Tales from the Mark Side: Independents and the challenges Conservatives face
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Tales from the Mark Side: Independents and the challenges Conservatives face

mark.young@manateeherald.com Let’s face it, it’s only been in recent years where Independents have been noticed in the political arena. For years prior to the recent elections, Independents were viewed as that thorn-in-the-side third party that were only effective in taking votes away from either a Republican or a democrat. Independents now outnumber both major parties…

A Chick With A Dick Screwed Anheuser Busch
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A Chick With A Dick Screwed Anheuser Busch

How can a major corporation allow a young “woke” advertising executive to destroy its brand and cause billions of dollars of lost sales? It’s simple. Hire a Harvard graduate as your VP of Marketing and allow her to decide how to market your product to middle America. Corporations across the nation are following in lockstep…

Tales from the Mark Side: The latest game of “Where’s Biden” during a crisis
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Tales from the Mark Side: The latest game of “Where’s Biden” during a crisis

mark.young@manateeherald.com Do you remember the old show, “Get Smart,” where the opposing agencies were “Control” – the good guys, and “Chaos” – the bad guys? How do we draw the line between control and chaos in the midst of a Joe Biden administration that puts us through one disaster after another? Is the chaos maliciously…

Tales from the Mark Side: Ah, That Sweet Taste of Liberal Tears
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Tales from the Mark Side: Ah, That Sweet Taste of Liberal Tears

mark.young@manateeherald.com I started out this visit with you on Saturday and was heading in a completely different direction until I sat down on this blessed Easter Sunday to complete this latest step of our journey together. I threw on my headphones and turned up some Christian music and felt a calling to do some testifying,…

The Lazy Ballerina: A Special Restaurant
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The Lazy Ballerina: A Special Restaurant

Someone once said “Soul food is a passport to the past. It is much more about heritage than it is about hominy.” The Lazy Ballerina Bistro is a transport to those southern dinners your mother lovingly prepared for you. West Bradenton’s newest eating establishment will capture your palate with its eclectic menu. Becky Kern-Garbus and…

Tales From the Mark Side: Dems actions have all but secured Trump’s nomination
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Tales From the Mark Side: Dems actions have all but secured Trump’s nomination

mark.young@manateeherald.com Just when I think liberals couldn’t possibly do something more dumb, they have a “hold my beer” moment and do just that. There is a lot of talk about whether this is a demo-rat strategy to ensure Trump is nominated because Joe Biden believes he can repeat the 2020 election victory, although “victory” is…

Tales from the Mark side: The Tree of Liberty is getting very thirsty
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Tales from the Mark side: The Tree of Liberty is getting very thirsty

mark.young@manateeherald.com In this common sense drought we seem to be in, combined with federal corruption and a movement toward leftist totalitarianism, the Tree of Liberty is parched. It is withering away and is in dire need of nurturing. Many are familiar with the words of Thomas Jefferson in his 1787 letter where he said, “The…