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Opinion25 Feb 2010 03:03 pm
This is a picture of my son Edward Myers with his Scout Master Tom Franklin shortly after the meeting where it was announced that he had been selected to go to Washington, DC as one of the 8 Scouts to present the 2009 Boy Scouts’ Annual Report to the Nation.
It is quite the honor. To say that we all are excited about him representing The Old North State Council, Troop 316 and his community would be an understatement.
He leaves tomorrow and one of the many parts of the itinerary could include a possible meeting with the President.
Opinion26 Aug 2008 11:57 pm
…he never leaves home without her!
Update: This post, put up lightly for chuckles..has by far become my most visited. Now, Janice in the comments points out a possible interesting connection.
Is the person depicted in the drivers license above the same one pictured here on America’s Most Wanted?
Opinion07 Jan 2007 03:53 pm
Hey hey mama
Mama what you tryin’ to do?
You keep on talkin’ to me
‘Till your face turns blue
Well do you think I’m a young boy
Yet to make up my mind?
Well I’m just castin’ all my toys
I’m gonna leave what’s behind me behind
I’m gonna leave what’s behind me behind
"In Need" - Grand Funk Railroad
Opinion09 Nov 2006 11:31 pm
Choices of Democracy: Iraq launched today with the following premise:
Place a referendum before the Iraqi people and ask them directly whether they want the Coalition of Peace Keeping forces in their country to stay or leave.Then respect and support their wishes.
You can visit here and share your thoughts and suggestions.
Opinion17 May 2006 01:20 pm
To move too fast was a grievious error, which the young learned and the old knew, but not to move enough, fast enough, far enough, strong enough, that was what really denied goals to those who would be great. How bitter it must be to lie in bed, without the sleep one needed to think clearly and wonder and curse ones self for chances missed and chances lost.
Opinion17 May 2006 01:07 pm
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
‘ Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!
Opinion29 Apr 2006 04:31 pm
One of the unexpected impacts of the NC Education Lottery appears to be "Lottery Litter" - Is it just me or are there losing tickets appearing on the the ground everywhere?
This from a North Carolinian with Greensboro ties who made good in the world.
He was the most famous newsman in broadcasting, but he spelled out the limitations of his trade. "Just because the microphone in front of you amplifies your voice around the world," he’d say, "is no reason to think we have any more wisdom than we had when our voices could reach only from one end of the bar to the other."
"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were for the moment unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate his responsibility."
Here’s to good friends, good partners and good buisness.
If we find Hollywood isn’t listening…we’ll just turn it up a notch.
Opinion04 Dec 2005 05:14 pm
Your Rights Begin Where Mine End
We pulled the following from here. Note the date on the article.
Vanderbilt law professor Tom McCoy agrees that Phelps should have the right to express his opinions. "It is crystal clear that government officials cannot censor, regulate or suppress his anti-gay speech because of a dislike for the content of his message," he told free!
According to McCoy, Phelps’ speech is a form of political speech that should be absolutely free from censorship. "It is a classic Brandenburg case," he said.
In the 1969 case Brandenburg v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan leader who gave a speech laced with anti-black and anti-Jewish sentiments. The high court wrote that "the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to produce such action."
According to McCoy, "a funeral is not a public forum" — or an area in which First Amendment rights have been traditionally respected and protected. For this reason, city officials can enact so-called reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on speech.
"Reasonable time, place and manner restrictions designed to protect privacy rights would most likely withstand constitutional scrutiny. City officials need to be careful to apply such restrictions evenhandedly," McCoy said.
What if in the "Formal" obituary a "Public" announcement was made as to the wishes of the deceased or the family as to whether or not the funeral services were "Private". Of course just how "Private" could be left at the discretion of the family.
That together with "Reasonable time, place and manner restrictions designed to protect privacy rights" enacted by local city municipalities could offer some kind of relief.
Maybe the next time Phelps or his people call ahead to check to see if their corner is ready with police protection and the media camera’s he could be informed that no it isnt, that it has been "Publicly" announced that the Services are "Private" and that unless otherwise informed they have not been invited.
If they show up, would it then become a question of the privacy rights of the individual or family being violated, in order for them to protect theirs?