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December 30, 2016 Radio Commentary

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2017: What’s New?

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 30, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Not only will Sunday be a new day, it’s the first day of a brand new year which will be escorted in with bells and whistles and world-wide celebrations. The new 2017 calendar will remind us that a new year has come and gone 2,016 times since the birth of Jesus Christ.

So, what’s new for 2017? Nobody knows the future, but if it goes according to the state constitution, the Georgia General Assembly will convene in ten days to begin a new 40-day session on the second Monday of the New Year. That’s when the new crop of senators and representatives, along with incumbents, take the oath of office to start their new two-year terms.

Twenty-eight new legislators will become part of the 180-member House of Representatives. Fourteen new legislators are Democrats and 14 are Republicans, so the make-up of the House will be 61 Democrats and 119 Republicans, meaning Republicans are one seat short of a two-thirds majority in the House. But that’s nothing new for the House. Continue reading →

December 23, 2016 Radio Commentary

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Mike, The Donald’s V-P

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 23, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Mike Pence is a seasoned politician, who knows his way around Washington as a senator and the governor of Indiana. His military veteran dad operated a gas station in Columbus, Indiana, to support his wife and six children, who were reared in the Catholic faith.

When Mike was in fifth grade his “booming” voice “blew away” the audience during an oratorical contest with older sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students. After finishing high school in 1977, Pence earned a history degree at Hanover College in 1981 and a law degree from McKinney School of Law five years later.

This is how he tells it: “I grew up on the front row of the American dream. My grandfather immigrated to this country, and I was raised in a small town in Southern Indiana in a big family with a cornfield in the backyard. Although we weren’t really a political family, [my heroes] were President John F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I went off to college and had largely walked away from the faith …. [Then], I met a group of folks in a non-denominational Christian fellow group.” Continue reading →

December 16, 2016 Radio Commentary

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“The Donald”

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 16, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

When Donald Trump assumes office January 20th as the 45th President of the United States, he’ll be 70 years old, the oldest person to be inaugurated as a first-term U.S. President since Ronald Reagan, and the wealthiest since George Washington. He describes himself as a conservative; scholars and commentators describe him as a populist, protectionist and nationalist.

Born June 14, 1946 in the New York City neighborhood called Queens, Donald was the fourth child of Fred and Mary Trump. His mother was born in Scotland, and his father’s parents migrated from Germany, so all his grandparents were born in Europe.

Because his brother died of alcoholism in 1981, Trump decided to abstain from alcohol and cigarettes, so the soon-to-be occupant of the Oval Office will be a tee totaller!

Sixteen years ago, Trump toyed with becoming a Reform Party presidential candidate, but withdrew before voting began. He considered, but decided against, a Republican run for the 2012 election, but in June 2015, finally, jumped in as a Republican candidate, and the rest is history. Continue reading →

December 9, 2016 Radio Commentary

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Do you know what that slick ad is for?

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 9, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

An advertising campaign is moving through metro Atlanta in a big way. So says the Department of Public Health, CDC and MARTA that teamed up to promote Gardasil, a drug approved by the FDA in 2006.

No doubt, you’ve seen TV ads of young teens asking mom and dad whether they know about the drug, insinuating that all teens should be vaccinated with it. Not only are these ads on TV, they are on 50 MARTA buses, 120 MARTA trains, and 20 MARTA bus shelters, where they’re expected to be seen 12.7 million times.

When you read the ad, check to see whether it says HPV is a sexually transmitted disease or that it’s incurable and that it causes 30 to 40 types of infections, including cancer, or whether it explains which organs may fail and how many ways it may harm your teenager now or in future adult years.

The December 2011 full-page ad in the AJC Parade Magazine said: “Boys can be affected by HPV disease, too. Gardasil helps protect both your son and daughter.” Now they’re focusing on girls and boys, but the first vaccine – a three-shot series – was developed for girls, only. In addition to recommending it for boys, too, the updated version may require only two shots. Continue reading →