I’d like to point out to all those Democrats out there on the left, and Independents, and even Republicans, that The Washington Post and The New York Times back in 2008 ran horrendous editorials against John McCain. Calling his campaign, for example, class warfare. But now, all of a sudden, he’s being eulogized. And he’s being praised. And the left is just embracing the life of John McCain. How pathetic. What a bunch of absolute pathetic losers. That’s all I can say about The Washington Post and The New York Times. Anybody that believes that garbage, you need your head examined. On the other end of the stick, let’s talk a little bit about the issue of Obama himself. OK? Back in 2009, had a meeting. It was on CNN, I believe, or CSPAN. And he actually just summarily dismissed John McCain when McCain brought up some ideas on health care.

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Yeah, there has been many callers that have called in and asked why the sudoku was changed from the Hyper-sudoku to a first-grade level sudoku. I’m going to say that most of the people that called in and complained about that were probably Democrats. And since no one there will give a response as to why you changed it, I’m going to say that it’s probably to lower the level of difficulty to your readers. Maybe they’re just dumb, and they couldn’t figure it out. And, so, you are trying to help them by making it really, really easy.

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This is for the caller who classified anonymous letter writers as looneys. Can you see, sir or madam, by sending your message by sending it as a call to the Beep rather than writing a letter to the editor, you are anonymous. So, you are now a member of the looney club.

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I am a longtime conservative, longtime Republican. I voted Republican my entire life. And I’m just calling to say that I will no longer be supporting Donald Trump. It seems as though he’s stooped to a new low by disrespecting John McCain after McCain’s death by cancelling any sort of honorable address through the White House, and also raising the flags after just a few hours of them being down while all of Washington has their flags at half-mast. To me, this is just low. And I’ve always known that the guy was crazy. But I can’t stand behind him any longer.

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Editor’s Note: I don’t believe Trump raises and lowers the flags at the White House himself. The rule for senators is that the flags are lowered to half-staff for two days, and that is what was done at the White House.

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I really don’t see how that Hillary Clinton and CNN and all the Democrats can see how to drive with all the egg on their face. What a gang.

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Why did councilwoman Ms. Kennedy refuse to lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the last council meeting? Was it because she does not know it, or because she does not believe in it? Thank you.

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John Hammer, after reading the weekly diatribe you launched against Robert Mueller, I’d like to congratulate you and Donald Trump and celebrate the death of John McCain, a real man, and a real American. I just wonder what you and Trump have ever faced a life-threatening event like the ones that John McCain or Robert Mueller faced. Bye.

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I recently attended the Smith and the Southeast football game. And it seemed to me that the players for the Smith team couldn’t come out of the locker room for the national anthem. And I find that a very disgrace for the flag and to the people that stayed in the locker room. The principal and the coaches there need to be teaching the kids about respect and not being disrespectful to the flag.

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Yes, as a Carolina alumna, I’m really disappointed in what happened down there about Silent Sam being torn down. However, you’ve got all these policemen around there supposed to be guarding that and not letting anybody getting up anywhere near that. They all stood around with their arms folded. And it just happened. And you got the chancellor, Carol Folt. I’m disappointed in her. She’s really glad that the statue is down now, because it’s out of her hair, and she support all this controversy. But she said, well, they didn’t expect the crowds to be that big. So, I don’t know who – last year when they put up barriers around there, they got criticism for it. And she hemmed and hawed and couldn’t make a decision about it. But really the door was open to tear this statue down last year in Raleigh-Durham when all that crowd tore down the statue down there in Durham. You had the policemen standing around again with their arms folded claiming they just didn’t want to do nothing.

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It’s hard to believe and hard to fathom the number of people who have actually given to the stigma of living in northwest Greensboro. These people actually believes that they tell someone their address is northwest city or county that they automatically identified or equated with people with money. That is how simple-minded and ignorant and shallow these people are. It kind of reminds me of the racial division and racial hatred of the ’50s and ’60s to be that shallow-minded and that ignorant. It’s just like I said, I can’t fathom the thought or understand how people can actually think that way. It’s just unbelievable. And if all the money is in north Greensboro, why didn’t the Carolina Circle Mall make it?

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Hey, over here on Sandy Ridge Road, the road that goes down by the Teamsters and the Sheetz, that is a two-lane road right up there at the top. There’s two separate lights. They went and did roadwork through there. And they put a stripe down the center of the road, but they never divided the two streets again. So, when people pull up there off of – I think it’s Triad Street or something like that – it’s confusing. You’ve got semi-trucks sitting in the middle of the road, because the stripe separating the left lane from the right lane is missing. And it goes all the way down past the Sheetz. There are two lanes there. If anybody from the city or the county is reading this, would somebody send a paint crew up here to complete the stripe on this road?

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The smell from the swamp is no longer just following Trump. It has consumed him. Republicans have spent millions trying to find anything on the Clintons. Some seem to still be trying. No credible or chargeable offenses have been found in years. What shifting set of facts will be considered the truth this week? Patriotic Republican leadership in Congress should shake things up and hold Trump responsible for his betrayal of our country. Justice and goodness will prevail. God bless Sen. John McCain and his family.

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Hello. I’m calling about John McCain passing away and everybody is giving Donald Trump a hard time because he didn’t have the flag at half-staff. You know? That’s not his job to go out there and take the flag down half-staff. He’s got people to do stuff like that. And I just want to say this. Obama was never ridiculed like Donald Trump has been. I mean, this man can do nothing right per the media. And I’d like to say this: Where was all these people at when Obama come out when that poor media guy was killed, you know, when he was killed over there in Afghanistan or wherever it was. He was beheaded. And Obama come out and spoke about it. Then he went back on the golf course. Nobody has ever said anything bad about Obama.

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Vice President Al Gore and his daughter Karenna Gore were at the mass meeting at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Greensboro, sponsored by the Poor People’s Campaign. I wonder how much they paid for his appearance and his daughter’s appearance. Poor People’s Campaign. Thank you.

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That absolutely 100 percent no good coward of a police officer in Parkland County, Florida, when he refused to go in and help those children at that school where he was a resource officer, and those children were being slaughtered by that gunman, one after another, and this so-called hero was a coward that would not go in and help those children. What a 100 percent no-good coward. And, now, he has retired and is able to draw $8,700-a-month retirement? What a disgrace to our country. What a disgrace. This man needs to serve the rest of his life in prison for accessory to murder as far as I’m concerned. And just think how many times during his illustrious police-officer career he was referred to as a hero. I wonder how many times.

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Yes, there isn’t a whole lot I can add to the two beeps that came in about Michelle Kennedy. It makes me wonder just what she does pledge allegiance to and/or what foreign country she pledges allegiance to. It’s real nice of her to suck up all these tax dollars to make her living and living off of us taxpayers. And, then, she doesn’t want to hold to the country that we got a right to. All I can say is what Gomer Pyle would say, shame, shame, shame. I mean, she shouldn’t be in government, because you know? What is a company going to think if they came in and they found you out that a councilmember that doesn’t even pledge allegiance to the flag of the republic for which it stands? Would that make them want to come here? All I can say is, if I was her immediate boss, Kennedy, you’re fired. Thank you, Beep. Hang in there. We need you.

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In your Under the Hammer column this past week, you reminded me about something regarding how the press has treated President Donald Trump since day one. Yes, they do create and promote fake news. On his inauguration day, the mainstream media took a Reuters photograph that was taken of the National Mall at 8:22 that morning. They then edited out the time stamp and put it on all their papers and news programs to make it look as if very few people had showed up for Trump’s inauguration. I actually got into an argument with an editor at the News & Record over this. I went to the Reuters page, still had the time stamp, and also got another photograph they had taken just after the noon hour when the mall was completely filled, and sent that to it. And they still refused to accept the fact that they had run a bogus photograph. They didn’t believe the facts, nor would they report them. And this just isn’t one local newspaper. It’s almost nationwide.

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Well, I see our wonderful City Council is so worried about minority business items, and the gay and lesbian community, and whether or not some panhandlers got a right to bum in the street, and all those important issues, and they’re neglecting all the major issues. And every time they get into an issue, they loose valuable tax money like building this downtown deck. And now they paid Scarfone a tremendous amount of money for that right of way because of their ineptness and their inability to negotiate a fair price. And they continue to give him money.`

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Donald Trump and Mike Pence 2020. And all the Republicans. There’s so much talk about Donald Trump and Manafort and his attorney Cohen. I’d be more concerned about the Roman Catholic Church and its officials molesting little children. I think that is a higher priority. God bless America. God bless Donald Trump and the Republicans and Mike Pence 2020.

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As a former Marine who served and was wounded twice in Vietnam, I cannot believe the actions of the president of the United States toward the death of Sen. McCain. We all know of his and his family’s military service. And this boob has not even served in the Boy Scouts of America. What an idiot.

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Yeah, for you Trump supporters that don’t bother to learn the true facts and doesn’t watch for any news except for Fox, that immigrant, illegal immigrant, that killed that Mollie Tibbetts lived and worked on a farm in Iowa for a Republican for two years, undocumented, illegal, two years. And the same thing is going on at Mar a Lago. Trump hires illegal immigrants to work down there. And all his other properties. So, if you really want to get mad at somebody, Democrats aren’t forcing these people to come over here and they aren’t forcing Republicans to give them jobs.

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I wonder if the perpetrators who toppled the statue in Durham had been arrested, convicted and punished, would the statue in Chapel Hill have been torn down?

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On the front page of the News & Record, “Racism Quickly Becomes an Issue in Florida Governor’s Race.” And the man who wrote it up is with the Associated Press. His name is Brandon Farrington. They talk about on the news that Trump is trying to divide the country. The News & Record is trying to divide the country in this part of the country. And the Associated Press is trying to divide the country all over the country. This has got to be the absolutely worst part of democracy that I have seen at 83 years old. We were taught that this country set patterns for other countries. But we don’t. We set patterns for racism. All the man said was, we don’t want to monkey around with this. So, naturally, they use that as a racial thing. The first thing, they might vote this man in that wants open borders and wants to do away with ISIS and wants to give everybody free health care. They might vote him in.

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I have a couple of issues. Number one, these Democrats need to get out here and talk to the American people. The only time they ever come out and talk to the American people is when they need votes. That’s the only time they get off their little pedestal. Other than that, they’re totally untouched. They are out of touch with the American people and what American people go through. Also, too, about these statues. They need to leave these statues alone. These statues have been out there for years. If they want to start taking down statues, then they need to take them all down starting over there with Martin Luther King Drive. They got statues of Martin Luther King over there. If you want to start getting real with it, you need to take them all down. Also, too, Michelle Kennedy, we need your apology. If you are going to sit up there and take taxpayer money, and you can’t stand up there and put your hand over your heart and say the Pledge of Allegiance, then you need to step down.

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Hillary, you look so good in your unflattering decades-old pants suits. However, I have never seen you in an orange pantsuit. I truly think that would complement your figure girlfriend. To top it off, God-willing, we will all some day soon see you in one with your inmate number on it behind bars. How about that Hillary girlfriend? The orange would complement your devilish wicked eyes.

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The news organization, CNN and MSNBC and CBS, all of them have missed something on President Trump. When he was in the third grade, he did not bring his homework in one day. But the teacher let him have another day to bring it in. And he did bring it in the second day. But he missed bringing it in one day, and they should know that. They missed out on that.

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Yes, I’m just reading the current issue of the Rhino Times, August 30. And I’m reading where some people are calling in saying how they hate Carolina, and they hope they lose every game, and the football and basketball team lose every game, and hope that these people aren’t wearing their hats and their Carolina blue jackets and everything. Well, let me tell you something. I’m wearing my hat right now. Those people had nothing to do with Carolina. Those people didn’t even – most of them didn’t even go to school there. They’re these left-wing radical nut jobs that Hillary Clinton and all them and Maxine Waters and those idiots have recruited to do their bidding, because they’re too messed up to do anything about anything.

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This is for the people that finished the fourth grade. And they tie their shoes, and they got driver’s licenses, and they can mow their own yard. Why would you want to watch the news and all they talk about it negative? Nothing positive about Trump. Nothing. They want him impeached. And I understand from one of those Harvard law professors to impeach someone is something he done while in office. They don’t have anything at all on President Trump while he was in office. They are really trying to destroy this country because Hillary Clinton didn’t get in. And if you patronize them by watching, they can tell how many people watch the channels, you’re not helping yourself any at all. And somehow or another, the president of the United States’ office ought to be protected regardless of what they think of Trump. I am sure other countries is laughing at us.

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Isn’t it amazing what one man with love of country can do? The Obama administration was just going to leave us sitting on the side of the road is all he was going to do. They should be brought up on charges. I hope I live long enough to see them all brought up on charges and a great number of them down at Butner, North Carolina, in an orange jumpsuit. Have a great weekend.

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Numerous callers to the Beep blame students for the toppling of Silent Sam. As I understand from news reports, the UNC students were not responsible for the violation. It was outside agitators.

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Well, this doesn’t show you how crazy vile, just hateful, full of hate, godless people the left are. Did anyone see Al Sharpton today speak at Aretha Franklin’s funeral? That’s not the time to be taking jabs at the president. Are you serious? Al Sharpton, you have stooped to a new low, man. You, people, make me want to throw up. I can’t believe that you can’t one day, just one day, not take jabs at President Trump. Unbelievable. You, people, are absolutely sick, sick in the head people.

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So, now that buffoon Trump is wanting to take away the federal employees’ 2 percent raises. But, hey, as long as he’s got money to play golf, and to have these $90-million parades, I reckon it’s OK. I reckon it all works out. And the fake president keeps saying everything is fake news. So, is John McCain really dead, or is the news just fake when it comes to him and Russia? Is everything else fake, or just about him fake? As long he’s got money enough to play golf and have a big, old parade, I reckon he doesn’t care about the American people if they get raises or not.

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To all the crybabies, quit pestering the man. Let him do his job. You’ll get your chance next election. Otis says hello.

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The fact that the NAACP, and Democrats in general, are frantically trying to block the voter ID act is proof enough that they count on that illegal vote. They’re weak reasoning that blacks, or the poor, don’t have transportation, or they don’t know where to go to get an ID, that’s an insult to their intelligence. Local races are especially vulnerable to fraud. An honest win by 10 votes could be destroyed by 11 illegal votes. For many minor reasons, we have to prove who we are. I believe the most important right we have in this country is our vote. It needs to be protected at all costs. The voter ID act needs to be passed.

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I appreciate the send off cartoon at the end of the most recent Rhino Times, although there was a big error. Sen. McCain did not fly the aircraft pictured. It’s an F4 Phantom. He didn’t fly Phantoms. He flew the A4 Skyhawk. The unit code is saying VF as in Frank 56. But it actually would have been VA56. They flew Skyhawks. That squadron was assigned to the USS Enterprise until July of ’67. Sen. McCain was on the USS Forrestal in July of ’67 when the fire broke out, transferred to the USS Oriskany, and was flying with VA163 when he was shot down. But his entire deployment was on A4 Skyhawks. I appreciate the artist doing something nice for Sen. McCain, but getting the aircraft that he flew in should have been a first priority, and something that could be easily found with a simple search.

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Hello, Beep. Subject: College football. I just watched California spank Carolina. I have to say I’m glad. Chapel Hill deserves more than a spanking. I don’t care if it’s students, security or outsiders. Somebody deserves a whipping. Southern Guilford here. PS: Personally, I’m a Wolfpack fan.

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History is not in the form of a statue. History is things that happened in the past. A statue is something that is put up as a celebration to someone. Well, I, for one, do not want to celebrate people who were on the wrong side of history, people who liked slavery, people who wanted slavery, people who wanted something that was wrong and immoral should not be celebrated. No one is trying to erase your history. We just want to celebrate people that were wrong. You don’t see statues of Hitler around in Germany, do you?

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The Mueller investigation was specifically intended to look for any possible connection between Russia and the Trump campaign for Russian collusion. It has not been able to find any. But rather than stopping, the Mueller team has now decided to take it upon themselves and expand their investigation in order to find anything and everything that they might be able to turn up that would allow them to get rid of our duly-elected president. Period. This is no longer an investigation. It is just as Trump said, a witch hunt designed to find anything that they can use to subvert our democratic process.

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Just purchased three different News & Records for the Sunday edition. Section D and Section E were in none of those papers. Great job, News & Record.

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Just saw last week where this clown at Chapel Hill is calling the people that want to replace the statue of Silent Sam back up. He said, well, let them just put it up. We’ll just tear it back down. If the police haven’t arrested him, he should be arrested immediately. That’s promoting violence. And it’s promoting destruction of public property. He should be arrested and fined severely. And every one of those people should be fined severely, and fined at least $100,000 for the damage plus having to pay for the damage. Thank you.

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It looks like to me it’s a case of whether you want a job or you don’t want a job. Because it looks like the Democrats surely don’t want you to have a job, make a decent wage or anything else. They don’t want you to have money to feed your kids or anything. I wouldn’t trust a Democrat no further than I could throw them. Have a great weekend.

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How anybody that graduated from the second grade could watch MSNBC and understand what they’re talking about, I don’t understand. A lady on there today said, Fox News showed it, that she did not think that they should arm teachers in schools because if a student was cutting up, the teacher could take the gun and shoot the student. If that ain’t the stupidest thing I have ever heard of in my life. I’m 83 years old. I listen to Fox News every day. I read the Beep. I take the Greensboro news for the obituaries. And that’s all. But I try to have good common sense. And absolutely how they stay on the air, I do not know.

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I like the phrase on banners at recent Trump rallies that say, Promises Made, Promises Kept. It made me start thinking about a slogan my late grandfather who I, unfortunately, never knew, had for his local Greensboro plumbing company in the 1930s and early 1940s. Results, not excuses. I think that speaks volumes about what Trump has done since Jan. 20, 2017. Obviously, you wouldn’t know that if all you watched or listened to is the godless, warped, unhinged, deranged lunatic, ultra-liberal mainstream Democratic-loving media. Would they say the same thing if it was President Barry Hussein Obama and he was a Republican? What do you think?

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One more thing. That low-life communist that was calling everybody that doesn’t agree with him Nazis over the Silent Sam thing. I hope that he is by now been arrested. Because I’m sure that he was involved – and even if he wasn’t, he needs to be investigated at least. And he needs to spend a little time behind bars. And, then, he needs to be paying a little bit – every student that was involved in tearing that statue down, every student should be thrown out of the school. Every professor or worker at the college that was involved in it should be fired. End of discussion on it. It’s time that we stop the nonsense.

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UNC-Chapel Hill, what are you going to tear down next? Dwayne Dixon, PhD, and his midnight mob, I think you ought to tear down the bell tower. Because, surely, there’s some people who gave some money to that that made it off of slavery. There must have been. Must be. Bell tower. Got to come down. Got to take it down. And the Kenan Stadium. You know those Kenans, they must have made money off of slavery. They must have had money back in that era. They must have made money off of carpetbaggers. I tell you. Yep, that’s it. Kenan Stadium. Got to go. Bell tower. Absolutely, got to go. Ain’t no middle ground. You take it down, or you don’t take it down. If you don’t have the guts to take it all down, you don’t have a platform to stand on.

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To the Chapel Hill PD, you are disgraced from the top down. Protect and serve? Protect and serve who? Criminals destroying property and committing acts of vandalism right before your very own eyes in plain view? You are a disgrace. And, furthermore, whatever genius ordered you to stand down, I’ll now refer to as a total disgrace. News flash: You are the police. You are sworn in to uphold the law. You are public servants. If you do not perform the job you are sworn in to perform, you invariably render your own position and department totally useless. Do I speak truth, or what?

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