December 31, 2006

(Baghdad, Iraq, and Hell) – Moms Mabely said it best - "If you can't say nothin' good about somebody, don't say it . . . He's dead . . . GOOD!" Saddam Hussein is finally dead, after months and months of yelling and screaming. And that was just the courtroom. His death accomplishes one thing: his troops can't rally around him anymore. Of course, that doesn't keep somebody from stepping into his bloody shoes.

(Caleeforneeyah) – Ron Karenga is not dead, but the Marxist holiday he started is having a really hard time getting off the ground, even after all these years of promotion, and may be dead, soon. There are some good economists who say that Marxism's death in the last century sealed the fate of Kwanzaa - that remains to be seen. The only reason it's still alive - and Lord knows, it's been pushed about as hard as you can pump an event - some say, is because we're all too polite to say anything bad about African Americans. That's pretty much "right on."

(N. Augusta, SC) – Hopefully, James Brown is at peace. He was a target for fast-buck artists. The nasty people who took advantage of him deserve to be dead. He made many, many wonderful, real rock 'n' roll records. That's one thing the nasty people will never be able to claim.

(Stoodeeyo Seetee, Caleeforneeyah) – John Stewart is still not dead. He would not be so aggravating if his brand of propaganda (see the previous editorial) were not so effective.

(USA) – English grammar is definitely dead in America. The teachers of English grammar are among the undead. When pedants officially adopted cultural relativism, it leaked over into the language. Now, like, ya know, if you're kind of understood, that's good enough. The result is that nobody speaks in logical speech that reflects a provable reality. Everything is relative. Nothing is true. Do you believe that? I don't.

(Midwest America) - Gerald R. Ford died. The New York Times, mouthpiece for failure in America, released some ramblings of the third least effective President in our history. He wasn't a conservative. Let's leave it at that. He was an honest man and, honestly, he was wrong for most of his life.

(Washington, DC) – The Republican Party is not dead, but it is in a coma. Ronald Reagan, also dead, showed the way to a successful America. It is the same America that was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson - Good Defenders, Good Roads, Good Business - that's all. To get there requires a very stiff spine. The Republicans are forgetting how to say "no."

(Columbia, SC) – And a grateful goodbye to my worst prediction, ever. I actually thought there might be a chance to change education in the state for the better. I predicted Dr. Rex would lose the race for State Superintendent by a mile, and a new day of common sense education would reign. But, as the eightball says, "I doubt it." We'll have more of the same educational nonsense and "EDUSPEAK." God help us all.

(Columbia, SC) – I get to say goodbye to the most painful year of my life. I lost my dad and people still don't know all the wonderful things he did for this state - just like his great uncle and namesake, General Dick Anderson, CSA. Modest to the last. Many of you know about the complete shoulder separation I suffered some months back. The pain will go away I'm told. Better still, I'm getting my range of motion back. That's worth the pain. I also discovered that, even if you have a million hits a month on your website, South Carolina is NOT the place to support a news site - but I've come to grips with it and SwampfoxNews.com will always be free. So much symbolism this year.

Please accept my wishes for a much better, sensible, and logical new year for all of us Carolinians. We deserve it.

- Dick Anderson