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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 30
APRIL 19, 2007
An Armed Society Is A Polite Society
By FRED WEINBERG
Penny Press Publisher
The carnage on the campus of
Virginia Tech University has people
from the far left in a state of high
dudgeon.
Apparently, they seem to think
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that if the State of Virginia had
made it tougher for the shooter, Cho
Seung-Hui, to purchase a Walther
.22 and a Glock 19, he would have
given up and not shot up the campus.
They have it exactly wrong.
If they had not prevailed on the
“Virginia Tech Community” as they
are fond of calling the University,
to make the 2,600 acre campus a
“gun-free zone”, an alert student or
faculty member might have ended
the carnage before 32 people were
killed.
I’m quite sure that nobody on the
far left ever even thought that somebody shooting up an idyllic college
campus was even a possibility.
But, just to make sure, banning all firearms from that campus
seemed the right thing (actually the
left thing) to do.
The problem is that the law of
unintended consequences has never
been repealed.
If you take guns out of the hands
of everybody who might defend
you, then the only people who will
have guns are those who might shoot
you.
That is exactly what happened at
Virginia Tech.
This nutcase had two guns and,
worse, the intent to kill a lot of
people.
Yes, it was comparatively easy
for him to purchase those guns legal-
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Imus Not About
Free Speech
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ly, but do you really think he could
not have purchased those guns in
New York City or Washington DC
where guns are effectively banned?
The whole reason that the second
item in the Bill of Rights was placed
there was so that average citizens
could defend themselves.
The Second Amendment is NOT
about duck hunting.
It is – to steal a phrase from a
young woman testifying in front of
then Congressman Charles Schumer
– about protecting people like me
from you!
An armed society is a polite
society.
Of course Cho Seung-Hui knew
that there was a no gun policy on the
Virginia Tech campus.
That knowledge helped him plan
his rampage with tactical precision.
In other words, he might have
been crazy, but he was sane enough
to plan an attack.
What if there had been one or
Penny Wisdom
People demand freedom of
speech as a compensation for
the freedom of thought which
they seldom use.
—Soren Kierkegaard
two well qualified individuals in
the engineering building carrying
concealed weapons? Perhaps an
R.O.T.C. member since the military
has apparently not yet been banned
from the Tech campus.
Do you think this might have
ended differently?
Why is it that we think that
the criminals will willingly give up
their weapons if we will just give up
ours?
Isn’t that the concept behind the
sentiment that if we had just left the
9-11 terrorists alone they wouldn’t
have crashed two planes into the
World Trade Center?
Oh wait, 9-11 happened BEFORE
the war on terror, didn’t it?
And are we going to take away
people’s cars as well?
I seem to remember some incidents involving automobiles plowing into groups of people having
the same effect as Cho Seung-Hui’s
PAT CHOATE
FRED WEINBERG
DOUG FRENCH
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Armed Society Is A Polite Society
rampage.
There was a letter from a young lady named Andrea Eidenier in
Wednesday’s Las Vegas Review Journal which precisely illustrates the
infantile, reality defying attitudes encouraged by the pro gun control forces.
Eidenier identifies herself as a local community college student and then
goes on to say:
“There’s no reason for a person to carry a gun unless he is a government official, a hunter in a rural area or a criminal. There is no reason a
person should be able to buy as much ammunition as he wants, especially
for weapons such as pistols. These lax laws are keeping this country in danger of its own citizens.
“I know that people would still have guns if they were banned. But if
they were harder to get, people who are in desperate situations would seek
other methods to remedy their situations.
“In this country, we are so afraid of not being able to protect ourselves
that we make it easier to put guns in the hands of people who will harm us.
It makes me sad.”
What makes her sad makes me wonder exactly what they are teaching in
our high schools and community colleges which we pay for.
I have no doubt that she believes the blather she wrote.
My question is who taught the class in logic she surely must have been
required to take?
We Get Letters...
Editor:
I’m so glad that you’re devoting so much ink--or is it pixels, I can never quite
figure it out when I’m reading “old media” on my “new media” computer--to the
recent Second Amendment case in Washington, D.C.
I only wish that you were watching what has been happening in Carson City
and our Second Amendment rights--more correctly our Section 11 rights as outlined in the Nevada State Constitution.
Please check http://art2sec11.blogspot.com, my website that’s been following
the Carson City circus all legislative session. S.B. 92, the bill to eliminate the
exemption to preemption that Clark County has enjoyed, was gutted by amendments. Instead of doing away with the “blue cards” and registration of handguns,
our Senate Government Affairs Committee passed it out to the benefit of big business--the S.H.O.T. Show--and big government--the Clark County Shooting Park. Somehow the residents of Clark County got missed!
Washington, D.C. might have onerous gun restrictions, but the handgun regis-
tration ordinances in Clark County and the “unique” anti gun ordinances in North
Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City beg to be examined by “The Penny
Press”. These laws have been on the books since at least the 60’s and every elected
sheriff since then has felt that they really need to know what you have in your gun
safe. Metro will not tell anyone how many firearms are registered in the County,
they will not tell anyone--including State Senator John Lee--how many crimes
have been solved by handgun registration. They just stonewall and the Legislature
rolls over.
It’s probably too late to get the amendments stripped out of S.B. 92, so
we’ll go two more years with a handgun registration that is selectively enforced
and is unconstitutional to boot. So I’m glad you are a supporter of the Second
Amendment, too bad you seem to never have heard of Section 11.
Mike Lussem
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Commentary: Pat Choate
Public Lies
I recently went to Dallas, Texas
to meet with county officials and
editorial writers to discuss the proposed construction of toll roads in
the North Texas area. One of the
points in my presentations was a
discussion of the best, most costeffective way to build those roads. It
was a response to a proposal on the
table from a Spanish firm to lease
and operate the facilities.
Point by point, I described what
would be in the deal’s contract,
including a provision that would disallow the county from improving or
building competing facilities within
10 miles of the toll road, that is, a
non-compete provision.
Some of the politicians and the
editorial writers did not believe that
the contract would have such a provision, largely because Governor Rick
Perry told them neither he nor the
Texas Department of Transportation
that no such provision existed or
would be considered.
I pointed out how the brochures
for the Spanish company bragged
about the non-compete clause, how
the draft contract included a noncompete clause and how other contracts to operate toll roads signed by
that company elsewhere had noncompete clauses.
Didn’t matter they said. The
Governor and Texas Department of
Transportation promised those pro-
The Penny Press Tips Its Cap To:
UNLV Law School Dean Richard Morgan who is retiring on June 30 after
starting up a brand new law school from soup to nuts in just 11 months. It
was by far the best performance on the UNLV campus since the National
Championship run in the early 90s. We hope he enjoys his retirement as
much as we enjoyed seeing him create a new law school from scratch. This
was one bargain the taxpayers may not have realized they got.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for investigating former
County Commissioner Yvonne Gates. She richly deserves the investigation
and it's good experience for Metro to look into public corruption instead of
the Feds.
The Penny Press Sends A Bronx Cheer
And A Bouquet of Weeds To:
State Engineer Tracy Taylor for his decision allowing the greedheads at the
Southern Nevada Water Authority to take even one cup of water from White
Pine County. The current justification is that if we stop the growth of Las Vegas
a lot of construction workers will no longer have jobs. Well, duh. That's what
happens when a project is finished. And when you've crammed 2-million people
into the valley.
visions would be removed in the
final contract.
They won’t, of course. The
situation reminds me of a true story
told about the late Earl Long, former
Governor of Louisiana. One day
his top aide came into his office and
said there was a delegation in the
outer office from a little town where
Long had promised to build a new
bridge if elected, and they wanted to
know why nothing was being done.
“Tell’em,” the Governor said, “Earl
lied.”
I don’t know whether Governor
Rick Perry of Texas is deluded or
whether he knows that he is lying,
but there will be a non-compete
clause if any contract is signed.
Lying is an art well practiced
by most politicians. That I understand. What is disturbing is that
so many Americans, including local
officials and editorial writers, seem
to have increasing difficulty in seeing through such falsehoods? If the
Governor says it’s true, it’s true.
This is industrial-grade gullibility.
How did we get such bumpkins
into so many high places? In politics, it’s increasingly because all you
need to win in most races is a big
campaign budget. Being a dunce is
no obstacle.
For the media, I think the issue
is that most people in the news side
of the profession are really little
more than snappy entertainers. Few
newsreaders have actually ever been
a working journalist and dug out
stories. They cannot tell the wheat
from the chafe, and most do not even
know what that metaphor means.
What we do get is wall-to-wall
coverage of some rich socialite,
such as Paris Hilton, some tragedy
such as the one at Virginia Tech or
some documentary on a topic that
means little or nothing for most listeners. News as entertainment, or
more appropriately, entertainment
disguised as news.
Or, perhaps there is another
explanation; people may not care
any longer. Certainly, many feel
powerless.
Consequently, I fear that the
people of Dallas will soon sign a
contract to pawn a part of their
public road system, an ill-conceived
deal that will cost them billions
more than they should be paying.
Only a handful of their political
leaders understand what is happening, and apparently even fewer of
their media do.
It is sad.
PAT CHOATE
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OPINION
From The Publisher...
Imus Incident Is NOT About Free Speech
This is for all of those broadcasters who are still here in Las
Vegas and think that, somehow, the Don Imus debacle is
about “free speech”.
Will Imus come back?
It’s not.
It’s difficult for advertisers to ignore the audiences he can—
even today—aggregate.
Maybe.
Don Imus has made millions (for himself and CBS) over the
past 40 years being a schmuck who made everyone he was So if those same advertisers notice that they are not selling
not offending at the moment laugh.
as many widgets without Imus, he may be back.
As epithets from his mouth go, “nappy headed hos” was
comparatively mild.
Or, more likely, if a different set of advertisers decide that
Imus can help them sell more widgets and they’re not concerned about the revenge of those he insulted, he may find
himself in a different studio on a different channel.
But he said it about a group of young women who had just
played out a dream basketball season which ended by losing
the NCAA championship game and most people just thought But, either way, don’t confuse the issue.
that Imus was not funny.
This isn’t about “hate” radio.
Even so, he might have been safe had the advertisers not
made their own decisions as to the content of his show.
It isn’t about good taste.
The departure of Imus from CBS Radio is NOT about free It isn’t about the high standards of CBS Radio. (It especially
speech. It is about money—as it should be.
is NOT about that.)
Despite the august claims which have been made in numerous speeches at the National Association of self-important
Broadcasters convention this past week here in Las Vegas,
broadcasting is exactly like dry cleaning, banking, legal
prostitution or running a discount store.
It is a business.
Nothing more or less.
Like all businesses, broadcasters have the ability to do good
or bad.
But unless they are making money, they cannot do much
for very long.
So you can make a lot of money off of the Howard Sterns
and the Don Imuss of the world until you make the very
people who keep you in business mad. Your advertisers.
It is about money. Revenue streams. Cash.
And it should be, because this is America and you not only
have the right to say what you want, you have the right to
be fired for it when you cost your employer more money
than you make.
On a related subject.
The Radio-Television News Directors Association is having
their annual meeting in conjunction with the NAB.
They should be ashamed of their reporters who are covering
the Virginia Tech shootings. It is not a reporter's job to try
and assess blame while the incident is still happening. It is
not a reporter's job to try and embarrass the President of a
university in a press conference. But it is a news director's
job to teach the reporter what his or her job is.
FRED WEINBERG
Commentary: Doug French
Delicious Irony
Last week was one where life dished up some delicious irony. An aging,
mumbling white man babbled a phase that after years of obscurity--although
he has been on the airwaves--put him back on the nations radar screen. A
week later, one of the most articulate and dignified actors of any race passed
away.
We won’t hear the rich baritone voice of the departed Roscoe Lee
Brown again. And, shock jock Don Imus, may have offended for the last
time publicly, after MSNBC and CBS radio canned him for calling the
Rutgers women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos.” The 66-year-old
would-be cowboy Imus provided the requisite heart-felt apologies in person to the offended female round-ballers. And the Scarlet Knights coach
announced publicly that the team has accepted the request for forgiveness
and believes Imus should be allowed to get on with his life. No doubt, for
those who crave it, Imus’ rambling, gravelly-voiced nonsense will be available on satellite radio or some other vehicle soon.
The following is from the transcript of the April 4th Imus show:
IMUS: So, I watched the basketball game last night between -- a little
bit of Rutgers and Tennessee, the women’s final.
ROSENBERG: Yeah, Tennessee won last night -- seventh championship for [Tennessee coach] Pat Summitt, I-Man. They beat Rutgers by 13
points.
IMUS: That’s some rough girls from Rutgers. Man, they got tattoos and
-McGUIRK: Some hard-core hos.
IMUS: That’s some nappy-headed hos there. I’m gonna tell you that
now, man, that’s some -- woo. And the girls from Tennessee, they all look
cute, you know, so, like -- kinda like -- I don’t know.
McGUIRK: A Spike Lee thing.
IMUS: Yeah.
McGUIRK: The Jigaboos vs. the Wannabes -- that movie that he had.
While the inarticulate Imus has made millions, black actor Roscoe
Lee Brown enjoyed a solid film, television and stage career but probably
never got rich. After making his Broadway debut in 1960’s The Cool
World, Brown was also featured in the inaugural season of the New York
Shakespeare Festival, in which he performed in Julius Caesar. He also
appeared on Broadway in General Seeger, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright,
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Danton’s Death, A Hand is on the Gate, and
the Gershwin-scored 1983 musical My One and Only, in which he played
Rt. Rev. J.D. Montgomery. He received a Tony nomination for his work as
Holloway in 1992’s Two Trains Running. Before becoming an actor, Brown taught literature and French at Lincoln
University, and was an award-winning track star, winning the 1951 world
championships for 800 yards. As an actor, he was noted for his “rich voice
and dignified bearing.”
Many might know Brown for lending his mellifluous baritone voice to
the animated feature film Babe. But for this John Wayne film fan, Roscoe
Lee Brown will always be Jebediah Nightlinger, rancher Will Andersen’s
(John Wayne) trail cook in The Cowboys.
“Even in this role, however” writes movie critic Joe Leydon, “Brown
evidenced flawless diction - much to the consternation of some white critics
who, truth to tell, may have been channeling their inner Don Imus.”
“Some critics complained that I spoke too well to be believable” in
the cook’s role, Browne told the Washington Post in 1972. “When a critic
makes that remark, I think, if I had said, ‘Yassuh, boss’ to John Wayne, then
the critic would have taken a shine to me.”
Brown said that he loved working with John Wayne, saying that he had
“never worked with anyone who was more professional or generous of
spirit.”
For those who haven’t seen The Cowboys (made in 1971) it’s a wonderful film about a rancher needing to drive his cattle 400 miles to market and
at the last minute all of the trail hands take off to strike it rich panning for
gold. Will Andersen is forced to recruit eleven young boys to do the trail
hand duty, leading Nightlinger to ask when he meets the boys, “Doesn’t
anything larger want to work for you?”
Towards the end of the film, a couple of the boys stumble onto a group
of traveling, shall we say, working girls lead by Mrs. Kate Collingwood
(played by Coleen Dewhurst). The boys were too young (probably not
by today’s standards) to enjoy the charms of Mrs. Collingwood’s girls and
run away scared. But the dignified Nightlinger seemed fair game to the
sultry Collingwood. But, in response to her advance, Nightlinger wistfully
replies: “Well, I have the inclination, the maturity, and the where-with-all;
but unfortunately, I don’t have the time.”
The Cowboys is unusual in that the John Wayne character dies near the
end. The bad guy played by Bruce Dern shoots Will Andersen in the back.
Shortly after the film’s release, Dern received death threats for his character
killing John Wayne.
Wayne knew the killing would be controversial. He told Dern that audiences would hate him for it. Dern responded by saying, “Yeah, but they’ll
sure love me in Berkeley.” But Dern has stated that his role as Asa Watts
made it difficult for him to get work in Hollywood for several years.
Nightlinger tells the boys when they bury Will Andersen: “This may
seem a lonesome place to leave him, but he is not alone, because many of
his kind rest here with him. The prairie was like a mother to Mr. Andersen.
He belonged to her. She cared for him while he lived. And she is nursing
him while he sleeps.”
Roscoe Lee Brown was extraordinary talent mixed with hard work and
proper training. I can’t say the same for Imus.
DOUG FRENCH
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LAS VEGAS OPENINGS 2007:
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Apr.??,2007=PALMS opens their multi-million dollar, state-of-theart concert theater named THE PEARL. The farthest seat from the
stage will be a mere 120 feet away, allowing performers to personally connect with the entire audience. Two 14-foot by 16-foot
video screens will be located on each side of the stage for close
up looks at the on-stage action with additional plasma screens
located throughout the concourse areas. With special scalable
curtains, the Pearl’s capacity can easily adjust to accommodate
from 1,100 to 2,400 guests. In addition, the floor will allow for
seated concert viewing or general admission standing room audiences. The new concert facility will be hard wired to The Studio
at The Palms. The facility is also designed to host live television
programs, sporting events and award shows.
++++++++++
Apr.??, 2007= TERRIBLE’S will finalize the purchase from MGM
Mirage of the three casino/hotels in Primm, NV (Whiskey Pete’s,
Primm and Buffalo Bills).
+++++++++++
Sometime in the spring of 2007, the ALADDIN changes its name
to PLANET HOLLYWOOD CASINO & HOTEL.
++++++++++
Sometime in the spring of 2007, GREEN VALLEY RANCH will open
additional casino space and a400-seat lounge and entertainment
venue which will feature recurring acts and touring headliners.
++++++++++
May 5, 2007= Boxing. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather
- MGM Grand Garden Arena.
++++++++++
May??, 2007= MGM MIRAGE is opening Towers B and C in the
RESIDENCES AT MGM GRAND. The project has three Towers,
each 40-storeys high and each Tower will have576 condominium
units. The Towers are very creatively called: Tower A, Tower B
and Tower C. The condominium units can be rented by the public under the MGM Mirage program called The Signature at MGM
Grand. Tower A is now open. The whole project is being built
where the MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park was located, in the
back of the MGM Grand. Turnberry & MGM Mirage are partners.
Tel. 1-888-891-1688 or (702) 891-5555. Beautiful internet site is
at:<http://www.mgmgrandresidences.com>
++++++++++
June??, 2007= RED ROCK STATION will open a $65 million, 72lane bowling center on the west side of the property near the
movie theaters and additional parking. The bowling center will
also include a lounge, dining area, full service pro shop and a
self-contained VIP bowling area with 12 lanes to host private banquets, meetings and special events. This is the last and Phase 3
of their expansion plans.
++++++++++
Sometime in the summer of 2007, SANTA FE STATION will open
a new poker room, two restaurants named Tides Oyster Bar and
Salt Lick BBQ and a Center Bar concept similar to the ones at
Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock Station.
++++++++++
Sometime during late summer or early fall of 2007,FIESTA
HENDERSON will open a Food Court, Arcade and 12-screen movie
theater operated by Regal Cinemas.
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Sometime in 2007, the new HOOVER DAM bypass and bridge
opens. Major visible construction has started and with security
vehicle check points, there are some lengthy delays. Internet site
is at:<http://www.hooverdambypass.org/>
Sometime in 2007, HARMON AVENUE EXTENSION opens that
would link the street with Frank Sinatra Drive and The Strip.
Sometime in 2007, Station Casinos will start construction on its
DURANGO STATION CASINO complex. Phase I of the project will
include 400 hotel rooms, a 120,000 square-foot casino and amenities. Phase II will add a 600-room hotel tower, entertainment
center and other expansions.
Sometime in 2007, Station Casinos will announce plans for a
mixed-use project (condos, retail etc.) on 52-acres near their
Palace Station.
Sometime in 2007, Construction is scheduled to begin on THE
WORLD JEWELRY CENTER by a California developer called Probity
International Corporation as part of the city’s development of
its 61-acre Union Park site, vacant land just west of downtown,
across from the $2 billion World Market furniture center. The
$500 million World Jewelry Center would occupy 5.4 acres, be 57
stories tall, and have a million square feet of commercial space
designed to bring together jewelry manufacturers, wholesalers,
retailers, and consumers. Roughly 800,000 square feet would be
devoted to exhibition and meeting areas, gem-grading laboratories, classrooms, a jewelry and gem museum, a café, and a private club. A 125,000-square-foot retail center, consisting of up to
50 stores, would be open to the public. Up to 25 residential condos would occupy the top floors. The World Jewelry Center would
be competing with established jewelry centers, such as New York
City’s 47th Street Diamond and Jewelry Center, L.A.’s Hill Street
Diamond District, and Miami’s Seybold Jewelry Building. It will
take three to three-and-a-half years to complete.
Sometime in late 2007, the famous CROBAR Nightclub will open
where the Rita Rudner Theater was located - New York-New
York.
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2008
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Sometime in early 2008, Apollo Management Group and Texas
Pacific Group will close on their $17.1 billion purchase of HARRAH’S
ENTERTAINMENT.
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Sometime in early 2008, the LAS VEGAS MONORAIL is planning
to start construction of an extension from the MGM GRAND to
McCarran Airport. The extension will run north from the MGM
Grand to Harmon, east to Swenson Street, south to Russell Road
and east to the site of McCarran’s future Terminal 3. Monorail
stations along the extended route are planned at the site of the
planned “W” Resort Hotel on Harmon, at the Hard Rock Hotel and
on Swenson near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to serve
events at the Thomas & Mack Center. Two stations would be built
at McCarran, one near the planned Terminal 3 and another at
Terminal 1 on the north side of the airport’s baggage claim area.
Projected completion date is three years later.
Apr.??,2008 = Opening of Phase 3 of the WORLD MARKET CENTER.
It will be a 16-story, 2.1 million-square-foot showroom along with
an adjacent nine-story parking garage. Construction costs for this
Phase of the project are estimated at $500 million. Most of this
Phase is already rented!
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Commentary: Albert Thomas
Best Investment
Every week I write something about the stock market - how to, when
to and where to put your money and how to protect it from loss if you do.
This week I want to say something very important to the young folks about
success. And you parents take note if your kids are still young.
One of these days you are going to graduate from high school and, hopefully, college. Either one fits the bill here - even if you don’t graduate you
can apply this idea.
A small percentage of your peers are going to become very successful. Success in the U.S. is mostly defined as someone who makes a lot of
money.
From your graduating class there will be 2 or 3 who make it big time and
6 or 8 who will do very well. Most of them will end up owning their own
businesses. Upon graduation you will have no idea who will be the next Bill
Gates, Jack Welch or Warren Buffett, but he is right there in your old class
picture. Just when you need him you have lost contact for so many years
that he probably won’t remember you or want to help you.
People are assets. You can’t run any business without their input whether
it is muscle, brains or money. You use them and they use you – and there is
nothing wrong with that. This interaction is what makes the business world
go around.
Wouldn’t it have been great if you had kept in contact with Bill Gates
from the time you graduated? As he made strides with his company you
might have become one of his key people, but he forgot you existed – and
it wasn’t his fault. You let him go.
Don’t squander your assets, your people. Here is a method that will
work. No, not right away, but over the years it could easily change your
life.
When you graduate take your yearbook and have everyone sign it.
Even those you hardly know at all. Get their addresses, phone numbers
and emails. Every year on that graduation date send out a yearly up date
on what you have done during that year - got married, changed jobs, had a
promotion, where you went on vacation, added a new kid to the family or
what happened to your dog and your dreams and aspirations if you want to.
Personal stuff. Ask them how they are doing? Every one is important. Do
this every year and do your best to keep the list current. You may want to
add others to your list.
Not much will be going on during the first 10 years, but as certain of
your old classmates start to move up the ladder they will be looking for
people to help them and you will float up to the top of the list. Mr. Rising
Star needs help and he knows where you are and all about what you have
been doing. You might be just the one he needs to help launch his ship of
state.
People are assets. This kind of investment can really pay off.
AL THOMAS
Al Thomas’ best selling book, “If It Doesn’t Go Up, Don’t Buy It!” has
helped thousands of people make money and keep their profits with his
simple 2-step method. Read the first chapter and receive his market letter
at www.mutualfundmagic.com to discover why he’s the man that Wall Street
does not want you to know. THE PENNY PRESS, APRIL 19, 2007 PAGE 11
Commentary: Joyce Meyer
Simple Prayer…
Simple Life
Have you ever felt that your life
was just too complicated? All the
little details grow into big issues and
before you know it, it’s filled with
things you never intended. It may
happen gradually, but complications
can easily take over your life.
That’s not what God intends for
you. God wants you to have a simple, joyful life instead of one that’s
complicated, frustrated and miserable. When you can learn to pray
about everything instead of getting
stressed out, you’ll be well on your
way to a simple, more fulfilling life.
The truth is, life doesn’t change.
I don’t think there’s anything we
can do to actually change our lives.
But we can change our thinking, our
attitudes, and our habits—things we
have the ability to control. When we
allow God to change our thinking, it
leads to a better attitude, which leads
to better actions and habits.
We waste so much time and effort
trying to change things we can’t
change. We try to change our spouse
because we think that will make us
happier. We try to change our circumstances because we believe that
will help us have the life we want.
What we really need to do is change
our approach. Do you realize that
you can change a whole situation
just by praying about it? You can
change a relationship by simply giving it over to God in prayer.
My life is very busy because I
have a lot going on all the time. Our
ministry is worldwide and employs
hundreds of people, and I feel a
great deal of responsibility for every
one of them. Plus, with our busy
travel schedule, I sometimes feel as
though my life is in constant motion.
At any given time, there are many,
many details spinning around in my
head, threatening to cause me a lot
of stress and confusion.
But in the midst of all those
details, I am determined to enjoy my
life. I am not going to be frustrated
and upset all the time just because it
seems like that’s the way it has to be.
I don’t want to spend every day in
aggravation and anger. I don’t have
the power to change most of the
things in my life, but I can control
me. I can take charge of my thinking
and my attitude.
The way I take charge of my
thinking and attitude is to stay in
constant prayer. My days are spent
talking to God. Now, does that mean
I never get anything else done? No
way. God has called all of us to lead
productive lives and to bear fruit. So
I have had to learn to pray as I go.
When I say I’m constantly in prayer,
I mean I’m always talking to God.
When I’m tempted to get angry,
I pray. When I see something that
bothers me or upsets me, I pray.
When I hear about a need from a
friend, I pray. When I get great news
about something, I pray. With me,
prayer is like breathing. I do it all
day long—just a quick sentence here
or a silent word there. My prayers
are simple but sincere.
When I pray, I’m acknowledging
Him in my life. I’m admitting that I
can’t handle all these details and I’m
crying out for His help. The simple
step of praying to God is a constant
reminder that He is in charge and
that there are things in my life I can’t
control. That allows my thinking
and my attitude to stay in line.
Proverbs 3:5-6 says, Lean on,
trust in, and be confident in the
Lord with all your heart and mind
and do not rely on your own insight
or understanding. In all your ways
know, recognize, and acknowledge
Him, and He will direct and make
straight and plain your paths (The
Amplified Bible). That sounds like
a much simpler life to me! On the
other hand, when you trust your own
understanding, things can suddenly
get complicated.
Is it time for you to simplify
your life and get rid of the confusion? Chances are there’s not much
you can do about your life. But
you can do something about YOU!
Learn to pray and lean on the Lord.
He will simplify your life and make
your pathways straight.
JOYCE MEYER
For more on this topic, you may
order Joyce’s four-part series Simple
Prayer… Simple Life, which is available by calling 1-800-727-9673 or
visiting www.joycemeyer.org.
Commentary: Wyatt Cox
The End Of Civility
I honestly wanted to write a well thought out opinion piece pulling in a
number of documenting sources.
I spent hours on the Internet looking for the right stuff.
There are dozens of articles, books, discussions on the lack of civility as
it relates to the political process. But next to nothing on the lack of civility
in every-day living.
I think this vacuum almost makes my point for me.
Civility is dead. And it’s sad. Because it hurts you more than you’ll
ever really imagine.
Civility is the basis of all laws, all which is right and wrong. It started
with the Love Generation and deteriorated through the Me Generation until
now, GenX and the current generation has no clue as to what the fuss is all
about.
Time was, we educated our children from Day One as to what is RIGHT
and what is WRONG. You taught Black and White BEFORE you taught the
myriad shades of gray that fell in the cracks between RIGHT and WRONG.
Doing RIGHT was rewarded, doing WRONG required consequences.
Take the Imus situation, for example.
Don Imus has always been irreverent and controversial long before the
world ever heard of Howard Stern. The phrase “Shock jock” came from
Imus. But however controversial he was, his discussions were usually civil.
He also had a definite moral compass, raising millions of dollar for charities
over the years.
Who brought Imus down? Imus, thanks to the wonderful people at
Media Matters, who strive to be the guardian of right and wrong in this
nation. This is an organization that has ridden on the coattails of the success
of talk radio and has cause much of the incivility of discussion by placing
each word uttered by every talk show host in America under the microscope
for dissection and revision.
It didn’t help that the race card was played by Jesse Jackson himself
guilty of anti-Semitism by not only his conversations with an African
American Washington Post reporter but by his continued association with
the virulently anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan. Jackson took the point immediately following the Imus incident, but his place was taken at the forefront
by the more bombastic, less troubled Al Sharpton. (Remember Tawana
Brawley?) That brought more incivility to the discussion, not only from the
Imus supporters who were fans, but also from the numerous people who
recognized that Jackson and Sharpton did not have the moral authority to
make such an accusation. (Pot, Kettle, Black, if you will...)
This kind of “confrontational” lifestyle, ala Springer and Sharpton, have
mad it nearly impossible to get any kind of decent customer service. When
basic civility is gone, how can the deference necessary to effect reasonable
Customer Service remain?
Further, how can he customer be truly satisfied? With our “victim”
mentality it’s not truly possible to appreciate the few places that do render
positive customer service experiences.
Make no mistake about it, Imus was WRONG. He offered a sincere
apology, which was RIGHT. The apology wasn’t enough for the virulent
“victim” mentality of the accusers. And I’m not talking about the Sharpton/
Jackson bunch, I mean the Rutgers’ girls, who accepted Imus’ apology as
sincere and heartfelt. If the aggrieved parties are satisfied, shouldn’t the rest
of us be happy and move on?
The only good thing that may come from this is the attack on Hip-Hop
music that uses the offending language that Imus did in passing on a much
more frequent, consisting, and offending basis. Hip-Hop’s defenders,
including Russell Simmons, believe that it’s a freedom of speech issue,
much like 2 Live Crew’s “Me So Horny” back in the 80’s. That was filth,
too, but it didn’t attack a powerful minority group. This does.
Censorship is not a good thing. But recognizing offensive speech and
actually trying to make your own act more palatable to the mainstream is
not a bad thing.
But I digress from the main topic again.
The lack of civility and politeness make the conduct of business difficult. After all, when one can’t understand the basis of civility and politeness
and begins a transaction on a level of hostility, there can be no peaceable
resolution.
When civility and politeness are part of the agenda, then conflict resolution is possible. Without it, it is impossible.
We are always worrying about civility in political discussion. Civility
in everyday life means so much more.
I apologize if this week’s column seems rushed, but I have been busy
preparing for a panel discussion at the Radio and Television News Directors
Association. There’s going to be a representative there from CBS News.
I’m trying hard to contain myself, but you know SOMEONE is going to
bring up Imus. We’ll see. Have a great week.
WYATT COX
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Pet Of The Week
Adopt This Pet !
Normally, we would present a cute pet which could be adopted at the
Lied Animal Shelter. Due to the events of last week (See page 3) we're
working on finding a different source for adoptable animals. Photo By
Debbie Pierce

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