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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020
Ours and Yours
THE GEORGIA POST 4
Life is but a dream
I woke up singing
“Row, Row, Row Your
Boat” this morning. Who
knows why? Only God
knows.
It’s been decades since
I rowed a boat. And my
last few days couldn’t
be declared the
merriest of them
all. As a matter
of fact, they’ve
been rather
stressful.
Sometimes, I
can be my own
worse enemy. I
expect way more
from myself
than I should.
Instead of
rowing gently down the
stream, I oftentimes find
myself struggling up a
rushing river. I don’t
know how many times
God has tried to slow me
down, to no avail.
But considering past
experiences, I do so
much better at every
thing I try to do, when I
turn it all over to God, in
advance.
I do realize hard work
oftentimes pays off. But
faith in God, and de
pending on Him is much
greater than working my
fingers to the bone.
Prayer far surpasses
dreams. We can dream
until the cows come
home, but prayer is our
power source to the One
who can change every
thing.
Does God want us to
merrily row our boats of
life? I believe He does.
Remember how when
we first learned that
simple song, one group
started the song, another
group joined in, and then
another couple of stanzas
later the third group be
gan singing. Before
long we were all
rowing our boats
merrily merrily
down the stream,
in pure harmony.
And even though
we started rowing
at different times
we were in se
quence.
Life as a Christian
is much like that.
We all start “serving” at
different times, but we all
have a common destina
tion if we know the Lord.
And our music will be in
tune, while living here
on earth, if Jesus is our
Lord.
So today, if life throws
you lemons, will you
sing “Row, row, row
your boat?” And will you
row it gently down the
stream? Start your song
with prayer and end it
with thanksgiving, for
God is the author of both
dreams and realities.
Start your rolling song,
and He will join in. With
Him you will sing in per
fect harmony (or is that
another song?)
NANCY GIBBS is an author,
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The world has a bully mentality
There is a book by Lewis Griz-
zard, whom I actually met at a
seminar in Athens. It’s entitled,
“Elvis is dead and I don’t feel so
good myself’.
That’s kind of the way I felt
hearing about the death of Char
lie Daniels.
Daniels was a true Ameri
can patriot and he loved this
country. If you haven’t read any
of his blogs, do so, especially the
one the day before he died. Until
the end, he loved America and it
was in some of his last thoughts.
He was named to the country
music hall of fame in 2018. You
might not know that he also
authored a couple of books.
One was his memoirs, “Never
Look at the Empty Seats,” and
another on inspirational quotes
and stories. Over the years his
political views have been kind of
all over the place, but in the last
few years have been more con
servative. Last year he lamblast-
ed New York’s Governor Cuomo
for the governor’s bill which
legalized abortion until birth.
He has also taken on Holly
wood as he stood up for a Bush
era policy. He also supported
Jimmy Carter in his presiden
cy bid and has been a staunch
Trump supporter. Regardless,
his views have always been
toward saving America and
standing up for her.
Daniel’s music hasn’t only
been pop, but also Christian.
Everyone remembers him more
for “The Devil Went Down to
Georgia” which he
played with various
other artists. Many of
his songs had patriotic
lyrics. He co-wrote
songs with many
which were sung by
other artists including
Elvis Presley. He also
performed a sequel,
“The Devil Went Back
to Georgia” with Mark
O’Conner.
Music certainly won’t
be the same without the
legendary Daniel. He
was also vocal about his
faith, so I’m sure he’s fiddling up
in heaven. Rest in Peace Charlie
Daniel.
Whether you agree with
masks or not, everyone should
be appalled at the bullying
which has ensued, mainly from
the pro mask group. There defi
nitely is no longer any common
sense and I daresay some people
have obviously lost their minds.
Many people it seems have so
much anger in their heart and
hatred, that it makes my heart
grieve for them. Our nation is
definitely in need of a mighty
move of God. If you haven’t
already been brought to your
knees with all that’s going on,
why not?
I do not understand why
there is no outrage about the
pedophilia which is being
exposed. The media has
everyone so focused on
a virus where the death
rate is dropping and has
a 99% survival rate, that
perhaps you haven’t
heard anything about it.
With Ghislaine Max
well’s arrest, hopefully
heads will role. This is so
sickening to me, it makes
me cry to even think about
it. A lot of Hollywood
people are involved, along
with some politicians.
Hopefully, she will stay
alive long enough for them to be
prosecuted.
I realize that child sacrifice
and trafficking has been around
for a very long time, but this is
the year 2020 and you would
think we would have put a stop
to as much as possible. These
people have definitely sold their
souls to the devil and we should
be calling out for justice instead
of debating whether to wear a
mask or not.
After doing some research,
I believe some of you will be
shocked at some of the peo
ple involved. If you’ve noticed
how many CEO’s have stepped
down and celebrities who have
stopped their shows, then you
have a clue to some who may be
involved. Pay attention to who
comes down with the virus and
who kills themselves or dies
mysteriously.
I agree people are innocent
until proven guilty but there are
too many things which some say
are coincidences. I personally
don’t believe in coincidences.
Too many things add up to their
involvement — trips, symbols,
posts and more. Many of these
people worship satan though
they pretend otherwise. Of
course, we already know about
the allocations against Prince
Andrew and Bill Clinton. The
list of people on the flights to
Epstein island are long and from
all walks of life.
Supposedly, there are videos
of heinous acts, of which I don’t
even want to think about. We
may never know the whole truth
or hear much about it because
the media is focused on fear
mongering.
We also have not heard
about Hillary’s testimony in the
Senate. Much of these things are
smoke screens. Wake up to the
truth of what’s going on and do
the research.
VICTORIA SIMMONS Is a columnist,
author, motivational speaker, minister
and publisher of The Georgia Post/Byron
Buzz. Contact her at: vsimmons54@
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We have a responsibility
keep things on track and this
includes the health of our coun
try, our families, our elders,
children, vulnerable among us,
and our own personal health.
I’ve been involved in health,
fitness, nutrition and preven
tion since 1991 and I have never
in my life seen so much dan
gerous and willful blindness to
the overall picture and singular
focus on a particular issue. This
blindness to other important
things that help sustain life is
in itself dangerous to the very
people they claim to be protect
ing. Many will not figure that
out until goods and services no
longer readily match up with
their available cash (or digital
currency) and there is an in
crease of disparities and other
chronic diseases.
Front-line medical communi
ty therapies: have you seen any
excitement by the top brass in
the CDC, FDA, NIH or WHO
in existing therapies front
line doctors are using that are
An unhealthy viral focus
y to yielding good results? These for immunization makes this cal doc1
yielding good results? These
therapies include hydroxychlo
roquine (old malaria drug),
azithromycin, zinc and
budesonide (corticoste
roid for prevention of
asthma attacks).
Why is there little ex
citement? Do you know
how little profits are to
be made on a drug that
is outside its patented
years and generics can
be produced?
When you align a few
top drug companies
tightly with a few policy
makers in governing
bodies you can get what
is called crony capitalism
and in this case I believe
this greed has murdered a lot of
people.
Vaccinations: many are
waiting for a breakthrough on
a vaccine before they feel it safe
to resume their lives, but we’re
already hearing that the virus
is mutating into other forms,
which makes it a moving target
similar to the behavior of the
influenza viruses.
Medical communi
ty; we need our med
ical front-liners to
prescribe therapies
early in the cycle in
stead of waiting until
a patient is hospital
ized and a cytokine
storm of inflamma
tion is already in full
swing in a (by then)
weakened body. Part
of the benefit for
the long hours and
dangers of being on
the front-lines in the
medical field is seeing
your patients recover
to health as soon as possible
and return to their normal
lives. The benefits from patients
in your care takes a different
shape further up where policy,
new drugs and drug protocols
are created, (this is where mas
sive profits are made).
Disclaimer: I am not a medi-
YOUR HEALTH
Wade Yoder
cal doctor but I would want to
do things that have shown good
results in the medical commu
nity when done early in the
cycle and seems to have helped
keep patients from having to
be hospitalized. After all the
medical community believes in
the value of early detection and
treatment doesn’t it?
If I would get COVID-19; I
would want to hit it early with
either treatment with (hydroxy
chloroquine, azithromycin and
zinc) or with (budesonide and
zinc). Until treatment I would
try to keep aspirin in my system
for its anticoagulant and an
ti-inflammatory affect.
Lets keep our country on
track, if we don’t, our chil
dren, our elderly and our most
vulnerable will probably be
harmed the most by the ripple
affects of how we handle this
crisis.
WADE YODER is a Master Trainer
and Fitness/Nutrition Specialist. Con
tact him at wadeyoder@icloud.com;
Phone (478) 955-1999
Historically speaking: domestic military action
Remember, my goal is not to
persuade to a particular belief
but to merely inform with
historical knowledge. With
protest marches widespread,
President Trump has threat
ened to use military action
to stop the violence. I read
recently that if the President
uses military action against
American citizens, then this
country as we know it i over. I
am not saying that we should
use the army, and am hoping
it is not necessary. However,
historically speaking, it has
been done before and actually
our Constitution was created
because of it.
As always, first things first,
something we don’t always
use as much as we should.
The Preamble to the Consti
tution lays out the five main
roles of the federal govern
ment. The government is
to establish justice, provide
defense from our enemies,
promote the welfare of its
people, secure our liberty, and
of course ensure domestic
tranquility. In other words,
one of the principle functions
of the government is to protect
us from internal threats.
In the first century of our
nation, those functions meant
very different things. This was
the century where the federal
government had little role in
people’s lives. One area the
government took seriously
was domestic tranquility,
especially when it came to
strikes. As labor unions
grew and began to strike, the
American government always
took sides with management.
If the companies and their
people could not break strikes
themselves, then state militias
and even the federal
government was
always willing to
step in. Arguably
the most famous of
these strikes was the
Pullman strike.
In 1894 the Amer
ican Railway Union
went on strike.
It started at the
Pullman company
town outside Chica
go. Among the many
complaints was that the Pull
man Company reduced wages
but not rent on the homes em
ployees were forced to live in.
When railway workers across
the nation struck, President
Cleveland called out the Army
to put it down.
As I said in the beginning,
the idea of using federal forces
helped lead to the Con
stitution. When men
like Alexander Hamil
ton called for a stronger
federal government at
the Annapolis Conven
tion in 1786, they did
not receive much sup
port. However, shortly
after they adjourned,
Massachusetts experi
enced Shays’ Rebellion.
As always, my space is
limited, so suffice to say
a group led by Daniel Shays,
upset with treatment from the
Massachusetts government,
marched on Boston. Gover
nor Bowdoin called out the
militia, but Shays’ men were
veterans and many were part
of the militia. Bowdoin was
forced to collect private funds
to raise a private militia. Un
der the current government
then, there was no federal
support. Shays’Rebellion
scared the other states who
were having similar incidents
and worried what might hap
pen with rebellions in their
own areas. Shays’ Rebellion
was one of the incidents that
motivated leaders to meet at
the Constitutional Convention
to secure federal protection
against domestic insurrection.
It did not take long for the
new government and Wash
ington to use the army. In
1794 when western Pennsyl
vania fanners protested a new
tax on whiskey, Washington
sent out the U.S. Army to
squash the protesters and
show the nation that there was
a new sheriff in town, or at
least a new government. He
even led the anny part of the
way, the only time a president
marched at the head of the
U.S. Army.
Washington was not alone.
In fact, three of the four pres
idents respected enough to
make Mount Rushmore used
the anny domestically. Most
people know Lincoln used the
anny to maintain martial law
in the south, but he also used
it to influence domestic affairs
in officially union states, like
Missouri and Kentucky. The
anny even arrested the Dem
ocratic candidate in the 1863
Kentucky governors’ election.
Teddy Roosevelt did not end
up using the anny, but in 1902
See, HISTORICALLY, page 5
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