Archive for the 'Local News' Category

Cook Report Acknowledges Jeff Miller as a Serious Contender this November

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Hendersonville, NC – Jeff Miller, candidate for U.S. Congress, has gained tremendous momentum as of late and Washington insiders are taking notice. Miller gained nationwide attention last month when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) attended a rally in Hendersonville to tout Miller’s real-life experience as a major asset to the next freshman class in Congress. The [...]

URGENT: NC Forcing College Students to Buy Abortion Coverage?

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Students for Life of America has discovered that this fall the North Carolina Board of Governors is requiring all students who are enrolled in a University of North Carolina public institution to have health insurance.
Students who do not already have private health insurance are required to buy a state selected policy from Pearce & Pearce, [...]

Hendersonville Native Dathan Holbert and Wife Held In Panama as Suspected Serial Killers

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

William Dathan Holbert and Laura Michelle Reese were arrested by authorities as they attempted to make their way into Nicaragua via Costa Rica, officials said.
The two are wanted in connection with the deaths of seven fellow Americans in Panama, as well as two Panamanians, authorities said.
Holbert has reportedly confessed to the crimes.
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‘November Is Coming’ Rally Today at 5:30 In Asheville

Friday, July 30th, 2010

AFP-NC will hold a November is Coming Rally, Friday July 30th at 5:30 to urge North Carolinians to hold their elected officials accountable.
The event is free and open to the public.
“Our elected officials have to know they’re going to be held accountable for their votes,” said Dallas Woodhouse, state director of Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina [...]

One Week After I Reported Bias In Google’s Search Results for the Post…Google Has Dropped the Post to Page 3

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Below is the original report from last week…
Google says it only tweaks its algorithm to improve its searches. Some Web sites that have accused Google of unfair placing are merely collections of links with next to no original content of their own, precisely the kind of sites that Google’s search algorithm screens out to better [...]

A Thank You to My Friends on Facebook

Monday, July 19th, 2010

For 5 years now I’ve spent 6 days a week scouring various news sources for stories and videos that I have felt my readers would find important. Many of the stories that I report, aren’t found in our local news groups’ print publications. So I search for them, and present them to you my readers.
I [...]

The NY Times Explains Why Google Excludes the Hendersonville Post from Search Results

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Google says it only tweaks its algorithm to improve its searches. Some Web sites that have accused Google of unfair placing are merely collections of links with next to no original content of their own, precisely the kind of sites that Google’s search algorithm screens out to better answer queries.
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21 Things You Should Never Buy New

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

If you’re looking to get the most value for your dollar, it would do your wallet good to check out secondhand options. Many used goods still have plenty of life left in them even years after the original purchase, and they’re usually resold at a fraction of the retail price, to boot. Here’s a list [...]

Shuler Opponent Reacts to ‘Disclose Act’ Amendment

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Hendersonville, NC – Republican Congressional candidate for North Carolina’s 11th district, Jeff Miller, reacted with disgust on Wednesday after reading headlines of Representative Heath Shuler’s attempts to carve out special exemptions for the NRA.
These exemptions would come in the form of certain classifications for the national gun group that would not pertain to similar, [...]

Jeff Miller’s Congressional Campaign Kicks Off This Week

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

HENDERSONVILLE, NC - Jeff Miller kicks general election campaign into gear and begins sharing his vision for western North Carolina with all voters.
On Friday, June 18th, Jeff will be receiving the Gold Citizens Award from the Son’s of the American Revolution at 3:30pm at Peddlers Steak House in Hendersonville. [...]

Obama vs. Press Freedom

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

A May 24 working paper on “reinventing” the media proposes that the government impose fees on websites such as the Drudge Report that link to news websites or that it tax consumer electronics such as iPads, laptops and Kindles. Funds raised by these levies would be redistributed to traditional media outlets.
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Democrat Congressman from NC Assaults a College Student on a Washington DC Sidewalk

Monday, June 14th, 2010

NC Tea Partiers Attacked by Obama Supporter

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

NC Primary Election Results

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Shuler barely escapes a primary loss…will face Jeff Miller in November.
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Armed Man Held After Arrest as Obama Leaves Asheville

Monday, April 26th, 2010

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - An armed man spotted at a North Carolina airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed and who said he wanted to see the president was being held at the request of federal authorities, a judge said Monday.
Authorities arrested Joseph Sean McVey, 23, of Coshocton, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon [...]

Pentagon Disinvites Franklin Graham from Prayer Service Over Islam Comments

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Earlier Thursday, Graham stuck by his remarks about Islam, including that Muslims are “enslaved” by their religion,
Franklin, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, told Fox News that he loves Muslim people and wants them to know that God loves them, even if they can be saved only through Jesus Christ…
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Matt Mittan Back from (Self Imposed) Suspension, Still Very Concerned About Glenn Beck’s Mental Stability

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Ok, Mittan is just trying to gain publicity…this was basically a stunt meant to draw attention to His show. I question the mental stability of anyone who would let a second rate talk host attack one of the top hosts on their radio station’s roster. Mittan has previously spoken badly of Sean Hannity…whose program airs [...]

This Mark Young Loves Nascar and Does Not Write Letters to the Times-News

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

My father died in an automobile accident when I was 3 years old, after that my mother re-married…and I wanted not to like my step-father with every fiber in my being. It was nothing that Mike Justice had done, it was that we’d moved to Florida…far away from my cherished Grandparents.
One morning He set out [...]

Heath Shuler’s Form Letter Response to Those Concerned About the Health Care Bill

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your thoughts regarding funding for abortion in health care legislation. Your views are important to me, and I appreciate hearing from you.
I am pro-life. I believe that life begins at conception and that all life is sacred, including the lives of the unborn. It [...]

NC GOP Ad: Shuler’s Not Being Truthful

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Democrats, Media Matters to Defend “Safe” Schools Czar By Claiming that this Kind of Sex Education Is Responsible

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Here is Media Matters’ latest clumsy response to the Fistgate Scandal involving Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings:
Oh, by the way, neither Hoft nor BigGovernment are acknowledging that Lott actually debunks one of the false smears they pushed – that “fisting kits” were distributed at a 2001 GLSEN event. According to Lott, “The kit [...]

Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Tied to Lewd Readings for 7th Graders

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

One recommended book is titled “Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade.” On pages 43 through 45, writer Justin Chin tells of how as a 13-year-old, he went along with “near-rapes” by older men, but “really did enjoy those sexual encounters.” Chin also recounts each sexual action he performed with an “ugly f*** [...]

Olbermann Distorts the True Presence of Conservatives In the Mainstream Media

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Keith rattles off the names, one right after another, but He does so in order to distort a truth so simple a child can understand it…
Print: Out of all the Cities in the U.S., only the Washtimes and the NY Post are center right…and they are overshadowed by the Washington Post and NY Times. The [...]

Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Is Promoting Child Porn In the Classroom– Kevin Jennings and the GLSEN Reading List

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The list is divided into three main categories: books recommended for grades K-6; books recommended for grades 7-12; and books for teachers. (The books on the list span all genres: fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, even poetry.)
Out of curiosity to see exactly what kind of books Kevin Jennings and his organization think American students should be [...]

My Facebook Page was Disabled

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

A friend of mine suggested that I become friends and share the HendersonvillePost.com with an individual they know named Greg Norman. When searching for this person on Facebook, I typed in Greg Gorman. I sent the friend request along with a note explaining that since they were a fan of a friend they might like [...]

URGENT: Twitter Hack Underway

Monday, November 30th, 2009

If you get a message that reads…
hi. this you?? LOL . http://pduda.mobi/adgga
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK
The link takes you to a page that looks just like the Twitter login, and if you enter your password, the Hacker will take over your account and send the same direct message to as many of your followers [...]

Mapped Out: Unemployment Rate Growth from June 07 to Present Day

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Obama Declared H1N1 a National Emergency…this is FAR Worse than H1N1! Pause it at 29 seconds and only the yellow areas are still at just 5%…

How Does the Post Compare to WLOS (ABC) News 13 When It Comes to Time Spent on the Sites by Our Readers?

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

The graph is from Alexa, Google says WLOS.com gets a 5 of 10 traffic rank, I’m only a 4 of 10…so I don’t have as many readers. Then again, I don’t have Western NC’s only TV station pushing my web address several times a day either.
More time on the site means more oppurtunity to [...]

The Post Can Now Be Followed on Twitter

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Over in the sidebar, below the links, you may have noticed the Twitter feed widget. Twitter is a site on which you are asked “what are you doing”, and you can write about something you just saw, the way you feel, your team winning, anything you want really…you just have to keep it to 140 [...]

Liberals In Rage Mode Over Shuler’s Vote Against Gov’t Run Healthcare

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

If you go over to Shuler’s facebook page, and look at His wall (place where people can leave comments) it looks like He will be voted out in the primary. One right after another, His “fans” are letting Him have it, using words like betrayed, never again, true colors, dino (opposite of Rino), lost my [...]