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Small Businesses Thriving

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John Peterson, owner of a second-generation metal-fabricating business, Schuette Metals, spoke on the second night of the RNC convention.  Peterson gave a brief history of his business.  He talked about the expansion of the business from a 12-person shop to one employing more than 100 people now.

Peterson talked about how the Obama-Biden administration reduced funding opportunities for small businesses strangling their ability to raise capital to run their business.  This occurred through the many additional regulations placed on the banking industry that made lending to small businesses not worth the effort. ... 

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Not In Our Country!

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It is long past time for Americans of every stripe to stand up and say “Not in our country!”  On Saturday evening in Compton, California, a cold-blooded hit job took place against two deputies sitting in their car in a well-lighted area.  The sheriff’s deputies were ambushed as they sat inside their patrol vehicle at the Metro Blue Line station at Willowbrook Ave. and Oak St. just before 7 p.m.

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Hope and Opportunity

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Sean Parnell speaks at the RNC about diversity and about being bound together as Americans.  Sean related his experiences as a platoon leader in Afghanistan.  He spoke about their success as a unit despite their differences.  Their commonality was that they were Americans.

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Middle East Peace

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Is peace in the Middle East at hand?  While there have been announcements before about deals that would help provide stability to the region, none of them ever actually panned out.  This frustrated Presidents of both parties as well as diplomats and other go-betweens.

The developments of the last month or so show a strong move toward acceptance of Israel as a legitimate country and as a partner on the world stage.

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9-11

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PDJT’s statement as a candidate in 2016 rings true today just as it did then.  His belief in the strength of America and its ideals is a beacon of hope for all of us.

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Operation LeGend

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Operation Legend (or Operation LeGend) is a federal law enforcement operation in the U.S.  The operation was named after four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 29, 2020.  For Operation Legend, agents from various federal agencies were deployed to aid and assist city and county law enforcement officers.

In the early morning hours of June 29, 2020, four-year-old LeGend Taliferro was killed by gunfire while he was sleeping. The death of Taliferro occurred during a time of increased violence in Kansas City and Missouri as a whole, with at least five children being killed in Kansas City in the first six months of 2020.

Operation Legend started in Kansas City and has since spread to other cities around the US that have been experiencing significant increases in violence.  Chicago was one such city that joined the operation on July 22nd.  The Democratic mayor, Lori Lightfoot, who has struggled to do anything against the rising violence in her city, initially threatened “to sue if President Trump tried to send federal agents into Chicago without permission.”

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Be Careful What You Pray For

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Sister Dede Byrne, a nun in the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, gave a speech at the RNC in support of human life.  By using the words in the title of this article early on, she put everyone at ease.

Sister Byrne described her route to where she is today.  This has taken her all over the world serving the call of God.

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