Meet Roxanne Walker…The South Carolina Broadcasters Association named Roxanne Radio Personality of the Year in 2002. She has been honored for her political opinion commentary by the Greenville Chapter of Women in Communications.
Roxanne resides in Taylors, SC with her husband Alan and the best dog in the world Allie.
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The Myth of the Anti-War Left-The Truth About Stop-Loss
“But let’s be honest about stop-loss. This is sort of a myth of the left.”
— Author Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, 4/10/08
VERSUS
“Lieutenant General James D. Thurman, deputy chief of staff for operations, said he hoped that wartime demand for troops will decline enough by around the fall of next year to end ‘stop-loss.’ He said there are more than 12,000 currently serving under the practice — an action that critics have called a backdoor draft.
— AP, 4/22/08
According to Pentagon records, “the Army has accelerated its policy of involuntary extensions of duty” — known as “stop-loss” — “to bolster its troop levels, despite Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ order last year to limit it.” Since May 2007, “the number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army rose 43% to 12,235 in March.”
69 percent: Americans who disapprove of the job Bush is doing. “The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the disapproval sets a new high for any president since Franklin Roosevelt.”
(I guess those 69% of Americans are the “anti-war left fringe crowd” yeah, whatever)
Roxanne Walker
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Bryson Middle School Student's Racist Tribute to Dr. King
Friday, April 4th was the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I reflected on his life and his legacy while listening to a retrospective of his speeches on WJMZ radio. I was feeling pleased that his life was being given more attention with a ceremony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, which has been converted into a civil rights museum. The following day I read about the rally in The Greenville News. But there was another article that day that caught my eye as well. The headline read, “Middle School Student Arrested Over T-Shirt.” A Bryson Middle School 8th grader was arrested for disturbing school and suspended after he wore a t-shirt with a KKK symbol and a picture of a noose on it. Nathaniel Cary reported that later in the day, students at Bryson Middle passed notes saying some were planning to wear similar shirts, which would lead one to believe this wasn’t an isolated incident.
The Real John McCain
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t): 1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1 2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain “will make Cheney look like Gandhi.”2 3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3 4. McCain opposes a woman’s right to choose. He said, “I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned.”4 5. The Children’s Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children’s health care bill last year, then defended Bush’s veto of the bill.5