from visiting or being visited by our children and grand
children, we did observe Mother’s Day using Skype proto
col. Skype is a program developed by the Microsoft Corpo
ration that allows people in different locales to converse
and view each other on computer screens. While Beverly
and I live in Peach County, both of our sons live in North
Georgia. Yet, we talked for almost an hour with our sons,
daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.
In Jesus’ time, Mother’s Day was not observed. It came
19 centuries later in 1908 when a lady named Anna Jarvis
organized the first Mother’s Day celebration at her Meth
odist church. By 1912, many states had adopted Mother’s
Day. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially estab
lished the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. In my
humble estimation, every day should be Mother’s Day!
As we continue to celebrate our mothers, can you imag
ine the agony that Mary experienced as Jesus was arrested,
tried for blasphemy, beaten with whips, nailed to the cross,
and suffered unbearable agony. The horrific punishment
that Jesus suffered for human sin was predicted eight cen
turies earlier by the prophet Isaiah who wrote: “He was
wounded for our transgressions...by His stripes we are
healed... the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
In John’s Gospel account, it is evident that Jesus dearly
loved His mother, Mary. Even though Jesus had under
gone six agonizing hours on the cross, suffering severe
breathing difficulties, sustaining unbearable pain, experi
encing unquenched thirst, and having the sins of mankind
heaped upon Him, his last dying thought was the welfare
of His mother. The scripture states: “When Jesus saw His
mother (Mary) and His favorite disciple (John) with her
(standing by the cross), He said to His mother, “This man
is now your son. ” Then He said to the disciple, “She is now
your mother.” From then on, that disciple took Mary into
his own home,” Within moments, Jesus said, “It is finished"
and expired.
The Bible never states that every woman should be a
mother. However, the lives of those who choose mother
hood will never be the same again. Even though Jesus was
a criminal in the eyes of the Jews and the high priests (Jn
19:7), He would always be Mary’s son and she would al
ways love Him without reservation. This stanza from
Rudyard Kipling’s poem aptly describes Jesus’ feelings for
his dear mother: “If I were hanged on the highest hill...I
know whose love would follow me...Mother o’ mine, O
mother o’ mine!”
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Kindergarten
Registration
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dergarten for the 2020-2021
school year, please go to the
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tunity to teach your child!