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Columns

  • Congratulations and thanks

    Conservation Police Sergeant Karl P. Martin has helped make Smith Mountain Lake and this area much safer during his years of service. Last month he was appropriately recognized for his service.

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  • Protecting taxpayers in the 5th District

    By Congressman Robert Hurt

     

    This past week the Department of Labor released a very disappointing jobs report for the month of June. Our national unemployment rate rose to an unacceptable 9.2 percent and only 18,000 jobs were created.

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  • We must balance the federal budget

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  • Are we in permanent decline?

        I saw a bumper sticker the other day that truly surprised me: The word “America” was emblazoned across the top in all caps with a little message underneath.

        Before I could read the rest, I expected it to be the usual patriotic bombast that you generally see. Instead, it said: “America: Sure was Great While it Lasted.”

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  • More thoughts on our debt ceiling

        The 4th of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. Not only is it a bright, cheerful celebration with fireworks and such, but it marks the beginning of American independence. It didn’t come easy. The men who signed that document knew they were signing their death warrant if they were captured, but, after a long, difficult struggle, we emerged as a sovereign nation.

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  • Celebrating America’s greatness this Independence Day

    As our nation comes together to celebrate this 4th of July holiday, we are once again reminded of the founding principles that guided our Founders as they carefully and deliberately crafted and signed the Declaration of Independence.

     

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  • Protecting Americans right to work

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  • Nursing Home Care for veterans

        The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides nursing home services to veterans through three national programs: VA owned and operated nursing homes, state veterans homes owned and operated by states and community nursing programs.

        VA nursing homes typically admit residents requiring short term skilled care or those who have a 70 percent or greater service connected disability.

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  • GOP considers two Mormons (moderates?)

        Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, not just in life but even in presidential politics.

        Given the rise of the religious right in Republican Party politics since the 1980s, the GOP has been seen by many as almost a completely religious party.
        But no one would have foreseen that next year, two of the party’s leading presidential candidates would be…Christians, yes, but…Mormons?

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  • Take it with a grain of salt

        Congress is still haggling, and making little apparent progress, on raising America’s debt ceiling.  We bumped our heads on that ceiling back in May and we are facing a technical default on our national debt on Aug. 2 if the debt ceiling isn’t raised.  Both Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have warned of economic catastrophe if that happens. I also read, a few months ago, warnings that the bond market could get spooked well before we reach doomsday if significant progress isn’t made.

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