China Prepares War, Aims at US
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) makes a show of force and conduct military drills designed to encroach on Taiwan. Above the type 052A destroyer Qingdao in Pearl Harbor. Photo courtesy Whitefleet.net. This article originally appeared in The Standard print April edition. Since that time it...
Are Any “Contending for the Faith” Today?
Contending for the faith is fighting for your belief and value system. One system will win. Photo courtesy Trend loops. We have been silent for way too long! To many people have allowed, participated in and perpetuated a lie in our state and country to not only our shame, but to our hurt!...
Trustee Responds to Curriculum Violations in District Five
Trustee Elizabeth Barnhardt has come under attack from leftists after standing up for Lexington-Richland District 5 parents and students in an incident at Chapin High School. Photo courtesy SW Lexington Ledger. Anyone who opens their remarks, including a teacher, with the words...
Publicly Funded Government Schools Sexualizing Children
Primary schools are a place where children learn the basics of education: reading, writing, and arithmetic developing fundamental skills for life. Unfortunately, in too many schools and in too many places there are predators lurking to teach inappropriate subjects and groom students. Photo...
Our Duty to Constituents Against Indoctrination in Education
Op-Ed While in local and national headlines you may hear that “white supremacy” is the biggest threat to our nation, it is my opinion that ANY and ALL forms of supremacy---no matter the race, ethnicity or creed---are unacceptable. I denounce and do not participate or encourage any form of...
Since 2020 Inflation Rates Inconsistent With Decades Long Trends
Inflation rates have increased dramatically in the past three years, inconsistent with the past 60+ years. Graphic image courtesy Thomas Reuters. The Rate of inflation has slowed this year but that doesn't mean it is low or lower. Inflation rates are compounded monthly so if an item...
Inflation Rate Slowed but Still Through the Roof
Grocery inflation is outpacing the family budgets of many Americans. Photo courtesy Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the latest inflation data published June 13, 2023, the average price of food in the United States increased 6.7% in the 12 months ending in May. This after posting an...
Magna Charta at 808
At 808 the Magna Charta remains a major document representing liberties demanded by the people. Image courtesy Texas Tech Remnant Trust. Though the Magna Charta has been with us for a long time, there is something better than Magna Charta! Read along with me... Magna Charta, or Great...
The Democrats Versus Trump: A Bad Horror Movie?
Democrats appear to be grasping at straws as they look foolish trying to indict Trump on every thing they are being found guilty of. Photo courtesy of Wilcow! video. The "Democrats and Donald Trump" reminds me of a bad horror movie, where the hapless protagonists only make the monster...
Lexington Requests $10M for Conference Center in State Budget
The Town of Lexington has asked for $10M in the State Budget this year for a proposed Conference Center that is not in the Town limits. The request is sponsored by Reps. Calhoon and Wooten. Photo Michael Reed. The Town of Lexington has requested $10 million dollars ($10,000,000) for a...
Thoughts About Trump’s Indictment and Two-Tiered “Justice”
Number 45 President Donald Trump faces political indictment much like the political prisoners of January 6, 2021, have faced since they were arrested by political witch-hunt type tactics. Photo courtesy ROF video. Learning about former President Donald Trump’s indictment on Federal charges...
“He’s a Criminal” Congresswoman Calls for Schiff Expulsion
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna appeared with Fox News reporter Maria Bartilomo to discuss expulsion of former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff for lying and leaking classified intelligence. Photo screenshot of interview on Fox. In case you missed it, Florida...
Heart to Run
Secretariat wins the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths in an amazing and historic performance. Photo courtesy Americas Best Racing/Bob Coglianese/Secretariat.com. Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the...
Methodists Split
Remembrances of the old Methodist church under the Cattle Creek Camp site shed. Photo Lisa Rudisill The United Methodist Church has officially split. 113 South Carolina Methodist churches officially left the ranks of Methodism and declared themselves “non-denominational churches.” This...
China Prepares to Set up Spy Base in Cuba
China is preparing to set up a spy and intelligence gathering operation in Cuba right on the doorstep of the United States. But, could that spy base include bio or nuclear weapons? Regardless, it is in violation of a 200 year old US policy of the Monroe Doctrine. Photo courtesy TickerNews. ...
Is a 15 Minute City Proposed Near You?
Amsterdam parking garage. In Europe bicycles are the only way many people can get around. The UN and World Economic Forum want to impose those standards on the US, and they will unless citizens speak up. Photo courtesy Alice/Unsplash. The 15 Minute city is an urban planning concept that...
Remembering 79 Years Since Operation Overlord and the Normandy Invasion
The D-Day invasion of Normandy was the greatest assembly of men and machine ever to wage war in history. A calculated gamble with utmost secrecy ultimately paid off, but with a tremendous cost for victory. Image courtesy Stars and Stripes. Known as the Greatest Generation, American men and...
Controversial Lexington Land Deal Brought Before LCRP
Lexington County Republican Party 3rd Vice-Chair John Allen brought a controversial Town of Lexington development before the Party Executive Committee Monday evening. It appears "no one was asked" whether they wanted the project. Photo Michael Reed. The Lexington County Republican Party...
A Nation Remembers and Salutes It’s Heroes
'They were mostly 18, 19, and 20 year old's who had come to liberate Europe from tyranny. Thousands died on the beaches, but they kept coming knowing that some would get through. Most never had opportunity to marry or feel the joy of a newborn baby in their arms, or live to a ripe old age. But,...
Republicans Censure SC Senator
First Vice-Chair Mark Weber addressing the LCRP Monday evening. Photo Michael Reed. The Lexington County Republican Party (LCRP) censured District 23 Sen. Katrina Shealy during their normally scheduled monthly executive committee meeting Monday, June 5th. Executive Committeeman Will Allen...
I Talked to a Man Today. A Real Man
A veteran gathered at a D-Day reunion. Photo courtesy Best Defense Foundation. WHAT TO WRITE? For several days I have been thinking of what I would write about D-Day. . .? What to write? Then someone else sent me something highly appropriate, which was already written. And if it brings a...
Senators Betray Republicans Again
Is it a clump of cells? A glob of goo? Tissue? No! It's still a baby! The only five women in the SC Senate, from both sides of the aisle, fought to maintain abortion rights in the state the last full week of May by voting “nay” on Senate bill S0474, the Fetal Heartbeat bill. This was the...
Come Fly With Me!
The 1928 Liberty Ford Tri-Motor is a rare bird today and an enjoyable ride into yesteryear. Photo Michael Reed A beautiful bird flew into Eagle Aviation at the Columbia Metro Airport in May: The Liberty Ford Tri-Motor airplane. She’s called the “Tin Goose” and to fly in her is like taking a...
“Secret” Lexington Land Development Deal Proposed
Questions arose at a Lake Murray Community meeting as Lexington Mayor Steve MacDougall described a 93-acre secret development agreement without taxpayer input. When asked, Mayor MacDougall said he would be willing to listen to taxpayer concerns, but avoided answering the question of whether or not...
Will You be One of the 1,000 in June?
A Free and Independent Press undergirds all other freedoms in this country. It is important that we keep small independent newspapers and press rooms alive! Happy 5th Anniversary to The Standard! For the past month we have been on the "blink" so they say. We haven't been as active on the website...
Special Dorchester County Council Meeting Called in Haste
Dorchester County Courthouse. Photo courtesy ereferencedesk.com The Dorchester County Council has called a special meeting for tonight posthaste. Is there an emergency? Reports show that it could be a quick move to raise taxes in the end run. So, what's the rush? Land developers, property...
Which Way for the Republican Party?
Is there division in the SC Republican Party? The Grand Old Party (GOP) has much to contemplate this Saturday as they meet with all their delegates from across the state to decide who will lead the party the next two years and which direction they will travel. Up...
Lex County ‘America First’ members “Ahead of Curve”
Newly elected Lexington County Republican Party (LCRP) leadership at a recent Party meeting. New leadership includes: Pamela Godwin, Chairwoman, retired General Lanneau Siegling as Executive Committeeman, retired businessman Mark Weber as 1st Vice Chairman, local businessmen Richard Gehling as 2nd...
‘Freedom of Speech’ Led man to Carry Confederate Flag into US Capitol
Kevin Seefried inside US Capitol building January 6, 2021. Photo courtesy FBI. Citizen Kevin Seefried and Joe Biden may have something in common—both are from Delaware. But there's where the similarity ends. While Biden is a liberal, left-leaning U.S. President wielding immense power across...
Lexington Mayor Discusses Controversial Secret Land Development Deal by the Town
The Lake Murray Association meeting featuring Lexington Mayor Steve MacDougall had over 150 people in attendance concerned about the Town of Lexington making secret deals for property concerning the Smallwood Cove project, non-transparency, and traffic problems in and around Lake Murray and...
Arm Yourself!
Firearms are easy protection. Simply find one at your local firearms dealer, and practice with it. A firearm helps equalize the playing field against an attacker! The rate and scope of public shootings around the country are being used by would-be totalitarians as justification to disarm...
Are You Communicating Your Heritage?
Overlooking the Confederate soldier section of Elmwood Cemetery where children of the soldiers of the 'late unpleasantness' gathered last Saturday to honor their ancestors. The crowd was reminded that their ancestors were "not traitors or rebels, but patriots and defenders of their rights and...
Letter-to-Editor: A New Era for the Lexington County GOP
Letter to Editor On Saturday, April 22, I was joined by a large, majority delegation of Real America First LCRP members at the biennial Lexington County Republican Convention to usher in a new day and a new direction in leadership for our county party. This was a long time coming and well-deserved...
RINOs Play the Blame Game on Pro-Lifers, Never Going to Vote to Protect Life in Law
Unnamed Students for Life delivered "backbones" to SC Senators imploring them to “grow a spine” and do what’s right. SC conservatives around the state called on Republican Senators to follow the Biblical principle and the Republican Party platform of protecting life in H3774, the “Human Life...
“Pro-Life” Senators Not Pro-Life at All
SC Senators Sandy Senn, District 41, Charleston County, Penry Gustafson, District 27, Kershaw County and Katrina Shealy, District 23, Lexington County (pictured above), misled conservatives and violated the vote entrusted to them when they willfully voted against the Biblical principle and the...
Why Fox Fired Tucker: BlackRock, Replacement Theory, and the ADL
“I spent most of my life being part of the problem.” Tucker Carlson. Pictured is Carlson on a Fox broadcast of his program described as "the most watched program in America." Fox has a history of firing popular conservative talk show hosts. Photo Fox News. Why did Fox News fire Tucker...
Judicial Reform Sought
Newberry and Prosperity Rep. Joe White held a press conference concerning the Judicial Merit Selection Commission. White said the problem is “powerful criminal defense lawyers who are also legislators who are appointed by other powerful lawyers through the leaders in the SC House and...
America First ‘Pubs Flex Muscle, Gain Seats
The Greenville County Republican Party elected Yvonne Julian as Greenville County GOP Chairman, while Jeff Davis was elected as the GCRP State Executive Committeeman (EC) April 24th in Greenville. The GCRP will carry 90 delegate votes to the State GOP Convention May 20th at River Bluff High School...
SC Safe Elections Sues Election Board
While elections across the United States in various states and cities have been scrutinized for problems with padding votes, improper use of absentee ballots, or even stealing of ballots—especially following the 2020 Presidential Election—one citizen in South Carolina is working to...
Trump Supported Open Displays of God, Democrats tried to Push God Out
First Lady Melania Trump led supporters in the Lord's Prayer at a rally in Florida in 2017. Photo TrumpTV. During his term in office, President Donald made it clear that he was a supporter and defender of God, thought he did make a change from his childhood denomination—Presbyterian—to the...
Big Changes in Lexington County GOP Leadership
Lanneau Siegling (center) being sworn in as Lexington County Executive Committeeman, while newly elected Lexington Party Chairman Pamela Godwin holds Bible and District 85 House Rep. Jay Kilmartin issues oath of office. Conservatives in Lexington County swept elections for Republican Party...
Waco Massacre and Holocaust 30 Years Later
A cadre of FBI, ATF and US Military assembled at Waco, Texas in the Spring of 1993 complete with psyops, firearms, artillery, aircraft and helicopters, and a large number of troops to delivery a warrant for suspected child abuse. The result was a full out assault on uncharged and innocent US...
The Alamo, Texas Independence and Bum Phillips
Wearing a Stetson hat, speaking with a Southern drawl and wearing cowboy boots, O.A. "Bum" Phillips was all cowboy. When he passed away at age 90 in 2013, his son said he was "a great Dad, Coach and Christian." Most of us knew him as builder of the Houston Oilers and a Texan. Coach Bum...
Liberty Not Free, Comes at Great Cost. Remember the Alamo!
The Alamo is called the cradle of Liberty in Texas, and is recognized as a symbol of Liberty throughout the world. Photo courtesy DreamsTime. Liberty is not free, rather most times it comes at great cost. It is well past time that those who claim to be Christians and Americans recognize...
Smoldering Battles: South Carolina “MAGA” Supporters Feel “Snuffed Out,” Voices Silenced
State GOP Taking Control of County Parties
Fear & Confusion Drives “Wokeness”, Not Supported by Americans
Minneapolis burns following death of George Floyd in 2020. Violence, rioting, burning, looting and death threats toward public officials ensued immediate following. Photo from video clip courtesy KARE11.com Minneapolis. In the wake of the Antifa and BLM protests/riots in 2020, a unique...
First Flag Over Iwo Jima
First flag raising atop Mt. Suribachi on February 23, 1945. Cpl. Lindberg stands on the right. Photo: Lou Lowery, from the collection of Charles Lindberg. Today marks the 78th anniversary of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan, February 23rd, 1945. "Chuck...
Sean Feucht Encourages Christian Artists to Speak Out Against ‘Demonic’ Performance at The Grammys
Sam Smith performing "Unholy" at the Grammy Awards. Image courtesy of The Doctor of Common Sense Rumble channel. On Sunday (Feb. 6), Sam Smith and Kim Petras performed their song “Unholy” at the 65th Grammy Awards, a display that has been labeled “satanic” by a number of Christian leaders....
Origin of Saint Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine. Image courtesy of IndianExpress.com The origin of Saint Valentine's Day goes back to the 3rd century. At that time, the Roman Empire was being invaded by Goths. At the same time, the Plague of Cyprian, probably smallpox, broke out killing at its height 5,000 people a day. So...
Religion of “Wokeism” Trying to Crush All Others
If there was ever a question, a definite Satanic theme was presented to all those who viewed the Grammy Awards this year. But, that has been the theme of the Grammy's for many years. Many well known names were dressed in their demonic best for the show. Among those exhibiting their Satanic...
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