You know, I made the mistake a while back. I was doing 45 in a 35. I apologized to the officer and said it was a mistake. But they still charged me a few hundred dollars for that mistake. Hillary lost 30,000 emails and the head of the FBI said that she made a mistake. But she hasn’t ponied up one ounce of what would be a fine or anything else. Thirty-thousand. And she didn’t even get a slap on the wrist. I wouldn’t vote for her if she was the last human being floating in the cesspool, or excuse me, the last Democrat floating in the cesspool. Good day.

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Semantics, John, semantics. Whether it was an automatic, semi-automatic, single-shot or a muzzleloader, it was capable of killing many people in a short period of time. Are you sure you aren’t a Democrat?

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When will the politically correct liberals in Greensboro want to change the name of the town? General Nathanael Greene received a fully equipped plantation in Georgia after the Revolutionary War. The plantation was also equipped with slaves. When will they change it to something politically correct? Thank you, and have a great day.

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Shame on the person or person who either moved out and left their dog behind, or dumped him in our development with no food and no water. You probably would do the same thing with your kid if they weren’t a tax deduction, or a government subsidy, or both. By the way, in case you’re interested, he was almost killed several times and hit by cars and trucks. That’s really great of you. A nice human being you turned out to be.

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I wanted to pass this along to the taxpayers. I’ve read this email that was sent to me. Attended the company training seminar yesterday. Part of it was geared toward how to accommodate the 7,000 incoming Syrian refugees to the gem state. That would be Idaho. Here are a few of the bullet points that I found particularly disturbing. Every refugee will be given a Social Security number and card. They will live rent-free on the taxpayers’ dimes. Each family will receive $600 a month in food stamps. College-age kids will have free tuition to any state-funded university, Boise State University, University of Idaho, etc. If a refugee is above the age of 50 and suffers from a disability, they are immediately eligible for Social Security benefits. They immediately move to the top of all property waiting lists that some people are on them for months, apparently.

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Eli. Can you tell Eli to call me back? Hello?

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Yes, I just wanted to be sure. Why are we still giving the museum money? All it’s doing is going to Skip Alston’s pocket and Earl Jones’ pocket. Why are taxpayers paying money? That’s a business of theirs. If it fails, they’re supposed to keep it up, not the taxpayers. Maybe the editor could leave a note under this. If you’ll print it, why we are still paying for that museum. The taxpayers – they’re not making any money on it. If it fails, it fails. It’s their business, not ours.

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The country is terrified and horrified at the thoughts of Hillary Clinton being president. The US is scared to death that Hillary Clinton might rig the election like she did the primary election and win it unjustly. There is no way she can win the election if the election is 100 percent legitimate. So, we are all horrified and terrified. When you look at her, you can just see the evil and hate in her face. Everyone is just so sick to death of the Clintons. Why can’t they just go into hiding somewhere, retire and leave the country alone and let us elect a good president. I am sick to death of them, and the rest of the country is too.

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Yeah, I’m calling in regards to the sit-in museum. The taxpayers have funded that thing, I guess, since its inception and probably will forever. And the simple truth of the thing is, nobody goes there. Nobody cares about it. White people don’t care about it. Black people don’t care about it. And in another generation, most people will not even know anything about it. They won’t even know what it’s about. And if there is any funds in this thing, all you got to do is check with Skip and Earl. I’m sure they know exactly where the funds are. Because they’re the only ones – them and a few other people are the only ones making any money out of that place. And that’s it. The rest of it was just a big money pot from the taxpayers.   Bye.

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I heard on the news that MSNBC’s tasteless ultra-liberal Chris Matthews was blasting and ridiculing Mrs. Smith, one of the mothers of the Benghazi tragedy. Apparently, Chris Matthews feels having her speak at the RNC was, in his warped liberal mind, some kind of publicity stunt doctored up by the GOP. I would sincerely like to ask Chris Matthews that if he had lost a loved one in the Benghazi tragedy, would he feel the same way as he does towards Mrs. Smith now? I wonder if this godless ultra-liberal who got a, quote, thrill up his leg, end of quote, in 2008 election season say what difference does it make? Folks, that’s today Democratic Party. Surprised? You shouldn’t be by now.

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Myself and other retired city employees need some reference occasionally, and we took a vote when it was announced that the civil rights museum was going to receive the loan. We voted. Nobody believed it would ever be repaid. And is it true that Skip Alston and Mr. Jones work pro bono for the civil rights museum? Or could you find out, if they don’t, what they’re compensation is and what part of the city funds go for salaries for operating expenses? And I’d like a special remark that Mr. Jones said Uncle Tom. How can we get together and function as a unit when he has beliefs like that? He’s a bigger racist than the people he accuses of.

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Editor’s Note: Skip Alston and Earl Jones are not paid by the museum. They are both on the board of directors and board members are not paid.

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Hello. I just wanted to call and say that if you plan on voting for Hillary Clinton, you may need to think again. Because she’s going to take away our gun rights. She was talking this morning to Chris Wallace about taking away the Second Amendment or making adjustments to it. So, therefore, she’s going to take away our gun rights. So, everybody out there that likes their gun rights, you better be careful if you’re going to vote for her. You better think again. Because our gun rights will be taken away from us. So, I just wanted you to know that to watch what you vote for in November. You better think again. Our gun rights will be taken away from us if we vote for her. You better think again before you make that choice on Nov. 8. Thank you.

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Well, you done it again. Dreamed up a scenario and then tried to make it an actual happening. You guessed Bill Clinton bribed Loretta Lynch with a file that contained highly personal and embarrassing information. Then you tried to make it a fact by publishing, quote, since Lynch played ball, we may never find out what was in that file, end quote. There is no evidence that there was such a file.

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Can somebody explain to me why the City of Greensboro needs a Toyota Avalon in its fleet? Yep, that’s right. The top of the Toyota line, an Avalon, in our city fleet. Eh, I guess the City Council doesn’t care how they spend our dollars.

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We must all work together to conquer bigotry, xenophobia and fear of those who are different to us. There is no such thing as a foreigner, for we are all members of the human race. We must embrace the diversity of people from other countries, and we must not bar them from high office, just as we must not bar a woman from high office for racism and sexism are bedfellows in bigotry. And, so, I ask you to vote for the one person who will break the barriers of prejudice and shatter this glass ceiling. I ask you to vote for the first foreign chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler. Just sign me off as An Independent Thinker.

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Ah, that museum. It’s a good corporate neighbor, Greensboro, good neighbor. Goodbye.

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Do all jobs matter? Evidently not. Because the City of Greensboro lets all these Uber cars run around town not being regulated as commercial vehicles. But other vehicles provide the exact same service such as taxi transportation services. Other vehicles have to be regulated as commercial vehicles and pay the commercial vehicle rates when it comes to licensing and insurance. But not Uber, because you see they are special. Even though they provide the same service, they’re allowed to operate without being considered or being put in the same category as commercial vehicles. So, therefore, the stage is set to put everybody out of business. You know why? Because not all jobs matter. The City of Greensboro doesn’t care that an 85-year-old taxi position is going down the tubes.

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Editor’s Note: You can’t blame the City of Greensboro for this one. The State of North Carolina passed regulations to bring transportation in the state into the 21st century.

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I’m just sitting here watching Fox News. I find it really interesting Obama can call Trump unfit, Barack Hussein Obama can call Donald Trump unfit to be president. This man has lied to everybody in America since he’s been in office. He’s lied about Benghazi. He’s lied about everything he’s been involved in. He can’t keep a straight face and tell the truth. He lies about the red line in the sand in Syria. He and Hillary Clinton caused the entire debacle that’s happened in Syria with all these refugees running from their country, refusing to go in there and do what should have been done to start with, talking about the jayvee team. Well, the jayvee team is killing everybody they can find to kill, and they’re coming to America. They’re already here.

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I just see on Fox News where Homeland Security is listing a group of sensitive locations. The policy provides sanctuary for illegal immigrants. That’s more of Barack Hussein Obama’s destroying the economy and destroying America as we know it. We’re looking for a massive, massive collapse of our economy if we don’t get a hold of our borders. It says on here Border Patrol officers need permission to go into certain areas. If you, as a taxpaying citizen, committed a crime in this country, they would come after you regardless of where you were at. But, yet, the only person in this country, and has been for 20 years, that has any rights anymore is an illegal alien.

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About 10 years ago I used to do consulting. We would go get hired by the company and we would go into the business and, basically, volunteer or work and, then, see how slack or lack the security was. Well, one of the accounts we did was a hospital. They had an outside security company at that time. And it miserably failed. That’s all I can say. But I got to say, I was back over there just recently, and the security they’ve got now I was very impressed by. They are very helpful, very friendly. Helped me find my car when I couldn’t locate it. And sitting there talking to them, they didn’t mind driving me around, help me find it and everything. And I got to say I am a lot more happy with the security department out there now than they had 10 or 15 years ago.

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I get your paper and read John Hammer’s commentary. He seemed at one time like he was an intelligent man. His support of Trump is ridiculous. He and other Trump supporters can’t see that Trump does not want to be president. He should indicate that. Still people persist. They’re just as dumb as he is.

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The FBI caught a murder suspect up in Reidsville after nearly 40 years. Under the alias up there in Reidsville, the guy also voted, registered to vote, and voted. I wonder if he will be charged for voter fraud.

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I’m 81 years old. I barely did get out of high school. But watching Donald Trump talk, if he don’t catch lockjaw, he’s going to lose the president. He can’t say nothing right. My IQ is not near what I think his is, but he don’t act like it. He can come up with some of the dangdest things. The things that Hillary Clinton has done, and the things that’s going on in politics now, with all these people they’re bringing over here, and he gets off on a sideline on something else, beats anything that I can comprehend. They need to put him in the back room and lock him up and let his young uns go out and campaign for him. That way he might can win.

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Hi. If you know on August 8 it will be illegal to sell all these e-cigarettes and all the stuff you see the kids are buying now in the hookah shops and everything, smoke shops and all that. Everyone that is now buying those will have to be over the age of 21 now to buy them. And now this is the part that got me. I actually run into some of these smoke shops. And I have seen they have jacked their prices sometimes double on stuff, because the kids are coming in right now and cleaning house and getting every e-cigarette they can get their hands on and smokeless cigarettes or electronic cigarettes and all this. So, I see by passing this bill, we’ve kind of created a nightmare. Because the vendors are jacking their prices up on these kids and trying to get all these products sold before August 8.

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Yes, July 26 will go down in American history as the day the republic ended. It ends with the nomination of Hillary Clinton, a progressive socialist. The Alinsky train will take this country down the path of expanded federal control over just about everything, all aspects of your life, your education, your health, the taxes, unemployment, you name it. Cable TV, radio. Conservative radio, conservative TV will end. Churches will be taxed. The property taxes will probably be put on churches effectively closing many churches.

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Yeah, Steely Dan Fan Man. I thought we got rid of Bellamy Small, but now we’ve got Sharon Hightower, which seems to be just a carbon copy. She thinks the rules don’t apply to her. She’s to be treated differently. And we all know that it’s like a $250 fine to park in the handicapped spots, but yet she files a complaint against an officer who won’t let her do that. It’s just unreal. But, then again, look at what you’re dealing with. Look at who you’re dealing with. And another thing about this stupid museum. We all knew when this started that they were never going to have to be made to pay that back. And we all knew it. And we didn’t want to go along with it. And you rammed it down our throats. And now you’re not going to make them pay it back. And I’m so sick of this City Council, and the ones before this one, that I’m just sick of them. I really wish that I could have a word with each and every one of them alone. Thank you.

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I was just reading the July 28 issue of Under the Hammer. John made a statement in there about Hillary Clinton not winning North Carolina. I hope – I really, really hope that is true that she can’t. But I have a bad feeling that she will probably lose by a landslide to Donald Trump, which I really hope she does. But my fear is the Electoral College will bend over backwards and go ahead and stick her in anyway. So, that’s our government corruption at its finest. Thank you.

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I’d like to say to the person driving on Wendover right there at I-40 and made a left turn onto 40 toward Wal-Mart last night that merged over from the other wrong turn lane over into the straight lane in front of me and another car, thank you very much for stopping at the green light and making me run into the car in front of me.

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Hey, I’m just calling in regards to The Sound of the Beep call that was put in your paper this week that Donald Trump is going to lose the election if he keeps running his mouth and that he suggests that we switch over to the Democrat side. Are you out of your mind? I mean there is no way in the world where I would switch over to support that lying, you know, witch on the Democratic side. All she is is a lying witch. And on top of that, she’s responsible for four men getting killed. So, even if Donald Trump didn’t have common sense, I still wouldn’t support her. And if you had any common sense, you wouldn’t support her either.

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Yes, this is to the person that called in about the fact that because Hillary Clinton wasn’t found guilty of those four men getting killed in Benghazi that we need to quit repeating Hillary lied, four men died. Let me explain something to you, Sir or Ma’am. People that are up Hillary’s rear end will say anything to make her look good. And just because they said she wasn’t guilty doesn’t mean she’s not guilty. So, keep this in mind. This person is probably a big Hillary supporter. So, of course, he’s going to say that to get her off the hook to encourage people to vote for her. So just keep this in mind. I still believe she is guilty even though they said she wasn’t. That’s just like saying because she got off the email scandal and they decided not to press charges that means she’s not guilty. She’s still a criminal whether she was declared one or not.

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This call is in reference to City Councilmember Sharon Hightower. It appears that she does not want to be judged in the way that she feels society demands. She wants to make sure that no one is discriminated against, and everyone is treated equally. However, she wants to be able to park in a handicapped parking space when she’s not handicapped and belittles a police officer for doing her job making sure that she does not park there. She’s all for herself and not for everyone else. She’s anti-law enforcement, anti-fire department and thinks she’s a special person with special privileges just because she’s a city councilwoman. Now she wants us to forgive the loan under the agreement that was agreed to for the museum, along with Jamal Fox. I don’t understand Mr. Fox’s decision, because he has been a good representative for east Greensboro. However, he is now looking out for only the African-American community.

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This call is in reference to reversal by the two judges of the voting requirements in North Carolina. Before you had to have a driver’s license or some type of picture ID to show that you are who you say you are. Now that has been reversed. So, apparently, the divisions that are still in effect you have to show ID are totally racists, that being when you apply for a loan, when you go to a pawn shop, when you cash a check, when you obtain a driver’s license, when you obtain an ID, when you rent somewhere, they want your ID. When the police stop you, you don’t have to show an ID anymore with a picture because that would be a violation of your racial nature.

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I read your article regarding NC FAST. As a former employee at DSS, that system was never working properly. And it was sending out information, cards, appointment matters, to the wrong address. NC FAST didn’t accept any changes. Workers keyed in food stamp cases only to learn that NC FAST rejected information keyed. Information was keyed for a second time, which took additional time that workers did not have. Folks do not understand the need to replace NC FAST. People didn’t understand why the old system was replaced. There were very few issues. No large number of overdue cases. Information was keyed in. Clients received benefits. Workers were in control of their caseload. I saw frustration when workers couldn’t answer any of the questions, because FAST was down.

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John, I know that you hate PBS and NPR. I would like to know what you listen to and watch for the news. Please answer. And another thing, I don’t know why so much talk about Trump. I do not see how he can possibly win without the Hispanic vote. And he abandoned them a long time ago. That’s all I have to say. I do want an answer. Thank you.

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Editor’s Note: First, Hispanics make up less than 9 percent of the voting population and Trump won the Florida Republican primary, which has a much higher percentage of Hispanic voters. I have a subscription to the News & Record and an online subscription to The Washington Post. I check out a lot of news websites, including the Drudge Report, Real Clear Politics, Town Hall, White House Dossier and the Plot Hound. I also receive all the press releases from the White House, the governor’s office and too many other organizations to list. I don’t watch much TV news because most of what I see are abbreviated versions of newspaper stories read by shockingly attractive people.

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There’s a Democratic strategist talking on Fox News about how they’re checking all of these people coming into Syria. I do not understand that. Check them against what? They’re coming with their clothes on their back. They got no way of knowing. All they know is what the men tell them. They could tell them they was a doctor. They wouldn’t know the difference until they got ready to operate on somebody. You know, if they’re terrorists, they’re not going to tell them that I’m with ISIS. They’re not going to tell them that. So, actually, we don’t know what’s coming. When it gets over here like it is over in England and Paris, France, then we’ll know we made a mistake. But up to this point, the Democrats are going to keep on bringing them.

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This is for all you people who want to put Hillary Rodham Clinton in the White House. I would like for you to answer one question. What are you going to do when she opens up the prison gates and lets all the prisoners out, and then she brings all these immigrants over here that she wants to bring? That bunch in Washington has more guards guarding them than Fort Knox has. We don’t have nobody but our policemen. Our policemen are our protection. But you people get out here and holler, kill the policemen. Kill the policemen. Well, what are you going to holler when these people that’s from wherever she lets them come in here from comes knocking on your door in the middle of the night, and you don’t let them in, but they kick your door down and rob you? I’d like to know what you’re going to do.

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You really make a long stretch to try to find something to criticize the News & Record for. You say the paper is obsessed with Rockingham County because it wrote about two events in that county in one edition. Wow. Two events. Amazing. But compare that to your writings about Hillary Clinton in at least seven different segments of your Under the Hammer column in your August 4 edition. If two is an obsession, what is seven?

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Yes, I read an article in City Beat, and I don’t know the name of the columnist, but he is comparing Donald Trump to another Hitler, which a lot of people have been supposedly speaking about or Mussolini also, and Stalin. So, let you know that a vote for Trump will be a bad situation in this country come November. Thank you.

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I’ve called in several time and left the same message and have not got a single response. Four people died, and Hillary lied. What exactly does that mean? Because I don’t know. I have not heard what that means from anyone here, from anyone who calls into here, from anyone who works there. What exactly did she lie about that caused four people to die. Is it lack of guts, or lack of knowledge? Or is there just nothing there, and you just keep spouting the same stuff? Someone, please, tell me.

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Editor’s Note: It’s hard to believe this is a real question. Four Americans were killed in Benghazi while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. She said they were killed because of a spontaneous riot over a YouTube video. From the emails she released, she knew it was a terrorist attack. When confronted by a congressional committee with this obvious lie, she replied, “what difference does it make?” Thus, four people died, Hillary lied.

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Southern Guilford County here. $400 million cash. A ransom payment, or money owed to Iran? Obama and Hillary say this is old news. I don’t know about anyone else, but this transaction is news to me. And it makes me wonder how much old news is actually new. When people lie or tell half the story, it’s hard to know what to believe.

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I’ve got an idea. Let’s don’t pay our property taxes until the museum pays the money owed to us. I bet if we didn’t pay them, I’d bet our heads would be on the chopping block before you could sneeze real quick. I say pay it up. Sell it out, and put it somewhere else. Let A&T have it. It’s a boondoggle, a waste of our taxpayers’ money. Thanks, City Council and mayor.

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I was just reading Chuck Mann’s letter to the editor about the policeman in Hudson, Wisconsin. I’d like him to check to see if maybe James Hinson had moved to Wisconsin. If he could check on that and let me know.

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First-time caller. We love your newspaper. Last week you mentioned something about Deep Roots co-op. And we went there, because you mentioned it. Anyway, we’re giving a shout out, because we met a kid named Clement Mallory, the founder and director of a thing called Kids Poetry Basketball. That’s right. KidsPoetryBasketball.com. Anyway, they’re having a fundraiser there. It was really encouraging to see these kids, well focused, polite, nice, and I just wanted to give them a shout out.

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Passing HB2 was necessary in order to define common sense and privacy for the majority of us. Why do we need Charlotte and the federal government telling us how to use bathrooms and showers? For years the LGBT community has been able to navigate without problems or publicity. How does the need for privacy and safety translate into hate? Some people have created an unnecessary issue for self-centered and political reasons.