A resident of Myrtle Beach speaks out:

I am a resident of Myrtle Beach and have spent 3 years watching the violence and disregard for the law spin out of control on a day that I should be able to celebrate with my children honoring our family members who gave their all for this great country.  […]  I would like you to consider publishing this article in any section that is available to bring awareness of the trials our small community has been struggling with.  On the heels of our Governor Nikki Haley’s that she will take action to stop the bikefest, I believe this article will sum up the events that have led up to her decision.  ~ Janel Ralph

~ A City Under Siege ~

Imagine for a minute living in the middle of a war zone, being afraid to leave your house for fear of getting raped, robbed, or even murdered. Having police officers garbed in full riot gear or military attire stationed on every street corner, but still unable to keep the peace. Spending sleepless nights due to the echoes of what sounds like gun shots.

Right now you are probably thinking, “I am so glad I don’t live in a third world country,” however this is not happening in another country—according to residents of Myrtle Beach, SC every Memorial Day weekend this is what they endure in their hometown—a “family friendly” vacation resort town.

Every year over Memorial Day weekend, Atlantic Beach, a tiny community adjacent to Myrtle Beach, hosts an annual bike festival. Atlantic Beach unfortunately does not have the infrastructure to house the influx of participants, which in turn has left Myrtle Beach with the responsibility of housing and policing the attendees. The end result has caused Myrtle Beach to become the hub of the Atlantic Beach Bikefest.

Instead of Memorial Day weekend creating a time of remembrance for our fallen soldiers, or a time to relax with family members at a BBQ, it has become a weekend “purge” for lawless attendees to commit crimes on others.

This is clearly evident in the promoting of the event, ItsHoodTV’s opening credits on their Youtube video reads:

“In a World…Where N****s can’t do s**t without being arrested. One city…Agrees to let them do whatever the hell they want for one weekend. Memorial Weekend MYRTLE BEACH, SC”.

This year’s (2014) event transformed the streets of Myrtle Beach into a crime spree; in a 24 hour period of time, 6 different shooting incidences took place resulting in 3 people dead and 5 people recovering from gunshot wounds. (more…)

The graduates at West Point should be congratulated.  

After the publically luke-warm reception garnered from a recent visit to West Point; and following a resoundingly – bi-partisan panned – failed foreign policy speech filled with empty prose and rhetoric….. Obama tries desperately to shore up his “I Believe In American Exceptionalism” military cred….

Obama/Bergdahl photo-ops in 3,…2,… 1…

https://twitter.com/PzFeed/statuses/472777675267141632

(via AP Reporting) […] The handover followed secret and indirect negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban, with the government of Qatar serving as the go-between. Qatar is taking custody of the five Afghan detainees that had been held at Guantanamo Bay.

According to a senior defense official traveling with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Singapore, once Bergdahl climbed onto the noisy helicopter he took a pen and wrote on a paper plate, the “SF?” – asking the troops if they were special operations forces.

They shouted back at him over the roar of the rotors: “Yes, we’ve been looking for you for a long time.”

Then, according to the official, Bergdahl broke down.

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Lt. Christopher Barella, who is a white male, successfully  sued the village of Freeport in Long Island, NY for racial discrimination after he was denied the opportunity to even interview for the position of Chief of Police.  Barella was awarded $1.35 million overall, which includes $200,000 in punitive damages.  The village of Freeport will also have to pay his legal fees and all court costs related to the proceeding.

According to documents filed in Barella’s claim, the village under mayor Andrew Hardwick’s leadership chose Miguel Bermudez, an officer of hispanic origin, who had fewer academic qualifications and scored lower on the application test for Chief, on the basis of race only.  The jury agreed.

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After meeting with several Horry County elected officials about the fatal shootings during Memorial Day weekend in Myrtle Beach, Gov. Nikki Haley bluntly said Friday that the Atlantic Beach Bikefest event must end.

“This is no longer a law enforcement issue”.

Haley said the shootings and violence during the weekend hurt tourism and the potential for new industry and jobs to move into the Grand Strand because of the national attention it received. (more…)

(Via Breitbart)  The Justice Department’s “Operation Choke Point” is so flagrantly illegal it cannot continue in any form under the law, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Charman Darrell Issa’s staff said in a new report, setting up a constitutional confrontation between the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.

“In light of the Department’s obligation to act within the bounds of the law, and its avowed commitment not to ‘discourage or inhibit’ the lawful conduct of honest merchants, it is necessary to disavow and dismantle Operation Choke Point,” the report said.

The controversial Obama administration initiative known as Operation Choke Point was launched in 2013.

DOJ has said the program is targeted at fraud, but the oversight committee report provided evidence the program was “was created by the Justice Department to ‘choke out’ companies the Administration considers a ‘high risk’ or otherwise objectionable, despite the fact that they are legal businesses.” (more…)

(Via ABC)  The baby girl born to a woman sentenced to hang in Sudan for marrying a Christian American citizen met her father for the first time — a moment that was captured in a bittersweet photo.

Daniel Wani, an American citizen who lives in New Hampshire, held his daughter, Maya, in his arms as she rested peacefully days after being born at a Sudanese prison earlier this week.

The moment of joy was tempered by sorrow because her mother, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, has been sentenced to flogging and a death by hanging by a Sudanese court for marrying Wani. The flogging and the death penalty had been delayed until after she gave birth. (more…)

MARYLAND – A high school graduation in Maryland is gaining national attention for the immaturity of the adults in attendance rather than the success of the students onstage.

A massive brawl broke out outside Towson University’s SECU Center on Tuesday after the Randallstown High School class of 2014 took the stage for their diplomas, according to local media.

Full-grown men and women were exchanging punches while their embarrassed children looked on in graduation gowns.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

With a news week like this in the rear view one could hardly blame anyone for feeling an inability to breathe.

Then again, such emotional exhaustion is what’s often counted upon by the ideological opposition.   When they talk of “overwhelming the system”, they are not just talking about societal constructs – they’re also talking about overwhelming your mind, or more specifically your sense of peace.

That way when they create only a half-dozen or so progressively created crisis’s at a time there is a tendency to feel relief.   Until they are stopped, progressives will always find a way to push the envelope still further:

To borrow from Chip Bennett:

This is the treehouse. We engage in conversation.  [Stories] such as [these] represent, to many of us, an example of how our society continues to decline. We discuss it for catharsis; we discuss it to consider strategy to change the societal decline we observe; we discuss it because we are humans, who are wired to process information through such means.

And the people having the discussion – each of whom has found his or her own branch in the tree? They’re my neighbors, too. Just like Charlie Mayes is my neighbor.

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