Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Humorous, tagged Arkansas, duty, traffic, judge, article, funds, ticket, record, county, law, income, authority, force, unarmed, corrupt, shooting, volunteer, Mississippi, river, delta, flatland, town, Jericho, interstate, I-55, police, officer, department, speed trap, jurisdiction, illegal, Larry Harris, enforcement, Albert Beebe, fire chief, Don Payne, court, dismiss, dispute, opinion, argument, proceedings, scuffle, fight, shot, session, pistol, fired, bullet, Memphis, Regional Medical Center, Tonya Alexander, void, police chief, Willie Frazier, Crittenden, sheriff, office, policing, charge, investigation, cruiser, fire truck, statement, allegation, personal use, squad car, Atoka, defraud, malfeasance on September 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In the flatland of Arkansas’s Mississippi delta rests a small town named Jericho. Just off the interstate and home to less than 200 people, motorists generally pass it by on I-55 without a moment’s notice. Unless you’re driving through town, that is.
“You can’t even buy a loaf of bread, but we’ve got seven [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, Music, Personal Insights, tagged abomination, bleach, camera, cardiac arrest, comfort, cosmetic surgery, CPR, crowd, dead, death, eccentricity, endanger, face, flower, freak, fuss, grotesque, harm, headline, heart, hospital, issue, kill, King of Pop, Lisa Marie Presley, media, medical treatment, memorial, Michael Jackson, molest, Mr. Potato Head, Music, news, peace, pedophile, professional, psychiatrist, psychologist, record, satisfy, skin, son, song, stardom, therapist, Thriller, toy, tribute, unstable, wrong on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As you probably heard, Michael Jackson died yesterday. The proclaimed “King of Pop” suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be revived. Flowers and memorials crowd the Hollywood Walk of Fame near his star and headlines around the world pay him tribute.
But why all the fuss? I liked Thriller, too, but let’s [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, Personal Insights, Readings, tagged 1970, 1980, accident, advice, author, bargain, beautiful, betrayal, bin, book, bookstore, chance, change, character, child, classroom, coma, comeback, Constant Reader, consumer, death, disappoint, doctors, favorites, genre, gorgeous, Hawke's Harbor, hope, love, minority, mistake, moving, novel, personal, plot, publish, rating, reading, record, recovery, required, review, Rumble Fish, S E Hinton, serious, story, stranger, striking, supernatural, surprise, suspicious, Taming the Star Runner, temptation, Tex, That Was Then This Is Now, The Outsiders, touching, treasure, vampire, voice, wary, wrenching, young adult on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before I leave yet again, on yet another trip to last at least two weeks, I thought I would share some thoughts on the most recent addition to my reading materials.
Very few people haven’t heard of S. E. Hinton, a young adult genre author who makes the required reading list in most if not all [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, tagged abuse, advocate, agencies, airport, airport security, Al Qaeda, American, answer, anti-abortionist, AP, arrest, Bob Barr, border, Campaign For Liberty, candidate, cash, cell phone, China, Christian, Chuck Baldwin, citizen, civil, compliant, condemn, condescension, confidential, Connecticut, conservative, convention, DEA, delineations, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Public Safety, detain, DHS, document, DPS, drug, economic, explanation, FAA, Fairfield, FBI, federal, fly, freedom, Germany, Good Morning America, government, Hitler, identification, indivisible, injustice, insignificant, Jews, law enforcement, legitimate, liberty, lieutenant governor, local, mafia, Magna Cum Laude, mainstream, Mao, marginalize, memory, merchandise, MIAC, middle eastern, Missouri, Missouri Information Analysis Center, Modern Militia Movement, money, news, non-profit, paraphenalia, pattern, persecute, Peter Kinder, plane, pocketknife, policy, polite, political, privacy, prohibited, public safety, question, record, regulations, release, report, rescind, response, retract, rights, Rome, Ron Paul, Rueters, rules, Russia, Sacred Heart University, scary, screwdriver, search, seatbelt, secret, serious, St. Louis, Stalin, state, Steve Bierfeldt, stripped, substantial, suspect, terrorism, terrorist, Texas, threat, ticket, transaction, travesty, TSA, underworld, Virginia, witch hunt on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Terrorist profiling isn’t just for Middle Easterners anymore.
A young whitebread American professional was recently held by TSA agents in the St. Louis airport. Did he mistakenly leave a screwdrivier in his carry-on? A pocketknife in his suit pants? He did verbally threaten someone or carry prohibited substances? No. Nothing of [...]
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