Comments by Gene Scarborough | Eastern North Carolina Now

Dude --- if the show fits, wear it --- if the idiots of GREED want to pollute NC and take it's black gold --- you better invest in some drinking water and pray for God's mercy the we don't have earthquakes and pollute the Gulf Stream.

Screw the stupid / get some smarts and thing PROGRESSIVE rather than REGRESSIVE.

Commented: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 @ 9:07 pm By: Gene Scarborough

There will be dogs and cats needing some paper to do their business on and they will profit the most from her . . .

Commented: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 @ 11:58 am By: Gene Scarborough

She is simply "off message" and virtually says nothing.

Can we get a hyperlink of the Reagan PBS article?

Commented: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 @ 8:09 am By: Gene Scarborough

I am LMAO, Stan --- your monkey of Conservatism is showing it's tail, bro!!!

Commented: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 8:06 pm By: Gene Scarborough

(1) A "higher education" which results in grads with no ability to reason of back their conclusions with rational thought is nothing but a farce.

(2) A debt no student can pay after graduating is hardly "help."

(3) I benefited from a Student Loan to afford Emory University in 1963-67 --- and paid back every cent despite fellow students who walked away from their low interest benefits---many of whom are now Conservative Representatives bitching about "government intrusion into college tuition."

(4) NC was known for it's great public education at the secondary level and now we have crazy takeovers of the Board of Governors of State Universities wanting to turn them into conservative automatons without a brain.

These are the falacies of education today . . .

Commented: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 8:33 am By: Gene Scarborough

I am a native of the Peach State by upbringing / actual native of SC by birth / citizen of the SE since I have lived in NC, SC, and GA as I pastored churches of the Baptist persuasion.

The languishing of NC is a direct result of the fall of textiles and tobacco farming. Until and Unless planners start developing education toward modern technology, we will continue the lack of Progress.

My proof is the grand expansion of the Research Triangle Park and East Carolina Medical School. In both cases, PROGRESSIVE leaders of NC saw the light of change to comply with the demands of a modern economy. One additional positive change remains untapped --- the Kinston Jetport for Commercial Air Transport. I had a tag for many years with "RTP" on it which reflected the smart funding through tag sales of these great progressive projects.

Without Atlanta and the decision of many giant corps to move and locate there, GA would be the same retrogressive state as NC! Atlanta is the crossroad of the SE with their rail / air / and commercial development. It lacks the more civilized spread of NC cities diversifying population growth to the Triangle areas of Greensboro and Raleigh. Atlanta is an urban nightmare of too many people too fast and not nearly enough roads to accommodate it!

Atlanta put in a light rail system years ago that helps greatly with congestion. NC refuses to fund such in our metro areas and across the state. We have a big state similar to GA with a massive and costly highway system. Some progressive thinking and planning could change all that IF our Legislators got their eyesight on the big picture over national hate and endless gridlock in Raleigh and the Governor's Office.

In my view, our worst Legislative decision has been Fracking and Offshore Oil Exploration which could result in oil wells in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The Koch Brother have bought us!!! Tillis, Burr, and McCrory are kissing a smelly crude oil tail to get re-elected and NOT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

We have solar arrays being placed in Eastern NC by an Australian entrepreneur, but is he getting any development funding? HELL NO!!! How about wind generators? How about tidal energy from hydro sources?

If NC State had great technological progress along with RTP to power our trips into Space, it proves we can do great things with a future and requiring new people of the highest caliber with a refusal to pollute our lovely State's waters and air!

If farmers would consider the world flower market with the Jetport providing instant transport (just like Amsterdam's Sheipol transport of their flowers) --- GUESS WHAT! They have to dredge and dyke the same kind of ocean floor God exposed eons ago in NC. I bet NC State Agriculture could develop ways to outclass and outshine the small growers of flowers in Amsterdam.

Take a trip to Terra Ceia near Bath and see what they have in flower production! Progressive thinking CAN change NC for the better --- along with seeing the fallacy of VooDoo Economics and Trickle Down BS. It started under Reagan / resulted in a Recession that won't go away / deregulation favoring the rich.

Of course NOT --- when a bad TAX idea keeps perverting the opportunities of the Middle Class ~~~ HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!

Commented: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 8:05 am By: Gene Scarborough

Is the hustle of Raleigh really worth all the days spent on minutia???

Commented: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 4:36 am By: Gene Scarborough

I am hard pressed to simplify this to Conservative/right ~~~ Liberal/wrong. Some things do not have a simple "right or wrong."

I prefer the question of whether some actions and line of reasoning leads to PROGRESS or REGRESS. I believe we are put here to do good and leave this world a little better than we find it. Be darned if I see any progress from most Conservatives I know.

The tendency to foment hate concerns me most. What is wrong with "agree to disagree" then work together for the good of the most citizens who pay equal taxes to provide infrastructure needed by the many.

Do the Rich and Corps of NC pay their share?? I think NOT!!!

Commented: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 4:26 am By: Gene Scarborough

The single thing those who killed the followers all said, "But they died so well with smiles on their faces . . .!"

Commented: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 12:26 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Well said, SIR!!!

We thought we had put together a political ideal of Freedom and Justice for All. Then years of slavery proved that if you were a slave, you had no rights. The bloodiest war in American History was fought between North and South and the hate it engendered still rules in our hearts today. If the President had fair skin, he would be honored as he should in his position to which WE elected him.

We thought desegregating our schools was an answer, but now --- some 50 years later --- white cops are shooting with abandon as they practice Hate over Peace. It is not black vs. white, but rich vs. poor and needy. 80% of all US money is owned by 1%. We thought the Trust Busting of the turn of the century into 1900 would solve the rich owning and dictating, but that is obviously another failure in 2015.

The VooDoo of Trickle Down is a farce. Labor Unions are strapped to let workers have a living wage from the greed of Billionaires and Wall Street Investors. Now we are going to Frack NC inland and try to drill Offshore Oil in the Graveyard of the Atlantic . . . When are the Koch Brothers going to get enough money???? Their Nazi heritage is shining through as never before!

We are a nation of Immigrants. Face it ~~~ no one has a special RIGHT TO RICHES in the Land of the Free. Many want to eliminate the Inheritance Tax which was instigated to level any wealthy estate and still let the children have plenty to live on. If you can't survive on several millions of inheritance and are too stupid not to plan for the tax to be paid ~~~ you deserve to return to the working ways of the vast majority in America . . .

Commented: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 7:10 am By: Gene Scarborough

The Religious Freedom proposals are nothing but a cover for abuse of others. If we truly love Freedom and Justice, then let all participate as they are led. EVERY early Colony founded on Theocratic theories failed because people said, "God told me this and I now demand you do as God told me."

Sorry, but God loves all his Created Beings and gave us a special place to tend our Garden of Eden. When Mankind lusted for God's Knowledge and his control in the name of one special people, WE BLEW IT!!!

Commented: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 6:45 am By: Gene Scarborough

All but Mary, Martha, and John deserted and cowered into fear and doubt. It was Friday Night ~~~~ BUT SUNDAY IS A COMING . . .

Commented: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 6:22 am By: Gene Scarborough

I grew up in GA and saw things in NC as we visited my 2 uncles near Gastonia and Charlotte. Charlotte reminds me today of Atlanta in the 60-70's as it grew to its first million citizens in the 5-county metro area.

The demands of growth on infrastructure are significant. It is hard to impossible to keep up with such demands because it takes some 10 years of taxation to provide what was needed in the first year of such growth. My county of DeKalb needed a new classroom each Monday at the time / a new school each year in some areas of fast growth. My little Clarkston High School changed from all 12 grades on 1 campus to building a new elementary school down the road / Junior High / then several other High Schools to accommodate the students. Many who expected to be graduates of the CHS Angoras (a smart mountain goat), instead had to be Shamrocks / Tigers / etc. to the destruction of school spirit.

NC was more consistent in population spread. We had Charlotte / RD Triangle / Greensboro Triad. The multiple city growth and expansion allowed a spread of the growth pains to a wider and more solid tax base of support over taxation by fine.

GA was famous for its "Bubba" ways, while NC reflected more sophisticated thinking and education. GA struggled with public education while NC gloried in properly funding its entire education system ~~~ UNTIL . . . what has happened with changing outlooks of Conservatism in the mid-80's.

The false economy of the Education Lottery is a farce / putting the tax burden on working citizens while favoring Corps and the Rich has produced a strain / the attempt to toll the ferries is a farce as well.

I thought the purpose of taxes is to do collectively for the payers what they cannot do alone! Roads from the farm to the city has given rural NC a system far superior to surrounding states. Farmers and Teachers comprise the backbone of NC strength. Other states REGRESS around us --- UNTIL the last the last 4 decades of "IGNERNCE" have seduced us to SECOND BEST . . .

Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 6:46 am By: Gene Scarborough

Senator Bill Cook is showing great Progressive thoughts concerning the Sounds and Rivers of Eastern NC. We should all realize that all such areas offshore of VA are spoiled by pollution so "Maryland Oysters and Crabs" are actually from NC!

NOW we should widen our Progressive view of protection of the waters to include Off Shore Oil Exploration. You CANNOT have both healthy aquaculture and oil production in the same locale. It is not a matter of IF oil pollutes, but WHEN. The Gulf of Mexico is the latest massive destruction of wildlife. It happened due to an off-center well head according to the BOEM Official at Manteo.

It was "supposed" to have further security with a Containment Dome BUT~~~OOPS~~~it was approved for use without full protection and now we have a continued mess. There are now strange abnormalities in the aqualife of the Gulf and the kicked up shallow mud smells of sulfur and oil coating the bottom. It will take years for any normalcy to return ---- MEANWHILE . . .

Between the Inland Fracking now approved with secrecy of Felony to disclose the chemicals used and Offshore Drilling --- lies our Rivers, Estuaries, and Sounds. My grandchildren love our little beach water wonderland at Bayview. But it is threatened from both directions by Big Oil GREED. Koch is the name . . .

I strongly suggest that our Legislature go on record as opposing anything Offshore. The alternative is to turn our waters and shores into a Crude Oil covered sandwich . . .

Commented: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 5:34 am By: Gene Scarborough

Here is the first behind-the-facade article on Ted Cruz . . .

www.economist.com

Commented: Monday, March 30th, 2015 @ 6:10 am By: Gene Scarborough

You are protesting too much, Stan --- over matters which are making you show your monkey tree conservatism with no consideration to your own party and it's ridiculous candidates thus far.

Give us some stuff on Ted Cruz / Jeb Bush / etc. and I will gladly listen. Thus far your Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) over all things non-conservative is making you look somewhat silly and I want to respect your ability to view both sides of any candidate or issue, man!

Commented: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 8:55 am By: Gene Scarborough

The ONLY way to avoid PTSD is to restrict our war activities to real issues. The largest part of that disease is soldiers finding out they are being used as targets with no real plan to win.

Chaplain Jim Johnson of Fayetteville did the book based on his and a few others' experience after Vietnam. Decision-makers for these fake wars should burn in Hell for putting good people in harm's way over fake wars . . .

Commented: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 7:28 am By: Gene Scarborough