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What have we allowed to happen to our schools that educate our young people? A few weeks ago, I saw a quote that went something like this: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." by Edmund Burke. More ... In October, 1960, a tune called "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs tiptoed onto the Billboard charts and didn't quit rising until it hit Number 1. At 1 minute, 37 seconds, "Stay" is the shortest single ever to hit number one. It's also one of the best tunes to scale the musical mountaintop. More ... Dear Barack Obama: I grew to like you over the last year. I've always thought of you as dangerously naive at best. Eloquent, gifted, genuine, yes. But dangerously naive at best. I couldn't vote for you - but not because of your funny name or your lunatic pastor. More ... The weekend for the Lane Clan started off with a bang. April Reynolds and company came in early Saturday morning from Virginia. April Reynolds and her two girls, Victoria and Madyson. Tyrone Wilkins and his daughter, Tytianna, traveled by car to get here by breakfast time. They came to see me, and I very gently put them to work, going to the drug store to get my medicine. More ... Good to see someone who is running for the board of education at the school functions last week. Please vote for change district one! More ... Dear Terry, This is a very important community notice. I live in the neighboring county of Seminole, and over the past few months, I have been reading and inquiring about a coal fired energy plant that is to be built in Early County. More ... I don't know exactly who is doing all the ripping, but I do know who is getting ripped. Have you noticed that your pocketbook seems to be on a diet, or your credit card account seems to double or triple? If you are driving and going as much as usual, you had better get yourself another job. More ... What's up? $12-a-pound potato chips Ever wonder how your tax dollars are spent? A trip to a Thomasville supermarket Wednesday morning would have provided an answer. I stopped at the store to purchase paper towels that were on sale and to pick up fat-free milk. A group of rowdy people who kept getting in my way as I shopped were at the checkout next to me. More ... The buzzword of this election is 'CHANGE.' Candidates toss it around without saying what they want to change to. Just that we need.....CHANGE! This brings to mind the following illustration. Years ago, there was an old tale in the Marine Corps about a major who inspected his Marines and told the Gunny Sergeant that they smelled bad. More ... |
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