Saturday, January 21, 2012 17:48
By Giles County Observer
After watching the many college bowl games in December 2011 and January 2012, they clearly demonstrated far superior coaching than the inferior coaching decisions of Virginia Tech. The ability of those college coaches to quickly react to offensive or defensive successes of the opposing team was very impressive. It also emphasized the stark absence of this important coaching talent at Virginia Tech. Many of the bad coaching decisions by Frank Beamer and his battery of coaches are well known and don’t require additional ink from me. However, I found the January 21, 2012 issue of the Roanoke Times interview of Beamer to be very revealing in that most of his responses were worded so iffy, maybe, possibly, I think, I don’t think, it was kind of, maybe we should, in other words, and the beat goes on.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 09:22
By Giles County Observer
This life isn’t intended for me. I don’t fit in with most people in this world. I love each member of my immediate family and I have a few friends that I admire and love. However, I realize after many years of having fooled myself, that I’m not a man of this world who enjoys all of the things, or even some of the things, that are enjoyed by people all around me. The single biggest problem I have can be summed up in one word – PEOPLE. Most people are living a phony life of their own imagination, which is fueled by the feedback they strive to acquire from other people who suffer the same social state of mind. If this is what life on this earth is all about, then I would probably be better off on one of those new planets recently discovered. Hurry up scientists, physicists, engineers, and other super intelligent people who can hasten our departure from this laboratory called earth and afford us the opportunity to try life again on another planet.
Monday, January 09, 2012 08:35
By Giles County Observer
Virginia Tech’s two placekickers have given a totally new definition to the word “placekicker”. They placed themselves ahead of their team and got kicked off the traveling squad for the VT Sugar Bowl game against Michigan.I admire Coach Beamer for making the decision to send the young man home for breaking curfew the first night that VT was in New Orleans. As regards the other kicker, what can anyone say except what has already been said. I’m more bothered by the reaction from adults and youngsters alike as they continue to come forward with words of praise for the young man charged with breaking and entering.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:07
By Giles County Observer
The majority of Republicans believe Newt Gingrich is the GOP presidential candidate who “comes closest” to being “the next Reagan,” according to a political organization originally established by Ronald Reagan.
Unfortunately, the mainstream media (ABC, CBS, NBC) realizes Newt Gingrich is the only Republican candidate capable of beating Obama in the 2012 Presidential Election. Additionally, significant numbers of younger Republicans weren’t around when Newt was Speaker of the House and the only thing they know is what some disgruntled congressmen and media executives want them to know.
Lamb Leadership isn’t what this country needs at this time. We need a strong, capable leader who will appoint cabinet members who aren’t unconvicted, or convicted, criminals. We need a President who was never charged with grand theft auto. We need a President who never felt the need to inject racial bigotry into his spoken vocabulary by calling white people “crackers”, which is the equivalent to the “N” word for African Americans. We need a President (and First Lady) who never participated in flag burnings, cocaine parties, excessive spending of taxpayer money for personal trips, vacations, and other excessive and exorbitant displays of disregard for the citizens of this once great country. We need a President who will lead this country back to a position of world-wide respect instead of one who bows to foreign king’s and proclaims America to be a country of arrogant and cruel people. We need a President who knows how to appropriately show respect for dignitaries, such as the Queen of England, and our stalwart allies, such as Israel.
We need a President who isn’t joined at the hip to teleprompters because he isn’t well versed on the subject matter of which he is speaking. We need a President who isn’t indebted to a billionaire, such as George Soros, and manipulates international matters to place even more millions of dollars in the pocket of the billionaire (Reference to the offshore oil deal between Soros and Hugo Rafael Chávez, current President of Venezuela).
Newt Gingrich isn’t lilly-white innocent of any and all wrong-doing but he is a strong leader of superb intelligence, knowledge and experience. He has a self assured personality and isn’t hesitant about making important decisions that are well conceived, vetted, and implemented. He will be a President that we can be proud of and have confidence that he will lead this country once again to prosperous and peaceful times. America deserves no less and should demand as much as can be the result of leadership by Newt Gingrich. He is a President We Can Believe In.