10/13/2008Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
10/11/2008My thoughts on local politics
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8/25/2008Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. Margaret Chase Smith
8/18/2008Franklin Pierce Adams: Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
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8/11/2008We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Mis America on where she stands on the issues. Ian't that a little backwards? Jay Leno
8/7/2008Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr
7/23/2008VOTE! ELECT MICHAEL HALL TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE 911 BOARD FOR McDONALD COUNTY
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6/25/2007The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett
6/18/2007Faith is the voice in the back of your head that tells you to listen to the voice in the back of your head. Dennis Miller
6/11/2007 AWFUL’S THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: To say my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying, “Your end of the boat is leaking.” Awful 1
6/8/2007George Eliot (1819 - 1880) EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. We’re looking for something, though we’re not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog,
6/8/2007INDIAN TRAILS AUTOMOTIVE FLYER
6/20/2005It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. Albert Einstein
6/6/2005A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan. Martin Luther King
5/16/2005The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr
5/9/2005It is too bad that all the people that know how to run the government are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. George Burns
5/2/2005The report of my death was an exaggeration. Mark Twain
4/11/2005The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself. Garth Brooks
3/28/2005Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little. Madonna
3/21/2005Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. Edward Shepherd Mead
3/14/2005Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things. Unknown
2/28/2005The vitality of thought is an adventure. Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead
2/21/2005Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. Dandemis
2/14/2005A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright
1/31/2005When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in the worlds of time. The Work of the Chariot
1/17/2005A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Balthasar Gracian
1/10/2005Perhaps the most remarkable thing about my boyhood was this: Never once did I say "I’m bored." Boredom wasn’t invented until 1982. Charles Osgood
1/3/2005The key to successful aging is to pay as little attention to it as possible. Judith Regan
12/27/2004A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. P. J. O'Rourke
12/20/2004Leaders inspire. They aren’t assigned leadership. They command it. Dr. Phil McGraw
12/13/2004A true friend is someone who thinks you are a good egg even though he knows you are slightly cracked. Unknown
12/6/2004Life is not a final. It’s daily pop quizzes. Ann Crittenden
11/29/2004Christmas is a race to see which gives out first: your money or your feet. Anonymous
11/22/2004AWFUL’S THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Is Christmas coming before Thanksgiving this year? Everywhere I go I see Christmas decorations and sales. I would like us to celebrate the reason for the season, not what the season has come to mean.
11/22/2004My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. Marlo Thomas
11/5/2004Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you’ve sent someone a thank-you note. Bernie Brillstein
10/25/2004Lord, help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that You and I together can’t handle. Unknown
10/11/2004You can’t stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh. Jay Leno
9/27/2004The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat. Lily Tomlin
9/13/2004The grass may be greener on the other side, but it’s just as hard to cut. Little Richard
9/6/2004The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue. Dorothy Parker
8/23/2004All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time. Mitch Albom
8/16/2004Life is not a final. It’s daily pop quizzes. Ann Crittenden
8/9/2004 While this door is closing, another door is opening. It’s our job to go find that door. Matthew Perry
8/2/2004Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
7/26/2004Failure is God’s way of saying, "Excuse me, you’re moving in the wrong direction." Oprah Winfrey
7/19/2004If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character. Paul Newman
7/12/2004The wisest men follow their own direction. Euripides
7/6/2004The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
6/28/2004The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant. The population is growing. Cole’s Axiom
6/21/2004Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth and the only truth. Charles A. Dana
6/14/2004One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
6/7/2004The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. Will Rogers
6/1/2004If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark
5/25/2004Hindsight: It’s like foresight without a future. Kevin Kline
5/18/2004Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King ,Jr.
5/4/2004Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better. King Whitney Jr.
4/27/2004Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle
11/10/2003A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more successful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
11/3/2003The trouble with experience is by the time you have it, you are too old to take advantage of it. - Jimmy Connors.
10/27/2003Don’t sweat the small stuff. - Richard Carlson
10/20/2003My interest is in the future…because I’m going to spend the rest of my life there. - Charles Kettering
10/13/2003Confucius say: What goes around must come around. Eric says: It is time.
10/6/2003If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on. - Lance Armstrong
9/29/2003If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. - Katherine Hepburn
9/22/2003Temper is the one thing you can’t get rid of by losing it. - Jack Nicholson
9/15/2003Many folks miss out on opportunity because it shows up in overalls and looks like work. Ben Franklin
9/8/2003The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie. Ann Landers
9/1/2003Hire character. Train skill. Peter Schutz
8/25/2003Always love your enemy. It annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
8/18/2003We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. Dag Hammarskjold
8/11/2003Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gracefully approach 18. Mark Twain
8/4/2003A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington
7/29/2003Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change. Confucius
7/23/2003The world is your playground. Why aren’t you playing? Ellie Katz
7/18/2003The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
7/8/2003In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. Lucille Ball
6/25/2003Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
6/11/2003One person’s junk may be another person’s treasure. Unknown
6/4/2003Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. Sicilian Proverb
5/28/2003Only a fool thinks price and value are the same. Antonio Machado
5/21/2003An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau
5/5/2003The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. Unknown
4/28/2003Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan
4/21/2003Fame is a four-letter word. And like tape, or zoom, or face, or pain, or love, or life, what ultimately matters is what we do with it. Fred Rogers
4/14/2003Sometimes instead of climbing over barricades, you’ve got to walk around them. Bono
4/7/2003The important thing is to not stop questioning. Einstein
3/31/2003I have learned one great truth. The answer to all of our problems comes in a single word. That word is education. Lyndon Baines Johnson
3/24/2003If you don’t keep pushing the limits, you wake up one day and you’re the "center square to block." Robin Williams
3/17/2003Be the change that you want to see in the world. Gandhi
3/12/2003A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking. Earl Wilson
3/10/2003Truth is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work Warren Bennis
3/3/2003The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. Peter F. Drucker
2/27/2003Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
2/17/2003I assume today would be better if everything was not going so bad. M. D. Vandergrift
2/10/2003We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
2/3/2003Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. Oliver Goldsmith
1/27/2003We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life. James Van Praagh
1/20/2003The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A Chinese Proverb
1/14/2003Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds. JoJo Jensen
1/6/2003Persistence trumps talent and looks every time. Aaron Brown
12/30/2002Resolutions are like rules. They’re just made to be broken. Justin Timberlake
12/23/2002Even if you don’t like someone, you must treat them with respect. Let’s just say I am still learning.
12/16/2002Map out your future, but do it in pencil. Jon Bon-Jovi
12/9/2002Responsible, who wants to be responsible? Whenever something bad happens it’s always, who’s responsible for this? Jerry Seinfeld
12/2/2002Responsible, who wants to be responsible? Whenever something bad happens it’s always, who’s responsible for this? Jerry Seinfeld
11/25/2002If I have a good trait, it’s probably relentlessness. I’m a hound dog on the prowl. I can’t be shook! Bruce Springsteen
11/18/2002Believe you can and you are halfway there. Thomas Edison
11/11/2002May there always be work for your hands to do: May your purse always hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. An Irish blessing
11/4/2002Anybody who is really successful has doubts. Jerry Bruckheimer
10/28/2002The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. Ralph Sockman
10/21/2002Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence. Condoleeza Rice
10/14/2002After living in the Middle East, I’ve become convinced there is no one truth, nor two. Peter Jennings
10/7/2002To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will. Sugar Ray Robinson
9/30/2002It is a great challenge to be better than your opportunities. Sarah Jessica Parker
9/23/2002When there is a complaint, you need to address it. Jamey Cope
9/16/2002Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. H. W. Beecher
9/11/2002Today is a gift. This is why we call it the present Epictetus
9/5/2002 Good management is largely a matter of love. Or if you’re uncomfortable with that word, call it caring, because management involves caring about people, not manipulating them. Jim Autry
8/25/2002It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go. Rep. J. C. Watts, Jr.
8/18/2002I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they’ve come up with so far. Neil Simon
8/12/2002Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. Oliver Goldsmith
8/5/2002Years wrinkle the skin but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Norman Vincent Peale
7/29/2002The day people stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. Colin Powell
7/22/2002I was born and raised with crocodiles, they are a piece of cake. But kids are so…unpredictable. Steve Irwin
7/15/2002Truth is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work. Warren Bennis
7/8/2002Mrs. Miracle says , "Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death."
7/1/2002In God We Trust
6/24/2002The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future. Stephen Ambrose
6/17/2002People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Mrs. Miracle
6/10/2002You’ll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out its neck. Mrs. Miracle
6/3/2002Don’t try to tell me silence is always golden. Sometimes it is just plain yellow. Unknown
5/27/2002One thing I have learned is, if people tell you they had a "frank" discussion with someone, it is usually code for a yelling match with clenched fists. Larry King
5/20/2002Lying makes a problem part of the future: truth makes a problem part of the past. Rick Pitino
5/13/2002The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it’s also the first to be replaced. Marilyn Vos Savant
5/6/2002 If you can see a bandwagon, it’s too late to get on it. James Goldsmith
4/29/2002I don’t know what your destiny will be but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer
4/22/2002Today is a gift. That is why we call it the present. Epictetus
4/15/2002We have a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
4/8/2002Success isn’t measured by the position you reach in life, it is measured by the obstacles you overcome. Booker T. Washington
4/1/2002Sometimes you must do more than your very best, sometimes you must do what is required. Winston Churchill
3/28/2002God answers all the prayers. Sometimes He answers "yes," sometimes He answers "no," and sometimes the answer is "you gotta be kidding." Jimmy Carter
3/18/2002I never liked anyone who didn’t have a temper. If you don’t have any temper, you don’t have any passion. Michael Bloomberg
3/16/2002Is it better to wear out than to rust out? Bishop Richard
3/2/2002Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.
2/28/2002The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have.. Leonard Nimoy
2/23/2002Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien
2/16/2002Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
2/9/2002If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost. Winston Churchill
2/2/2002One thought driven home is better than three left on base. James Liter
1/26/2002The important thing is to not stop questioning. Einstein
1/19/2002When in doubt, wear red. Bill Blass
1/12/2002The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Bill Blass
1/5/2002What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. Susan Cheever