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(1053, 1, '2016-03-28 15:29:59', '2016-03-28 15:29:59', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not news. The question is: <strong>What are we going to do about it?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by highly paid County Economic Development gurus, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a mill or manufacturing hub. Mexico\'s automated, state of the art plants pay wages of $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing many factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nOur economy was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its sturdy foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. That was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves if market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nDecades later, despite copious state and federal grant monies and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains in a deep depression. The reasons for the failed revival are are easily identified and understood. They are straight forward, not complicated at all. Today\'s question is: What, if anything, do we intend to do about it?\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After recently purchased a former manufacturing plantWe made an appointment to talk with a (former) Scotland County Economic Development Director. He was smart, well educated, articulate, courteous, and he earned $80k per year salary, plus generous benefits.\r\n\r\nWe had recently purchased a former manufacturing plant and began discussing our vision to help turn the County\'s moribund economy around. He listened politely, but soon enough stated with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to talk with us. We inquired as to what made 700 jobs the magic number? He said the final touches were being put it place to bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t ready to take no for an answer and asked who was next on the County ladder. The County Manager was it, but he was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1054, 1, '2016-03-28 15:30:37', '2016-03-28 15:30:37', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not news. The question is: <strong>What are we going to do about it?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by highly paid County Economic Development gurus, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a mill or manufacturing hub. Mexico\'s automated, state of the art plants pay wages of $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing many factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nOur economy was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its sturdy foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. That was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves if market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nDecades later, despite copious state and federal grant monies and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains in a deep depression. The reasons for the failed revival are are easily identified and understood. They are straight forward, not complicated at all. Today\'s question is: What, if anything, do we intend to do about it?\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After recently purchased a former manufacturing plantWe made an appointment to talk with a (former) Scotland County Economic Development Director. He was smart, well educated, articulate, courteous, and he earned $80k per year salary, plus generous benefits.\r\n\r\nWe had recently purchased a former manufacturing plant and began discussing our vision to help turn the County\'s moribund economy around. He listened politely, but soon enough stated with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to talk with us. We inquired as to what made 700 jobs the magic number? He said the final touches were being put it place to bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t ready to take no for an answer and asked who was next on the County ladder. The County Manager was it, but he was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1055, 1, '2016-03-28 15:44:38', '2016-03-28 15:44:38', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by highly paid County Economic Development gurus to bring in new industries, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing hub. Mexico\'s new, highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nOur economy was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its sturdy foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out. That didn\'t happen, and decades later, despite copious state and federal grant monies and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains in a Deep Depression.\r\n\r\nSubtract state welfare subsidies and USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and our County wouldn\'t even have an economy.\r\n\r\nThe Revival never took hold for reasons that are straight forward, easily identified and well understood, not complicated at all. The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is nothing left?\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After recently purchased a former manufacturing plantWe made an appointment to talk with a (former) Scotland County Economic Development Director. He was smart, well educated, articulate, courteous, and he earned $80k per year salary, plus generous benefits.\r\n\r\nWe had recently purchased a former manufacturing plant and began discussing our vision to help turn the County\'s moribund economy around. He listened politely, but soon enough stated with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to talk with us. We inquired as to what made 700 jobs the magic number? He said the final touches were being put it place to bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t ready to take no for an answer and asked who was next on the County ladder. The County Manager was it, but he was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1056, 1, '2016-03-28 15:45:38', '2016-03-28 15:45:38', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by highly paid County Economic Development gurus to bring in new industries, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new, highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nOur economy was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its sturdy foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out. That didn\'t happen, and decades later, despite copious state and federal grant monies and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains in a Deep Depression.\r\n\r\nSubtract state welfare subsidies and USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and our County wouldn\'t even have an economy.\r\n\r\nThe Revival never took hold for reasons that are straight forward, easily identified and well understood, not complicated at all. The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is nothing left?\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After recently purchased a former manufacturing plantWe made an appointment to talk with a (former) Scotland County Economic Development Director. He was smart, well educated, articulate, courteous, and he earned $80k per year salary, plus generous benefits.\r\n\r\nWe had recently purchased a former manufacturing plant and began discussing our vision to help turn the County\'s moribund economy around. He listened politely, but soon enough stated with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to talk with us. We inquired as to what made 700 jobs the magic number? He said the final touches were being put it place to bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t ready to take no for an answer and asked who was next on the County ladder. The County Manager was it, but he was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1057, 1, '2016-03-28 15:46:32', '2016-03-28 15:46:32', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. That\'s old news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by highly paid County Economic Development gurus to bring in new industries, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new, highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nOur economy was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its sturdy foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out. That didn\'t happen, and decades later, despite copious state and federal grant monies and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains in a Deep Depression.\r\n\r\nSubtract state welfare subsidies and USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and our County wouldn\'t even have an economy.\r\n\r\nThe Revival never took hold for reasons that are straight forward, easily identified and well understood, not complicated at all. The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is nothing left?\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After recently purchased a former manufacturing plantWe made an appointment to talk with a (former) Scotland County Economic Development Director. He was smart, well educated, articulate, courteous, and he earned $80k per year salary, plus generous benefits.\r\n\r\nWe had recently purchased a former manufacturing plant and began discussing our vision to help turn the County\'s moribund economy around. He listened politely, but soon enough stated with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to talk with us. We inquired as to what made 700 jobs the magic number? He said the final touches were being put it place to bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t ready to take no for an answer and asked who was next on the County ladder. The County Manager was it, but he was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1058, 1, '2016-03-28 16:07:49', '2016-03-28 16:07:49', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. That\'s old news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by highly paid County gurus to bring in new industries, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its sturdy foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out. That didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite copious state and federal grant monies and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare subsidies and USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and our Scotland County\'s economy would be dead as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood for the most part... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Economic Development Director. He proved to be intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus an extremely generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nThe discussion began with our vision of how we could help Scotland County move from an obsolete manufacturing based economy to a modern high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, tale advantage of the County\'s existing human resources.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough, broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to talk with us. We expressed our puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number. He replied that the County was in the process of putting the final touches it place that would bring in a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t ready to take no for an answer and asked who was next on the County ladder. The County Manager was it, but he was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1059, 1, '2016-03-28 16:53:17', '2016-03-28 16:53:17', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s old news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood for the most part... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nThe discussion began with our vision of how we could help Scotland County move from an obsolete manufacturing based economy to a modern high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, largely unskilled, human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed our puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches it place on a package that would bring in a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but he was not presently available so we left our contact information and left after being assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part One</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1060, 1, '2016-03-28 17:30:14', '2016-03-28 17:30:14', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s old news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1061, 1, '2016-03-28 17:30:50', '2016-03-28 17:30:50', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. 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(1079, 1, '2016-03-29 16:35:22', '2016-03-29 16:35:22', '(PIC)Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order\'s main proponents, David Rockefeller. If you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg\'s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don\'t like, calling it \'hate speech\'. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\r\n\r\nAlternative to Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Minds</a>. Follow <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Crossroads News</a> on Minds.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 16:35:22', '2016-03-29 16:35:22', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/946-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1080, 1, '2016-03-29 16:36:04', '2016-03-29 16:36:04', '(PIC)How can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.   <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span></a> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 16:36:04', '2016-03-29 16:36:04', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1081, 1, '2016-03-29 16:36:53', '2016-03-29 16:36:53', '(PIC)Public education is under growing scrutiny. America spends more per pupil on K-12 education than any other developed nation, yet, despite such taxpayer generosity, American students score at the very bottom, as measured by internationally recognized standards.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nEducator\'s solutions have focused mainly on spending even more money, but despite this having been done, American children continue to fall further and further behind.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, studies show that home schooled students, guided by Internet based curriculum, perform better than those who\'ve actually attended public schools. Educators respond that, home schooled children miss out on the \'rich social environment\' public schools provide, but there\'s no evidence supporting this. In fact, the opposite appears to be true, as today\'s children have no trouble socializing or interacting, whether in person, on the net, through social media or at physical events.\r\n\r\nHas Public Education become an inefficient, but expensive Baby Sitting Service, Day Care Center and Sports venue, a place where government types hang out until gravy train pensions and benefit packages to kick in?\r\n\r\nIt\'s time to put Scotland County\'s children and future first.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Options presented Monday included securing bonds through either the county commissioners or public referendum, USDA Rural Improvement Program loans, or a public-private partnership in which the school system could have a new school built to its specifications and then effectively lease it from the developer.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/3917/buyers-sought-for-two-school-properties\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/3917/buyers-sought-for-two-school-properties\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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;', 'DRAFT - Laurinburg to Build New School?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '937-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 16:36:53', '2016-03-29 16:36:53', '', 937, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/937-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1082, 1, '2016-03-29 16:45:19', '2016-03-29 16:45:19', '(PIC)We\'ve all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected by local local communications companies and law enforcement, but are paid for using Federal grant money.\r\n\r\nIn case you still don\'t get it: <strong>Every</strong> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nIs this lawful? <strong>NO</strong>, but that\'s not stopping local Police and county Sheriffs from tracking your every move, every conversation, every text message and every keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to make sure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all</strong> nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - \'Stingray\' Towers Spying on You', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 16:45:19', '2016-03-29 16:45:19', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(1083, 1, '2016-03-29 16:46:18', '2016-03-29 16:46:18', '(PIC)<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1085, 1, '2016-03-29 18:18:07', '2016-03-29 18:18:07', 'This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their \'Personally identifiable information\' (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.\r\n\r\n<strong>What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.\r\n\r\n<strong>When do we collect information?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter or enter information on our site.\r\n\r\n<strong>How do we use your information?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:\r\n\r\n• To personalize user\'s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.\r\n• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.\r\n• To quickly process your transactions.\r\n• To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.\r\n\r\n<strong>How do we protect visitor information?</strong>\r\n\r\nOur website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.\r\n\r\nWe use regular Malware Scanning.\r\n\r\nWe do not use an SSL certificate\r\n• We do not need an SSL because:\r\nAll of our payment processing providers and our newsletter email service provider have the required SSL certificates.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do we use \'cookies\'?</strong>\r\n\r\nYes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer\'s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site\'s or service provider\'s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.\r\n\r\nWe use cookies to:\r\n• Understand and save user\'s preferences for future visits.\r\n• Keep track of advertisements.\r\n\r\nYou can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser\'s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.\r\n\r\nIf users disable cookies in their browser:\r\n\r\nIf you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders.\r\n\r\nYou may not be able to view or access Weekly Circulars\r\n\r\n<strong>Third-party disclosure</strong>\r\n\r\nWe do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Third-party links</strong>\r\n\r\nOccasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.\r\n\r\n<strong>Google</strong>\r\n\r\nGoogle\'s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google\'s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en\r\n\r\nWe have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.\r\n\r\n<strong>California Online Privacy Protection Act</strong>\r\n\r\nCalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law\'s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf\r\n\r\n<strong>According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:</strong>\r\nUsers can visit our site anonymously.\r\nOnce this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.\r\nOur Privacy Policy link includes the word \'Privacy\' and can be easily be found on the page specified above.\r\n\r\n<strong>Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:</strong>\r\n• On our Privacy Policy Page\r\n\r\n<strong>Users are able to change their personal information:</strong>\r\n• By emailing us; changes will be made within two business days.\r\n\r\n<strong>How does our site handle do not track signals?</strong>\r\nWe honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.\r\n\r\n<strong>Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?</strong>\r\nIt\'s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking\r\n\r\n<strong>COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children\'s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation\'s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children\'s privacy and safety online.\r\n\r\nWe do not specifically market to children under 13.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fair Information Practices</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.\r\n\r\nIn order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:\r\nWe will notify the users via email\r\n• Within 7 business days\r\n\r\nWe also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.\r\n\r\n<strong>CAN SPAM Act</strong>\r\n\r\nThe CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.\r\n\r\n<strong>We collect your email address in order to:</strong>\r\n\r\nTo be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:\r\n\r\nIf at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at\r\nand we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence. Unsubscribes via email will be handled within five business days.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contacting Us</strong>\r\n\r\nIf there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the information below.\r\n\r\nEmail: support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\nToll Free: 888-472-7555\r\n\r\nLast Edited on 2016-03-29', 'Privacy Policy', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'privacy-policy', '', '', '2016-03-29 18:18:07', '2016-03-29 18:18:07', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?page_id=1085', 0, 'page', '', 0),
(1086, 1, '2016-03-29 16:48:01', '2016-03-29 16:48:01', '123', 'Privacy Policy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1085-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 16:48:01', '2016-03-29 16:48:01', '', 1085, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1085-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1092, 1, '2016-02-07 01:00:35', '2016-02-07 06:00:35', '<img class=\" wp-image-786 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png\" alt=\"Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped\" width=\"299\" height=\"203\" />\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News</strong> </em>is a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online digital media serving Scotland County.\r\n\r\nViewers are encouraged to comment, submit articles, opinions, videos, short stories, art, recipes, notice of community events, etc. Don\'t feel you need to be a journalist either. Writing skills not everything you\'d wish? We\'re happy to polish things up a bit and make the grammar come out right.\r\n\r\nCCN\'s mission is to serve neighbors and friends, to give, not take, to promote healthy, prosperous, safe communities where individuals of all backgrounds, walks of life and persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where everyone feels needed and welcome, and if desired, can discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our rich and diverse social and cultural heritage.\r\n\r\nScotland County is in serious economic trouble. Far too many individuals, families and businesses are hurting. CCN isn\'t here to rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic, but rather to help effectuate real, meaningful, positive and lasting change. We\'re the catalyst, the rest is up to You.\r\n\r\nThanks for subscribing!', 'CarolinaCrossroads.news Launches', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'carolinacrossroads-news-launches', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:35:13', '2019-03-12 17:35:13', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1092', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(1094, 1, '2016-03-29 18:14:11', '2016-03-29 18:14:11', 'This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their \'Personally identifiable information\' (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.\r\n\r\n<strong>What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.\r\n\r\n<strong>When do we collect information?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter or enter information on our site.\r\n\r\n<strong>How do we use your information?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:\r\n\r\n• To personalize user\'s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.\r\n• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.\r\n• To quickly process your transactions.\r\n• To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.\r\n\r\n<strong>How do we protect visitor information?</strong>\r\n\r\nOur website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.\r\n\r\nWe use regular Malware Scanning.\r\n\r\nWe do not use an SSL certificate\r\n• We do not need an SSL because:\r\nAll of our payment processing providers and our newsletter email service provider have the required SSL certificates.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do we use \'cookies\'?</strong>\r\n\r\nYes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer\'s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site\'s or service provider\'s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.\r\n\r\nWe use cookies to:\r\n• Understand and save user\'s preferences for future visits.\r\n• Keep track of advertisements.\r\n\r\nYou can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser\'s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.\r\n\r\nIf users disable cookies in their browser:\r\n\r\nIf you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders.\r\n\r\nYou may not be able to view or access Weekly Circulars\r\n\r\n<strong>Third-party disclosure</strong>\r\n\r\nWe do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Third-party links</strong>\r\n\r\nOccasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.\r\n\r\nGoogle\r\n\r\nGoogle\'s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google\'s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en\r\n\r\nWe have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.\r\n\r\nCalifornia Online Privacy Protection Act\r\n\r\nCalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law\'s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf\r\n\r\nAccording to CalOPPA we agree to the following:\r\nUsers can visit our site anonymously.\r\nOnce this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.\r\nOur Privacy Policy link includes the word \'Privacy\' and can be easily be found on the page specified above.\r\n\r\nUsers will be notified of any privacy policy changes:\r\n• On our Privacy Policy Page\r\nUsers are able to change their personal information:\r\n• By calling us\r\n\r\nHow does our site handle do not track signals?\r\nWe honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.\r\n\r\nDoes our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?\r\nIt\'s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking\r\n\r\nCOPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children\'s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation\'s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children\'s privacy and safety online.\r\n\r\nWe do not specifically market to children under 13.\r\n\r\nFair Information Practices\r\n\r\nThe Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.\r\n\r\nIn order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:\r\nWe will notify the users via email\r\n• Within 7 business days\r\n\r\nWe also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.\r\n\r\nCAN SPAM Act\r\n\r\nThe CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.\r\n\r\nWe collect your email address in order to:\r\n\r\nTo be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:\r\n\r\nIf at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at\r\nand we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.\r\n\r\nContacting Us\r\n\r\nIf there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.\r\n\r\nsupport (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n888-472-7555\r\n\r\nLast Edited on 2016-03-29', 'Privacy Policy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1085-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 18:14:11', '2016-03-29 18:14:11', '', 1085, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1085-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.\r\n\r\n<strong>What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.\r\n\r\n<strong>When do we collect information?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter or enter information on our site.\r\n\r\n<strong>How do we use your information?</strong>\r\n\r\nWe may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:\r\n\r\n• To personalize user\'s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.\r\n• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.\r\n• To quickly process your transactions.\r\n• To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.\r\n\r\n<strong>How do we protect visitor information?</strong>\r\n\r\nOur website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.\r\n\r\nWe use regular Malware Scanning.\r\n\r\nWe do not use an SSL certificate\r\n• We do not need an SSL because:\r\nAll of our payment processing providers and our newsletter email service provider have the required SSL certificates.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do we use \'cookies\'?</strong>\r\n\r\nYes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer\'s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site\'s or service provider\'s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.\r\n\r\nWe use cookies to:\r\n• Understand and save user\'s preferences for future visits.\r\n• Keep track of advertisements.\r\n\r\nYou can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser\'s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.\r\n\r\nIf users disable cookies in their browser:\r\n\r\nIf you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders.\r\n\r\nYou may not be able to view or access Weekly Circulars\r\n\r\n<strong>Third-party disclosure</strong>\r\n\r\nWe do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Third-party links</strong>\r\n\r\nOccasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.\r\n\r\n<strong>Google</strong>\r\n\r\nGoogle\'s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google\'s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en\r\n\r\nWe have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.\r\n\r\n<strong>California Online Privacy Protection Act</strong>\r\n\r\nCalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law\'s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf\r\n\r\n<strong>According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:</strong>\r\nUsers can visit our site anonymously.\r\nOnce this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.\r\nOur Privacy Policy link includes the word \'Privacy\' and can be easily be found on the page specified above.\r\n\r\n<strong>Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:</strong>\r\n• On our Privacy Policy Page\r\n\r\n<strong>Users are able to change their personal information:</strong>\r\n• By emailing us; changes will be made within two business days.\r\n\r\n<strong>How does our site handle do not track signals?</strong>\r\nWe honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.\r\n\r\n<strong>Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?</strong>\r\nIt\'s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking\r\n\r\n<strong>COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children\'s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation\'s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children\'s privacy and safety online.\r\n\r\nWe do not specifically market to children under 13.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fair Information Practices</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.\r\n\r\nIn order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:\r\nWe will notify the users via email\r\n• Within 7 business days\r\n\r\nWe also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.\r\n\r\n<strong>CAN SPAM Act</strong>\r\n\r\nThe CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.\r\n\r\n<strong>We collect your email address in order to:</strong>\r\n\r\nTo be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:\r\n\r\nIf at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at\r\nand we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence. Unsubscribes via email will be handled within five business days.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contacting Us</strong>\r\n\r\nIf there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the information below.\r\n\r\nEmail: support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\nToll Free: 888-472-7555\r\n\r\nLast Edited on 2016-03-29', 'Privacy Policy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1085-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 18:18:07', '2016-03-29 18:18:07', '', 1085, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1085-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1097, 1, '2016-03-29 18:30:15', '2016-03-29 18:30:15', '<h3>Your use of Carolina Crossroads News website is subject to the following Terms  &amp; Conditions:</h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>1  ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</b>\r\n\r\nYour access to and use of Carolina Crossroads News is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. 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(1110, 1, '2016-03-29 19:25:55', '2016-03-29 19:25:55', '<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png\" alt=\"Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped\" width=\"149\" height=\"101\" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launches today.\r\n\r\n\"We\'re here to serve our community, to give, not take, to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, all walks of life and all persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where the existing demographic, graduating seniors, retirees and those who want to return can feel at home, safe and welcome, and if desired, can discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our rich and diverse social and cultural heritage.\r\n\r\nQ: What made you decide to start a new media service?\r\n\r\nA: Despite decades of generous taxpayer funded assistance, well-intentioned programs and economic development efforts, Scotland County remains the most economically depressed in all North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThings aren\'t headed in the right direction either. Folks continue to leave, and many who stay say they do so only because they can\'t sell out at prices that would allow them to move elsewhere. They feel trapped.\r\n\r\nCrime, including violent crime is high and appears to be gaining the upper hand. Many are fearful of leaving the house, even for a short while, afraid they\'ll be burglarized during their absence. Others are afraid to stay home, fearing armed invasion, assault and worse. It\'s a difficult situation.\r\n\r\nQ: What do you intend to do and really, what can you do to promote positive change?\r\n\r\nA: We\'ve become convinced that despite the serious nature of our problems, there are workable solutions. The biggest impediment appears to be that County and other government entities have essentially been captured by those who feel comfortable with things just the way they are. Salaries and benefit packages are high and if they can just hang on until retirement, those of us who remain, can send generous pension checks to them in sunny Florida or Arizona.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA new approach may be needed.', 'New News Service Launches', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1092-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 19:25:55', '2016-03-29 19:25:55', '', 1092, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1092-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1111, 1, '2016-03-29 19:30:32', '2016-03-29 19:30:32', '<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png\" alt=\"Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped\" width=\"149\" height=\"101\" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launches today.\r\n\r\n\"We\'re here to serve our community, to give, not take, to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, all walks of life and all persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where the existing demographic, graduating seniors, retirees and those who want to return can feel at home, safe and welcome, and if desired, discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our rich and diverse social and cultural heritage.\r\n\r\nQ: What made you decide to start a new media service?\r\n\r\nA: Despite decades of generous taxpayer funded assistance and a plethora of well-intentioned programs and economic development efforts, Scotland County remains the most economically depressed in all North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThings aren\'t headed in the right direction either. Folks continue to leave, and many who stay say they do so only because they can\'t sell out at prices that allow them to move elsewhere. They feel trapped.\r\n\r\nCrime, including violent crime is high and appears to be gaining the upper hand. Many express fear of leaving the house, even for a short while, afraid they\'ll be burglarized during their absence. Others are afraid to stay home, fearing armed invasion, assault and worse. It\'s a difficult situation.\r\n\r\nQ: What do you intend to do and really, what can you do to promote positive change?\r\n\r\nA: We\'ve become convinced that despite the serious nature of our problems, there are workable solutions.\r\n\r\nThe biggest impediment appears to be County and other government entities having essentially been captured by those who feel comfortable with things remaining just the way they are. Salaries and benefit packages are high and if they can just hang on long enough, those of us who remain stuck here, can send generous pension checks to their new addresses in sunny Florida and Arizona.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA new approach may be needed.', 'New News Service Launches', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1092-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 19:30:32', '2016-03-29 19:30:32', '', 1092, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1092-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1112, 1, '2016-03-29 19:36:04', '2016-03-29 19:36:04', '<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png\" alt=\"Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped\" width=\"149\" height=\"101\" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launches today.\r\n\r\n\"We\'re here to serve our community, to give, not take, to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, all walks of life and all persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where the existing demographic, graduating seniors, retirees and those who want to return can feel at home, safe and welcome, and if desired, discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our rich and diverse social and cultural heritage.\r\n\r\nQ: What made you decide to start a new media service?\r\n\r\nA: Despite decades of generous taxpayer funded assistance and a plethora of well-intentioned programs and economic development efforts, Scotland County remains the most economically depressed in all North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThings aren\'t headed in the right direction either. Folks continue to leave, and many who stay say they do so only because they can\'t sell out at prices that allow them to move elsewhere. They feel trapped.\r\n\r\nCrime, including violent crime is high and appears to be gaining the upper hand. Many express fear of leaving the house, even for a short while, afraid they\'ll be burglarized during their absence. Others are afraid to stay home, fearing armed invasion, assault and worse. It\'s a difficult situation.\r\n\r\nQ: What do you intend to do and really, what can you do to promote positive change?\r\n\r\nA: We\'ve become convinced that despite the serious nature of our problems, there are workable solutions.\r\n\r\nThe biggest impediment appears to be County and other government entities having essentially been captured by those who feel comfortable with things remaining just the way they are. Salaries and benefit packages are high and if they can just hang on long enough, those of us who remain stuck here, can send generous pension checks to their new addresses in sunny Florida and Arizona.\r\n\r\nQ: What\'s this destructive symbiosis called?\r\n\r\nA: Parasitic. A parasite feeds on its host until its blood and life juices have been sucked dry, at which point the parasite tries to jump onto a new host. The fact is, this isn\'t a healthy or sustainable relationship, at least not for the Host.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA new approach may be needed.', 'New News Service Launches', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1092-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 19:36:04', '2016-03-29 19:36:04', '', 1092, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1092-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1113, 1, '2016-03-29 19:48:29', '2016-03-29 19:48:29', '<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png\" alt=\"Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped\" width=\"149\" height=\"101\" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launches today.\r\n\r\n\"We\'re here to serve our community, to give, not take, to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, all walks of life and all persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where the existing demographic, graduating seniors, retirees and those who want to return can feel at home, safe and welcome, and if desired, discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our rich and diverse social and cultural heritage.\r\n\r\nQ: What made you decide to start a new media service?\r\n\r\nA: Despite decades of generous taxpayer funded assistance, a plethora of well-intentioned programs and numerous economic development efforts, Scotland County remains the most economically depressed in all North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThings aren\'t headed in the right direction either. Folks continue to leave, and many who stay say they do so only because they can\'t sell out at prices that would allow them to move elsewhere. They feel trapped.\r\n\r\nCrime, including violent crime is high and appears to be gaining the upper hand. Many express fear of leaving the house, even for a short while, afraid they\'ll be burglarized during their absence. Others are afraid to stay home, fearing armed invasion, assault and worse. It\'s a difficult situation.\r\n\r\nQ: What do you intend to do, and really, what can you do to promote positive change?\r\n\r\nA: Whatever it is, we can\'t do it alone. We\'re going to need members of our community to commit, along with us, to take the bull by the horns and do that which is required to turn this ship around.\r\n\r\nQ: How do you propose to start?\r\n\r\nA: We\'ve become convinced that despite the serious nature of our problems, there are workable solutions. First let\'s identify the problem.\r\n\r\nThe biggest impediment to positive change is that County and other related government entities have largely been captured by those who feel comfortable and have a stake in seeing that things stay as they are. Salaries and benefit packages are high, especially when compared to the county mean. Many feel that if they can just hang on long enough, those of us stuck here, can send generous pension checks to their new addresses in Florida and Arizona.\r\n\r\nQ: Is there a term to describe this destructive symbiotic relationship?\r\n\r\nA: It\'s called \'Parasitic\'. The parasite feeds on its host until its blood and life juices have been sucked dry, at which point it tries to jump onto a new host. This isn\'t a healthy or sustainable relationship, at least not for the Host.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA new approach may be needed.', 'New News Service Launches', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1092-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 19:48:29', '2016-03-29 19:48:29', '', 1092, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1092-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1114, 1, '2016-03-29 19:59:50', '2016-03-29 19:59:50', '<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped.png\" alt=\"Logo_Abbreviated_Cropped\" width=\"149\" height=\"101\" /> <em><strong>Carolina Crossroads News, </strong></em>a locally owned and operated <em><strong>Free</strong></em> online multimedia service officially launches today.\r\n\r\n\"We\'re here to serve our community, to give, not take, to promote a healthy, prosperous, safe environment where individuals from all backgrounds, all walks of life and all persuasions can live, work, worship and prosper in peace and harmony, a place where the existing demographic, graduating seniors, retirees and those who want to return can feel at home, safe and welcome, and if desired, discover exciting, fulfilling, living wage careers, while taking advantage of our rich and diverse social and cultural heritage.\r\n\r\nQ: Sounds like a real challenge. What made you decide to start a new media service?\r\n\r\nA: Despite decades of generous taxpayer funded assistance, a plethora of well-intentioned programs and numerous economic development efforts, Scotland County remains the most economically depressed in all North Carolina.\r\n\r\nThings aren\'t headed in the right direction either. Folks continue to leave, and many who stay say they do so only because they can\'t sell out at prices that would allow them to go elsewhere. They feel trapped.\r\n\r\nCrime, including violent crime is high and appears to be gaining the upper hand. Many express fear of leaving the house, even for a short while, afraid they\'ll be burglarized during their absence, and might even come home to a break in in progress. Others are afraid to stay home, fearing armed invasion, assault and worse. It\'s a difficult and frightening situation.\r\n\r\nQ: What do you intend to do, and really, what can you do to turn things around?\r\n\r\nA: Whatever it is, we can\'t do it alone. We\'re going to need the community to come, along with us, and grab the bull by the horns, doing that which is required to cause the very change we seek.\r\n\r\nQ: How do you propose to start?\r\n\r\nA: We\'ve become convinced that despite the serious nature of our problems, there are workable solutions. First let\'s identify the problem. It\'s well know, but most people don\'t feel comfortable discussing it.\r\n\r\nScotland County has an imbalance of takers in relation to producers. In the past, when an area or region lost its principal job providers, folks simply picked up stakes and moved on.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, when the mills and manufacturing plants moved out, Scotland County did the worst thing possible. It took advantage of federal subsidies and tax incentives to construct \'affordable housing\' (Section 8).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe biggest impediment to positive change is that County and other related government entities have largely been captured by those who feel comfortable and have a stake in seeing that things stay as they are. Salaries and benefit packages are high, especially when compared to the county mean. Many feel that if they can just hang on long enough, those of us stuck here, can send generous pension checks to their new addresses in Florida and Arizona.\r\n\r\nQ: Is there a term to describe this destructive symbiotic relationship?\r\n\r\nA: It\'s called \'Parasitic\'. The parasite feeds on its host until its blood and life juices have been sucked dry, at which point it tries to jump onto a new host. This isn\'t a healthy or sustainable relationship, at least not for the Host.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA new approach may be needed.', 'New News Service Launches', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1092-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-29 19:59:50', '2016-03-29 19:59:50', '', 1092, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1092-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1118, 1, '2018-11-29 01:00:49', '2018-11-29 06:00:49', '<p><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1615 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/healthy-wealthy-and-wise-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"healthy-wealthy-and-wise\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" />\'Healthy, Wealthy and Wise\' as the old saying goes. <strong>Without good health, the rest doesn\'t really matter.</strong> Scotland County\'s 2nd to last placing in North Carolina\'s latest Health rankings is but one more sign that we\'re headed in the wrong direction and change is needed.</p>\r\n<p>Are more government funded consumer education programs the answer? Should government pass more rules? Do we need additional government regulation?</p>\r\n<p>The fact is Good Health largely depends upon decisions we as individuals make each day. Healthy lifestyle choices are only a few keystrokes away, as the Internet is filled with great information, articles and tips on how to live healthier, longer and for less money.</p>\r\n<p>Between the time the captain (of an ocean going oil tanker) orders the helmsman to change course and the desired change is achieved, the ship will have traveled at least six miles. If calamity is to be avoided, the captain must think ahead, have a plan and implement it.</p>\r\n<p>It\'s no different for us. We must first desire to become healthy, then we must develop a realistic plan and implement it. Lastly, we must give it time to succeed.</p>\r\n<p>Obesity is the number two cause (behind smoking) of many of life\'s most debilitating and catastrophic ailments. Fortunately, our weight is almost 100% dependent upon the number of calories we take in each day, versus the number of calories we expend. If we take in more than we expend, we will gain weight; if the same, we will maintain our weight; if less, we will lose weight.</p>\r\n<p>If we are slightly overweight our plan may take just a couple of months to reach its goal, but if we are obese or morbidly obese, it could take a year or more.</p>\r\n<p>Diets, especially fad diets, are rarely successful. Lost pounds tend to come right back, often with a vengeance. A healthy dietary plan will shed those extra pounds and keep them off. Slow and steady gets the job done.</p>\r\n<p>Only 21% of shoppers read <strong>ingredient labels</strong> before purchasing grocery items. Sugars, including high fructose sweeteners, are believed to be the single most important factor leading to obesity and diabetes, and are suspected of promoting the growth and spread of cancer.</p>\r\n<p>It\'s not just about our sugar intake from outside sources either, many foods such as bread and pasta turn into sugars during the digestive process.</p>\r\n<p>Diet sodas and other \'diet\' foods don\'t help either, as our body continues to crave the energy it needs until satisfied. Some evidence even suggests that ingredients commonly found in many \'diet\' products could be responsible for the explosion we\'re seeing in Pancreatic Cancer, which is largely fatal within months of diagnosis.</p>\r\n<p>There\'s never been a better time to be alive, and it\'s never been easier to enjoy good health.</p>\r\n<address>Source:</address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/sites/default/files/state/downloads/CHR2015_NC_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CountyHealthRankings.org</a></span></address>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/the-one-thing-that-can-save-us-all-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The One Thing that Can Save Us All! (Video)</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/hormones-matter-for-all-of-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hormones Matter for All of Us</a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or via <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email</a></span>.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\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<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><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></p>\r\n<p><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></p>', 'Scotland County North Carolina Health Ranks 99th out of 100 Counties', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'scotland-county-health-ranks-99th', '', '', '2019-03-19 14:05:10', '2019-03-19 18:05:10', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1118', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1119, 1, '2016-03-30 14:59:59', '2016-03-30 14:59:59', '(PIC)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dieter - Start Here, don\'t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/top-stories/4533/report-scotland-county-health-ranking-at-99th\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/top-stories/4533/report-scotland-county-health-ranking-at-99th\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Scotland County 99th in State Health Rankings', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1118-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 14:59:59', '2016-03-30 14:59:59', '', 1118, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1118-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1126, 1, '2016-04-12 01:00:45', '2016-04-12 05:00:45', '<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1636 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/property-taxes.jpg\" alt=\"property-taxes\" width=\"299\" height=\"200\" />Experienced carnival operators know how to play the \'shell game\'. No matter how hard you try, or how many times you play, you never win. It\'s no different when government sets out to separate you from your hard earned money.\r\n\r\nScotland County Manager Kevin Patterson previously stated that he would present the Board of Commissioners with options for a <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>Property Tax Rate Reduction</em></strong>. S</span>ounds like great news, but is it?\r\n\r\nProperty Tax <strong>Rates</strong> could indeed be lowered, but as long as <strong>Assessed Valuations</strong> keep rising, property owners still come out on the losing end.\r\n\r\nDespite the fact that <strong>real</strong> property values are declining in Scotland County (try selling your property and see what happens), Assessed Valuations, as determined by the County Assessor, continue to rise, causing property tax bills to go up. It\'s the same old pig, but with different lipstick.\r\n\r\nThe other game that\'s being played on County residents is the <strong>Personal Property Tax</strong>. Despite having already paid a hefty Sales, Use or Excise Tax when first acquiring personal property, Scotland County levies a tax each year for as long as you own the item.\r\n\r\nCounty residents pay a heavy price, in more ways than one. Burdensome Taxation discourages new business and household formation and discourages existing enterprises from further investment, including replacement of obsolete and worn out items.\r\n\r\n<strong>The only way we\'ll ever experience a real tax reduction is if the County actually spends less money</strong>. Until then, it\'s only a question of which shell game County officials use to keep us off balance.\r\n\r\n\"<em>Still in the early stages of developing the budget for the county’s 2016-2017 fiscal year, <span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">County </span><span class=\"kLink\">Manager</span></span> Kevin Patterson said on Monday that he plans to present the Scotland County Board of <span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">Commissioners</span></span> with options for a property tax rate reduction.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more...</a></span>\r\n\r\n<address>Source:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laurinburg Exchange</a></span></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/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</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 noreferrer\">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or via <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email</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>', 'County Considering Tax Rate Reduction', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-considering-tax-rate-reduction', '', '\nhttp://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate', '2019-03-12 13:35:12', '2019-03-12 17:35:12', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1126', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1127, 1, '2016-03-30 15:11:42', '2016-03-30 15:11:42', '(PIC)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dieter - Start Here, don\'t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Still in the early stages of developing the budget for the county’s 2016-2017 fiscal year, <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">County </span><span class=\"kLink\">Manager</span></span></a> Kevin Patterson said on Monday that he plans to present the Scotland County Board of <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">Commissioners</span></span></a> with options for a property tax rate reduction.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4229/scotland-county-may-reduce-tax-rate\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Scotland County to Consider Property Tax Rate Reduction', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1126-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 15:11:42', '2016-03-30 15:11:42', '', 1126, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1126-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1129, 1, '2018-10-25 01:00:23', '2018-10-25 05:00:23', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1473 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/edward-snowden-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"edward-snowden\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" />Many, including us, believe Edward Snowden to be a true American Hero. Others think Ed is a traitor who should be executed, or at the very least imprisoned for life.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nHow are Americans to remain a free people and govern ourselves responsibly if \'We the People\' are uninformed, especially regarding what our government is doing to us and on our behalf?\r\n\r\nIs government secrecy, supposedly in the name of National Security, destroying our nation?\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>There\'s a very real difference between allegiance to country–allegiance to people–than allegiance to state, which is what nationalism today is really more about</em>,\" says Edward Snowden.</blockquote>\r\nHere\'s a video interview between Liberty Forum\'s Nick Gillespie and Edward Snowden. You decide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8pkUTav0mk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>Source:</strong></em></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://freestateproject.org/blogs/snowden-speaks-free-state-projects-liberty-forum-libertarian-nh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FreeStateProject.org</a></span>\r\n\r\n<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 noreferrer\">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://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=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><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 noreferrer\">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</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;', 'Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (video)', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'privacy-surveillance-spying-video', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:33:23', '2019-03-12 17:33:23', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1129', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(1130, 1, '2016-03-30 15:18:45', '2016-03-30 15:18:45', '(PIC)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dieter - Start Here, don\'t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nNotes From YouTube:\r\n\r\n\"There\'s a very real difference between allegiance to country–allegiance to people–than allegiance to state, which is what nationalism today is really more about,\" says Edward Snowden. On February 20, the whistleblowing cybersecurity expert addressed a wide range of questions during an in-depth interview with Reason\'s Nick Gillespie at Liberty Forum, a gathering of the Free State Project (FSP) in Manchester, New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nFSP seeks to move 20,000 people over the next five years to New Hampshire, where they will secure \"liberty in our lifetime\" by affecting the political, economic, and cultural climate of the state. Over 1,900 members have already migrated to the state and their impact is already being felt. Among their achievements to date:\r\n\r\ngetting 15 of their brethren in the state House, challenging anti-ridehail laws, fighting in court for outre religious liberty, winning legal battles over taping cops, being mocked by Colbert for heroically paying off people\'s parking meters, hosting cool anything goes festivals for libertarians, nullifying pot juries, and inducing occasional pants-wetting absurd paranoia in local statists.\r\n\r\nSnowden\'s cautionary tale about the the dangers of state surveillance wasn\'t lost on his audience of libertarians and anarchists who reside in the \"Live Free or Die\" state. He believes that technology has given rise to unprecedented freedom for individuals around the world—but he says so from an undisclosed location in authoritarian Russia.\r\n\r\nAnd he reminds us that governments also have unprecedented potential to surveil their populations at a moment\'s notice, without anyone ever realizing what\'s happening.\r\n\r\n\"They know more about us than they ever have in the history of the United States,\" Snowden warns. \"They\'re excusing themselves from accountability to us at the same time they\'re trying to exert greater power over us.\"\r\n\r\nIn the midst of a fiercely contested presidential race, Snowden remains steadfast in his distrust of partisan politics and declined to endorse any particular candidate or party, or even to label his beliefs. \"I do see sort of a clear distinction between people who have a larger faith in liberties and rights than they do in states and institutions,\" he grants. \"And this would be sort of the authoritarian/libertarian axis in the traditional sense. And I do think it’s clear that if you believe in the progressive liberal tradition, which is that people should have greater capability to act freely, to make their own choices, to enjoy a better and freer life over the progression of sort of human life, you’re going to be pushing away from that authoritarian axis at all times.\"\r\n\r\nSnowden drews laughs when asked if he was eligible to vote via absentee ballot. \"This is still a topic of...active research,\" he deadpans.\r\n\r\nBut he stresses that the U.S. government can win back trust and confidence through rigorous accountability to citizens and by living up to the ideals on which the country was founded. \"We don’t want Russia or China or North Korea or Iran or France or Germany or Brazil or any other country in the world to hold us up as an example for why we should be narrowing the boundaries of liberty around the world instead of expanding them,\" says Snowden.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8pkUTav0mk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Edward Snowden: Privacy, NSA & More', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1129-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 15:18:45', '2016-03-30 15:18:45', '', 1129, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1129-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1133, 1, '2016-03-30 15:19:24', '2016-03-30 15:19:24', '(PIC)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dieter - Start Here, don\'t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nNotes From YouTube:\r\n\r\n\"There\'s a very real difference between allegiance to country–allegiance to people–than allegiance to state, which is what nationalism today is really more about,\" says Edward Snowden. On February 20, the whistleblowing cybersecurity expert addressed a wide range of questions during an in-depth interview with Reason\'s Nick Gillespie at Liberty Forum, a gathering of the Free State Project (FSP) in Manchester, New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nFSP seeks to move 20,000 people over the next five years to New Hampshire, where they will secure \"liberty in our lifetime\" by affecting the political, economic, and cultural climate of the state. Over 1,900 members have already migrated to the state and their impact is already being felt. Among their achievements to date:\r\n\r\ngetting 15 of their brethren in the state House, challenging anti-ridehail laws, fighting in court for outre religious liberty, winning legal battles over taping cops, being mocked by Colbert for heroically paying off people\'s parking meters, hosting cool anything goes festivals for libertarians, nullifying pot juries, and inducing occasional pants-wetting absurd paranoia in local statists.\r\n\r\nSnowden\'s cautionary tale about the the dangers of state surveillance wasn\'t lost on his audience of libertarians and anarchists who reside in the \"Live Free or Die\" state. He believes that technology has given rise to unprecedented freedom for individuals around the world—but he says so from an undisclosed location in authoritarian Russia.\r\n\r\nAnd he reminds us that governments also have unprecedented potential to surveil their populations at a moment\'s notice, without anyone ever realizing what\'s happening.\r\n\r\n\"They know more about us than they ever have in the history of the United States,\" Snowden warns. \"They\'re excusing themselves from accountability to us at the same time they\'re trying to exert greater power over us.\"\r\n\r\nIn the midst of a fiercely contested presidential race, Snowden remains steadfast in his distrust of partisan politics and declined to endorse any particular candidate or party, or even to label his beliefs. \"I do see sort of a clear distinction between people who have a larger faith in liberties and rights than they do in states and institutions,\" he grants. \"And this would be sort of the authoritarian/libertarian axis in the traditional sense. And I do think it’s clear that if you believe in the progressive liberal tradition, which is that people should have greater capability to act freely, to make their own choices, to enjoy a better and freer life over the progression of sort of human life, you’re going to be pushing away from that authoritarian axis at all times.\"\r\n\r\nSnowden drews laughs when asked if he was eligible to vote via absentee ballot. \"This is still a topic of...active research,\" he deadpans.\r\n\r\nBut he stresses that the U.S. government can win back trust and confidence through rigorous accountability to citizens and by living up to the ideals on which the country was founded. \"We don’t want Russia or China or North Korea or Iran or France or Germany or Brazil or any other country in the world to hold us up as an example for why we should be narrowing the boundaries of liberty around the world instead of expanding them,\" says Snowden.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8pkUTav0mk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Edward Snowden: Privacy, NSA & More (VIDEO)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1129-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 15:19:24', '2016-03-30 15:19:24', '', 1129, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1129-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1137, 1, '2018-10-10 01:00:28', '2018-10-10 05:00:28', '<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1641 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/election-fraud-american-style-video.jpg\" alt=\"election-fraud-american-style-video\" width=\"276\" height=\"200\" />Rumors of major election fraud have been flying ever since Al Gore lost to George W. Bush following a vote recount in Florida. Such concerns have grown since then and with another election headed our way this November and a dramatic increase in the use of electronic voting machines, mail-in ballots and questionable caucus procedures, things are only heating up.\r\n\r\nHere are 2 videos that offer plenty of food for thought.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/fR32oH7jx6o?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/avroFThE0Go?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or via <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email</a></span>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Supports Trump Assassination</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/privacy-surveillance-spying-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/nc-fights-paypals-corporate-bullying/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NC Fights PayPal’s Corporate Bullying</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;', 'Election Fraud - American Style (Videos)', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'election-fraud-american-style-videos', '', '', '2019-03-12 13:34:13', '2019-03-12 17:34:13', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1137', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1138, 1, '2016-03-30 15:29:47', '2016-03-30 15:29:47', '(PIC)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dieter - Start Here, don\'t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nNotes fro YouTube:\r\n\r\nHow the Diebold electronic voting machines can be rigged, and how the presidential candidates of each party are not chosen by popular vote but by party leaders / delegates is discussed.\r\n\r\nAlso discussed is the fact so many so-called Christians in the United States are deceived by judeo-christian-(zionist) dogma and why judeo-christian is an oxymoron.\r\n\r\nUntil more so-called professing christians are willing to accept the truth of what Scripture teaches about the \"Chosen Ones,\" and until 2 Chronicles 7:14 is followed, conditions in the United States (and Caucasian Europe) are not going to change for the better, but in fact, will continue to deteriorate.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/fR32oH7jx6o?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Why Trump May Not be POTUS', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1137-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 15:29:47', '2016-03-30 15:29:47', '', 1137, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1137-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1141, 1, '2016-03-30 15:31:13', '2016-03-30 15:31:13', '(PIC)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dieter - Start Here, don\'t forget to do SEO below.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nNotes fro YouTube:\r\n\r\nHow the Diebold electronic voting machines can be rigged, and how the presidential candidates of each party are not chosen by popular vote but by party leaders / delegates is discussed.\r\n\r\nAlso discussed is the fact so many so-called Christians in the United States are deceived by judeo-christian-(zionist) dogma and why judeo-christian is an oxymoron.\r\n\r\nUntil more so-called professing christians are willing to accept the truth of what Scripture teaches about the \"Chosen Ones,\" and until 2 Chronicles 7:14 is followed, conditions in the United States (and Caucasian Europe) are not going to change for the better, but in fact, will continue to deteriorate.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/fR32oH7jx6o?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Why Trump May Not be POTUS (VIDEO)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1137-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 15:31:13', '2016-03-30 15:31:13', '', 1137, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1137-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1142, 1, '2016-03-30 16:12:12', '2016-03-30 16:12:12', '(PIC)Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order\'s main proponents, David Rockefeller. If you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg\'s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don\'t like, calling it \'hate speech\'. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nAlternative to Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Minds</a>. Follow <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Crossroads News</a> on Minds.\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 16:12:12', '2016-03-30 16:12:12', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/946-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1143, 1, '2016-03-30 16:17:09', '2016-03-30 16:17:09', '', 'donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg', '', '', '2016-03-30 16:17:09', '2016-03-30 16:17:09', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(1144, 1, '2016-03-30 16:20:30', '2016-03-30 16:20:30', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1143 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order\'s main proponents, David Rockefeller. If you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg\'s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don\'t like, calling it \'hate speech\'. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nAlternative to Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Minds</a>. Follow <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Crossroads News</a> on Minds.\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 16:20:30', '2016-03-30 16:20:30', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/946-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1145, 1, '2016-03-30 16:41:32', '2016-03-30 16:41:32', 'How can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.   <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span></a> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 16:41:32', '2016-03-30 16:41:32', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1147, 1, '2016-03-30 16:42:43', '2016-03-30 16:42:43', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"mayor-matthew-block_ccn\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nHow can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span></a> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 16:42:43', '2016-03-30 16:42:43', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1149, 3, '2016-03-30 19:25:50', '2016-03-30 19:25:50', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1150 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scotland-county-to-build-new-school-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"scotland-county-to-build-new-school\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" />\n\nPublic education is under growing scrutiny. America spends more per pupil on K-12 education than any other developed nation, yet, despite such taxpayer generosity, American students score at the very bottom, as measured by internationally recognized standards.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\n</span>\n\nEducators\' solutions have focused mainly on spending even more money, but despite this having been done, American children continue to fall further and further behind.\n\nWorse yet, studies show that home schooled students, guided by Internet based curriculum, perform better than those who\'ve actually attended public schools. Educators respond that, home schooled children miss out on the \'rich social environment\' public schools provide, but there\'s no evidence supporting this. In fact, the opposite appears to be true, as today\'s children have no trouble socializing or interacting, whether in person, on the net, through social media or at physical events.\n\nHas Public Education become an inefficient, but expensive Baby Sitting Service, Day Care Center and Sports venue, a place where government types hang out until gravy train pensions and benefit packages to kick in?\n\nIt\'s time to put Scotland County\'s children and future first.\n<blockquote>\"<em>Options presented Monday included securing bonds through either the county commissioners or public referendum, USDA Rural Improvement Program loans, or a public-private partnership in which the school system could have a new school built to its specifications and then effectively lease it from the developer.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/3917/buyers-sought-for-two-school-properties\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\n\nRelated Articles:\n\n<address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]\n\n&nbsp;\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>\n\n&nbsp;', 'Scotland County to Build New School?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '937-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:25:50', '2016-03-30 19:25:50', '', 937, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/937-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1151, 1, '2016-03-30 17:07:46', '2016-03-30 17:07:46', '(PIC)We\'ve all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers you see have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local local communications companies, but leased by local Law Enforcement which using Federally obtained grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <strong>EVERY</strong> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawfu isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, every conversation, every text message and every keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all</strong> nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund Drone purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow police to watch your every move in real time without your even knowing it\'s occurring. The drones hover high enough so you can\'t see or hear them. Without obtaining any Warrant <strong>law enforcement can now watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard in Ultra High Definition</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - \'Stingray\' Towers Spying on You', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:07:46', '2016-03-30 17:07:46', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1152, 1, '2016-03-30 17:08:24', '2016-03-30 17:08:24', '(PIC)We\'ve all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers you see have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local local communications companies, but leased by local Law Enforcement which using Federally obtained grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <strong>EVERY</strong> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawfu isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, every conversation, every text message and every keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all</strong> nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund Drone purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow police to watch your every move in real time without your even knowing it\'s occurring. The drones hover high enough so you can\'t see or hear them. Without obtaining any Warrant <strong>law enforcement can now watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard in Ultra High Definition</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Who\'s Spying on You?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:08:24', '2016-03-30 17:08:24', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(1153, 3, '2016-03-30 17:09:14', '2016-03-30 17:09:14', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1150 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scotland-county-to-build-new-school-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"scotland-county-to-build-new-school\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" />\r\n\r\nPublic education is under growing scrutiny. America spends more per pupil on K-12 education than any other developed nation, yet, despite such taxpayer generosity, American students score at the very bottom, as measured by internationally recognized standards.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nEducators\' solutions have focused mainly on spending even more money, but despite this having been done, American children continue to fall further and further behind.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, studies show that home schooled students, guided by Internet based curriculum, perform better than those who\'ve actually attended public schools. Educators respond that, home schooled children miss out on the \'rich social environment\' public schools provide, but there\'s no evidence supporting this. In fact, the opposite appears to be true, as today\'s children have no trouble socializing or interacting, whether in person, on the net, through social media or at physical events.\r\n\r\nHas Public Education become an inefficient, but expensive Baby Sitting Service, Day Care Center and Sports venue, a place where government types hang out until gravy train pensions and benefit packages to kick in?\r\n\r\nIt\'s time to put Scotland County\'s children and future first.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Options presented Monday included securing bonds through either the county commissioners or public referendum, USDA Rural Improvement Program loans, or a public-private partnership in which the school system could have a new school built to its specifications and then effectively lease it from the developer.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/3917/buyers-sought-for-two-school-properties\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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;', 'Scotland County to Build New School?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '937-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:09:14', '2016-03-30 17:09:14', '', 937, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/937-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1154, 1, '2016-03-30 17:13:27', '2016-03-30 17:13:27', '(PIC)We\'ve all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers you see have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local local communications companies, but leased to local Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <strong>EVERY</strong> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>ALL</strong> nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow police to watch your every move in real time without you being aware. The drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant <strong>law enforcement can now watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard in Ultra High Definition</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Who\'s Spying on You?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:13:27', '2016-03-30 17:13:27', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1155, 1, '2016-03-30 17:18:36', '2016-03-30 17:18:36', '(PIC)We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local local communications companies, but leased to Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <strong>Every</strong> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Who\'s Spying on You?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:18:36', '2016-03-30 17:18:36', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1156, 1, '2016-03-30 17:27:53', '2016-03-30 17:27:53', '(PIC)While we at CCN believe Edward Snowden is a Hero, many Americans think he should be tortured, executed or at least imprisoned forever.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nHere\'s an interesting video interview between Liberty Forum and Ed Snowden. See what think.\r\n\r\nNotes From YouTube:\r\n\r\n\"There\'s a very real difference between allegiance to country–allegiance to people–than allegiance to state, which is what nationalism today is really more about,\" says Edward Snowden. On February 20, the whistleblowing cybersecurity expert addressed a wide range of questions during an in-depth interview with Reason\'s Nick Gillespie at Liberty Forum, a gathering of the Free State Project (FSP) in Manchester, New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nFSP seeks to move 20,000 people over the next five years to New Hampshire, where they will secure \"liberty in our lifetime\" by affecting the political, economic, and cultural climate of the state. Over 1,900 members have already migrated to the state and their impact is already being felt. Among their achievements to date:\r\n\r\ngetting 15 of their brethren in the state House, challenging anti-ridehail laws, fighting in court for outre religious liberty, winning legal battles over taping cops, being mocked by Colbert for heroically paying off people\'s parking meters, hosting cool anything goes festivals for libertarians, nullifying pot juries, and inducing occasional pants-wetting absurd paranoia in local statists.\r\n\r\nSnowden\'s cautionary tale about the the dangers of state surveillance wasn\'t lost on his audience of libertarians and anarchists who reside in the \"Live Free or Die\" state. He believes that technology has given rise to unprecedented freedom for individuals around the world—but he says so from an undisclosed location in authoritarian Russia.\r\n\r\nAnd he reminds us that governments also have unprecedented potential to surveil their populations at a moment\'s notice, without anyone ever realizing what\'s happening.\r\n\r\n\"They know more about us than they ever have in the history of the United States,\" Snowden warns. \"They\'re excusing themselves from accountability to us at the same time they\'re trying to exert greater power over us.\"\r\n\r\nIn the midst of a fiercely contested presidential race, Snowden remains steadfast in his distrust of partisan politics and declined to endorse any particular candidate or party, or even to label his beliefs. \"I do see sort of a clear distinction between people who have a larger faith in liberties and rights than they do in states and institutions,\" he grants. \"And this would be sort of the authoritarian/libertarian axis in the traditional sense. And I do think it’s clear that if you believe in the progressive liberal tradition, which is that people should have greater capability to act freely, to make their own choices, to enjoy a better and freer life over the progression of sort of human life, you’re going to be pushing away from that authoritarian axis at all times.\"\r\n\r\nSnowden drews laughs when asked if he was eligible to vote via absentee ballot. \"This is still a topic of...active research,\" he deadpans.\r\n\r\nBut he stresses that the U.S. government can win back trust and confidence through rigorous accountability to citizens and by living up to the ideals on which the country was founded. \"We don’t want Russia or China or North Korea or Iran or France or Germany or Brazil or any other country in the world to hold us up as an example for why we should be narrowing the boundaries of liberty around the world instead of expanding them,\" says Snowden.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8pkUTav0mk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Edward Snowden: Privacy, NSA & More (VIDEO)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1129-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:27:53', '2016-03-30 17:27:53', '', 1129, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1129-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1157, 1, '2016-03-30 17:30:34', '2016-03-30 17:30:34', '(PIC)We at CCN believe Edward Snowden is a true American Hero, but many still think he should be tortured and then executed, or at the very least imprisoned forever.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nHere\'s a video interview between Liberty Forum\'s Nick Gillespie and Ed Snowden. See what think.\r\n\r\nNotes From YouTube:\r\n\r\n\"There\'s a very real difference between allegiance to country–allegiance to people–than allegiance to state, which is what nationalism today is really more about,\" says Edward Snowden. On February 20, the whistleblowing cybersecurity expert addressed a wide range of questions during an in-depth interview with Reason\'s Nick Gillespie at Liberty Forum, a gathering of the Free State Project (FSP) in Manchester, New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nFSP seeks to move 20,000 people over the next five years to New Hampshire, where they will secure \"liberty in our lifetime\" by affecting the political, economic, and cultural climate of the state. Over 1,900 members have already migrated to the state and their impact is already being felt. Among their achievements to date:\r\n\r\ngetting 15 of their brethren in the state House, challenging anti-ridehail laws, fighting in court for outre religious liberty, winning legal battles over taping cops, being mocked by Colbert for heroically paying off people\'s parking meters, hosting cool anything goes festivals for libertarians, nullifying pot juries, and inducing occasional pants-wetting absurd paranoia in local statists.\r\n\r\nSnowden\'s cautionary tale about the the dangers of state surveillance wasn\'t lost on his audience of libertarians and anarchists who reside in the \"Live Free or Die\" state. He believes that technology has given rise to unprecedented freedom for individuals around the world—but he says so from an undisclosed location in authoritarian Russia.\r\n\r\nAnd he reminds us that governments also have unprecedented potential to surveil their populations at a moment\'s notice, without anyone ever realizing what\'s happening.\r\n\r\n\"They know more about us than they ever have in the history of the United States,\" Snowden warns. \"They\'re excusing themselves from accountability to us at the same time they\'re trying to exert greater power over us.\"\r\n\r\nIn the midst of a fiercely contested presidential race, Snowden remains steadfast in his distrust of partisan politics and declined to endorse any particular candidate or party, or even to label his beliefs. \"I do see sort of a clear distinction between people who have a larger faith in liberties and rights than they do in states and institutions,\" he grants. \"And this would be sort of the authoritarian/libertarian axis in the traditional sense. And I do think it’s clear that if you believe in the progressive liberal tradition, which is that people should have greater capability to act freely, to make their own choices, to enjoy a better and freer life over the progression of sort of human life, you’re going to be pushing away from that authoritarian axis at all times.\"\r\n\r\nSnowden drews laughs when asked if he was eligible to vote via absentee ballot. \"This is still a topic of...active research,\" he deadpans.\r\n\r\nBut he stresses that the U.S. government can win back trust and confidence through rigorous accountability to citizens and by living up to the ideals on which the country was founded. \"We don’t want Russia or China or North Korea or Iran or France or Germany or Brazil or any other country in the world to hold us up as an example for why we should be narrowing the boundaries of liberty around the world instead of expanding them,\" says Snowden.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>123</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: ____ INSERT LINK\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/o8pkUTav0mk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HIDE: Author box and Related Posts on side --&gt;</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Privacy, Surveillance, Spying (VIDEO)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1129-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 17:30:34', '2016-03-30 17:30:34', '', 1129, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1129-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1160, 3, '2019-02-15 13:42:02', '2019-02-15 18:42:02', '<p><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/who-is-spying-on-you-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"who-is-spying-on-you\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" />We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have little to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><br />\n</span></p>\n<p>That\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> and other technologies like <strong>IMSI Catcher, HailStorm, DRT Box</strong> and <strong>PRISM</strong> to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by a local communications company that leases space to local Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.</p>\n<p>Still don\'t get it? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/new-rules-create-spying-partnership-between-local-police-nsa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Every</span></a></strong></span> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement using software driven by AI algos. This information is shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies through <strong>Fusion Centers</strong>.</p>\n<p>The fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to<strong> enslave</strong> mankind. The \'deep state\' uses this information when necessary to <strong>blackmail</strong> politicians so they\'ll keep silent and go along with the charade of democracy.</p>\n<p>In addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.</p>\n<p>Worse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement which allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbathe in the backyard</strong>.</p>\n<p>As if all this isn\'t bad enough, another even more powerful weapon is now coming online disguised as a new, faster wireless system called 5G (5th generation wireless).</p>\n<p>Is it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?</p>\n<p>America\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% being enslaved by the 1%.</p>\n<p>The world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\"<em>The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></a></span></p>\n</blockquote>\n<address>Related Articles:</address>\n<address><a 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></address>\n<address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address>\n<address><a title=\"123\" href=\"https://carolinacrossroads.news/5g-smart-grid-is-the-new-world-order-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5G Smart Grid IS the New World Order (video)</a></address>\n<address> </address>\n<p>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\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. 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(1161, 3, '2016-03-30 18:21:23', '2016-03-30 18:21:23', '(PIC)We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local communications companies, but leased to Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/new-rules-create-spying-partnership-between-local-police-nsa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Every</a></strong></span> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1163, 3, '2016-03-30 18:23:55', '2016-03-30 18:23:55', '', 'who-is-spying-on-you', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'who-is-spying-on-you-2', '', '', '2016-03-30 18:23:55', '2016-03-30 18:23:55', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/who-is-spying-on-you.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(1164, 3, '2016-03-30 18:25:04', '2016-03-30 18:25:04', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/who-is-spying-on-you-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"who-is-spying-on-you\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" />We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local communications companies, but leased to Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/new-rules-create-spying-partnership-between-local-police-nsa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Every</a></strong></span> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Who\'s Spying on You?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 18:25:04', '2016-03-30 18:25:04', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1167, 3, '2016-03-30 18:29:32', '2016-03-30 18:29:32', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/who-is-spying-on-you-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"who-is-spying-on-you\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" />We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local communications companies, but leased to Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/new-rules-create-spying-partnership-between-local-police-nsa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Every</a></strong></span> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1168, 3, '2016-03-30 18:31:45', '2016-03-30 18:31:45', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/who-is-spying-on-you-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"who-is-spying-on-you\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" />We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local communications companies, but leased to Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/new-rules-create-spying-partnership-between-local-police-nsa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Every</a></strong></span> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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;', 'Who\'s Spying on You?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 18:31:45', '2016-03-30 18:31:45', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1170, 3, '2016-04-11 15:27:58', '2016-04-11 19:27:58', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\n\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. That\'s not exactly breaking news.\n\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\n\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now <a href=\"http://youtu.be/t487ILVf87k\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">relocate</span></a> to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\n\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\n\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\n\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\n\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would completely torched.\n\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\n\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\n\nThe discussion began with our vision of how we could assist the County transition from an obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource demographic.\n\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\n\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and were assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\n\n<strong>End of Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSource:\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a></span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\n\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">email</span></a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County to Build New School?</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]\n\n&nbsp;\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. 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(1172, 3, '2016-03-30 19:02:36', '2016-03-30 19:02:36', '', 'department-commerce-2016-tier-designations', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'department-commerce-2016-tier-designations', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:02:36', '2016-03-30 19:02:36', '', 920, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations.png', 0, 'attachment', 'image/png', 0),
(1173, 3, '2016-03-30 19:03:15', '2016-03-30 19:03:15', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\r\n\r\n<center>*** EMBED VIDEO HERE ***</center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'Scotland County Mired in Depression', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '920-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:03:15', '2016-03-30 19:03:15', '', 920, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/920-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1176, 3, '2016-03-30 19:05:35', '2016-03-30 19:05:35', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'Scotland County Mired in Depression', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '920-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:05:35', '2016-03-30 19:05:35', '', 920, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/920-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1177, 1, '2018-10-26 01:00:05', '2018-10-26 05:00:05', '<p><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" /></p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here</a></span> to read</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Part 1</span></span><br />\r\n</strong></p>\r\n<p>Scotland County remains mired in a <strong>Deep Depression</strong>. We\'re the most economically depressed county in all North Carolina.</p>\r\n<p>Mill and manufacturing operations fled heavily unionized, high tax, highly regulated northern states during the 1940\'s and 50\'s. Later, when those same companies discovered that NAFTA made it even cheaper to move operations to Mexico, they once again skedaddled.</p>\r\n<p>Many with marketable skills left Scotland County seeking employment elsewhere. Others stayed, hunkering down, hoping for a comeback. Still others attached themselves to County, School District and City of Laurinburg governments. This may have been a good move from an individual perspective, but it\'s been a disaster for our economy.</p>\r\n<p>Today, <strong>Government Employment</strong> stands as the cornerstone of Scotland County\'s economy. This would be fantastic except that government doesn\'t actually produce anything; rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce.</p>\r\n<p>Sure, government provides some vital services, but the fact is its inefficiency and corruption places a parasitic drag on otherwise productive economic activity. For the most part, government is a conduit via which the fruits of others\' labor gets redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable vote generating demographic constituencies. This time tested <strong><a href=\"https://youtu.be/zY5UuWkVq8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">model</span></a></strong> has been with mankind throughout history.</p>\r\n<p>Government employee pensions deserve special mention. When employees become \'vested\', they often earn the right to move to new government positions where they begin qualifying for yet more pensions. <em>\'Rinse and repeat\'</em> several times, and you can see that by the time actual retirement age is reached, many government workers retire with two, three or even four pension checks coming in each month. Talk about striking gold!</p>\r\n<p>It gets even better (except for taxpayers), as today\'s liberal policies encourage the use of \'disability\' as a means of further enrichment. How many able bodied ex-military and government workers do you know who receive disability checks each month?</p>\r\n<p>Government also sees to it that everything you\'ve worked and saved for is slowly and systematically stolen through <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://youtu.be/UrJGlXEs8nI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inflation</a></span></strong>. This, like other scams, works so well that most folks aren\'t even aware a thief in the night is robbing them little by little.</p>\r\n<p><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1858\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/single-role-toilet-paper.jpg\" alt=\"single-role-toilet-paper\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" />Politicians feverishly maintain <span style=\"color: #000000;\">that</span> there is a \'free lunch\' and we can continue spending money we don\'t have without consequences, by creating endless deficits and outright money printing. The facts show otherwise, as inflation has destroyed purchasing power to the point where some can only afford to buy toilet paper in single rolls, one at a time. How many ever expected that wiping their butts would become such a cause for concern?</p>\r\n<p>Government workers don\'t share inflation\'s burden, as they receive regular pay increases and \'cost of living adjustments\' (COLAs) regardless of performance or economic circumstances. The rest of us get to pay for problems they\'ve created.</p>\r\n<p>This sweet deal for some has unfortunately destroyed public finances, as skyrocketing salary, pension, benefit and disability costs now eat up an enormous share of public budgets. Is it any wonder County, Municipal and School coffers are running on empty?</p>\r\n<p>As dire as the situation is, it\'s <em>\'baked into the cake\'</em> that things will get demonstrably worse unless we radically change course.</p>\r\n<p><strong>BLUEPRINT for PROSPERITY</strong></p>\r\n<p>Fortunately, <strong>the key to success is in our pocket</strong>. It\'s up to us to reach in, grab it and turn the lock that opens the door.</p>\r\n<p>We must:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dramatically reduce expenditures</span> of Scotland County Government, Laurinburg City Government and Scotland County Schools.</li>\r\n	<li>Organically grow \'real\' 21st century employment opportunities that provide living wage, family friendly jobs. We have the ability, but do we have the will?</li>\r\n	<li>Deliver \'cutting edge\' public education, freeing our children from the shackles imposed by today\'s burdensome rules, regulations, curriculum\'s, policies and politically driven agendas.</li>\r\n	<li>Banish slavery once and for all, ridding ourselves from cruel and unjust dependence on <em>\'institutionalized poverty\'</em> designed to ensure that we and future generations remain in bondage.</li>\r\n	<li>Eliminate the County\'s regressive, corrosive, business killing \'Personal Property Tax\'. Until this is done, there will be no economic rebirth.</li>\r\n	<li>Get government out of the way, allow \'market forces\' to re-balance. The effects won\'t be immediately apparent, and many currently feeding at the taxpayer\'s trough will surely have their feathers ruffled, but we either implement positive, rational, logical and necessary change in an orderly, planned manner while we still have options, or risk waiting until financial crisis overtakes us, guaranteeing extreme pain and an unpredictable outcome.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong>Here\'s what we don\'t need:</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>More taxpayer funded grants, commissions, boards, blue ribbon panels, study groups, pedigreed intellectuals, bureaucrats, seminars or retreats.</li>\r\n	<li>More highly compensated Economic Development gurus trying to bring back the \'good ole days\' by taking money from one taxpayer\'s pocket and putting it in another, calling it \'job creation\'.</li>\r\n	<li>More nonsense like our \'Certified Retirement Community\' program.</li>\r\n	<li>More commercial properties bulldozed to make way for additional taxpayer funded \'sculpture\' parks.</li>\r\n	<li>More multi-million dollar boondoggles like Laurinburg City Council\'s new \'Colonial Williamsburg\' City Hall/Police Department.</li>\r\n	<li>More arrests of potheads (following \'months long\' intensive, expensive investigations) so we can build and fill yet more prisons, jails and lockups.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong>Rebuilding prosperity will be challenging, but it\'s fully achievable if we want it bad enough. </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Carolina Crossroads News</strong> understands the mission, knows what it takes to reach the goal and is willing to carry its share of the water. What we can\'t do is carry your share too.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Your future is up to YOU!</strong></p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\"<em>Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act</em>\" Dietrich Bonhoeffer</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email</a></span></strong>.</address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/lack-of-decorum-at-laurinburg-city-council-meeting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘Lack of Decorum’ at Laurinburg City Council Meeting</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ward Named Economic Development Direc</a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/ward-named-economic-development-director/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tor</a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\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<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><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></p>\r\n<p><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></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', 'Scotland County North Carolina Mired in Depression (Part 2)', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-2', '', '', '2019-03-19 14:24:22', '2019-03-19 18:24:22', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1177', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1178, 3, '2016-03-30 19:06:02', '2016-03-30 19:06:02', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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. 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(1179, 3, '2016-03-30 19:06:40', '2016-03-30 19:06:40', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT -', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1177-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:06:40', '2016-03-30 19:06:40', '', 1177, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1177-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1180, 3, '2016-03-30 19:07:37', '2016-03-30 19:07:37', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1177-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:07:37', '2016-03-30 19:07:37', '', 1177, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1177-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1181, 3, '2016-03-30 19:10:05', '2016-03-30 19:10:05', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DIETER - HERE\'S PART 1 FOR YOUR REVIEW:</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1177-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:10:05', '2016-03-30 19:10:05', '', 1177, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1177-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1182, 3, '2016-03-30 19:12:35', '2016-03-30 19:12:35', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1 - Stay turned for Part 2\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen the mills began shutting down, those with marketable skills left to seek employment elsewhere. Some hunkered down hoping for a comeback. Others made the most of valuable connections and attached themselves to County Government, School District and the City of Laurinburg. Nice work if you can get it.\r\n\r\nToday, Government stands as the cornerstone of our economy. Unfortunately, government doesn\'t actually produce anything, rather it consumes (through the miracle of taxation and fees) that which others have toiled to produce. Government is a conduit via which the fruits of others labour are redistributed to favored friends, political cronies and valuable demographic constituencies\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Based on its unemployment rate, median household income, population growth, and property tax base per capita, Scotland is consistently <a id=\"KonaLink0\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">classified</span></span></a> by the N.C. Department of Commerce as a Tier I county — among the 40 most distressed in the state.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County to Build New School?</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></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>', 'Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '920-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:12:35', '2016-03-30 19:12:35', '', 920, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/920-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1183, 3, '2016-03-30 19:14:08', '2016-03-30 19:14:08', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/department-commerce-2016-tier-designations-300x162.png\" alt=\"department-commerce-2016-tier-designations\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>Scotland is the most economically distressed county in North Carolina</strong>. Unfortunately, that\'s not breaking news.\r\n\r\nWe wholeheartedly agree with sentiments expressed by State Senator Tom McInnes, who recently stated: \"The way it is right now, we can’t make anybody locate a plant in Scotland County if they don’t want to come here. We’ve got to give them a reason to come here. We’re going to have to work in a different way than we’ve been working...\"\r\n\r\nDespite longstanding and ongoing attempts by County gurus to bring in new industry, the fact is Scotland County will never again be a manufacturing magnet. Mexico\'s new and highly automated state of the art plants pay wages of only $2 per hour and No benefits. Even Chinese wages are higher, causing factories there to now relocate to cheaper venues like Vietnam in order to compete. Despite often repeated prognostications, even \'The Donald\' won\'t be able to reverse this trend.\r\n\r\nAs Senator McInnis continued: \"... we’re going to have to work together... to offer 21st century curricula for <strong>the jobs that we have available and not the jobs that we wish we had.</strong>”\r\n\r\nAmerica was founded upon the concept of a largely self regulating and self righting <strong>Free Market Economy</strong>. This was by no means perfect, but a great, prosperous and self governing republic was built upon its foundation. We became \'The Shining Light on the Hill\' that others looked up to and sought to emulate. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago.\r\n\r\nThere can be no doubt that Scotland County was destined to experience difficult times when mills and manufacturing began fleeing, first to China and then Mexico, but according to Free Market dogma, things would have eventually righted themselves had market forces been allowed to play out.\r\n\r\nThat didn\'t happen, and today, decades later, despite massive application of state and federal grant programs and tax incentives being thrown at the problem, Scotland County remains mired in a Deep Depression. Worse yet, subtract state and federal welfare programs, along with generous USDA subsidies, supports, loans and grants, and Scotland County\'s economy would be deader as a door nail.\r\n\r\nThe reasons the Revival never took hold here are easily identified, straight forward, and well understood... not complicated at all. <strong>The question is: Are we going do anything about it or do we intend to mire in this pig slop until there is absolutely nothing left?</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore we move on, let us share a brief but telling story. After purchasing a former manufacturing plant, we made an appointment to talk with Scotland County\'s Director of Economic Development. He proved to be friendly, intelligent, well educated, articulate and courteous. He was also highly compensated with a salary of $80k per year, plus a generous benefit package.\r\n\r\nWe began the discussion with our vision of how we could play a role in assisting the County from its obsolete manufacturing based economic model to a forward looking high tech model, but nevertheless, one that could, with little training, take advantage of the County\'s existing, but largely unskilled human resource base.\r\n\r\nThe Director listened politely, but soon enough broke in, stating with crystalline clarity, that unless we were prepared to bring at least 700 jobs to the County (for starters), it wasn\'t worth his time to continue talking with us. We expressed puzzlement as to that magic 700 job number, wherein he replied that the County was putting the final touches on a project that would bring a large Japanese clutch manufacturing operation to the County that would employ 700.\r\n\r\nWe weren\'t quite ready to take no for an answer and inquired who was next on the County ladder that we could talk with. The County Manager was \'the man\', but was not presently available. We left our contact information and we assured he would contact us. We never heard back.\r\n\r\nSource:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/ap-wire/3568/county-could-lose-tier-status\" target=\"_blank\">Laurinburg Exchange</a></span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> </span></strong>\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-to-build-new-school/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County to Build New School?</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></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;', 'Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '920-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:14:08', '2016-03-30 19:14:08', '', 920, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/920-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1185, 3, '2016-03-30 19:24:07', '2016-03-30 19:24:07', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/who-is-spying-on-you-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"who-is-spying-on-you\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" />We\'re all familiar with Cell Phone Towers, they\'re virtually everywhere, but did you know that most towers have absolutely nothing to do with providing legitimate cell communications?<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nThat\'s right, these towers use illegal <strong>\'Stingray\'</strong> technology to track, collect and record <strong>all</strong> cellular and digital communications. They are erected and maintained by local communications companies, but leased to Law Enforcement which uses Federal grant money to pay the bill.\r\n\r\nStill don\'t get it? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/new-rules-create-spying-partnership-between-local-police-nsa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Every</a></strong></span> cell and digital communication you participate in is tracked, captured, recorded, saved, stored and analyzed by local and state law enforcement, plus, it\'s shared with the FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, ATF, DHS and the plethora of other Federal agencies.\r\n\r\nThe fact that this is <strong>NOT</strong> lawful isn\'t stopping local Police and County Sheriffs from tracking your every move, conversation, text message and keystroke as part of a nationwide effort to ensure Americans remain compliant and \'under control\' while the New World Order works its magic to enslave mankind.\r\n\r\nIn addition, new utility and street lighting poles are equipped with extremely sensitive microphones that pick up <strong>all </strong>nearby conversations.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, Federal Grants now fund <strong>Drone</strong> purchases by local and state law enforcement. Drones allow your every move to be viewed and recorded in real time without you being aware. Drones hover high enough overhead that you can\'t see or hear them. Without any Warrant, <strong>Law Enforcement can, in Ultra High Definition, watch your teenage daughter sunbath in the backyard</strong>.\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about our growing Police State?\r\n\r\nAmerica\'s real struggle isn\'t Black, White, Hispanic, Christian, Islam or even Terrorism, it\'s about the 99% enslaving the 1%.\r\n\r\nThe world we and our children will live in tomorrow is being decided by the choices we make today.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>The feds sell the technology in the name of “anti-terrorism” efforts. With non-disclosure agreements in place, most police departments refuse to release any information on the use of stingrays. But information obtained from the Tacoma Police Department revealed that it uses the technology primarily for routine criminal investigations.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https://offnow.org/new-york-bills-would-require-judicial-order-for-the-use-of-stingrays-hinder-federal-program/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n\r\n<address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></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;', 'Who\'s Spying on You?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '932-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:24:07', '2016-03-30 19:24:07', '', 932, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/932-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1186, 3, '2016-03-30 19:25:53', '2016-03-30 19:25:53', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1150 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scotland-county-to-build-new-school-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"scotland-county-to-build-new-school\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" />\r\n\r\nPublic education is under growing scrutiny. America spends more per pupil on K-12 education than any other developed nation, yet, despite such taxpayer generosity, American students score at the very bottom, as measured by internationally recognized standards.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\nEducators\' solutions have focused mainly on spending even more money, but despite this having been done, American children continue to fall further and further behind.\r\n\r\nWorse yet, studies show that home schooled students, guided by Internet based curriculum, perform better than those who\'ve actually attended public schools. Educators respond that, home schooled children miss out on the \'rich social environment\' public schools provide, but there\'s no evidence supporting this. In fact, the opposite appears to be true, as today\'s children have no trouble socializing or interacting, whether in person, on the net, through social media or at physical events.\r\n\r\nHas Public Education become an inefficient, but expensive Baby Sitting Service, Day Care Center and Sports venue, a place where government types hang out until gravy train pensions and benefit packages to kick in?\r\n\r\nIt\'s time to put Scotland County\'s children and future first.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Options presented Monday included securing bonds through either the county commissioners or public referendum, USDA Rural Improvement Program loans, or a public-private partnership in which the school system could have a new school built to its specifications and then effectively lease it from the developer.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/3917/buyers-sought-for-two-school-properties\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news\r\n\r\nRelated Articles:\r\n\r\n<address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/mayor-block-council/\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></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;', 'Scotland County to Build New School?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '937-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:25:53', '2016-03-30 19:25:53', '', 937, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/937-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(1187, 3, '2016-03-31 19:14:04', '2016-03-31 19:14:04', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"mayor-matthew-block_ccn\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHow can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">email</span></a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/facebook-seeks-trump-assassination/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Supports Trump Assassination</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]\n\n&nbsp;\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>', 'Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-03-31 19:14:04', '2016-03-31 19:14:04', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1188, 3, '2016-03-30 19:28:34', '2016-03-30 19:28:34', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"mayor-matthew-block_ccn\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nHow can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span></a> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></address><address><a href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></address><address><a href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</a></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>', 'City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:28:34', '2016-03-30 19:28:34', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1189, 3, '2016-03-30 19:30:05', '2016-03-30 19:30:05', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"mayor-matthew-block_ccn\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nHow can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <a id=\"KonaLink1\" class=\"kLink\" href=\"http://laurinburgexchange.com/opinion/columns/4240/mayor-to-council-express-yourselves-2#\"><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span></a> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</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>', 'City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:30:05', '2016-03-30 19:30:05', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1190, 3, '2016-03-30 19:31:39', '2016-03-30 19:31:39', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1146 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mayor-matthew-block_ccn-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"mayor-matthew-block_ccn\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow can \'the People\' best monitor and evaluate government performance to ensure proper representation? Laurinburg\'s new Mayor, Matt Block, believes this requires the people be properly informed by a City Council that conducts the people\'s business openly, honestly and with complete transparency. Closed door sessions and secret meetings cannot be tolerated.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>At last week’s City Council meeting, the Laurinburg City Council received quite an earful from several well-respected citizens, all of whom expressed their strong opposition to a new City Hall and most of whom expressed even stronger disappointment and exasperation with <span style=\"color: #595959;\"><span class=\"kLink\">City </span><span class=\"kLink\">Council </span><span class=\"kLink\">members</span></span> for continuing on with this project in spite of widespread citizen opposition. I, too, am strongly opposed to this project, and the reasons are many.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Read more...</span></blockquote>\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</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>', 'City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '942-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:31:39', '2016-03-30 19:31:39', '', 942, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/942-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1192, 3, '2016-03-31 19:07:03', '2016-03-31 19:07:03', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1143 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order\'s main proponents, David Rockefeller. If you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg\'s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don\'t like, calling it \'hate speech\'. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\n</span>\n<blockquote>\"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\nAlternative to Facebook: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Minds</a></span>. Follow <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Crossroads News</a></span> on Minds.\n\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or send us an <a href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">emai</span>l</a>.</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</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\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</a></span></address><address> </address>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]\n\n&nbsp;\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>', 'Facebook Supports Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-03-31 19:07:03', '2016-03-31 19:07:03', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/946-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1193, 3, '2016-03-30 19:33:36', '2016-03-30 19:33:36', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1143 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order\'s main proponents, David Rockefeller. If you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg\'s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don\'t like, calling it \'hate speech\'. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nAlternative to Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Minds</a>. Follow <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Crossroads News</a> on Minds.\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</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\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</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>', 'Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:33:36', '2016-03-30 19:33:36', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/946-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1194, 3, '2016-03-30 19:34:53', '2016-03-30 19:34:53', '<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1143 alignleft\" src=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />Mark Zuckerberg is the grandson of one of the New World Order\'s main proponents, David Rockefeller. If you have something controversial to say on Zuckerberg\'s Facebook, Forget It. Facebook scrubs anything they don\'t like, calling it \'hate speech\'. But when it comes to opinions Mark likes, there is apparently no limit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Mark Zuckerberg “I want Donald Trump dead. In fact, I have even sponsored a Facebook page dedicated to assassinating Trump”. However, if writers like Dave Hodges post one negative observation about Hillary Clinton and her criminal activities, I will ban that person and their observations”. Facebook is a perversion upon America. Zuckerberg is an agent of the NSA and the CIA.  Is it surprising that he is David Rockefeller’s grandson? The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/03/09/19153/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=19153\" target=\"_blank\">Read more...</a></span></blockquote>\r\nAlternative to Facebook: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Minds</a></span>. Follow <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/CarolinaCrossroadsNews\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Crossroads News</a></span> on Minds.\r\n\r\n<address>You reach Carolina Crossroads News at (888) 472-7555 or support (at) carolinacrossroads (dot) news</address><address> </address><address>Related Articles:</address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/city-council-should-be-open-honest-transparent/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council Should be Open, Honest, Transparent</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\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address><address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/scotland-county-mired-in-depression-part-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland County Mired in Depression (Part 1)</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>', 'Facebook Seeks Trump Assassination', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '946-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-30 19:34:53', '2016-03-30 19:34:53', '', 946, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/946-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1198, 1, '2016-09-11 01:00:26', '2016-09-11 05:00:26', '<p><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\" /></p>\r\n<p>Laurinburg 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 noreferrer\">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.</p>\r\n<p>Dealing 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.</p>\r\n<p>Two suspects appear to be of Middle Eastern origin, which given the current climate, cannot be considered a plus when it comes to garnering sympathy.</p>\r\n<p>How does this story fit into the <strong>Big Picture</strong>?</p>\r\n<p>Albert 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.</p>\r\n<p>Was 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)</p>\r\n<p>A 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 noreferrer\">prominent professionals and prestigious organizations</a></span> increasingly call for not only the decriminalization of marijuana, but all drugs.</p>\r\n<p>How 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.</p>\r\n<p>Can 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?</p>\r\n<p>When 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 noreferrer\">snapshot</a></span> of what our nation\'s \'War on Drugs\' is really about. It\'s not pretty.</p>\r\n<p>With 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.</p>\r\n<p>There 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 noreferrer\">video</a></span> documentary that may help. Let\'s choose wisely.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Related Articles:</p>\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 noreferrer\">Open, Honest, Transparent City Council Needed</a></span></address>\r\n<address><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"123\" href=\"http://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who’s Spying on You?</a></span></address>\r\n<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 noreferrer\">Scotland County’s New School</a></span></address>\r\n<address> </address>\r\n<p>[polldaddy rating=\"8361352\"]</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\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<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * * * *</p>\r\n<p><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></p>\r\n<p><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></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', 'We Support Our Police', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'we-support-our-police-part-1', '', 'http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4543/clerks-charged-with-selling-fake-marijuana\nhttp://carolinacrossroads.news/open-honest-transparent-city-council-needed/\nhttp://carolinacrossroads.news/who-is-spying-on-you/', '2019-03-19 15:06:04', '2019-03-19 19:06:04', '', 0, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/?p=1198', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1199, 3, '2016-03-31 13:23:29', '2016-03-31 13:23:29', '<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\" />This sign was recently observed at the entrance to a local business.\r\n\r\nTo be sure, there are plenty of bad guys and Law Enforcement stands between them and us. Their service is appreciated and in exchange they are well compensated.\r\n\r\nThe Police are our employees. They work for us. They are paid with our tax dollars.\r\n\r\nWhy does Law Enforcement now feel it needs a cheer leading squad? It\'s true that the Internet is brimming with horrifying, frightening videos showing Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) harassing, abusing, pepper spraying, tasing, beating, robbing, arresting, shooting and even killing innocent citizens. Yes, LEOs are also using unlawful technologies like \'Stingrays\' to collect private information and data on <strong>every</strong> law abiding citizen.\r\n\r\nLegislators pass tons of new laws each session, most of which are neither well thought out, needed or desirable. The legislative process does not ensure laws are Just, Lawful or Constitutional. \"<strong>There are two things you don’t want to see being made, sausage and politics\"</strong>.\r\n\r\nDid you know most legislation isn\'t actually written by the legislators we elect, but rather by professional lobbyists in the employ of wealthy families and their large corporations? Even worse, our Legislators routinely vote for Bills they\'ve never seen, let alone read? They simply do what they\'re told.\r\n\r\nDespite warm and fuzzy titles (Patriot Act, Affordable Care Act, etc.), most laws are not designed nor intended to make our lives more secure, healthier or to promote general welfare and prosperity, but instead are carefully crafted to give wealthy, privileged elites and their powerful corporations control perks and advantages the rest of us can only dream of. Such largess is of course paid for by you and me.\r\n\r\nAmericans are not required to obey laws that are unlawful or unconstitutional, nor are LEOs empowered to enforce laws that defy the Constitution. LEOs take a solemn oath, swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic.\r\n\r\nHow many LEOs have ever read the Constitution they\'ve sworn to uphold? How can one defend something that millions of Americans have sacrificed, fought and died to preserve, if they don’t understand what it is they are swearing to defend?\r\n\r\nFBI statistics disclose that in 2014 alone $4.5 billion was <strong>stolen</strong> from the American people. Homes, cars, business assets and cash are being routinely <strong>seized</strong>, all without any charges filed or even the pretense of illegality or wrongdoing. In contrast, the FBI states that only $3.5 billion was lost due to actual burglaries. <strong>That’s right; according to our own FBI, the vast majority of thefts are being committed not by burglars, but by Police.</strong>\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans increasing view Police as dangerous predators. Should honest, God fearing citizens be forced to cower before those charged with serving and protecting us?\r\n\r\nPolice recruits are increasingly trained to view the American people as The Enemy? Are the Police allowing themselves to become mafia style enforcers, making sure we never forget who’s really in charge?\r\n\r\nAs if to spray gasoline on an already blazing fire, Legislators in Washington DC shower state and local Law Enforcement with virtually unlimited taxpayer funds to acquire gnarly war wagons, military style combat gear and unlawful surveillance devices like the \'Stingray\'. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between Police and Soldiers going off to war.\r\n\r\nDepartments are equipping vehicles with Dash Cams and LEOs with Body Cams in a stated effort to reign in such rogue behavior, supposedly introducing transparency and accountability. This sounds great, until you realize that Officers are able to selectively turn cameras <strong>on and off</strong> to suit their needs, and despite claims to the contrary, can and do edit footage, making sure their videos fit the narrative they want told.\r\n\r\nWe’ve attended community events, meetings and programs sponsored by the Scotland County Sheriff’s Department, and quite frankly, were very disappointed. There appears little understanding and even less concern regarding the role today’s County Sheriff is expected to play. Officers seem intent upon manipulating the public instead of doing the hard work needed to successfully resolve long festering problems. It\'s obvious that the training they are receiving is not intended to improve performance, but rather to enable them to better deflect the public\'s growing concern.\r\n\r\nOur County Sheriff is taking hard earned federal taxpayer dollars to buy the latest gadgets, gear and surveillance devices. In return the Sheriff not only allows, but encoures Federal agencies to come in and do whatever they want in Scotland County with no oversight and complete impunity. This is extremely short sighted and dangerous. Our County Sheriff was elected to serve and protect Scotland County, not Washington DC schemers, scammers, kleptocrats and megalomaniacs.\r\n\r\nWe\'ve made several attempts to contact Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey regarding these issues, but have not received a return call or email response.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2</strong>\r\n\r\nLike others, we wholeheartedly support Law Enforcement in the performance of their appointed duties, consistent with <strong>State and Federal Constitutions, </strong>our<strong> Bill of Rights </strong>and the<strong> Rule of Law</strong>.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Over the last several years, the United States has earned the troublesome accolade of being the most incarcerated population in the world. Nearly every fourth person behind bars globally resides in the United States. While a new report from the Bureau of Justice, a faction of the DOJ, indicates the number of American inmates recently increased, change might be coming — however slowly. In spite of this potential, the report also details how serious the problem has been — for at least two decades.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/01/1-in-36-americans-are-tied-up-in-the-prison-system-and-thats-a-20-year-low.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more..</a>.</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://www.activistpost.com/2016/01/1-in-36-americans-are-tied-up-in-the-prison-system-and-thats-a-20-year-low.html\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/vQtdaCIZxxk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - We Support Our Police (Part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1198-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-31 13:23:29', '2016-03-31 13:23:29', '', 1198, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1198-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1200, 3, '2016-03-31 14:18:43', '2016-03-31 14:18:43', '<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\nLINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/24/top-medical-experts-say-we-should-decriminalize-all-drugs-and-maybe-go-even-further/\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis sign was recently observed at the entrance to a local business.\r\n\r\nTo be sure, there are plenty of bad guys and Law Enforcement stands between them and us. Their service is appreciated and in exchange they are well compensated.\r\n\r\nThe Police are our employees. They work for us. They are paid with our tax dollars.\r\n\r\nWhy does Law Enforcement now feel it needs a cheer leading squad? It\'s true that the Internet is brimming with horrifying, frightening videos showing Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) harassing, abusing, pepper spraying, tasing, beating, robbing, arresting, shooting and even killing innocent citizens. Yes, LEOs are also using unlawful technologies like \'Stingrays\' to collect private information and data on <strong>every</strong> law abiding citizen.\r\n\r\nLegislators pass tons of new laws each session, most of which are neither well thought out, needed or desirable. The legislative process does not ensure laws are Just, Lawful or Constitutional. \"<strong>There are two things you don’t want to see being made, sausage and politics\"</strong>.\r\n\r\nDid you know most legislation isn\'t actually written by the legislators we elect, but rather by professional lobbyists in the employ of wealthy families and their large corporations? Even worse, our Legislators routinely vote for Bills they\'ve never seen, let alone read? They simply do what they\'re told.\r\n\r\nDespite warm and fuzzy titles (Patriot Act, Affordable Care Act, etc.), most laws are not designed nor intended to make our lives more secure, healthier or to promote general welfare and prosperity, but instead are carefully crafted to give wealthy, privileged elites and their powerful corporations control perks and advantages the rest of us can only dream of. Such largess is of course paid for by you and me.\r\n\r\nAmericans are not required to obey laws that are unlawful or unconstitutional, nor are LEOs empowered to enforce laws that defy the Constitution. LEOs take a solemn oath, swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic.\r\n\r\nHow many LEOs have ever read the Constitution they\'ve sworn to uphold? How can one defend something that millions of Americans have sacrificed, fought and died to preserve, if they don’t understand what it is they are swearing to defend?\r\n\r\nFBI statistics disclose that in 2014 alone $4.5 billion was <strong>stolen</strong> from the American people. Homes, cars, business assets and cash are being routinely <strong>seized</strong>, all without any charges filed or even the pretense of illegality or wrongdoing. In contrast, the FBI states that only $3.5 billion was lost due to actual burglaries. <strong>That’s right; according to our own FBI, the vast majority of thefts are being committed not by burglars, but by Police.</strong>\r\n\r\nIs it any wonder Americans increasing view Police as dangerous predators. Should honest, God fearing citizens be forced to cower before those charged with serving and protecting us?\r\n\r\nPolice recruits are increasingly trained to view the American people as The Enemy? Are the Police allowing themselves to become mafia style enforcers, making sure we never forget who’s really in charge?\r\n\r\nAs if to spray gasoline on an already blazing fire, Legislators in Washington DC shower state and local Law Enforcement with virtually unlimited taxpayer funds to acquire gnarly war wagons, military style combat gear and unlawful surveillance devices like the \'Stingray\'. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between Police and Soldiers going off to war.\r\n\r\nDepartments are equipping vehicles with Dash Cams and LEOs with Body Cams in a stated effort to reign in such rogue behavior, supposedly introducing transparency and accountability. This sounds great, until you realize that Officers are able to selectively turn cameras <strong>on and off</strong> to suit their needs, and despite claims to the contrary, can and do edit footage, making sure their videos fit the narrative they want told.\r\n\r\nWe’ve attended community events, meetings and programs sponsored by the Scotland County Sheriff’s Department, and quite frankly, were very disappointed. There appears little understanding and even less concern regarding the role today’s County Sheriff is expected to play. Officers seem intent upon manipulating the public instead of doing the hard work needed to successfully resolve long festering problems. It\'s obvious that the training they are receiving is not intended to improve performance, but rather to enable them to better deflect the public\'s growing concern.\r\n\r\nOur County Sheriff is taking hard earned federal taxpayer dollars to buy the latest gadgets, gear and surveillance devices. In return the Sheriff not only allows, but encoures Federal agencies to come in and do whatever they want in Scotland County with no oversight and complete impunity. This is extremely short sighted and dangerous. Our County Sheriff was elected to serve and protect Scotland County, not Washington DC schemers, scammers, kleptocrats and megalomaniacs.\r\n\r\nWe\'ve made several attempts to contact Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey regarding these issues, but have not received a return call or email response.\r\n\r\n<strong>End of Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2</strong>\r\n\r\nLike others, we wholeheartedly support Law Enforcement in the performance of their appointed duties, consistent with <strong>State and Federal Constitutions, </strong>our<strong> Bill of Rights </strong>and the<strong> Rule of Law</strong>.\r\n<blockquote>\"<em>Over the last several years, the United States has earned the troublesome accolade of being the most incarcerated population in the world. Nearly every fourth person behind bars globally resides in the United States. While a new report from the Bureau of Justice, a faction of the DOJ, indicates the number of American inmates recently increased, change might be coming — however slowly. In spite of this potential, the report also details how serious the problem has been — for at least two decades.</em>\" <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://www.activistpost.com/2016/01/1-in-36-americans-are-tied-up-in-the-prison-system-and-thats-a-20-year-low.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more..</a>.</span></blockquote>\r\nThis article: http://www.activistpost.com/2016/01/1-in-36-americans-are-tied-up-in-the-prison-system-and-thats-a-20-year-low.html\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/vQtdaCIZxxk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe></center>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<address>Related Articles:</address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-have-enough-to-survive- &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retirement/\" target=\"_blank\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/baby-boomers- reinvent-to-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;retire/\">123</a></address><address><a title=\"123\" href=\"http://restlessboomers.com/will-you-work-until-you- drop/\">123</a></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>', 'DRAFT - We Support Our Police (Part 1)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1198-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-03-31 14:18:43', '2016-03-31 14:18:43', '', 1198, 'http://carolinacrossroads.news/1198-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
