A family that reads together
Me and my pet family love reading our Cherokee Scout.
We have Bodacious “Bo” on the left after a good story about Easter celebrations, then Simon in a ball on the sofa after another great read, Pau kitty reading the back side of my newspaper and big brother Max’a’mess waiting for his story.
Keep up the great work – we appreciate you all.
Sabrina Reyna, Murphy
Robinson & bankruptcy
According to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina, Mark and Yolanda Robinson, doing business as Precious Beginnings, filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy on Jan. 8, 2003.
Robinson previously filed for bankruptcy on two other occasions, in 1998 and 1999. Though Robinson has been open about some of his financial problems, he failed to mention that he did not even file federal income taxes for five years.
My feeling is that the governor of my state should be a model citizen. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been filing my taxes as required as a U.S. and N.C. citizen. (Yes, some years it hurts.)
The next thing that gives me pause is that he admits he’s not good at math, and that the blame for not filing taxes is on his wife.
So we have a possible future governor who can’t manage his own finances, doesn’t fulfill his civic responsibility to file his taxes and then hands the blame to his wife. Not someone I’d vote, for no matter what party.
I hope my fellow citizens are looking at what makes a good candidate and not just their party. Let’s choose a governor who will not lead North Carolina into bankruptcy.
Diane Snyder, Murphy
The writer is chair of the Cherokee County Democratic Party.
Poem about ‘My Emmaus’
I walked away from Jerusalem
Then lost sight of Calvary
To walk the course with other men
And forgot your presence close to me.
At Mass you give eternal life as St. Peter said.
When you give the Father thanks
And break the holy bread.
Silently I retreat from the noisy throng –
And discover You walked with me
All along.
Jura Ashley, Murphy
A blessing – or judgment?
Zionist pastors tell us, “God will bless those who bless Israel.” Let’s see how that doctrine has worked out.
Zionist President Joe Biden gives Israel $3.8 billion annually, and recently $14.5 billion for more bombs. Israel is $990 billion in the black and has free health care. America’s debt is nearing $35 trillion.
Biden is the architect of America’s invasion, teeming with murderers, rapists, thieves, squatters, terrorists, prostitutes, child and drug traffickers. Treasonous.
Illegals cost taxpayers over $150.7 billion annually.
MS13 drug cartels smuggle fentanyl, killing 112,000 in 2023, trafficking 110,000 children annually, a pedophile’s fantasyland.
Communist China has rewarded Biden handsomely for ignoring their planned COVID pandemic, fentanyl manufacturing, spy balloons and buying America’s farmland.
We are a nation addicted to porn, illegal and prescription drugs, alcohol, gambling, social media, junk food, etc.
During COVID lockdowns, which destroyed numerous companies and jobs, porn addiction exploded, with the help of Rabbi Solomon Friedman, who provided free porn on his “Pornhub” website.
Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan promoted abortion and mothers abandoning their children for the workforce.
We have 680,000 homeless, creating tent cities overrun with crime, destroying businesses and communities. We have 2 million violent, looting, American gang members. The Zionist Federal Reserve’s low interest rates and quantitative easing destroyed the middle class with inflation.
Banks are failing. Americans can’t afford homes, with 78 percent living paycheck to paycheck. Congress has been bought and controlled by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Jeffrey Epstein successfully blackmailed numerous politicians. Public schools are failing.
America ranked 11th in science and 30th in math. There were 82 school shootings in 2023. Praying, reading the Bible and creationism are forbidden in the classroom. Sex education promotes fornication, homosexuality and transgenderism.
Tell me, has God blessed America as we have blessed Israel? Or is God judging America?
Mary Mason, Murphy