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(2743, 1, '2018-10-20 09:25:32', '2018-10-20 13:25:32', '<img class=" wp-image-2457 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/legally-blind-high-school-student-bullied-phone-broken.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="239" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Law enforcement officials in North Carolina have launched a criminal investigation after a cellphone video emerged on Facebook showing a legally blind high school student being bullied and having his phone stolen and then shattered." <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6220005/Video-shows-blind-teen-surrounded-bullies-broke-phone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more and watch video...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-countys-sheriff-department/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'North Carolina: Blind Teen Surrounded by Bullies Who Broke Phone (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2451-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 09:25:32', '2018-10-20 13:25:32', '', 2451, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2451-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2744, 1, '2018-10-20 09:27:18', '2018-10-20 13:27:18', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2456 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/plague-huge-mosquitoes-descends-north-carolina.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="252" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\n</span>\n<blockquote>"A plague of huge mosquitoes has descended on North Carolina, spawned from the floodwaters left behind by Hurricanes Florence and Michael.\n\nWith the oversized shaggy-legged gallinippers, as they are colorfully known, swarming the flood-ravaged state, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Wednesday pledged $4 million to fight the infestation." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/north-carolina-new-landsat-images-hurricane-florence-flooding-devasteted-carolinas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina: New Landsat Images Hurricane Florence Flooding Devasteted Carolinas</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/hurricane-florence-an-unnatural-disaster-videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Florence – an Unnatural Disaster (videos)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\n\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\n\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\n\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\n\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'North Carolina: Huge Mosquito Plague Descends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2447-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 09:27:18', '2018-10-20 13:27:18', '', 2447, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2447-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2745, 1, '2018-10-20 09:28:04', '2018-10-20 13:28:04', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2456 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/plague-huge-mosquitoes-descends-north-carolina.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="252" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"A plague of huge mosquitoes has descended on North Carolina, spawned from the floodwaters left behind by Hurricanes Florence and Michael.\r\n\r\nWith the oversized shaggy-legged gallinippers, as they are colorfully known, swarming the flood-ravaged state, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Wednesday pledged $4 million to fight the infestation." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/north-carolina-new-landsat-images-hurricane-florence-flooding-devasteted-carolinas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina: New Landsat Images Hurricane Florence Flooding Devasteted Carolinas</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/hurricane-florence-an-unnatural-disaster-videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Florence – an Unnatural Disaster (videos)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'North Carolina: Huge Mosquito Plague Descends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2447-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 09:28:04', '2018-10-20 13:28:04', '', 2447, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2447-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2746, 1, '2018-10-20 12:21:47', '2018-10-20 16:21:47', 'There''s growing concern that Law Enforcement has lost its way.\r\n\r\nThere are two sides to every story. <strong>This is Part 1 of a 2 part series.</strong> To read Part 2, click <a href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>. You decide where the truth lies.\r\n<h3><strong>What''s Wrong:</strong></h3>\r\nThere are plenty of bad guys and Law Enforcement stands between them and us. Their service is greatly appreciated and in exchange they are well compensated.\r\n\r\nThe Police are our employees. They work for us. They are paid with local tax dollars.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Americans are not required to obey laws that are unlawful or unconstitutional, nor is Law Enforcement empowered to enforce laws that defy the Constitution.</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1021 alignright" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/we-support-our-police-300x198.jpg" alt="we-support-our-police" width="300" height="198" />\r\n\r\nWhy does local law enforcement now feel it needs a cheer-leading squad to post signs of support?\r\n\r\nIt''s true, the internet is brimming with <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://youtu.be/g8Kx_bscRMo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">videos</a></span> showing Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) harassing, abusing, pepper spraying, tasing, beating, robbing, arresting, shooting and killing innocent citizens.\r\n\r\nYes, LEOs are using powerful, unlawful means like <span style="color: #0000ff;">''<a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stingrays</a>''</span> to collect private information, conversations and data on <strong>each and every citizen, </strong>regardless of whether we are suspected of criminal activity or not. Did you know that when an innocent looking white van pulls up next to you at a traffic light, it might in fact be the police using ''Backscatter X-Ray'' to look at everything inside your vehicle? Not only is this an unwarranted invasion of your privacy, it exposes everyone in the vehicle to harmful, cancer causing x-rays.\r\n\r\nSure, LEOs routinely<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/kfzwjd8EWdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stop citizens</a> </span>going about their normal business, in a ''supposed'' effort to prevent crime.\r\n\r\n<img class="size-medium wp-image-1601 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/police-shaking-person-upside-down-300x168.png" alt="police-shaking-person-upside-down" width="300" height="168" />FBI statistics disclose that $4.5 billion is <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stolen</a></span> each year from the American people by law enforcement.\r\n\r\nHomes, cars, business assets and cash are being routinely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.naturalnews.com/041828_cops_innocent_civilians_civil_forfeit ure.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seized</a></span>, without any charges filed or even the pretense of illegality or wrongdoing.\r\n\r\nIn contrast, the FBI states that only $3.5 billion is lost due to actual burglaries. <strong><em>That’s right; according to our own FBI, the vast majority of </em><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/28/the-feds-have-resumed-a-controversial-program-that-lets-cops-take-stuff-and-keep-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thefts</a></em></span> <em>are being committed not by burglars, but by Police</em>. </strong>Many Departments now build <em>''theft''</em> right into budgets so they can accurately plan in advance how much to steal.<strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans increasingly view Police as dangerous predators? Should honest, God fearing citizens be forced to cower before those paid to serve and protect us?\r\n\r\nPolice recruits are trained to view the American people as ''the enemy''. Are LEOs increasingly becoming mafia style enforcers who make sure we don''t forget who’s really in charge?\r\n\r\nMany LEOs are ex-military, and while there can be valuable synergies between the two positions, there are important and fundamental differences as well.\r\n\r\nThose drawn to military and law enforcement careers often express a strong preference for <strong><em>order</em></strong> and <strong><em>control,</em></strong> versus <em><strong>freedom</strong></em> and <em><strong>liberty</strong></em>. This might work well in a military setting, but it makes it difficult to strike the <em><strong>right balance</strong></em> needed to ensure peace, security, freedom and liberty in an open society. LEOs must walk a fine line, and theirs has never been an easy mission. In today''s politically charged atmosphere, it''s more challenging than ever.\r\n\r\nDepartments screen recruits to eliminate those with high IQ''s because intelligent individuals are more likely to question illegal, immoral and unconstitutional orders. This hiring bias robs society of a most valuable and capable human resource at a critical time in our Republic''s history.\r\n\r\nAs if to spray gasoline on an already blazing fire, Legislators pass tons of laws each year, most of which are neither well thought out or needed. The legislative process in no way ensures laws are <em>just, lawful or constitutional</em>.\r\n\r\nMost legislation is not written by the legislators we elect, but rather by <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/zY5UuWkVq8g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professional lobbyists</a> </span>in the employ of large corporations. Legislators routinely vote for Bills they''ve never even seen, let alone read.\r\n\r\nSuch <em><strong>Legislative abuse places an enormous burden upon LEOs </strong></em>who take a solemn oath to enforce the laws and defend the Constitution. How can LEOs defend that which millions of Americans have sacrificed, fought and died to preserve if we don''t give them clear and lawful instructions?\r\n\r\nTo make matters worse, Washington DC now showers state and local law enforcement with virtually unlimited taxpayer funded <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/03/federal-law-enforcement-grants-and-crime-rates-no-connection-except-for-waste-and-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grants</a></span> to acquire gnarly war wagons, military style combat gear, sophisticated surveillance technology, ALRs (automatic license plate readers) and the latest in crowd control. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between Law Enforcement and Soldiers going off to war. <em><strong>This poses a systemic threat to our nation, our freedoms and liberty.</strong></em>\r\n\r\nDepartments are equipping vehicles with Dash Cams and officers with Body Cams in a ''stated effort'' to reign in rogue behavior, supposedly introducing transparency and accountability. This sounds great until you realize that Officers are able to selectively turn cameras <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://youtu.be/4J4VR4gFlwU" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><em>on and off</em></strong></a></span> to suit their needs, and despite claims to the contrary, can and do <strong><em>edit footage</em></strong> to make sure videos fit the narrative they want told.\r\n\r\nWe’ve attended community programs sponsored by Local Law Enforcement, and quite frankly, came away disappointed. There''s little understanding and even less interest regarding the role today’s policing is expected to play if we are to successfully battle crime while remaining a free people in an open society.\r\n\r\nOfficers appear more interested in controlling and manipulating public dialogue and perceptions rather than doing the hard work needed to address genuine criminal activity.\r\n\r\nLocal Law Enforcement agencies are among those feeding at the <em><strong>Federal</strong></em> taxpayer trough to acquire the latest gadgets, gear and surveillance equipment. In exchange they agree to share information (through <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/16942-dhs-creates-new-fusion-centers-taking-control-of-local-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fusion centers</a></span>) with Federal agencies that could not otherwise legally obtain such information.\r\n\r\nThis innocuous, seemingly innocent exchange <strong><em>is extremely short sighted </em></strong><em><strong>and potentially very dangerous. </strong></em>By the time Americans discover the all too real dangers, it could be too late. <em><strong>Once a nationwide Police State is firmly established, there won''t be any going back.</strong></em> 5G is now coming on line and contrary to what you are being told it''s much more than an upgraded, faster wi-fi system. 5G is an extreme health danger and a dangerous crowd control and thought control weapon developed by DARPA and the military. <em><strong>\r\n</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThose who know their history understand that what''s going on today is an <em><strong>exact replay of what happened in Hitler''s Nazi Germany</strong></em>, only with today''s much more advanced technology.\r\n\r\nA large and growing number of Law Enforcement officials are extremely concerned and have formed <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://cspoa.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSPOA.org</a></span> (Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association) in an effort to protect their citizens and our nation. Over 3000 Chiefs and Sheriffs have joined so far. Sadly enough, local officials are not among them.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Local Law Enforcement exists to serve and protect u</em>s</strong>, not roll out the red carpet for Washington''s <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/zY5UuWkVq8g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schemers, scammers, kleptocrats and psychopaths</a></span>.\r\n\r\n<em><b>"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety". </b></em>Benjamin Franklin<b>\r\n</b>\r\n\r\nNumerous attempts were made to engage Laurinburg Police Chief Darwin Williams and Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey regarding the issues raised in this article. No response was received.\r\n\r\n<address>Sources:</address><address><span style="color: #333333;">Washington Post</span></address><address>Natural News</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/we-support-our-police-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Support Our Police</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Law Enforcement - What''s Wrong?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1258-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 12:21:47', '2018-10-20 16:21:47', '', 1258, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1258-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2747, 1, '2018-10-20 12:26:30', '2018-10-20 16:26:30', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-2092 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sheriff-Kersey-Chief-Williams-300x202.png" alt="Sheriff Kersey &amp; Chief Williams" width="300" height="202" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>This is Part 2 of a two part series.</strong> To read Part 1, click <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a><span style="color: #000000;">.</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nIn Part 1, we articulated ''What''s Wrong'', now it''s time for Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute to present a very different side of Law Enforcement''s struggle to reign in crime, especially serious, violent crime.\r\n\r\nNumerous attempts were made to engage Laurinburg Police Chief Darwin Williams and Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey regarding the issues raised in this article. <strong>No response was received.</strong>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>Let’s be clear at the outset: police have an indefeasible obligation to treat everyone with courtesy and respect, and to act within the confines of the law. Too often, officers develop a hardened, obnoxious attitude. It is also true that being stopped when you are innocent of any wrongdoing is infuriating, humiliating, and sometimes terrifying. And needless to say, every unjustified police shooting of an unarmed civilian is a stomach-churning tragedy.</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-danger-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-danger-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Imprimis - Hillsdale College</a></span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/law-enforcement-whats-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Law Enforcement - What''s Wrong</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-dangers-lies-of-the-media-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5G Dangers – Lies of the Media (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Law Enforcement - What''s Right?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1963-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 12:26:30', '2018-10-20 16:26:30', '', 1963, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1963-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2748, 1, '2018-10-20 12:29:28', '2018-10-20 16:29:28', '<img class="size-medium wp-image-1021 alignleft" src="http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/we-support-our-police-300x198.jpg" alt="we-support-our-police" width="300" height="198" />\r\n\r\nLaurinburg Police recently <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4543/clerks-charged-with-selling-fake-marijuana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a></span> several subjects following a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">month''s</span> long investigation into a Vance Street convenience store suspected of selling synthetic marijuana, known as Spice.\r\n\r\nDealing in, selling or promoting illegal substances is never wise. Doing so from a convenience store appears just plain stupid. Any perceived value will now flow directly into the pockets of bail-bondsmen, legal professionals and the prison-industrial complex.\r\n\r\nTwo suspects appear to be of Middle Eastern origin, which given the current climate, cannot be considered a plus when it comes to garnering sympathy.\r\n\r\nHow does this story fit into the <strong>Big Picture</strong>?\r\n\r\nAlbert Einstein defined insanity as: ''<em><strong>Doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result''.</strong></em> Change is difficult and disconcerting, but if Laurinburg and Scotland County are to get back on their feet, change is essential.\r\n\r\nWas selling marijuana (synthetic or otherwise) from a convenience store actually a ''cutting edge'' business proposition? Should suspects be given the ''small business entrepreneur'' of the year award? (just kidding)\r\n\r\nA growing list of states  now permit the legal cultivation, sale and consumption of marijuana. Even our federal government has decided to look the other way. An overwhelming majority of Americans favor this trend, and<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/24/top-medical-experts-say-we-should-decriminalize-all-drugs-and-maybe-go-even-further/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prominent professionals and prestigious organizations</a></span> increasingly call for not only the decriminalization of marijuana, but all drugs.\r\n\r\nHow can Laurinburg and Scotland County stop our population from declining further? One certain way would be to not put any more people than needed into the already overflowing prison system.\r\n\r\nCan we successfully attract potential retirees if we''re busting potheads while allowing violent crime to spin out of control? Millennials, gen Xers and Baby Boomers all favor decriminalizing marijuana and many other drugs. How long can we afford to push against this wave?\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to fighting crime, Law Enforcement complains about its lack of resources. Does it make sense to commit scarce man-power, time and money to busting, prosecuting and jailing potheads? Can we allow Law Enforcement to squander precious, limited resources? Here''s a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://henrymakow.com/2016/03/politicians-up-to-their-ears-i.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">snapshot</a></span> of what our nation''s ''War on Drugs'' is really about. It''s not pretty.\r\n\r\nWith increasingly negative demographics (depressed economic activity, dismal health ranking, poor educational ranking, rising crime, increasing taxes and declining property values) this is an issue Laurinburg and Scotland County citizens will sooner or later be forced to confront.\r\n\r\nThere are no easy answers. Here''s a professionally produced <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://youtu.be/wfxaJQVxSA4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a></span> documentary that may help. Let''s choose wisely.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'We Support Our Police', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1198-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 12:29:28', '2018-10-20 16:29:28', '', 1198, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1198-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2749, 1, '2018-10-20 14:03:09', '2018-10-20 18:03:09', '<img class="size-full wp-image-2717 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/stewartsville-commissioner-candidates.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="206" />As ''Early Voting'' got underway Matthew Block, candidate for one of two open Stewartsville Township seats on the County Board of Commissioners, announced his withdrawal from the race, virtually guaranteeing that Democratic incumbent Carol McCall will be reelected and Republican candidate Tim Ivey will be elected.\r\n\r\nSince Block''s name remains on the ballot, there is the possibility that voters could still elect him, although Block is recommending followers no longer vote for him.\r\n\r\nBlock has stated ''the efforts that he was putting forward weren’t being listened to'', “Ever since [Block''s] effort to have a referendum for consolidation failed, I’ve been thinking about it,” “The wind had been taken out of my sails for the fight.”\r\n\r\nBlock also appears disappointed with his efforts to dislodge the ''good ole boy system'' which, according to Block, has helped well-connected local land-owners and sub-contractors to benefit from projects like the new city hall, school consolidation, and recently purchased land by county commissioners.\r\n\r\nBlock has further stated that "citizens money has been taken from them and given to elected official’s close friends for land and services with sweetheart deals”. “I am confident that with the removal of Tommy Parker, J.D. Willis and now Guy McCook, and with the elections of Mary Evans, James Garby Jr. and Tim Ivey, the back-door dealing will be stopped. Progress will not occur for the next year or two, not until the majority of seats on these Boards are occupied by leaders who are open, honest and not controlled by the good ole boys and selfish desires” Block added.\r\n\r\nFor now, Block remains Mayor of Laurinburg where he will need to stand before voters in the fall of 2019 should he seek reelection.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-1146" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="308" />While not unprecedented, Block''s action is nevertheless highly unusual and will without question affect voter decisions in the future.\r\n\r\nBlock has been a breath of fresh air, a lightening rod for the change Laurinburg and Scotland County politics desperately needs, but we believe this last minute withdrawal, piled on top of earlier controversies will cause voters to re-evaluate his suitability for public office, and their willingness to once again step forward to volunteer the hard work that it takes to get a candidate elected.\r\n\r\nWe cannot walk in Matt Block''s shoes, and while we most certainly sympathize with his political frustrations and the difficult decision he felt he had to make, we must conclude that his last minute, helter skelter withdrawal may have gravely wounded future political ambitions.\r\n\r\nWe continue to wish Dr. Matthew Block the very best on his journey through life.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Laurinburg Exchange</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-fall-2018-election-ballot-sample/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scotland County Fall 2018 Election – Sample Ballot +More</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-blocks-crime-spree-continues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayor Block’s Crime Spree Continues</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2713-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-20 14:03:09', '2018-10-20 18:03:09', '', 2713, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2713-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2750, 1, '2018-10-05 01:00:13', '2018-10-05 05:00:13', '<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3369 " src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Strip-Mining-Bucket-Wheel-Part-1-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="467" height="313" /><br />\r\nYou probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.</p>\r\n<p>Strip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.</p>\r\n<p>The Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><em>"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their potential positives for the future.</em></p>\r\n<p><em>The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</em><br />\r\n<em>The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</em><br />\r\n<em>The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</em><br />\r\n<em>The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</em></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>Take notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!</p>\r\n<p>If the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?</p>\r\n<p>What exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.</p>\r\n<p>The thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.</p>\r\n<p><img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.</p>\r\n<p>It''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.</p>\r\n<p>Is Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?</p>\r\n<p>It''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.</p>\r\n<p>Scotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.</p>\r\n<p>We already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b></p>\r\n<p>Instead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?</p>\r\n<p>Few can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.</p>\r\n<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.</p>\r\n<p>Here are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>The Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.</p>\r\n<p><b>What would Jesus do?</b></p>\r\n<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong></p>\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. 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(2758, 1, '2018-10-22 14:27:07', '2018-10-22 18:27:07', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="359" height="239" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span>\r\n\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\nMayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only non-cannibalistic growth we have going on is an ever expanding government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\nThe sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. 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(2760, 1, '2018-10-22 14:33:11', '2018-10-22 18:33:11', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="359" height="239" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span>\r\n\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright  wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only non-cannibalistic growth we have going on is an ever expanding government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft  wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2761, 1, '2018-10-22 14:36:25', '2018-10-22 18:36:25', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="359" height="239" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span>\r\n\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only non-cannibalistic growth we have going on is an ever expanding government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Strip Mining Scotland County', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2750-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-22 14:36:25', '2018-10-22 18:36:25', '', 2750, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2750-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2762, 1, '2018-10-22 14:39:28', '2018-10-22 18:39:28', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="304" height="203" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span>\r\n\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only non-cannibalistic growth we have going on is an ever expanding government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Strip Mining Scotland County', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2750-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-22 14:39:28', '2018-10-22 18:39:28', '', 2750, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2750-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2763, 1, '2018-10-23 04:56:08', '2018-10-23 08:56:08', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="304" height="203" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span>\r\n\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only non-cannibalistic growth we have going on is an ever expanding government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2764, 1, '2019-01-08 13:22:56', '2019-01-08 18:22:56', '<img class="aligncenter wp-image-3369 " src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Strip-Mining-Bucket-Wheel-Part-1-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="467" height="313" />\nYou probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\n\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\n\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\n<blockquote><em>"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their potential positives for the future.</em>\n\n<em>The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</em>\n<em>The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</em>\n<em>The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</em>\n<em>The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</em></blockquote>\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\n\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\n\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\n\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\n\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\n\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\n\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\n\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\n\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\n\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\n\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\n\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\n\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\n\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\n<ul>\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\n</ul>\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\n\n<b>What would Jesus It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\n\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\n\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\n\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\n\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\n\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\n\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Strip Mining Scotland County - Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2750-autosave-v1', '', '', '2019-01-08 13:22:56', '2019-01-08 18:22:56', '', 2750, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2750-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2765, 1, '2018-10-23 06:49:40', '2018-10-23 10:49:40', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="304" height="203" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span>\r\n\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Strip Mining Scotland County', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2750-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-23 06:49:40', '2018-10-23 10:49:40', '', 2750, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2750-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2766, 1, '2018-10-23 07:19:12', '2018-10-23 11:19:12', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="304" height="203" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n<blockquote><span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their <b>potential positives for the future</b>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: small; color: #800000;">The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</span></blockquote>\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Strip Mining Scotland County', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2750-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-23 07:19:12', '2018-10-23 11:19:12', '', 2750, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2750-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2767, 1, '2018-10-23 07:21:39', '2018-10-23 11:21:39', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="323" height="216" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n<blockquote><em>"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their potential positives for the future.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</em></blockquote>\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Strip Mining Scotland County', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2750-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-23 07:21:39', '2018-10-23 11:21:39', '', 2750, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2750-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2768, 1, '2018-10-23 07:22:57', '2018-10-23 11:22:57', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="369" height="247" />You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n<blockquote><em>"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their potential positives for the future.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</em></blockquote>\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2769, 1, '2018-10-23 07:25:21', '2018-10-23 11:25:21', '<img class=" wp-image-2757 alignleft" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/strip-mining-scotland-county-ccn-1.jpg" alt="" width="369" height="247" /><br>You probably think strip mining is reserved for coal, iron ore, copper and other large mineral deposits. You''d be wrong.\r\n\r\nStrip mining has and continues to be the largest industry in Scotland County. It''s occurring right under our noses, in broad daylight.\r\n\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange (LE) recently <strong><a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/19045/block-drops-out-of-commissioner-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">excoriated</span></span></a></strong> Laurinburg Mayor Matthew Block for ''being against virtually everything'':\r\n<blockquote><em>"Considering the biggest issues to face Laurinburg and Scotland County over the past couple of years, we have found it incredulous that the city’s mayor would take a stance against each and every one of them, regardless of their potential positives for the future.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>The new Laurinburg City Hall … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The consolidation of schools … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The multi-cultural center … he fought it.</em>\r\n<em>The quarter-cent sales tax referendum … he fought it".</em></blockquote>\r\nTake notice that every item on LE''s list of ''Biggest Issues'' share one thing in common. They all involve <b>Spending lots of </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Money,</b> <b>Raising </b><u><b>Your</b></u><b> Taxes and placing </b><u><b>You</b></u><b> in Bonded Debt</b>!\r\n\r\nIf the items on this list are so important and have so much positive potential why doesn''t LE''s owner, Champion Media, just write a check to fund these projects instead of trying to massage and manipulate us into doing it with our hard earned money?\r\n\r\nWhat exactly are the ''<b>potential positives for the future''</b> that LE talks about when it comes to spending money we don''t have? We''re stumped, but we sure can think of a plenty of negatives.\r\n\r\nThe thing you can be sure of is, if your reading the LE you''re getting spoon fed the party line of those interests whose agenda includes strip mining our county until there is nothing left.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright wp-image-2759" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mayor-matthew-block-is-no-saint.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="283" />Mayor Matthew Block is no saint, but how would your life look if held up to a microscope? While most area politicos are focused on naming our new (and expensive) school and choosing colour schemes for new Community/Multi-cultural Centers, Matt Block has had the presence of mind and courage to call out the waste, fraud, corruption and abuse behind these efforts.\r\n\r\nIt''s never easy being out on the point taking flak while fellow politicos duck for cover.\r\n\r\nIs Matt Block the only one willing to call out the fact that Scotland County/Laurinburg are being strip mined by some very shady characters and entities?\r\n\r\nIt''s not often that one can get everything wrong all of the time. Heck, if you simply toss a coin you''ll get things right half the time. That being said, Scotland County/Laurinburg Commissions have a 100% spotless record for spending money we don''t have on expensive, worthless boondoggles we can''t afford.\r\n\r\nScotland County/Laurinburg have Zero ability to fund anything, let alone multi-million dollar Community/Multi-Cultural Centers, without borrowing money, raising taxes and fees, or raising tax rates.\r\n\r\nWe already have far too much Bonded Debt and Sky High Tax Rates; <b>what Scotland County desperately needs is </b><u><b>too much revenue</b></u><b>.</b>\r\n\r\nInstead of endless gnashing of teeth finding new ways to waste money we don''t have, how about our Commissioners spend a few moments discussing how to grow revenues and get finances on a sustainable path?\r\n\r\nFew can argue that Scotland County/Laurinburg are presently headed in a ''positive direction''. The only growth we have going on is an ever expanding cannibalistic government bureaucracy that serves an ever growing list of moochers feeding at the public trough.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft wp-image-2753" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fleeing-scotland-county.png" alt="" width="162" height="116" />The sad thing is, even with all this ''other people''s money'', we can''t make ends meet and must either borrow money, turning our citizens into bonded debt slaves, or tax them to death. Let''s not forget these are the go-go days with the economy booming as America is being made great again. What''s going to happen when the next financial crisis comes? If we don''t change our ways, we will surely be up a creek without a paddle, as those who have skinned us alive will be long gone, leaving us with a legacy of unpayable debt and taxes so high that those who can, flee.\r\n\r\nHere are a few questions regarding proposed Community and Multi-Cultural Centers:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many Scotland County/Laurinburg citizens will actually be paying the taxes required to build and maintain these facilities? Do you actually pay taxes or are you a net moocher?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How many police and sheriff''s deputies will be needed to keep a lid on things so that stabbings, shootings, fights and muggings at the ''Centers'' remain within acceptable community standards? Who is going to pay for this extra policing?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to clean up grounds, hallways and restrooms everyday that are filled with trash, garbage, needles and other drug paraphernalia? Where is the money going to come from?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much will it cost to remove human feces and urine contamination from the swimming pool on an ongoing basis? Public pools all over our nation are struggling with this very issue.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Laurinburg Exchange is doing a great job of spearheading cheerleading efforts to spend <u><b>Your</b></u> hard earned money under a wave of phony populism that it is largely responsible for generating. Let''s leave it to these Pollyannas to put a smiley face on this disaster. The rest of us will be better off facing the reality that we''re broke and we''re allowing a bunch of corrupt plutocrats to make us even more broke.\r\n\r\n<b>It''s time to close this strip mine!</b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/matthew-block-unexpectedly-withdraws-from-county-commission-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Block unexpectedly withdraws from County Commission Race!</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/vote-no-on-scotland-county-referendum-to-increase-sales-use-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vote NO on Scotland County Referendum to Increase Sales &amp; Use Tax</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2791, 1, '2018-10-27 07:31:49', '2018-10-27 11:31:49', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2789" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/methyl-bromide-fumigation-air-pollution.png" alt="" width="439" height="294" />(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Depending on the frequency and degree of the exposure to the compound, the lungs may fill with fluid or grow lesions. The kidneys, liver and esophagus can suffer. A developing fetus might fail to normally grow.\r\n\r\nAnd the brain: Like a fortress, the brain contains cells to repel substances from entering the sensitive organ. But methyl bromide can breach what is known as the blood-brain barrier. It storms the gates, potentially leading to tremors and other neurological damage.\r\n\r\nDespite methyl bromide’s proven toxicity, there are no North Carolina or federal regulations governing its concentrations in the ambient air. When state regulators compiled its list of regulated Toxic Air Pollutants in the late 1980s and early 1990s, NC Division of Air Quality Director Mike Abraczinskas said, “methyl bromide didn’t make the cut.”" <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">NC Policy Watch</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/chemtrails-whats-going-on-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chemtrails – What’s Going On? (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/everyday-products-and-how-youre-being-chemically-castrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT 0 Methyl Bromide Air Pollution - NC Proposes First Regulation', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2787-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 07:31:49', '2018-10-27 11:31:49', '', 2787, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2787-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2792, 1, '2018-10-27 07:32:35', '2018-10-27 11:32:35', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2789" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/methyl-bromide-fumigation-air-pollution.png" alt="" width="439" height="294" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Depending on the frequency and degree of the exposure to the compound, the lungs may fill with fluid or grow lesions. The kidneys, liver and esophagus can suffer. A developing fetus might fail to normally grow.\r\n\r\nAnd the brain: Like a fortress, the brain contains cells to repel substances from entering the sensitive organ. But methyl bromide can breach what is known as the blood-brain barrier. It storms the gates, potentially leading to tremors and other neurological damage.\r\n\r\nDespite methyl bromide’s proven toxicity, there are no North Carolina or federal regulations governing its concentrations in the ambient air. When state regulators compiled its list of regulated Toxic Air Pollutants in the late 1980s and early 1990s, NC Division of Air Quality Director Mike Abraczinskas said, “methyl bromide didn’t make the cut.”" <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">NC Policy Watch</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/chemtrails-whats-going-on-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chemtrails – What’s Going On? (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/everyday-products-and-how-youre-being-chemically-castrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT 0 Methyl Bromide Air Pollution - NC Proposes First Regulation', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2787-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 07:32:35', '2018-10-27 11:32:35', '', 2787, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2787-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2793, 1, '2018-10-31 01:00:06', '2018-10-31 05:00:06', '<img class="alignleft wp-image-2790" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nc-medicaid-moves-forward-with-managed-care.png" alt="" width="322" height="213" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"North Carolina’s Medicaid overhaul cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government giving an official nod to plans to switch to a managed-care system."</blockquote>\r\n<blockquote>"The ongoing switch to managed care has huge implications, with roughly one-in-five North Carolinians depending on the federally mandated but state-managed Medicaid program for health care. The state will eventually contract out an estimated $6 billion a year, or $30 billion over five years, to managed-care groups, sums that will make it among the largest contracts the state has ever signed." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2018/10/26/medicaid-changes-get-thumbs-up-as-state-pushes-forward-with-managed-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">North Carolina Health News</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/methyl-bromide-air-pollution-nc-proposes-first-regulation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Methyl Bromide Air Pollution – NC Proposes First Regulation</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'NC Medicaid Moves Forward With Managed Care', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'nc-medicaid-moves-forward-with-managed-care', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:31:58', '2019-03-12 17:31:58', '', 0, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=2793', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2794, 1, '2018-10-27 07:56:21', '2018-10-27 11:56:21', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2789" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/methyl-bromide-fumigation-air-pollution.png" alt="" width="439" height="294" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Depending on the frequency and degree of the exposure to the compound, the lungs may fill with fluid or grow lesions. The kidneys, liver and esophagus can suffer. A developing fetus might fail to normally grow.\r\n\r\nAnd the brain: Like a fortress, the brain contains cells to repel substances from entering the sensitive organ. But methyl bromide can breach what is known as the blood-brain barrier. It storms the gates, potentially leading to tremors and other neurological damage.\r\n\r\nDespite methyl bromide’s proven toxicity, there are no North Carolina or federal regulations governing its concentrations in the ambient air. When state regulators compiled its list of regulated Toxic Air Pollutants in the late 1980s and early 1990s, NC Division of Air Quality Director Mike Abraczinskas said, “methyl bromide didn’t make the cut.”" <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">NC Policy Watch</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/chemtrails-whats-going-on-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chemtrails – What’s Going On? (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/everyday-products-and-how-youre-being-chemically-castrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - Methyl Bromide Air Pollution - NC Proposes First Regulation', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2787-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 07:56:21', '2018-10-27 11:56:21', '', 2787, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2787-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2796, 1, '2018-10-27 08:01:46', '2018-10-27 12:01:46', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"North Carolina’s Medicaid overhaul cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government giving an official nod to plans to switch to a managed-care system."</blockquote>\r\n<blockquote>"The ongoing switch to managed care has huge implications, with roughly one-in-five North Carolinians depending on the federally mandated but state-managed Medicaid program for health care. The state will eventually contract out an estimated $6 billion a year, or $30 billion over five years, to managed-care groups, sums that will make it among the largest contracts the state has ever signed." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - NC Medicaid Moves Forward With Managed Care', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2793-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 08:01:46', '2018-10-27 12:01:46', '', 2793, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2793-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2797, 1, '2018-10-27 08:03:51', '2018-10-27 12:03:51', '<img class="alignleft  wp-image-2790" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nc-medicaid-moves-forward-with-managed-care.png" alt="" width="322" height="213" />(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"North Carolina’s Medicaid overhaul cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government giving an official nod to plans to switch to a managed-care system."</blockquote>\r\n<blockquote>"The ongoing switch to managed care has huge implications, with roughly one-in-five North Carolinians depending on the federally mandated but state-managed Medicaid program for health care. The state will eventually contract out an estimated $6 billion a year, or $30 billion over five years, to managed-care groups, sums that will make it among the largest contracts the state has ever signed." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2018/10/26/medicaid-changes-get-thumbs-up-as-state-pushes-forward-with-managed-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">North Carolina Health News</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - NC Medicaid Moves Forward With Managed Care', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2793-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 08:03:51', '2018-10-27 12:03:51', '', 2793, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2793-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(2799, 1, '2018-10-27 08:30:13', '2018-10-27 12:30:13', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2789" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/methyl-bromide-fumigation-air-pollution.png" alt="" width="439" height="294" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Depending on the frequency and degree of the exposure to the compound, the lungs may fill with fluid or grow lesions. The kidneys, liver and esophagus can suffer. A developing fetus might fail to normally grow.\r\n\r\nAnd the brain: Like a fortress, the brain contains cells to repel substances from entering the sensitive organ. But methyl bromide can breach what is known as the blood-brain barrier. It storms the gates, potentially leading to tremors and other neurological damage.\r\n\r\nDespite methyl bromide’s proven toxicity, there are no North Carolina or federal regulations governing its concentrations in the ambient air. When state regulators compiled its list of regulated Toxic Air Pollutants in the late 1980s and early 1990s, NC Division of Air Quality Director Mike Abraczinskas said, “methyl bromide didn’t make the cut.”" <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/23/nc-proposes-first-ever-regulation-of-methyl-bromide-air-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">NC Policy Watch</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/chemtrails-whats-going-on-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chemtrails – What’s Going On? (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/everyday-products-and-how-youre-being-chemically-castrated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Everyday Products and How You’re Being Chemically Castrated</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Methyl Bromide Air Pollution - NC Proposes First Regulation', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2787-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 08:30:13', '2018-10-27 12:30:13', '', 2787, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2787-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2800, 1, '2018-10-27 08:35:06', '2018-10-27 12:35:06', '<img class="alignleft wp-image-2790" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nc-medicaid-moves-forward-with-managed-care.png" alt="" width="322" height="213" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"North Carolina’s Medicaid overhaul cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government giving an official nod to plans to switch to a managed-care system."</blockquote>\r\n<blockquote>"The ongoing switch to managed care has huge implications, with roughly one-in-five North Carolinians depending on the federally mandated but state-managed Medicaid program for health care. The state will eventually contract out an estimated $6 billion a year, or $30 billion over five years, to managed-care groups, sums that will make it among the largest contracts the state has ever signed." <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2018/10/26/medicaid-changes-get-thumbs-up-as-state-pushes-forward-with-managed-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">North Carolina Health News</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/methyl-bromide-air-pollution-nc-proposes-first-regulation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Methyl Bromide Air Pollution – NC Proposes First Regulation</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/food-fight-how-corporations-ruined-food-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'NC Medicaid Moves Forward With Managed Care', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2793-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-27 08:35:06', '2018-10-27 12:35:06', '', 2793, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2793-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2805, 1, '2018-10-26 01:00:43', '2018-10-26 05:00:43', '<img class=" wp-image-2811 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kersey-ralph_and_angie.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="312" />\r\n\r\nThis year''s Scotland County Sheriff''s race between incumbent Ralph Kersey and challenger John Martin, while heated, is nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kersey''s wife Angie appears distraught, experiencing great angst, as she herself expresses and bemoans:\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Angie Williams Kersey\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">October 25 at 8:42 AM</a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span></p>\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We genuinely sympathize with Mrs. Kersey''s heartfelt feelings and don''t wish her pain, but feel compelled to point out that r</span>unning for political office can be a gut wrenching experience for both candidates and loved ones. It''s not for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The issue before us isn''t really about the Kerseys though. They are without a doubt wonderful people. It''s also not about sheriff department employees. <b>The question is: Who do voters feel will do the best job as Scotland County Sheriff?</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">John Martin has no record upon which to be judged so we must size him up as best we can. Ralph Kersey however, has been county sheriff for the past four years and can be judged upon his record. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Choosing who will represent us in elected office is not a perfect process, far from it. It can be messy, divisive and rough and tumble, and the outcome is in no way guaranteed to be to our liking.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The entire American political process is deeply flawed and needs much work. Unfortunately, any hoped for improvement won''t be coming in time to assuage Mrs. Kersey''s concerns.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Her husband''s reelection campaign was never destined to be a high class event, a ''stroll through the park'', nor an uplifting experience. To think otherwise would be naive. If it has become too much to bear, perhaps Mrs. Kersey should urge her husband to withdraw from the race. After all, </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>If you can''t stand the heat, it''s best to stay out of the kitchen.</b></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">County Commission candidate Matt Block''s recent withdrawal proved that, while you may take a few jabs and even some direct hits, withdrawing from a race is not a life ending experience.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">It is true that some bombs lobbed Sheriff Kersey''s way appear to be small minded, petty, vindictive and just plain wrong, but others are serious, legitimate issues raised by citizens concerned that Kersey''s four year reign has been a flop. Some, like us, believe his administration to be much more than a flop; rather, an extremely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>unsettling and damaging experience</b></a></span> for our county and its future.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey continues to crow about his crime reducing statistics but the fact is elected officials and government bureaucrats know how to massage and cook numbers until things look rosy. When was the last time you heard a politician talk about the lousy job they were doing and all the money they''ve wasted?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey also points with pride to his full court regimen of of </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>''FREE'' programs</b></span><span style="color: #000000;"> (see below), but our own personal experience attending Kersey sponsored events tells us these programs are standard government issue public relations fluff and nothing more. And, as for ''FREE'', anyone who''s been on planet earth any length of time should know there is no such thing as ''FREE anything''. Everything we do, or don''t do, comes with a price, as those who use Facebook, Google Chrome, etc. are just beginning to discover.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">In the end voters will make up their minds largely based upon their own experiences and perceptions. Do residents feel safe in their homes, persons and property? Are we comfortable attending church or going shopping, or are we afraid we might return home to a house or apartment that''s been ransacked? Can we feel relaxed sitting in the living room watching TV without a shotgun on our lap to repel an all too likely home invasion?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">I learned as a child not to pick a puppy from the litter that wouldn''t look me in the eye. This holds true for Sheriffs as well. Despite numerous attempts to discuss issues and concerns with Sheriff Kersey over the last 4 years, he has consistently refused to take or return calls. Public officials who are afraid to meet with constituents other than at closely controlled venues have something to hide, and Sheriff Kersey is no exception. His closet appears filled to the brim with skeletons he''d prefer to keep out of sight.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Law Enforcement nationwide is experiencing a systemic crises, following decades of hiring, electing and promoting individuals with qualifications and personalities not compatible with maintaining a free, open, transparent and democratic society. Things are straining at the seams and the natives are getting restless.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Thousands of YouTube videos graphically show police horribly abusing our Constitution and the very law abiding citizens they are charged with serving and protecting. This isn''t a case of a few bad apples either, this is a deep rooted systemic problem that if not corrected is going to end up in a disastrous train wreck. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The job of County Sheriff carries with it huge responsibilities and it''s going to takes some big feet to fill those shoes.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey has </span><a href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><b>turned his back on Scotland County</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;">in favour of serving Wall Street and Washington DC''s international banking interests. </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">This image portrays what some think could happen:</span>\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-2812 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/military-firing-on-police-station.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">While we don''t agree with the sentiment expressed in the picture, we realize this horrible, dystopic scene could come to pass if we as Americans let things continue to spin further out of control.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The current Law Enforcement model is broken. Speeding around in gnarly police cruisers with blacked out windows while refusing to address criminal activity is unacceptable. Officers so burdened with gadgets, do-dads and gizmos hanging from their belts that they can barely move is not working. Unconstitutional spying and surveillance is causing citizens to further lose respect for law enforcement as a whole. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We desperately need a Sheriff who will serve Scotland County instead of International Bankers. It''s time to Fire Sheriff Ralph Kersey and demand more from the new sheriff.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>___________</b>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Ralph Kersey Sheriff\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1927549564213224&amp;id=100008745975689" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">October 24 at 6:11 PM</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">False Accusations</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Facts\r\nEvery program that has been implemented at the Sheriff''s Office upon taking office is FREE to the Citizens of Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Mobile Patrol\r\nFamily Watchdog\r\nRaids Online\r\nChurch Watch\r\nNextdoor\r\nNeighborhood Watch\r\nSheriff''s Exchange Zone\r\nAre You Okay\r\nGun Permits Online\r\nStuff a Cruiser (Back to School)\r\nShop with the Sheriff (Christmas)\r\nOperation Safe Street\r\nLock it or Lose it\r\nReadywarn\r\nReentry Programs for Inmates\r\nCoffee with a Cop\r\nLaw Enforcement Prayer Breakfast\r\nProject Lifesavers\r\nTeen Court\r\nCitizens Academy\r\nExplorer Program\r\nCuffing Cure for Cancer\r\nICE (In Case of a Emergency)\r\nChaplain Program\r\nInmate Work Program\r\nand many more....</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">So, the programs are not worthless and they do not cost the taxpayers anything. The purpose of these programs are to reduce crime and build relationships between law enforcement and our citizens.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Please verify this through the county.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">More to come.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2806, 1, '2018-10-30 09:57:17', '2018-10-30 13:57:17', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>123</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n<center></center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT -', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2805-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-30 09:57:17', '2018-10-30 13:57:17', '', 2805, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2805-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2807, 1, '2018-10-30 10:25:42', '2018-10-30 14:25:42', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>&quot;<span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif"><em>123</em></span></span>&quot; <span style="color: #0000ff">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<blockquote>&quot;<span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif"><em>123</em></span></span>&quot; Read more...</blockquote>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'If you can''t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2805-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-30 10:25:42', '2018-10-30 14:25:42', '', 2805, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2805-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2808, 1, '2018-10-30 10:28:14', '2018-10-30 14:28:14', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>"Angie Williams Kersey\r\nOctober 25 at 8:42 AM\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span>" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>"<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><em>123</em></span></span>" Read more...</blockquote>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2810, 1, '2018-10-30 10:35:26', '2018-10-30 14:35:26', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>123</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis year''s Scotland County Sheriff''s race between incumbent Ralph Kersey and challenger John Martin, while heated, is nothing out the ordinary. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kersey''s wife Angie appears distraught, experiencing great angst, as she herself expresses and bemoans:\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Angie Williams Kersey\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 25 at 8:42 AM</a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span></p>\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We genuinely sympathize with Mrs. Kersey''s heart felt feelings and don''t wish her pain, but feel compelled to point out that r</span>unning for political office can be a gut wrenching experience for both candidates and loved ones. It''s not for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The issue before us isn''t really about the Kersey''s though. They are without a doubt wonderful people. It''s also not about sheriff department employees. <b>The question is: Who do voters feel will do the best job as Scotland County Sheriff?</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">John Martin has no record upon which to be judged so we must size him up as best we can. Ralph Kersey however, has been county sheriff for the past four years and can be judged upon his record. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Choosing who will represent us in elected office is not a perfect process, far from it. It can be messy, divisive and rough and tumble, and the outcome is in no way guaranteed to be to our liking.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The entire American political process is deeply flawed and needs much work. Unfortunately, any hoped for improvement won''t be coming in time to as-wage Ms. Kersey''s concerns.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Her husband''s reelection campaign was never destined to be a high class event, a ''stroll through the park'', an uplifting experience. To think otherwise would be naive. If it has become too much to bear, perhaps Ms. Kersey should urge her husband to withdraw from the race. After all, </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>If you can''t stand the heat, it''s best to stay out of the kitchen.</b></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">County Commission candidate Matt Block''s recent withdrawal proved that, while you may take a few jabs and even some direct hits, withdrawing from a race is not a life ending experience.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">It is true that some bombs lobed Sheriff Kersey''s way appear to be small minded, petty, vindictive and just plain wrong, but others are serious, legitimate issues raised by citizens concerned that Kersey''s four year reign has been a flop. Some, like us, believe his administration to be much more than a flop, rather an extremely <span style="color: #3333ff;"><b>unsettling and damaging experience</b></span> for our county and its future.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey continues to crow about his crime reducing statistics but the fact is elected officials and government bureaucrats know how to massage and cook numbers until things look rosy. When was the last time you heard a politician talk about the lousy job they were doing and all the money they''ve wasted?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey also points with pride to his full court regimen of of </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>''FREE'' programs</b></span><span style="color: #000000;"> (see below), but our own personal experience attending Kersey sponsored events tells us these programs are standard government issue public relations fluff and nothing more. And, as for ''FREE'', anyone whose been on planet earth any length of time should know there is no such thing as ''FREE anything''. Everything we do, or don''t do, comes with a price, as those who use Facebook, Google Chrome, etc are just beginning to discover.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">In the end voters will make up their minds largely based upon their own experiences and perceptions. Do residents feel safe in their homes, persons and property? Are we comfortable attending church or going shopping, or are we afraid we might return home to a house or apartment that''s been ransacked? Can we feel relaxed sitting in the living room watching TV without a shotgun on our lap to repel an all too likely home invasion?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">I learned as a child not to pick a puppy from the litter that wouldn''t look me in the eye. This holds true for Sheriffs as well. Despite numerous attempts to discuss issues and concerns with Sheriff Kersey over the last 4 years, he has consistently refused to take or return calls. Public officials who are afraid to meet with constituents other than at closely controlled venues have something to hide, and Sheriff Kersey is no exception. His closet appears filled to the brim with skeletons he''d prefer to keep out of sight.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Law Enforcement nationwide is experiencing a systemic crises, following decades of hiring, electing and promoting individuals with qualifications and personalities not compatible with maintaining a free, open, transparent and democratic society. Things are straining at the seams and the natives are getting restless.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Thousands of YouTube videos graphically show police horribly abusing the very law abiding citizens they are charged with serving and protecting. This isn''t a case of a few bad apples either, this is a deep rooted systemic problem that if not corrected is going to end up in a disastrous train wreck. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The job of County Sheriff carries with it huge responsibilities and it''s going to takes some big feet to fill those shoes.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey has </span><span style="color: #3333ff;"><b>turned his back on Scotland County</b></span><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;">in favour of serving Wall Street and Washington DC''s international banking interests. </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Below is a picture that portrays what some think could happen.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">While we don''t agree with the sentiment expressed in the picture, we realize this horrible, dystopic scene could come to pass if we as Americans let things continue to spin further out of control.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The current Law Enforcement model is broken. Speeding around in gnarly police cruisers with blacked out windows while refusing to address criminal activity is unacceptable. Officers so burdened with gadgets, do-dads and gizmos hanging from their belts that they can barely move is not working. Unconstitutional spying and surveillance is causing citizens to further lose respect for law enforcement as a whole. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We desperately need a Sheriff who will serve Scotland County instead of International Bankers. It''s time to Fire Sheriff Ralph Kersey and demand more from the new sheriff.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>___________</b>\r\n\r\n<b>Ralph Kersey Sheriff</b>\r\n\r\n<a name="js_31"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1927549564213224&amp;id=100008745975689">October 24 at 6:11 PM</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">False Accusations</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Facts\r\nEvery program that has been implemented at the Sheriff''s Office upon taking office is FREE to the Citizens of Scotland County. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Mobile Patrol\r\nFamily Watchdog\r\nRaids Online\r\nChurch Watch\r\nNextdoor\r\nNeighborhood Watch\r\nSheriff''s Exchange Zone\r\nAre You Okay\r\nGun Permits Online\r\nStuff a Cruiser (Back to School)\r\nShop with the Sheriff (Christmas)\r\nOperation Safe Street\r\nLock it or Lose it\r\nReadywarn\r\nReentry Programs for Inmates\r\nCoffee with a Cop\r\nLaw Enforcement Prayer Breakfast\r\nProject Lifesavers\r\nTeen Court\r\nCitizens Academy\r\nExplorer Program\r\nCuffing Cure for Cancer\r\nICE (In Case of a Emergency)\r\nChaplain Program\r\nInmate Work Program\r\nand many more....</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">So, the programs are not worthless and they do not cost the taxpayers anything. The purpose of these programs are to reduce crime and build relationships between law enforcement and our citizens.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">Please verify this through the county.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;">More to come.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">________________</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2813, 1, '2018-10-30 10:59:43', '2018-10-30 14:59:43', '<img class=" wp-image-2811 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kersey-ralph_and_angie.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="312" />\r\n\r\nThis year''s Scotland County Sheriff''s race between incumbent Ralph Kersey and challenger John Martin, while heated, is nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kersey''s wife Angie appears distraught, experiencing great angst, as she herself expresses and bemoans:\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Angie Williams Kersey\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 25 at 8:42 AM</a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span></p>\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We genuinely sympathize with Mrs. Kersey''s heartfelt feelings and don''t wish her pain, but feel compelled to point out that r</span>unning for political office can be a gut wrenching experience for both candidates and loved ones. It''s not for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The issue before us isn''t really about the Kerseys though. They are without a doubt wonderful people. It''s also not about sheriff department employees. <b>The question is: Who do voters feel will do the best job as Scotland County Sheriff?</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">John Martin has no record upon which to be judged so we must size him up as best we can. Ralph Kersey however, has been county sheriff for the past four years and can be judged upon his record. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Choosing who will represent us in elected office is not a perfect process, far from it. It can be messy, divisive and rough and tumble, and the outcome is in no way guaranteed to be to our liking.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The entire American political process is deeply flawed and needs much work. Unfortunately, any hoped for improvement won''t be coming in time to assuage Mrs. Kersey''s concerns.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Her husband''s reelection campaign was never destined to be a high class event, a ''stroll through the park'', nor an uplifting experience. To think otherwise would be naive. If it has become too much to bear, perhaps Mrs. Kersey should urge her husband to withdraw from the race. After all, </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>If you can''t stand the heat, it''s best to stay out of the kitchen.</b></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">County Commission candidate Matt Block''s recent withdrawal proved that, while you may take a few jabs and even some direct hits, withdrawing from a race is not a life ending experience.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">It is true that some bombs lobbed Sheriff Kersey''s way appear to be small minded, petty, vindictive and just plain wrong, but others are serious, legitimate issues raised by citizens concerned that Kersey''s four year reign has been a flop. Some, like us, believe his administration to be much more than a flop; rather, an extremely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>unsettling and damaging experience</b></a></span> for our county and its future.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey continues to crow about his crime reducing statistics but the fact is elected officials and government bureaucrats know how to massage and cook numbers until things look rosy. When was the last time you heard a politician talk about the lousy job they were doing and all the money they''ve wasted?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey also points with pride to his full court regimen of of </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>''FREE'' programs</b></span><span style="color: #000000;"> (see below), but our own personal experience attending Kersey sponsored events tells us these programs are standard government issue public relations fluff and nothing more. And, as for ''FREE'', anyone who''s been on planet earth any length of time should know there is no such thing as ''FREE anything''. Everything we do, or don''t do, comes with a price, as those who use Facebook, Google Chrome, etc. are just beginning to discover.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">In the end voters will make up their minds largely based upon their own experiences and perceptions. Do residents feel safe in their homes, persons and property? Are we comfortable attending church or going shopping, or are we afraid we might return home to a house or apartment that''s been ransacked? Can we feel relaxed sitting in the living room watching TV without a shotgun on our lap to repel an all too likely home invasion?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">I learned as a child not to pick a puppy from the litter that wouldn''t look me in the eye. This holds true for Sheriffs as well. Despite numerous attempts to discuss issues and concerns with Sheriff Kersey over the last 4 years, he has consistently refused to take or return calls. Public officials who are afraid to meet with constituents other than at closely controlled venues have something to hide, and Sheriff Kersey is no exception. His closet appears filled to the brim with skeletons he''d prefer to keep out of sight.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Law Enforcement nationwide is experiencing a systemic crises, following decades of hiring, electing and promoting individuals with qualifications and personalities not compatible with maintaining a free, open, transparent and democratic society. Things are straining at the seams and the natives are getting restless.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Thousands of YouTube videos graphically show police horribly abusing the very law abiding citizens they are charged with serving and protecting. This isn''t a case of a few bad apples either, this is a deep rooted systemic problem that if not corrected is going to end up in a disastrous train wreck. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The job of County Sheriff carries with it huge responsibilities and it''s going to takes some big feet to fill those shoes.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey has </span><a href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><b>turned his back on Scotland County</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;">in favour of serving Wall Street and Washington DC''s international banking interests. </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">This image portrays what some think could happen:</span>\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-2812 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/military-firing-on-police-station.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">While we don''t agree with the sentiment expressed in the picture, we realize this horrible, dystopic scene could come to pass if we as Americans let things continue to spin further out of control.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The current Law Enforcement model is broken. Speeding around in gnarly police cruisers with blacked out windows while refusing to address criminal activity is unacceptable. Officers so burdened with gadgets, do-dads and gizmos hanging from their belts that they can barely move is not working. Unconstitutional spying and surveillance is causing citizens to further lose respect for law enforcement as a whole. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We desperately need a Sheriff who will serve Scotland County instead of International Bankers. It''s time to Fire Sheriff Ralph Kersey and demand more from the new sheriff.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>___________</b>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Ralph Kersey Sheriff\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1927549564213224&amp;id=100008745975689" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">October 24 at 6:11 PM</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">False Accusations</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Facts\r\nEvery program that has been implemented at the Sheriff''s Office upon taking office is FREE to the Citizens of Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Mobile Patrol\r\nFamily Watchdog\r\nRaids Online\r\nChurch Watch\r\nNextdoor\r\nNeighborhood Watch\r\nSheriff''s Exchange Zone\r\nAre You Okay\r\nGun Permits Online\r\nStuff a Cruiser (Back to School)\r\nShop with the Sheriff (Christmas)\r\nOperation Safe Street\r\nLock it or Lose it\r\nReadywarn\r\nReentry Programs for Inmates\r\nCoffee with a Cop\r\nLaw Enforcement Prayer Breakfast\r\nProject Lifesavers\r\nTeen Court\r\nCitizens Academy\r\nExplorer Program\r\nCuffing Cure for Cancer\r\nICE (In Case of a Emergency)\r\nChaplain Program\r\nInmate Work Program\r\nand many more....</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">So, the programs are not worthless and they do not cost the taxpayers anything. The purpose of these programs are to reduce crime and build relationships between law enforcement and our citizens.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Please verify this through the county.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">More to come.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'If you can''t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2805-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-30 10:59:43', '2018-10-30 14:59:43', '', 2805, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2805-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2815, 1, '2018-11-04 01:00:33', '2018-11-04 05:00:33', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2818" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bus-school-school-bus-yellow-159658.jpeg" alt="" width="444" height="250" />\r\n\r\nBullying continues to be a serious problem encountered in <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/is-your-child-being-bullied-in-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">schools</a></span> and neighborhoods; and impacts individuals, families, and communities. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention considers bullying as a major health problem, and operationally <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/bullying-definitions-final-a.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">defined</span></a> bullying among the youth as <i>any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths who are not siblings or current dating partners that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.</i> Bullying can either be direct or indirect, and can come in <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/understanding-cyberbullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">any form</span></a> such as physical, verbal, relational, and damage to property.\r\n\r\nVictims of bullying report feelings isolation and low self-esteem, do not perform well in school, have a negative view of the school, and do not have a lot of friends in school. They also experience psychosomatic problems such as a headache, stomach ache, and sleeping problems; as well as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/mental-health-benefits-what-the-law-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mental health</a></span> problems such as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/suicide-risk-factors-and-civil-liabilities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thoughts of suicide</a></span>, <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/depression/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">depression</span></a>, and anxiety. The impact of bullying warrants serious study and attention, and it is not enough that <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/tips-to-protect-your-child-from-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">parents</a></span> and school administrators encourage victims to step forward and report the incidents; there should also be efforts in getting to know the bullies and investigate the possible causes of their aggressive behaviors.\r\n\r\n<b>Why do bullies bully?</b>\r\n\r\nBullies tend to possess similar characteristics such as impulsivity, short temper, defiance, and aggressiveness towards teachers and parents, lack of empathy towards others who are victimized, physical strength, and having a strong need to dominate others.\r\n\r\nStudies have investigated the development of bullies and possible reasons behind their aggression. Among them are the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><b>Learnt behavior at <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/bullying-and-your-role-as-a-parent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">home</span></a></b>. Bullies tend to come from homes with parents who are authoritarian and prefer physical means of discipline; who are sometimes hostile and rejecting; who are described as both hostile and permissive, which could mean inconsistent parenting; who have poor problem-solving skills; and who teach children to strike back even at the least provocation.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Having experienced bullying</b>. Most bullies have experienced being bullied themselves. Their aggressive behavior becomes their defense mechanism in order to avoid being victimized again, thus contributing to a vicious cycle of aggression.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Stress and Trauma</b>. Those who bully are more likely to have been in stressful or traumatic situations, such as parents getting a divorce, a death of a relative, or gaining another sibling.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Reinforcement</b>. In some cases, bullies are embraced and reinforced for their behavior. They tend to be popular among their peers. A <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/112/6/1231" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">study</a></span> conducted on 2,000 students in 11 middle schools in Los Angeles found that “coolness” and “aggression” are highly linked. Those who were ranked by their peers as the “coolest” tend to be the same kids who push people around, start fights, and spread rumors about other kids.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<b>What can be done?</b>\r\n\r\nAggressive behaviors such as bullying are deep-seated. Therefore, intervention in schools and homes must be strengthened. There is a need to change the climate in schools and homes in order for bullying not to be perpetuated and tolerated. Psychologists continue to research and develop bullying intervention programs, and these programs involve creating school and the home environment characterized by:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Positive interest, warmth, and involvement from adults</li>\r\n 	<li>Firm limits on unacceptable behavior</li>\r\n 	<li>Consistent application on non-physical and non-punitive sanctions for violation of rules and unacceptable behaviors</li>\r\n 	<li>Adults who act as role models and authorities</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEven though all states have anti-bullying laws and policies, there is no federal law that specifically applies to bullying. When bullying is based on race, color, religion, or disability; and overlaps with harassment, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/the-schools-responsibilities-to-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">schools are legally obligated</a></span> to address it.\r\n\r\nIf you have family or friends in California: Is your child a victim of bullying that resulted in physical injuries? <a href="http://www.hoganinjury.com/ask-a-lawyer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Contact us at Hogan Injury</span></a> (located in California) for expert legal advice. (Article submitted by Hogan Injury law firm.)\r\n\r\n[yop_poll id="2"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://hoganinjury.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Hogan Injury</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2816, 1, '2018-10-31 13:33:14', '2018-10-31 17:33:14', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>123</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Why Do Bullies Bully – Bullying Among Youths', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2815-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-31 13:33:14', '2018-10-31 17:33:14', '', 2815, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2815-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2817, 1, '2018-10-31 13:42:30', '2018-10-31 17:42:30', '(PIC\r\n\r\nBullying continues to be a serious problem encountered in <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/is-your-child-being-bullied-in-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools</a></span> and neighborhoods; and impacts individuals, families, and communities. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention considers bullying as a major health problem, and operationally <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/bullying-definitions-final-a.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">defined</span></a> bullying among the youth as <i>any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths who are not siblings or current dating partners that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.</i> Bullying can either be direct or indirect, and can come in <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/understanding-cyberbullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">any form</span></a> such as physical, verbal, relational, and damage to property.\r\n\r\nVictims of bullying report feelings isolation and low self-esteem, do not perform well in school, have a negative view of the school, and do not have a lot of friends in school. They also experience psychosomatic problems such as a headache, stomach ache, and sleeping problems; as well as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/mental-health-benefits-what-the-law-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mental health</a></span> problems such as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/suicide-risk-factors-and-civil-liabilities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thoughts of suicide</a></span>, <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/depression/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">depression</span></a>, and anxiety. The impact of bullying warrants serious study and attention, and it is not enough that <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/tips-to-protect-your-child-from-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">parents</a></span> and school administrators encourage victims to step forward and report the incidents; there should also be efforts in getting to know the bullies and investigate the possible causes of their aggressive behaviors.\r\n\r\n<b>Why do bullies bully?</b>\r\n\r\nBullies tend to possess similar characteristics such as impulsivity, short temper, defiance, and aggressiveness towards teachers and parents, lack of empathy towards others who are victimized, physical strength, and having a strong need to dominate others.\r\n\r\nStudies have investigated the development of bullies and possible reasons behind their aggression. Among them are the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><b>Learnt behavior at <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/bullying-and-your-role-as-a-parent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">home</span></a></b>. Bullies tend to come from homes with parents who are authoritarian and prefer physical means of discipline; who are sometimes hostile and rejecting; who are described as both hostile and permissive, which could mean inconsistent parenting; who have poor problem-solving skills; and who teach children to strike back even at the least provocation.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Having experienced bullying</b>. Most bullies have experienced being bullied themselves. Their aggressive behavior becomes their defense mechanism in order to avoid being victimized again, thus contributing to a vicious cycle of aggression.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Stress and Trauma</b>. Those who bully are more likely to have been in stressful or traumatic situations, such as parents getting a divorce, a death of a relative, or gaining another sibling.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Reinforcement</b>. In some cases, bullies are embraced and reinforced for their behavior. They tend to be popular among their peers. A <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/112/6/1231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a></span> conducted on 2,000 students in 11 middle schools in Los Angeles found that “coolness” and “aggression” are highly linked. Those who were ranked by their peers as the “coolest” tend to be the same kids who push people around, start fights, and spread rumors about other kids.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<b>What can be done?</b>\r\n\r\nAggressive behaviors such as bullying are deep-seated. Therefore, intervention in schools and homes must be strengthened. There is a need to change the climate in schools and homes in order for bullying not to be perpetuated and tolerated. Psychologists continue to research and develop bullying intervention programs, and these programs involve creating school and the home environment characterized by:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Positive interest, warmth, and involvement from adults</li>\r\n 	<li>Firm limits on unacceptable behavior</li>\r\n 	<li>Consistent application on non-physical and non-punitive sanctions for violation of rules and unacceptable behaviors</li>\r\n 	<li>Adults who act as role models and authorities</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEven though all states have anti-bullying laws and policies, there is no federal law that specifically applies to bullying. When bullying is based on race, color, religion, or disability; and overlaps with harassment, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/the-schools-responsibilities-to-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools are legally obligated</a></span> to address it.\r\n\r\nIf you have family or friends in California: Is your child a victim of bullying that resulted in physical injuries? <a href="http://www.hoganinjury.com/ask-a-lawyer" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Contact us at Hogan Injury</span></a> (located in California) for expert legal advice. (Article submitted by Hogan Injury law firm.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://hoganinjury.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Hogan Injury</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. 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(2818, 1, '2018-10-31 13:48:06', '2018-10-31 17:48:06', '', 'bus-school-school-bus-yellow-159658', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'bus-school-school-bus-yellow-159658', '', '', '2018-10-31 13:48:06', '2018-10-31 17:48:06', '', 2815, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bus-school-school-bus-yellow-159658.jpeg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2819, 1, '2018-10-31 13:51:52', '2018-10-31 17:51:52', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2818" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bus-school-school-bus-yellow-159658.jpeg" alt="" width="444" height="250" />\r\n\r\nBullying continues to be a serious problem encountered in <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/is-your-child-being-bullied-in-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools</a></span> and neighborhoods; and impacts individuals, families, and communities. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention considers bullying as a major health problem, and operationally <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/bullying-definitions-final-a.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">defined</span></a> bullying among the youth as <i>any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths who are not siblings or current dating partners that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.</i> Bullying can either be direct or indirect, and can come in <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/understanding-cyberbullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">any form</span></a> such as physical, verbal, relational, and damage to property.\r\n\r\nVictims of bullying report feelings isolation and low self-esteem, do not perform well in school, have a negative view of the school, and do not have a lot of friends in school. They also experience psychosomatic problems such as a headache, stomach ache, and sleeping problems; as well as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/mental-health-benefits-what-the-law-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mental health</a></span> problems such as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/suicide-risk-factors-and-civil-liabilities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thoughts of suicide</a></span>, <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/depression/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">depression</span></a>, and anxiety. The impact of bullying warrants serious study and attention, and it is not enough that <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/tips-to-protect-your-child-from-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">parents</a></span> and school administrators encourage victims to step forward and report the incidents; there should also be efforts in getting to know the bullies and investigate the possible causes of their aggressive behaviors.\r\n\r\n<b>Why do bullies bully?</b>\r\n\r\nBullies tend to possess similar characteristics such as impulsivity, short temper, defiance, and aggressiveness towards teachers and parents, lack of empathy towards others who are victimized, physical strength, and having a strong need to dominate others.\r\n\r\nStudies have investigated the development of bullies and possible reasons behind their aggression. Among them are the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><b>Learnt behavior at <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/bullying-and-your-role-as-a-parent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">home</span></a></b>. Bullies tend to come from homes with parents who are authoritarian and prefer physical means of discipline; who are sometimes hostile and rejecting; who are described as both hostile and permissive, which could mean inconsistent parenting; who have poor problem-solving skills; and who teach children to strike back even at the least provocation.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Having experienced bullying</b>. Most bullies have experienced being bullied themselves. Their aggressive behavior becomes their defense mechanism in order to avoid being victimized again, thus contributing to a vicious cycle of aggression.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Stress and Trauma</b>. Those who bully are more likely to have been in stressful or traumatic situations, such as parents getting a divorce, a death of a relative, or gaining another sibling.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Reinforcement</b>. In some cases, bullies are embraced and reinforced for their behavior. They tend to be popular among their peers. A <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/112/6/1231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a></span> conducted on 2,000 students in 11 middle schools in Los Angeles found that “coolness” and “aggression” are highly linked. Those who were ranked by their peers as the “coolest” tend to be the same kids who push people around, start fights, and spread rumors about other kids.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<b>What can be done?</b>\r\n\r\nAggressive behaviors such as bullying are deep-seated. Therefore, intervention in schools and homes must be strengthened. There is a need to change the climate in schools and homes in order for bullying not to be perpetuated and tolerated. Psychologists continue to research and develop bullying intervention programs, and these programs involve creating school and the home environment characterized by:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Positive interest, warmth, and involvement from adults</li>\r\n 	<li>Firm limits on unacceptable behavior</li>\r\n 	<li>Consistent application on non-physical and non-punitive sanctions for violation of rules and unacceptable behaviors</li>\r\n 	<li>Adults who act as role models and authorities</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEven though all states have anti-bullying laws and policies, there is no federal law that specifically applies to bullying. When bullying is based on race, color, religion, or disability; and overlaps with harassment, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/the-schools-responsibilities-to-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools are legally obligated</a></span> to address it.\r\n\r\nIf you have family or friends in California: Is your child a victim of bullying that resulted in physical injuries? <a href="http://www.hoganinjury.com/ask-a-lawyer" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Contact us at Hogan Injury</span></a> (located in California) for expert legal advice. (Article submitted by Hogan Injury law firm.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://hoganinjury.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Hogan Injury</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. 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(2820, 1, '2018-10-31 13:58:10', '2018-10-31 17:58:10', 'James Corbett of <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.corbettreport.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Corbett Report.com</a><span style="color: #000000;">, has produced this first quality </span></span>video documentary, ''Century of Enslavement'' about the selling out of America to International Bankers in 1913 via the creation of the privately owned US Federal Reserve System and its private collection arm, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).\r\n\r\n<center></center><center><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5IJeemTQ7Vk?rel=0" width="420" height="236" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em>Sources:</em></span>\r\n</span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.corbettreport.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Corbett Report</a></span>\r\n\r\n<address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/election-fraud-american-style-videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="item-title">Election Fraud – American Style (Videos</span>)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="item-title">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (Video)</span></a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/how-to-access-the-deep-web/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="item-title">How to Access the Deep Web</span></a></span></address><address> </address><address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating="8361352"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Century of Enslavement (video)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1574-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-10-31 13:58:10', '2018-10-31 17:58:10', '', 1574, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/1574-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(2821, 1, '2018-10-31 15:04:27', '2018-10-31 19:04:27', '<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2818" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bus-school-school-bus-yellow-159658.jpeg" alt="" width="444" height="250" />\r\n\r\nBullying continues to be a serious problem encountered in <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/is-your-child-being-bullied-in-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools</a></span> and neighborhoods; and impacts individuals, families, and communities. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention considers bullying as a major health problem, and operationally <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/bullying-definitions-final-a.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">defined</span></a> bullying among the youth as <i>any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths who are not siblings or current dating partners that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.</i> Bullying can either be direct or indirect, and can come in <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/understanding-cyberbullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">any form</span></a> such as physical, verbal, relational, and damage to property.\r\n\r\nVictims of bullying report feelings isolation and low self-esteem, do not perform well in school, have a negative view of the school, and do not have a lot of friends in school. They also experience psychosomatic problems such as a headache, stomach ache, and sleeping problems; as well as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/mental-health-benefits-what-the-law-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mental health</a></span> problems such as <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/suicide-risk-factors-and-civil-liabilities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thoughts of suicide</a></span>, <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/depression/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">depression</span></a>, and anxiety. The impact of bullying warrants serious study and attention, and it is not enough that <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/tips-to-protect-your-child-from-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">parents</a></span> and school administrators encourage victims to step forward and report the incidents; there should also be efforts in getting to know the bullies and investigate the possible causes of their aggressive behaviors.\r\n\r\n<b>Why do bullies bully?</b>\r\n\r\nBullies tend to possess similar characteristics such as impulsivity, short temper, defiance, and aggressiveness towards teachers and parents, lack of empathy towards others who are victimized, physical strength, and having a strong need to dominate others.\r\n\r\nStudies have investigated the development of bullies and possible reasons behind their aggression. Among them are the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><b>Learnt behavior at <a href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/bullying-and-your-role-as-a-parent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">home</span></a></b>. Bullies tend to come from homes with parents who are authoritarian and prefer physical means of discipline; who are sometimes hostile and rejecting; who are described as both hostile and permissive, which could mean inconsistent parenting; who have poor problem-solving skills; and who teach children to strike back even at the least provocation.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Having experienced bullying</b>. Most bullies have experienced being bullied themselves. Their aggressive behavior becomes their defense mechanism in order to avoid being victimized again, thus contributing to a vicious cycle of aggression.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Stress and Trauma</b>. Those who bully are more likely to have been in stressful or traumatic situations, such as parents getting a divorce, a death of a relative, or gaining another sibling.</li>\r\n 	<li><b>Reinforcement</b>. In some cases, bullies are embraced and reinforced for their behavior. They tend to be popular among their peers. A <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/112/6/1231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a></span> conducted on 2,000 students in 11 middle schools in Los Angeles found that “coolness” and “aggression” are highly linked. Those who were ranked by their peers as the “coolest” tend to be the same kids who push people around, start fights, and spread rumors about other kids.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<b>What can be done?</b>\r\n\r\nAggressive behaviors such as bullying are deep-seated. Therefore, intervention in schools and homes must be strengthened. There is a need to change the climate in schools and homes in order for bullying not to be perpetuated and tolerated. Psychologists continue to research and develop bullying intervention programs, and these programs involve creating school and the home environment characterized by:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Positive interest, warmth, and involvement from adults</li>\r\n 	<li>Firm limits on unacceptable behavior</li>\r\n 	<li>Consistent application on non-physical and non-punitive sanctions for violation of rules and unacceptable behaviors</li>\r\n 	<li>Adults who act as role models and authorities</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEven though all states have anti-bullying laws and policies, there is no federal law that specifically applies to bullying. When bullying is based on race, color, religion, or disability; and overlaps with harassment, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.hoganinjury.com/the-schools-responsibilities-to-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools are legally obligated</a></span> to address it.\r\n\r\nIf you have family or friends in California: Is your child a victim of bullying that resulted in physical injuries? <a href="http://www.hoganinjury.com/ask-a-lawyer" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Contact us at Hogan Injury</span></a> (located in California) for expert legal advice. (Article submitted by Hogan Injury law firm.)\r\n\r\n[yop_poll id="2"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://hoganinjury.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Hogan Injury</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (video)</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. 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(2823, 1, '2018-11-01 07:42:37', '2018-11-01 11:42:37', '<img class=" wp-image-2811 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kersey-ralph_and_angie.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="312" />\n\nThis year''s Scotland County Sheriff''s race between incumbent Ralph Kersey and challenger John Martin, while heated, is nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kersey''s wife Angie appears distraught, experiencing great angst, as she herself expresses and bemoans:\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Angie Williams Kersey\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 25 at 8:42 AM</a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span></p>\n<span style="color: #000000;">We genuinely sympathize with Mrs. Kersey''s heartfelt feelings and don''t wish her pain, but feel compelled to point out that r</span>unning for political office can be a gut wrenching experience for both candidates and loved ones. It''s not for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart.\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">The issue before us isn''t really about the Kerseys though. They are without a doubt wonderful people. It''s also not about sheriff department employees. <b>The question is: Who do voters feel will do the best job as Scotland County Sheriff?</b></span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">John Martin has no record upon which to be judged so we must size him up as best we can. Ralph Kersey however, has been county sheriff for the past four years and can be judged upon his record. </span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">Choosing who will represent us in elected office is not a perfect process, far from it. It can be messy, divisive and rough and tumble, and the outcome is in no way guaranteed to be to our liking.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">The entire American political process is deeply flawed and needs much work. Unfortunately, any hoped for improvement won''t be coming in time to assuage Mrs. Kersey''s concerns.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Her husband''s reelection campaign was never destined to be a high class event, a ''stroll through the park'', nor an uplifting experience. To think otherwise would be naive. If it has become too much to bear, perhaps Mrs. Kersey should urge her husband to withdraw from the race. After all, </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>If you can''t stand the heat, it''s best to stay out of the kitchen.</b></span></span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">County Commission candidate Matt Block''s recent withdrawal proved that, while you may take a few jabs and even some direct hits, withdrawing from a race is not a life ending experience.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">It is true that some bombs lobbed Sheriff Kersey''s way appear to be small minded, petty, vindictive and just plain wrong, but others are serious, legitimate issues raised by citizens concerned that Kersey''s four year reign has been a flop. Some, like us, believe his administration to be much more than a flop; rather, an extremely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>unsettling and damaging experience</b></a></span> for our county and its future.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey continues to crow about his crime reducing statistics but the fact is elected officials and government bureaucrats know how to massage and cook numbers until things look rosy. When was the last time you heard a politician talk about the lousy job they were doing and all the money they''ve wasted?</span>\n\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey also points with pride to his full court regimen of of </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>''FREE'' programs</b></span><span style="color: #000000;"> (see below), but our own personal experience attending Kersey sponsored events tells us these programs are standard government issue public relations fluff and nothing more. And, as for ''FREE'', anyone who''s been on planet earth any length of time should know there is no such thing as ''FREE anything''. Everything we do, or don''t do, comes with a price, as those who use Facebook, Google Chrome, etc. are just beginning to discover.</span></span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">In the end voters will make up their minds largely based upon their own experiences and perceptions. Do residents feel safe in their homes, persons and property? Are we comfortable attending church or going shopping, or are we afraid we might return home to a house or apartment that''s been ransacked? Can we feel relaxed sitting in the living room watching TV without a shotgun on our lap to repel an all too likely home invasion?</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">I learned as a child not to pick a puppy from the litter that wouldn''t look me in the eye. This holds true for Sheriffs as well. Despite numerous attempts to discuss issues and concerns with Sheriff Kersey over the last 4 years, he has consistently refused to take or return calls. Public officials who are afraid to meet with constituents other than at closely controlled venues have something to hide, and Sheriff Kersey is no exception. His closet appears filled to the brim with skeletons he''d prefer to keep out of sight.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">Law Enforcement nationwide is experiencing a systemic crises, following decades of hiring, electing and promoting individuals with qualifications and personalities not compatible with maintaining a free, open, transparent and democratic society. Things are straining at the seams and the natives are getting restless.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">Thousands of YouTube videos graphically show police horribly abusing our Constitution and the very law abiding citizens they are charged with serving and protecting. This isn''t a case of a few bad apples either, this is a deep rooted systemic problem that if not corrected is going to end up in a disastrous train wreck. </span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">The job of County Sheriff carries with it huge responsibilities and it''s going to takes some big feet to fill those shoes.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey has </span><a href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><b>turned his back on Scotland County</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;">in favour of serving Wall Street and Washington DC''s international banking interests. </span></span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">This image portrays what some think could happen:</span>\n\n<img class="size-full wp-image-2812 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/military-firing-on-police-station.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">While we don''t agree with the sentiment expressed in the picture, we realize this horrible, dystopic scene could come to pass if we as Americans let things continue to spin further out of control.</span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">The current Law Enforcement model is broken. Speeding around in gnarly police cruisers with blacked out windows while refusing to address criminal activity is unacceptable. Officers so burdened with gadgets, do-dads and gizmos hanging from their belts that they can barely move is not working. Unconstitutional spying and surveillance is causing citizens to further lose respect for law enforcement as a whole. </span>\n\n<span style="color: #000000;">We desperately need a Sheriff who will serve Scotland County instead of International Bankers. It''s time to Fire Sheriff Ralph Kersey and demand more from the new sheriff.</span>\n\n<b>___________</b>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Ralph Kersey Sheriff\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1927549564213224&amp;id=100008745975689" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">October 24 at 6:11 PM</span></a></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">False Accusations</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Facts\nEvery program that has been implemented at the Sheriff''s Office upon taking office is FREE to the Citizens of Scotland County. </span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Mobile Patrol\nFamily Watchdog\nRaids Online\nChurch Watch\nNextdoor\nNeighborhood Watch\nSheriff''s Exchange Zone\nAre You Okay\nGun Permits Online\nStuff a Cruiser (Back to School)\nShop with the Sheriff (Christmas)\nOperation Safe Street\nLock it or Lose it\nReadywarn\nReentry Programs for Inmates\nCoffee with a Cop\nLaw Enforcement Prayer Breakfast\nProject Lifesavers\nTeen Court\nCitizens Academy\nExplorer Program\nCuffing Cure for Cancer\nICE (In Case of a Emergency)\nChaplain Program\nInmate Work Program\nand many more....</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">So, the programs are not worthless and they do not cost the taxpayers anything. The purpose of these programs are to reduce crime and build relationships between law enforcement and our citizens.</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Please verify this through the county.</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">More to come.</span></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey</span></p>\n&nbsp;\n\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\n\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\n\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. 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Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\n\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'If you can''t stand the heat stay out of the kitchen', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2805-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-11-01 07:42:37', '2018-11-01 11:42:37', '', 2805, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2805-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2824, 1, '2018-11-01 07:42:59', '2018-11-01 11:42:59', '<img class=" wp-image-2811 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kersey-ralph_and_angie.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="312" />\r\n\r\nThis year''s Scotland County Sheriff''s race between incumbent Ralph Kersey and challenger John Martin, while heated, is nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kersey''s wife Angie appears distraught, experiencing great angst, as she herself expresses and bemoans:\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Angie Williams Kersey\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angie.williamskersey/posts/10205334486079475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 25 at 8:42 AM</a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">To all the citizens of Scotland County that are working so hard to make this county a better place to live, we apologize to you for the negativity, ugliness and divison this election has caused to our county. We too have put blood, sweat, and tears in this county and it sickens me to my core to see people trying to destroy the work we ALL have done. Once again, I apologize.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Most importantly Ralph and I want to apologize to the employees of the Sheriff''s Office for being drug through the mud, disrespected and all their goods being evil spoken of. These employees have shed many tears, blood, and sweat these last four years and we hate to see their outstanding jobs being disrespected in this election. We apologize to you all from the bottom of our hearts. We are family and we love you all! </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph has decided not to respond to anymore comments and let his work and their work speak for itself. We''re asking that you not participate in any post being negative toward either candidate. We all have families that didn''t ask to be in the politicial spotlight.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Ralph and John both deserve the respect for the many years of service in law enforcement and it should not be tarnished by bad politics.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s your choice as to whom you vote for in this election. We just ask that you lift up your candidate and support them 100% but please stop tearing down the other. We have less than 2 weeks and it will be over. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">It''s not to late to turn this around and show our county and the surrounding counties that are watching us that we are proud to live in Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Bless you all and keep all of us in your prayers. &#x2764;</span></p>\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We genuinely sympathize with Mrs. Kersey''s heartfelt feelings and don''t wish her pain, but feel compelled to point out that r</span>unning for political office can be a gut wrenching experience for both candidates and loved ones. It''s not for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart.\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The issue before us isn''t really about the Kerseys though. They are without a doubt wonderful people. It''s also not about sheriff department employees. <b>The question is: Who do voters feel will do the best job as Scotland County Sheriff?</b></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">John Martin has no record upon which to be judged so we must size him up as best we can. Ralph Kersey however, has been county sheriff for the past four years and can be judged upon his record. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Choosing who will represent us in elected office is not a perfect process, far from it. It can be messy, divisive and rough and tumble, and the outcome is in no way guaranteed to be to our liking.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The entire American political process is deeply flawed and needs much work. Unfortunately, any hoped for improvement won''t be coming in time to assuage Mrs. Kersey''s concerns.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Her husband''s reelection campaign was never destined to be a high class event, a ''stroll through the park'', nor an uplifting experience. To think otherwise would be naive. If it has become too much to bear, perhaps Mrs. Kersey should urge her husband to withdraw from the race. After all, </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>If you can''t stand the heat, it''s best to stay out of the kitchen.</b></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">County Commission candidate Matt Block''s recent withdrawal proved that, while you may take a few jabs and even some direct hits, withdrawing from a race is not a life ending experience.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">It is true that some bombs lobbed Sheriff Kersey''s way appear to be small minded, petty, vindictive and just plain wrong, but others are serious, legitimate issues raised by citizens concerned that Kersey''s four year reign has been a flop. Some, like us, believe his administration to be much more than a flop; rather, an extremely <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>unsettling and damaging experience</b></a></span> for our county and its future.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey continues to crow about his crime reducing statistics but the fact is elected officials and government bureaucrats know how to massage and cook numbers until things look rosy. When was the last time you heard a politician talk about the lousy job they were doing and all the money they''ve wasted?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Kersey also points with pride to his full court regimen of of </span><span style="color: #000000;"><b>''FREE'' programs</b></span><span style="color: #000000;"> (see below), but our own personal experience attending Kersey sponsored events tells us these programs are standard government issue public relations fluff and nothing more. And, as for ''FREE'', anyone who''s been on planet earth any length of time should know there is no such thing as ''FREE anything''. Everything we do, or don''t do, comes with a price, as those who use Facebook, Google Chrome, etc. are just beginning to discover.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">In the end voters will make up their minds largely based upon their own experiences and perceptions. Do residents feel safe in their homes, persons and property? Are we comfortable attending church or going shopping, or are we afraid we might return home to a house or apartment that''s been ransacked? Can we feel relaxed sitting in the living room watching TV without a shotgun on our lap to repel an all too likely home invasion?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">I learned as a child not to pick a puppy from the litter that wouldn''t look me in the eye. This holds true for Sheriffs as well. Despite numerous attempts to discuss issues and concerns with Sheriff Kersey over the last 4 years, he has consistently refused to take or return calls. Public officials who are afraid to meet with constituents other than at closely controlled venues have something to hide, and Sheriff Kersey is no exception. His closet appears filled to the brim with skeletons he''d prefer to keep out of sight.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Law Enforcement nationwide is experiencing a systemic crises, following decades of hiring, electing and promoting individuals with qualifications and personalities not compatible with maintaining a free, open, transparent and democratic society. Things are straining at the seams and the natives are getting restless.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">Thousands of YouTube videos graphically show police horribly abusing our Constitution and the very law abiding citizens they are charged with serving and protecting. This isn''t a case of a few bad apples either, this is a deep rooted systemic problem that if not corrected is going to end up in a disastrous train wreck. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The job of County Sheriff carries with it huge responsibilities and it''s going to takes some big feet to fill those shoes.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #7e0021;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey has </span><a href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><b>turned his back on Scotland County</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="color: #000000;">in favour of serving Wall Street and Washington DC''s international banking interests. </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">This image portrays what some think could happen:</span>\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-2812 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/military-firing-on-police-station.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">While we don''t agree with the sentiment expressed in the picture, we realize this horrible, dystopic scene could come to pass if we as Americans let things continue to spin further out of control.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">The current Law Enforcement model is broken. Speeding around in gnarly police cruisers with blacked out windows while refusing to address criminal activity is unacceptable. Officers so burdened with gadgets, do-dads and gizmos hanging from their belts that they can barely move is not working. Unconstitutional spying and surveillance is causing citizens to further lose respect for law enforcement as a whole. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #000000;">We desperately need a Sheriff who will serve Scotland County instead of International Bankers. It''s time to Fire Sheriff Ralph Kersey and demand more from the new sheriff.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>___________</b>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;">Ralph Kersey Sheriff\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1927549564213224&amp;id=100008745975689" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">October 24 at 6:11 PM</span></a></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">False Accusations</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Facts\r\nEvery program that has been implemented at the Sheriff''s Office upon taking office is FREE to the Citizens of Scotland County. </span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Mobile Patrol\r\nFamily Watchdog\r\nRaids Online\r\nChurch Watch\r\nNextdoor\r\nNeighborhood Watch\r\nSheriff''s Exchange Zone\r\nAre You Okay\r\nGun Permits Online\r\nStuff a Cruiser (Back to School)\r\nShop with the Sheriff (Christmas)\r\nOperation Safe Street\r\nLock it or Lose it\r\nReadywarn\r\nReentry Programs for Inmates\r\nCoffee with a Cop\r\nLaw Enforcement Prayer Breakfast\r\nProject Lifesavers\r\nTeen Court\r\nCitizens Academy\r\nExplorer Program\r\nCuffing Cure for Cancer\r\nICE (In Case of a Emergency)\r\nChaplain Program\r\nInmate Work Program\r\nand many more....</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">So, the programs are not worthless and they do not cost the taxpayers anything. The purpose of these programs are to reduce crime and build relationships between law enforcement and our citizens.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">Please verify this through the county.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #7e0021;">More to come.</span></p>\r\n<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sheriff Ralph Kersey</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/time-to-fire-scotland-county-sheriff-ralph-kersey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time to Fire Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey</a></span></address><address> </address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. 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(2830, 1, '2018-11-02 06:27:59', '2018-11-02 10:27:59', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>123</em>" <span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - Should we add Lithium to the water supply?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2829-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:27:59', '2018-11-02 10:27:59', '', 2829, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2829-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2831, 1, '2018-11-02 06:32:04', '2018-11-02 10:32:04', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"A Tufts psychology professor and Harvard Medical School lecturer has recommended <strong>dosing US water supplies with the lithium</strong> in order to reduce suicide rates, saving an estimated 15,000 - 25,000 lives per year." <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-26/shall-we-add-little-lithium-water-supply" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\nBut is this a good idea? You decide\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-26/shall-we-add-little-lithium-water-supply" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">ZeroHedge</span></a>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - Should we add Lithium to the water supply?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2829-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:32:04', '2018-11-02 10:32:04', '', 2829, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2829-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2832, 3, '2018-11-13 01:00:48', '2018-11-13 06:00:48', '<img class=" wp-image-2850 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/are-energy-drinks-making-soldiers-crazy-300x202.jpg" alt="" width="486" height="327" /><span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Excessive consumption of energy drinks may be exacerbating PTSD and other mental health problems among soldiers, a new study finds.\r\n<p class="mol-para-with-font">A study published in the <a class="class" href="https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/milmed/usy205/5085551" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Military Medicine</a> journal examined 627 male infantry soldiers seven months after a combat deployment and found one in six were still heavy energy drink users." <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6323651/Energy-drink-overuse-Army-exacerbate-PTSD-study-finds.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/has-americas-military-become-a-joke/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Has America’s Military Become a Joke?</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/us-special-forces-murder-for-hire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US Special Forces – Murder for Hire</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/veterans-day-lets-not-forget-what-its-really-about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Veterans Day – Let’s Not Forget What it’s Really About</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Energy Drinks Making Soldiers Crazy', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'energy-drinks-making-soldiers-crazy', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:31:57', '2019-03-12 17:31:57', '', 0, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=2832', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2833, 1, '2018-11-02 06:35:09', '2018-11-02 10:35:09', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Excessive consumption of energy drinks may be exacerbating PTSD and other mental health problems among soldiers, a new study finds.\r\n<p class="mol-para-with-font">A study published in the <a class="class" href="https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/milmed/usy205/5085551" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Military Medicine</a> journal examined 627 male infantry soldiers seven months after a combat deployment and found one in six were still heavy energy drink users." <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6323651/Energy-drink-overuse-Army-exacerbate-PTSD-study-finds.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<center></center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - Energy Drinks Making Soldiers Crazy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2832-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:35:09', '2018-11-02 10:35:09', '', 2832, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2832-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2834, 3, '2018-11-21 01:10:26', '2018-11-21 06:10:26', '<img class=" wp-image-3016 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/america-turns-to-socialism-300x180.jpg" alt="" width="443" height="266" />\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span>\r\n<blockquote>"As the middle class disintegrates and poverty grows, more Americans than ever are becoming dependent on the government just to survive.  Today, we live in a country where most workers do not earn enough to support a middle class family, and we are seeing the homelessness crisis spiral out of control." <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/10-numbers-that-prove-that-we-are-rapidly-becoming-a-nation-of-government-dependents" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/10-numbers-that-prove-that-we-are-rapidly-becoming-a-nation-of-government-dependents" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">The Economic Collapse Blog</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/three-steps-to-get-government-out-of-your-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Three Steps to Get Government Out of Your Life</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/what-happens-when-we-buy-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What Happens When We Buy Jobs?</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'America''s Turn to Socialism', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'americas-turn-to-socialism', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:28:19', '2019-03-12 17:28:19', '', 0, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=2834', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2835, 1, '2018-11-02 06:36:26', '2018-11-02 10:36:26', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"<em>123</em>" <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/10-numbers-that-prove-that-we-are-rapidly-becoming-a-nation-of-government-dependents" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;">123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALL LINKS - Change to Blue</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', '', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2834-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:36:26', '2018-11-02 10:36:26', '', 2834, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2834-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2836, 1, '2018-11-02 06:43:38', '2018-11-02 10:43:38', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"As the middle class disintegrates and poverty grows, more Americans than ever are becoming dependent on the government just to survive.  Today, we live in a country where most workers do not earn enough to support a middle class family, and we are seeing the homelessness crisis spiral out of control in major cities on both coasts." <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/10-numbers-that-prove-that-we-are-rapidly-becoming-a-nation-of-government-dependents" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/10-numbers-that-prove-that-we-are-rapidly-becoming-a-nation-of-government-dependents" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">The Economic Collapse Blog</span></a>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span>\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"> 123</span></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - America''s turn to Socialism', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2834-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:43:38', '2018-11-02 10:43:38', '', 2834, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2834-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2837, 3, '2018-12-04 01:00:30', '2018-12-04 06:00:30', '<img class=" wp-image-3138" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/securing-our-borders-but-against-whom-1-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="548" height="274" />\r\n\r\nDespite Trump''s continuing bombastic statements to the contrary, DHS statistics show more and more immigrants continue to enter our nation. What isn''t being talked about is that it''s getting more and more difficult for Americans to leave. <span style="color: #0000ff;">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"As Ludwig von Mises correctly stated, in a free state, no one is forced to remain within the state. Anyone who seeks to emigrate is free to do so. This is, in fact, one of the primary tenets of liberty – if you don’t like it, you can leave.\r\n\r\nAnd so, it follows that, if the right to exit is curtailed in any way, the state has ceased to be free." <a href="https://internationalman.com/articles/first-secure-the-borders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://internationalman.com/articles/first-secure-the-borders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">International Man</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/the-truth-about-those-unemployment-statistics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Truth about those Unemployment Statistics</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/three-steps-to-get-government-out-of-your-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Three Steps to Get Government Out of Your Life</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/americas-turn-to-socialism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America’s Turn to Socialism</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Securing Our Borders, but Against Whom?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'securing-our-borders-but-against-whom', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:23:07', '2019-03-12 17:23:07', '', 0, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=2837', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2838, 1, '2018-11-02 06:48:17', '2018-11-02 10:48:17', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"As Ludwig von Mises correctly stated, in a free state, no one is forced to remain within the state. Anyone who seeks to emigrate is free to do so. This is, in fact, one of the primary tenets of liberty – if you don’t like it, you can leave.\r\n\r\nAnd so, it follows that, if the right to exit is curtailed in any way, the state has ceased to be free." <a href="https://internationalman.com/articles/first-secure-the-borders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n<center></center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://internationalman.com/articles/first-secure-the-borders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">International Man</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'DRAFT - Securing Our Borders, but Against Who?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2837-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:48:17', '2018-11-02 10:48:17', '', 2837, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2837-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2839, 3, '2018-11-16 01:00:32', '2018-11-16 06:00:32', '<img class=" wp-image-2916 aligncenter" src="https://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/home-schooling-300x148.jpg" alt="" width="422" height="208" />\r\n\r\nPublic Education is a huge Industry designed to serve a ruling elite with generous contracts, and lifetime employment, salary and benefit levels they could never dream of achieving in the private sector. Its has nothing to do with educating children, developing critical thinking skills or preparing the next generation to take their place in a rapidly changing world. Its purpose, aside from draining taxpayer pockets, is to indoctrinate the next generation of followers, obedient team members who will not question the established party line... albeit, good little zombie robots dependent on government largess.\r\n\r\nS<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">cotland County continues to spend tens of millions of dollars constructing new and maintaining existing schools despite its well established <strong>dismal</strong> showing in state educational achievement scoring. This colossal waste of money is occurring at a time when an incredible nationwide shift is occurring, a shift away from public education to ''results oriented home schooling'' that is being driven by parents no longer willing to see their children''s futures destroyed by a self serving, self dealing elite.\r\n</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Scotland County, with it''s large number of single moms sitting idly at home waiting for their next installment of public benefits to arrive is well positioned to take advantage of this home schooling trend should they so choose.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Moving in this direction would save county taxpayers millions of dollars and offer children a chance to receive real educations that could break the cycle of poverty that has gripped our county. </span>\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Plenty of young people become well educated by their parents and through their own efforts <em>despite</em> going to public school.\r\n\r\nBut you can make the results even more dramatic by removing your children from these harmful institutions." <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-31/6-reasons-start-homeschooling-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-31/6-reasons-start-homeschooling-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Zero Hedge</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/why-do-bullies-bully-bullying-among-youths/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Do Bullies Bully – Bullying Among Youths</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/video-century-enslavement-history-federal-reserve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Century of Enslavement (video)</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="https://carolinacrossroads.news/automation-equals-fewer-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Automation = Fewer Jobs</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. 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(2840, 1, '2018-11-02 06:51:33', '2018-11-02 10:51:33', '(PIC)<span style="color: #0000ff;">Dieter - Start Here, don''t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Plenty of young people become well educated by their parents and through their own efforts <em>despite</em> going to public school.\r\n\r\nBut you can make the results even more dramatic by removing your children from these harmful institutions." <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-31/6-reasons-start-homeschooling-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n<center></center>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-31/6-reasons-start-homeschooling-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Zero Hedge</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Homeschooling - Why You Should Start Now', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2839-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 06:51:33', '2018-11-02 10:51:33', '', 2839, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2839-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2841, 1, '2018-11-02 07:37:32', '2018-11-02 11:37:32', '(PIC) <span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;">Scotland County continues to spend tens of millions of dollars on new and existing schools despite our dismal showing in state scoring results. This is occurring at a time when there is a huge nationwide shift going on away from traditional public education to the more results oriented ''home schooling''. Scotland County, with it''s huge number of single moms sitting idly at home is especially well positioned to take advantage of this growing trend. Moving in this direction could save county taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars while at the same time giving our children a chance to receive a real education. </span>\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>"Plenty of young people become well educated by their parents and through their own efforts <em>despite</em> going to public school.\r\n\r\nBut you can make the results even more dramatic by removing your children from these harmful institutions." <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-31/6-reasons-start-homeschooling-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>\r\n<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-31/6-reasons-start-homeschooling-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Zero Hedge</span></a></p>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address><strong>Related Articles:</strong></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" title="123" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">123</a></span></address><address> </address>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Get Your Free Subscription Today to Carolina Crossroads News. We won''t spam you and you can unsubscribe (one click) at any time.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<center><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.mailerlite.com/data/webforms/436451/u7g5s1.js?v1"></script></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Affiliate Disclosure: Some links on this page may be affiliate links which, if used to purchase products, would yield a small commission to CarolinaCrossroads.News. This is how we support our website and efforts to bring you the news and information we believe are important to our viewers. Thank you for your support.</address><address> </address><address>You can reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a></span>.</address>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: #de030b;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans- serif;">We''d love to hear your questions or comments below. Thank you.</span></span></strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">* * * * *</p>\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fair Use Notice: This website post may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for news reporting, educational and other limited purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.</span></span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">CarolinaCrossroads.News (‘CCN’) has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references CCN.</span></span></em>', 'Homeschooling - Why You Should Start Now', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2839-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-11-02 07:37:32', '2018-11-02 11:37:32', '', 2839, 'https://carolinacrossroads.news/2839-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
