You graduated from high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle. You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the leader of the family because your father was absent and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head and food on your plate.. Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were mediocre at best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 lbs and could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football. Your best friend was just like you, except he didn’t play football. Instead of going to football practice after school, he went to work at McDonald’s for minimum wage. You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every weekend of your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and boosters tried to convince you their school was the best. They laid out the red carpet for you. Your best friend worked double shifts at Mickey D’s. College was not an option for him. On the day you signed with Big State University, your best friend signed paperwork with his Army recruiter. You went to summer workouts. He went to basic training.
Tag Archives: honor
An Open Letter to NFL Players
- Saturday, 14 October 2017 06:24
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Alabama Judge Roy Moore IS a Radical
- Thursday, 14 September 2017 05:20
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This article was published by The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Wednesday, September 13, 2017:
In his attack on former Alabama Judge Roy Moore (shown below), Matthew Sheffield, writing in the left-liberal Salon magazine, actually got it right: former Alabama Judge Roy Moore is a radical. Wrote Sheffield:
Comedian, Humanitarian Jerry Lewis Dead at Age 91
- Tuesday, 22 August 2017 05:19
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Monday, August 21, 2017:
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.
The mainstream media missed a glorious opportunity to honor one of the great humanitarians of the last 100 years: Jerry Lewis. Instead it focused on his manic antics, his outrageous humor, his stint with Dean Martin in the long-running Martin and Lewis Show, with precious little ink spilled over his lifelong support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
For example, in its 3,200-word obituary the New York Times called Lewis a “jester,” “silly,” and “stormy,” and that was just in its headline noting his death on Sunday. The Times said he was “a mercurial personality who could flip from naked neediness to towering rage.” When it came to his 67-year support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the paper spent just 63 words, total, in noting his work for the MDA.
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a ghastly disease,
Will Johnson Amendment Repeal Put Politics in the Pulpit?
- Tuesday, 09 May 2017 05:47
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Monday, May 8, 2017:
Zig Ziglar
According to the Wall Street Journal, repeal of the Johnson Amendment isn’t likely to have much impact on preaching from the pulpit, and it could instead cause problems. Writer Ian Lovett wrote that lifting the ban “could cause problems for houses of worship … creating fault lines in their congregations and could drive people away.”
Lovett quoted from one nondenominational “Cooperative Baptist Church” pastor who called repeal “dangerous.” Daniel Glaze, senior pastor at Richmond, Virginia’s River Road Church, told Lovett:
Miami-Dade County First to End Sanctuary Status
- Saturday, 28 January 2017 08:37
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Friday, January 27, 2017:
The mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Carlos Gimenez, ordered his prison director “to honor all immigration detainer requests received from the Department of Homeland Security” on Thursday, following President Donald Trump’s executive order. He added: “Miami-Dade County complies with federal law and intends to fully cooperate with the federal government.” (See protesters above)
This was music to Trump’s ears, who immediately tweeted
Obama Presents Presidential Medal of Freedom to DeGeneres, Others
- Saturday, 26 November 2016 13:29
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Friday, November 25, 2016:
President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday to 21 individuals, telling them how impressive they are in their life experiences and adding: “These 21 individuals have helped push America forward, inspiring millions of people around the world along the way…. Everyone on this stage has touched me in a very powerful, personal way, in ways that they probably couldn’t imagine.”
The award is the highest civilian award offered by the United States and is supposed to recognize those who
Three Charged in $1 Billion Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Scheme
- Monday, 25 July 2016 09:48
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Monday, July 25, 2016:
Last Friday the Justice Department charged a Miami-area healthcare operator, a hospital administrator, and a physician’s assistant with conspiracy involving submitting fraudulent bills to Medicare and Medicaid exceeding, for the first time, $1 billion.
The three included Philip Esformes, the owner of more than 30 Miami-area nursing and assisted-living facilities, hospital administrator Odette Barcha, and physician assistant Arnald Carmouze. They were charged with money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, and receiving kickbacks, along with other charges.
The conspiracy had been going on for 14 years, and came to a end with the help of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force (MFSF), which began investigating healthcare fraud in March 2007. Since that time, nearly 3,000 defendants,
How Does the “Honor System” Work When There Is No Honor?
- Monday, 25 July 2016 09:42
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This article was published by The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Monday, July 25, 2016:
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare Bill
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP uses www.whistleblower-lawfirm.com as its URL where it advertises its legal services: Government Procurement Fraud, Pharmaceutical Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid Fraud, Defense Contractor Fraud, Education Fraud, Banking and Mortgage Fraud, Securities Fraud, and Tax Fraud.
Business is booming, especially with Medicare and Medicaid fraud growing, it seems, almost by the day. The firm explains why:
Trump Revokes Press Credentials for the Washington Post
- Wednesday, 15 June 2016 05:06
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Tuesday, June 14, 2016:
On Facebook on Monday Donald Trump announced that had finally had enough of the Washington Post’s slanted coverage of his campaign and pulled the paper’s press credentials in retaliation:
Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record-setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post.
Twenty minutes earlier on Facebook Trump had said:
Where are Brazil’s Founding Fathers?
- Saturday, 16 April 2016 05:16
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This article was published by The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Friday, April 15, 2016:
Dilma Rousseff)
As the political implosion in Brazil continues, one is forced to ask: what’s next? Who will step to the plate once Rousseff is gone? Are there true statesmen waiting in the wings to right the foundering Brazilian ship of state and steer it away for the shoals of socialism?
This could be Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s last week in office.
Doing the Right Thing – and Paying the Price
- Thursday, 06 August 2015 04:17
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This article was published at The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Wednesday, August 5, 2015:
English: Slide 49/50 of The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military, a presentation made by Nidal Malik Hasan during a symposium of U.S. Army physicians at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Lt. Cmdr. Timothy White knew exactly what he was doing. After 13 years in the Navy, being responsible for those under his command and knowing the increasing threat from jihadis who have increasingly targeted US military personnel and facilities, he decided it was more important to do what was right even if doing it might jeopardize his career.
That’s why he was carrying a personal firearm on duty as commander of the Naval service center in Chattanooga at 10:30am on Thursday, July 16, when jihadi terrorist Muhammad Abdulazeez (referred to from here on either as the “attacker” or as “MA”) rammed his rented silver Mustang through the gates and starting shooting.
White saw him coming, pulled his firearm, and returned fire. The autopsy report to be released shortly will show whether or not any of his rounds hit MA. But one thing is certain:
Small in Stature but Towering in Courage
- Friday, 29 May 2015 11:23
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This article was first published by The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Friday, May 29, 2015:
One day in May, 2013, Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling’s boss entered her cubicle at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina and told her to remove three Scriptures she had attached to her computer monitor and her walls. Sterling refused.
The next morning Sterling discovered them in her trash basket. She put them back up on her computer screen and walls and that’s when the trouble began. Her staff sergeant, a foul-mouthed former drill instructor, ordered her in no uncertain terms that were laced with obscenities to remove them. Sterling once again refused.
All was quiet for a few weeks, but then, during reviews, Sterling became aware that she was being written up for minor infractions which hadn’t happened before. She was written up for
Former Marine Appealing Her Court-martial for Posting Scriptures in Her Cubicle
- Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:00
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This article first appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Thursday, May 28, 2015:
In May 2013, Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling posted a modified iteration of Isaiah 54:17 on her computer monitor and elsewhere on the walls of her cubicle in Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, as inspiration and an expression of her faith. Isaiah 54:17 says: “’No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,’ declares the Lord.”
Sterling shortened it to read: “No weapon forged against me shall prosper.” When her staff sergeant ordered her to remove it, Sterling refused. The next day Sterling found that the verses had been removed and put into her trash basket. She put them back, and that’s when her troubles began.
Gates to Boy Scouts: Prepare to Surrender
- Saturday, 23 May 2015 05:26
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This article first appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Friday, May 22, 2015:
Scarcely a year after his surprise inauguration as the new president of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), former Pentagon chief Robert Gates told BSA leadership on Thursday to prepare to allow practicing homosexuals into leadership positions or face threats that could divide, splinter, and destroy the organization. He said:
Obituary for my beloved granddaughter, Ellie
- Tuesday, 12 May 2015 04:58
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Resurrection of Christ
On Friday morning, the 8th of May, Elizabeth Jayne Adelmann slipped from this world into the loving arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ. Ellie would have turned 16 on June 29, 2015. During her short life, her words and actions were marked with a genuine love for people and her infectious smile and brightness. Ellie’s greatest joy was sharing the love Christ had placed in her heart with everyone she met. She shared Christ through all her interests including speech club, ballet, horses, piano, camping and making things beautiful around her. She had an incredible gift for brightening the hardest days with her cheerful smile and treating everyone she knew like they were her favorite person, because each was truly her favorite. Despite her struggles with diabetes and celiac disease, she had an indomitable spirit and an unshakeable faith in the goodness of God. She could often be found singing her favorite hymn “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”. Her favorite passage of Scripture was Psalm 23. She loved much and trusted easily.
Ellie is survived by her parents, Russ and Sarah Adelmann, her brothers, Will, Tim and Tommy, and her sister Maggie. She is also survived by her loving grandparents James and Lynne Worden, and Bob and Mary Adelmann, each of Colorado Springs. Her aunts and uncles Kelly and Chris Graves, Jennifer and Richard Babcock, Jim and Jennifer Worden, Cheryl Adelmann, Christie Adelmann, and Jeannette Adelmann. And her cousins Cameron Graves, Tristram Babcock, Claire Babcock, and James Worden.
In the end, she suffered from a short, intense struggle with an infection in her brain. We would all like to thank the doctors and nurses at Denver Children’s Hospital for their tireless efforts to preserve her life and for their kindness and honesty throughout the course of her treatment.
Ellie will be dearly missed by so many. We are all blessed to have known Ellie and shared life with her. We look forward to the day when we are all reunited in Christ. Through all of this, He is our only hope and our firm foundation. For those who wish to celebrate Ellie’s life, a visitation will be held at Cappadona Funeral Home, 1020 Fillmore Street on Thursday, May 14 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Ellie’s funeral will be held on Friday, May 15th at Village Seven Presbyterian Church at 6:30pm. 4050 Nonchalant Circle, South.
For the same assurance in Heaven that Ellie has, please read the Gospel of John.
Ellie sponsored a child in Ethiopia through World Vision, and in honor of her we are asking people, in leu of flowers, to donate to World Vision in memory of Ellie.
Senator Menendez’ Co-conspirator Charged With Medicare Fraud
- Wednesday, 15 April 2015 12:24
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This article first appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Wednesday, April 15, 2015:
Less than two weeks after being indicted on bribery charges along with his friend, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, North Palm Beach ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen (shown on right) was charged on Tuesday with 46 counts of healthcare fraud, 19 counts of filing false claims to Medicare, and 11 counts of making false statements to investigators.
A conviction would seriously impact his practice, which, until now, put him at the very top of all doctors in the country receiving reimbursements from Medicare. Each of the healthcare fraud charges could bring
Birch Society smeared for opposing the Article V convention push
- Sunday, 19 January 2014 10:09
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Joe Wolverton is one of the leading lights among the gifted writers and investigative journalists regularly having his articles appear in The New American magazine and its companion website, TheNewAmerican.com.
A constitutionalist attorney who not only writes but speaks around the country for the John Birch Society (the publisher of The New American), Wolverton saw the dangers inherent in efforts by Mark Levin to promote a constitutional convention – a “con-con” – in order to rein in out-of-control government spending. Levin’s book, The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic, has formed the basis for a movement to call a convention of the states that would be limited in scope to addressing just the issue of spending.
Wolverton disagreed and
The New York Times Reluctantly Credits Conservative Hard-Liners in Obamacare Battle
- Wednesday, 02 October 2013 12:49
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In Tuesday’s article in the New York Times, authors Jonathan Weisman and Ashley Parker were hard-pressed to say nice things about the hard core conservatives who have forced House Speaker John Boehner’s hand in confronting the president over his signature legislation, Obamacare. But they did manage to
George Mitchell, the Father of Fracking, Dead at 94
- Monday, 29 July 2013 13:08
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With his determination and the ability to ignore naysayers, George Mitchell, the owner of a Fortune 500 company, Mitchell Energy & Development Company, poured himself and $6 million of his company’s money into the task of finding ways to access the natural gas he knew was underground of his property north of Houston, Texas. It took him more than 10 years to find those ways. Since 2000, his discoveries have changed the world and are responsible for
Why July 4th? Why not July 2nd?
- Wednesday, 03 July 2013 16:23
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This article first appeared at McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013:
If July 4th is Independence Day, then why did John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, write this to his wife Abigail on July 3rd, 1776:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.
It ought to be commemorated as
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