Who Pays for School Guards?

Just read this lead-in to a piece in a local newspaper:  School officials have one response to the National Rifle Association’s call for armed police in every school: Who’s paying?  My question is rhetorical:  Who has paid so far?

There is a price to pay for everything.  So, the answer is in one’s priorities.

Here is one solution.  Remember when Obama visited his friend Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela and committed billions of our tax dollars to pay for his oil production efforts?  Then Obama remarked that the U.S. would be his best customer?

Let’s start right there by putting that cash toward school security.  Want more ideas?  More Read more

Muskallonge Lake State Park to host 14th annual Tahquamenon Country Sled Dog Race on Jan. 5

 One of the Midwest’s most prominent mid-distance sled dog races will be held in a new location this year. The Department of Natural Resources today announced the Tahquamenon Country Sled Dog Race (TCSDR), held the last 13 years at Rainbow Lodge on the mouth of the Two-Hearted River, will be hosted this winter by Muskallonge Lake State Park from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5. Read more

The Battle is Not Coming–It is Here! You Must Remain Engaged!

NRA initially withheld comment about the horrible crime that took place in Newtown, Connecticut last week, out of respect for the families of the crime’s victims and other residents of that community, and while law enforcement officials there conducted their investigation.  However, President Obama and a usual cast of characters, in keeping with their longstanding practice of not letting any crisis go to waste, quickly used the tragedy to push their gun ban agenda. Read more

The NRA Speaks for Change

The National Rifle Association’s 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and  daughters join the nation in horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the  families of Newtown, Connecticut … who suffered such incomprehensible loss as a  result of this unspeakable crime.

Out of respect for those grieving families, and until the facts are known,  the NRA has refrained from comment. While some have tried to exploit tragedy for  political gain, we have remained respectfully silent.

Now, we must speak … for the safety of our nation’s children.   Here is the plan in their own words:  http://nranews.com/pressconferencereplay.html Read more

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