The New AmericanSometime during what has been the most difficult two weeks of my life thus far, I heard or read that school book publishers are beginning to include (or increase the emphasis on) the events of September 11th in upcoming editions of history text books. No doubt because of who owns & controls the major...
The Jackson City Council will again take up the gaunlet and meet both Thursday and offically on Tuesday the 6th at 9:00 AM. The agenda has not been published on the web yet and instead of publishing the document online I will send it out and comment on each a little latter in the...
A friend of mine asked me if I was in favor of the parking garage. I responded to her question with some options that I could support. I could possibly support a parking garage if were owned and built by the city of Jackson and housed the city court underneath (That is if we...
Thursday afternoon on September s17th developer John Allen continued to express his point and that was he was a given a charge by the city, by us, to build a parking garage at the location on Highland and W. Lafayette in downtown Jackson. I believe that this charge was initiated from an Urban Land Institute study...
You just spent $20,000,000 to move members/supporters of Hamas, a terrorist organization, to the United States ; housing, food, the whole enchilada. HB 1388 PASSED Whether you are an Obama fan, or not, EVERYONE IN THE U. S. needs to know…. Something happened…. H.R. 1388 was passed, behind our backs. You may want to...
A couple of days ago, a dear friend died. While I had know personally for a long time, I had read his works over the last couple of years. A year ago, Fred and I meet in person and this relationship grew. We visited once every other week, sometimes meeting with others, sometimes not....
I received this message from Fred just a few minutes ago. This is being dictated on my deathbed to my older son Freddy I have instructed all of my care providers to hold off all pain medication until I have concluded all legal and personal matters. That has just about been completed. I...
September 13, 2009 Wednesday was an eventful day. That morniing one of my high school classmates from Indiana was making a whirlwind visit to several cities to visit friends and relatives in a just a few days. I was honored she found time to squeeze me in that morning when she stopped by around...
Ambushed Marines’ Aid Call ‘Rejected’ NATO-led forces are investigating the death of four Marines in eastern Afghanistan after their commanders reportedly rejected requests for artillery fire in a battle with insurgents, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Tuesday’s incident was “under investigation” and details remained unclear, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference. Democrat...
PITCH MAN President Obama will use tonight’s prime time address to a joint session of Congress to make a pitch for healthcare overhaul directly to the public. “The president’s going to speak clearly and directly to the American people about what’s in this bill for them,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said as...
I’m just an ordinary guy way down here in little old Weakley County, so what do I know about all the big political issues floating around today? This “Obamacare” thing, for instance – who can tell much about a thousand page proposal? But this week I read a recent New American article which took...
During the last couple of days there has been some activity on some of the questions that came from the Thursday, September 3rd meeting held in the Mayor’s conference room. There was a question as to whether or Mr. Allen had applied and received a PILOT loan on property he purchased from the city...
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.” –Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775
It’s amazing the subjects in which I have totally lost interest. And I’m beginning to look at pain from a different perspective. In the past, pain has always been associated with something that was gradually getting better and I had the knowledge that eventually the pain would completely subside. So, there was always a...
I have ranted on and on about this many times – but – here goes again. Perhaps someone will get the ear of their Critter and get this working towards reality. The schools and public health offices all seem to have lots of time to teach our youth how to use condoms and birth...
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