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CODE OF ETHICS: Seek Truth & Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable. Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. - Thomas Jefferson The Life Of A Spoiled Dog It is beyond me why dogs, especially Boxers and Bull dogs, love to eat plastic. Roxie, our Boxer, who is now eight months old and weighs almost 50 pounds, has gotten much better about not destroying our shoes and everything else, but she is partial to plastic - hangars, bags, bottles, plastic toppers, etc. Boxers are noto rious for having iron stomachs which can handle anything but it sometimes makes her sick and she also has a hard time pooping it out at times. Seems she would learn but so far she has not. Someone visiting our home for the first time would think we have a grandchild on the premises. Roxie’s toys are strewn all over the family room where we spend most of our time. She has a toy box but as most kids do, she pulls all or most of them out. It is funny that our daugh ter’s dog, Lady, who also re sides with us and only weighs about 15 pounds, never liked any kind of toy and she would turn her nose up at treats of all kinds. Since Roxie has en tered our lives, Lady has actu ally begun playing with toys. In fact, one morning it seemed as if they were rolling a ball back and forth between them but they were just taking turns rolling it. It was a funny sight though. Lady is partial to the ball and a plastic shoe. She took Roxie’s shoe so we bought her one for Christ mas so each would have one. She has also decided that she likes heats, at least some of them. We have to break them in small pieces for her and most of the time she eats it but once in a while she will hide them in a chair or couch for later. Sometimes later never comes and we end up finding them when on a deep cleaning spree. Roxie minds really well but she detests the leash. We had to do the harness leash because she insisted on putting her foot on the other kind and wanted to be the one leading. She is not happy about the harness leash either and we have not made a lot of headway in that department. She really does not like for anything to be put on her body. She does have a collar which she has come to tolerate. She sleeps on a pillow in our closet. When she gets tired at night she tries to get us to go to bed by going back and forth between our room and the room we are in at the time. When that does not work she will try and speak to you — we call it whining. Eventually she will crawl up on the couch with Lady and go to sleep un til we head to bed. Sometime during the night she jumps in bed with us though. She gets up with David in the mornings when he is get ting ready for work. She in sists that I get up as well. She will knock on the door until I do get up if I do not get up right away. She does not like closed doors of any kind and I keep telling David she is go ing to figure out how to open them by the doorknob one of these days. Unfortunately, she also wants to get up at the same time on weekends and we like to sleep at least a little later. You can not really ignore her for very long because first of all she can get on the bed and secondly she knocks on the door and then resorts to whin ing. Eventually you are going Pay at a Time Victoria ’’Vicky” Simmons vsimmonsS4@gmail.com to get up and let her out. (doing back to bed is not an option unless she happens to want to settle down and sleep a little more. Yes, she is quite spoiled. But she brings us a lot of joy as well. When she senses some thing is wrong, even some times when it is not, she comes to your aid to try and help. She does not like for me to cry and does not know what to do if I do. Her helping sometimes involves her getting on your back which is really no help at all. Roxie thinks she is a small dog and does not realize how big she is has become. She still hies to get in our laps and sometimes wants me to pick her up and of course, I can not. David does from time to time. We find ourselves laughing at her and humans need to take some cues from our animals. Roxie is always glad to see us, no matter what is going on at the time and she gives hugs and of course, kisses. She also likes to dance with me and we do so in the kitchen quite frequently. Animals bring us much joy and can make a bad day not seem so bad when you get home. Wishing you blessings this week. Remember to spread kindess. ]/WV\ . rioy?'' THAT KID X r ^~ COMES FROM A A m DYSFUNCTIONAL) HOME-HIS \ BUS MOM BELIEVESTH' RR'KK-R-DQTnP . u/fatufpmahi / ^ ' »v ?lur to tAfe A Lavish Extravaganza Editor, The Georgia Post: Inaugurations of American presidents have become coro nations. Our democratic repub lic has been transformed into a constitutional monarchy - with very little emphasis on the con stitution. George Washington opposed the trappings of royalty because he believed in the revenolution which gave birth to the United States of America. Unfortu nately, many of his predecessors have indulged their egos and turned a simple ceremony into a lavish extravaganza. Robert L. Lehane A Big Thank You Editor, The Georgia Post: I wanted to write to thank fel low Byron residents who gen erously gave of their time and means to help impact thousands of hurting kids this Christmas. Together we were able to pack over 43,300 shoe boxes—filled with toys, school supplies and basic necessities—for Op eration Christmas Child. Our packed shoe box gifts, joined by millions of others, are now on their way to needy children in 100 countries. During the 2012 collection season, Operation Christmas Child reached a mile stone—more than 100 million children have been impacted by the power of a simple gift since 1993. I would like to thank the vol unteers at our local collection sites and all those who packed an Operation Christmas Child shoe box gift. For many of the children who receive these gifts, this shoe box will be the first gift they have ever received. Although our local drop-off locations here in Byron are closed, gifts are received year- round at Samaritan’s Purse by mailing them to 801 Bamboo Road, Boone, N.C., 28607. There are also year-round vol unteer opportunities available to serve with Operation Christ mas Child. Find out how you can use your gifts and talents to make a difference in children’s lives around the world by visit ing www.samaritanspurse.org or by calling (770) 777-9342 Thank you again to everyone who participated in this project. A simple gift, packed with love can communicate hope and transform the lives of children worldwide. Jamie Hardenbrook Southeast Regional Director Operation Christmas Child Knock, Knock, You’ve Been Had Editor, The Georgia Post: Your liberties are being circumvented under ruse of safety, security and social jus tice. Your representatives are abdicating their authority and in the process compromising your liberty. The same elected representatives that are abdi cating their power don’t real ize that they are contributing to their own demise. A hundred years ago the fed eral government sanctioned a cartel chartered with the pri mary goal to ‘protect’ us all from inflation: the Federal Reserve System was bom. Of late, many counties are opting for an appointed CEO position in order to streamline county functions. Some counties have removed the local Sheriff of fice and replaced it with pri vate security controlled by county bureaucrats. The Unit ed Nations co-opted the green movement and under the guise of ‘saving the environment’, presidents have issued orders, which are stripping away lo cal government control and removing individuals property rights throughout the country. The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ was a ruse which was artificially created to foment a crisis, whereby the politicians could swoop in res cue us all, with yet more gov ernment spending, which is the ultimate ‘problem’ of our fiscal woes. The ‘cause’ of the problem is the Federal Reserve System. In his book , “The Case Against the Fed”, Murray Rothbard, denotes how the Federal Reserve System was created under a ruse to pro tect the system from inflation; when in reality, it was a cartel created to just the opposite. He explains, using concise simple analogies, how banks increase, or ‘inflate’, the money supply, causing corresponding ‘price inflation’ of goods and services. See LETTERS, Page 5 n ~ Quotable Quote ~ Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. — James Madison No Disrespect Meant, But... This week I received a few comments on my last couple of columns. Some were good comments saying they en joyed reading, especially the letter from Mr. Harold Estes. Some said they felt I was be ing disrespectful toward our president. I was going to write my column on something other than politics this week and slip back into my neutral standing, but I felt I needed to address the comments both, good and bad, before I could move on. For those who have compli mented me on my columns, I thank you. I felt that everyone should see Mr. Estes’ letter, because, in my opinion, he said it better than anyone has so far. He asked our president to show pride in our great country and to give respect to those who risked their lives so we can continue our freedom. To those who felt I was being disrespectful I apolo gize I did not mean to sound disrespectful. My column is my place to give my opinion on the current state of affairs and frankly, I’m terrified. Our president seems to have no pride in the country he is run ning. I am a friendly person and I strive to see both sides of the story. I don’t like to believe in conspiracies because to believe that our country and our country’s leaders could be capable of heinous crimes is a scary thought to say the least. Yes, the media can be wrong with their informa tion sometimes. Being in the media myself I know this is hue, but I do know that a good journalist always strives to put out the best and most truthful information they can get. That is how we work here in The Georgia Post office. If we can not verify the story then it will not be published. In the case of my columns, maybe I have not been as in formed as most Obama sup porters about his plan for change, but I do know that ev ery piece of information that has been presented to me about his “changes” only bodes bad ly for my family. Forcing us to get health care that we cannot afford will only put us in the poor house while our salaries will keep us from receiving government assistance. We make enough to cover our bills and the extremely high gas prices to keep us go ing to work so we can con tinue to pay our bills. As most households who share our financial state would know, there is simply no wiggle room for any bill that is not needed. My husband and I visit the doctor maybe a total of once every two to three years and that is only if it is absolutely necessary. What good would it be paying $500 a month to get insurance if we are not even going to use it? The gun ban issue, of course, here in the South was bound to be something huge. To me banning guns is not the answer to an issue that lies deeper than how a person can get a weapon. Answering the question of why a person would commit a heinous act is more effective, to me, than taking away the defenses of innocent people. I do agree that assault weap ons should only be owned by people trained to use them and I do believe that the presi dent’s quest to ban those guns from being sold to civilians is a good one. Why do you need an assault rifle to fend off an intruder when a perfectly good hand gun or hunting rifle works just fine? But I some- From Moo To You Abigail ”Abby” Adams abbyadams@pstel.net row think that he is pushing it too far. How about requir ing gun safety courses for gun owners to ensure they are properly used instead. As it is said only law-abiding citizens will hand over their guns. Criminals are criminals for a reason. They do not fol low laws or rules. To use the Sandy Hook school shooting as reason to push gun bans, in my opin ion, is wrong. What should be pushed from this great tragedy is something I believe very firmly about, the fight against bullying! Gun bans will not stop a person who has been pushed to the brink of insanity by a childhood full of people pushing them around from do ing something crazy. To completely eradicate violence you would have to See ABBY, Page 8 published every week by Crawford Publishing, Our Staff Floyd Buford - President Victoria ’Vicky” Simmons - GM/Publisher vsimmons54@gmaiLcom or byronbuzz@pstel.net Abigail Adams - News Reporter/Editor’s Assistant Office Assistant - Michael Fleming Kelli Johnson- Marketing Executive Robbie Robertson - Distribution Carey Lee - Sports Photography Trenesia Y. Stubbs, Charles Cook, Nancy Gibbs, Billy Powell, Angie Carr, Jeff Cook, Wade Yoder, Dan Gatlyn, James Earnhardt Robert Tharpe, Rev. James Snyder, Spencer Price - Contributing Columnists Our Policies Deadlines are Noon on Friday prior to issue. 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