One thing missing
I was struck by one sentence in your article about a new restaurant opening in Clemmons (“Milners plan Clemmons restaurant,” Jan. 5): “The menu will emphasize local and regional food, including North Carolina produce, meats and seafood.” What was missing? No mention was made of North Carolina’s strong wine industry.
It is amazing to me that many restaurants are proud to feature locally grown produce and even brag about how close they are to the farm. However, ask them why there are no North Carolina wines, or only a token few, and they are quick to point out that N.C. wines don’t meet their standards.
How wrong this attitude is. We have many fine wines produced in the state and the quality is improving each year. With almost 120 wineries in North Carolina, anyone who is interested in locally produced products can find wines that will compliment their cuisine.
Having tasted many of our state’s wines, I am convinced that they can stand shoulder to shoulder with many of the California wines in similar price ranges. If only restaurants could embrace the full range of our local products.
R. BRUCE HEYE
Lewisville
Heye teaches wine appreciation classes at Salem College. – the editor
Prepare
Those of us who are students of the Bible recognize that chaotic times will prevail just before the coming of Christ. There will be a financial breakdown with rampant food shortages and the majority of people will be enslaved by government dependence.
Often times God used wicked leaders such as Nebuchadnezzar and Sennacherib to achieve his goal, therefore it should not surprise us that the same should prevail today. Therefore we as believers must encourage ourselves in the Lord and prepare for his coming.
DONALD CREWS
Winston-Salem
Stop passing the buck
In reference to the Jan. 15 story “Stopping short?” (with the subhead: “State requires safety training, but offers no guidance”) it is time to stop passing the buck. Whenever we are confronted by a terrible issue, in this case the death of a child at a school bus stop, we always want to start passing the buck.
Schools are required to follow state policy and teach children about school bus safety. There does not need to be a specific state curriculum for school bus safety training, although I’m not opposed to it, there only needs to be the application of common sense.
The NCDOT offers a .pdf link to the school bus drivers handbook, an excellent teaching tool for teachers and administrators. You can find everything you need to know about a safe passenger stop.
We don’t need administrators blaming the district for a lack of curriculum. There is too much information they can be using. It’s time to stop passing the buck.
We need teachers and school bus drivers going over the rules with students, and we need better training and increased support for school bus drivers. We need periodic road checks of our school bus drivers. If there is a reported incident, then we need a road check.
In fact, random road checks should be the rule, because a school bus should never be involved in an accident.
DAVID SINGLETARY
Germanton
College-bound students
Regarding the Jan. 15 editorial “We need more projects like this one” (reprinted from the Hickory Dailey Record), please note that, while I am in favor of about any technique that encourages students to remain in school, the editorial dances around a major issue: Identified, college-bound students are much less likely to drop out of school than other demographic groups.
The editorial says [that the Challenger schools are] “hooked up with institutions of higher learning and the students are on the path to college degrees.” How about those not on a college path? By cherry-picking the identified group, the goal of reducing drop-outs is a bit of a cream-puff challenge. The real work lies with those students left elsewhere.
LOUIS NEWTON
Winston-Salem
Protections
The framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Second Amendment to protect citizens against the government. Hunting and personal protection are included lesser protections, though just as important.
SEAN OLIVER
Winston-Salem
LTE #1 - Indeed, many outstanding wines produced in NC…we're way past the old scuppernong days.
ReplyDeleteMost of the best restaurants in Forsyth County are downtown and several of them feature NC wines.
LTE #2 - Any minute now.
The cool part is that times are always chaotic…so whenever he's ready…
LTE #3 - Never say never.
LTE #4 - Mr. Newton, who should have been the most recent appointee to the local board of education, is correct.
I'm sure that the program mentioned does a lot of good, but scarce resources should be aimed at keeping the non-college bound and non-athletes in school.
We need some sort of blue ribbon panel to study teenage gangs and find a way to pry our children away from them. It isn't easy, because a gang is a stand-in for the missing home life that so many kids face today.
LTE #5 - The Second Amendment was created at the insistence of the slave states to ensure that the national government did not ban their runaway slave hunting local militias. It was never intended to apply to any individual.
Someday we will return to a more sane, less ideological Supreme Court and Scalia's ridiculous decision will be overturned. For those who doubt that, consider that the decision was 5-4, with the five being five of the seven most conservative justices to serve on the court in our nation's 200 plus years.
LTE#5 Many people think the same way about the Obamacare ruling. It's bad law. I think Roberts is as dumb as board. Even Scalia said it was BS.
DeleteHeller, the right for an individual to own a gun, will stand for a long, long, long, long time!
LTE #1: Had it been tobacco on the menu, there would have been a plethora of choices.
ReplyDeleteLTE #2: This one should have been published in the Sunday letters to the editor as it's seemingly meant to proselytize to his religious beliefs.
LTE #3: Agreed, Mr. Singletary. Additionally, ALL drivers should also refer to our driving manuals and apply common sense once we get behind the wheel. Common sense? I keep forgetting why I was warned when I arrived here that North Carolinians l-o-v-e their cars!
LTE #5: Agreed that hunting and personal protection are included lesser ("lesser" being key) protections, but ASSAULT weapons are over-kill.
@Buck the Schmuck (aka Tim the wannabe (insert anything here): Come out, come out, where ever you are. We'll still accept you as you are, gay or not.
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DeleteHey Rielle, where's your picture? I always enjoy seeing what you can make out of left over tents
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DeleteSchmuck: You ASS-ume that the picture you refer to is a picture of me. I'm behind the camera.
DeleteOh, I knew that. As big as you are, how would I be able to miss you if you were in FRONT of the camera?
DeleteCome on Rielle. Who do you think you're dealing with here, Tim Britton? Heee Heee....You're too much.
No, actually . . . I'm dealing with GEORGE Britton.
DeleteDecir que tu no eres es un pecado, George.
DeleteBuck the Schumck:
DeleteGood AM, folks!
ReplyDeleteLeftover from yesterday re sledding at FCC. Wordly, my parents took us over to the #3 fairway, parallel to Pine Valley, and then my friends and I went by ourselves in our Jr. HS and HS years. I recall the bonfires, and on one occasion some folks sliding down the hill on a large object, could have been that Chevrolet hood. In my HS days, I recall an overloaded sled (4 drunks) and a single speeding sled (another noisy drunk) going into the creek. the two sleds were destroyed, but no major injuried inflicted on the riders.
Sometimes the nearby Club Park Rd would be blocked off. The hill on the N side of Pine Valley made for a good run without the fairway's creek looming at the bottom. My own street of Paddington was also good sledding, but lacked access to the Bantam food market given the parental supervision on the street.
The #3 hole at FCC provided a warm weather opportunity for some mischief on one occasion during my Jr HS days. We were on our bikes, observed the golfers, noted their drives to the green and the time it took them to walk to the greens. Timing it right, as soon as the last ball landed, we dashed out of the wooded area behind the hole, picked up the golf balls and hurled them down the hill, then mounted our bikes and pedaled away.
That was not the first or the last time I was given the sobriquet that I have pondered adopting as a nom de plume, G. D. Littlebastard.
Another leftover: OT quoted the gent who as kid defended his friend having a grand mal seizure. I did similar at Tanglewood pool years ago, as I may have related here before. Some jerks were bullying and splashing a crying black kid. I waded in front of him and told them to stop (the pool was noisy and full, which delayed lifeguard detection, I guess). I was a scrawny and small kid, so I was just more meat on the table for the bullies, especially since I was obviously a ******lover. Fortunately, my friends saw what was happening. Rather than ostracize me, they splashed into the water and evened the score, while someone summons adult reinforcement. The bullies got evicted from the pool, commended into the hands of their mothers. The bullied child's mom emerged from the bathroom, thanked us. The kid stayed with us the rest of the time he was there.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to report that while the mid-60s were a turbulent time here in the south, racially speaking, but by the time folks in the pool found out what was going on, sentiment was decidedly against the bullies.
I suspect that your interpretation of the source of the Second Amendment is a bit of revisionism, OT. A number of the Founders were concerned with maintaining the right of revolt.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter, anyway, thanks to the Living Document philosophy. And again, that's my last gun comment today.
Well, if the right says it is revolting, who am I to disagree?
DeleteGood AM, Arthur. As explained to me here, the right to be revolting is guaranteed by the First Amendment.
DeleteLiberals like to pick and choose as to which parts of the Constitution actually 'matter' Stab. Haven't you figured that out by now?
DeleteThe sad thing is they are getting away with it.
LaSombra, yes, NC residents love their cars, but many should love them in their driveways only.
ReplyDeleteJust a few minutes ago, I observed a comatose Volvo driver signal a turn from Peace Haven Rd into Whitaker Square (Harris Teeter, Chemical Chic-fil-A, at al), then straight from the inside lane across the outside lane, traffic in the outside lane be damned. Of course, the average age of the drivers in the Sherwood/Robinhood area is numbered in 3 digits, so not surprising.
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DeleteTriple digit, nor double digit, age should not be an excuse for self-centered ignorance of traffic laws. Triple digit age should, however, be a guideline for revocation of a license to drive a motorized vehicle.
In truth, I was exaggerating, obviously, but it is simply too easy to obtain and retain a driver's license.
DeleteI recognized your exaggeration, Stab. Unfortunately, neither exaggeration, nor sarcasm, nor the international symbol for a smile like the one I posted in my comment, translates well in print.
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Some years back, an old fellow named Earl Lauber was found wandering around Robinhood Plaza, apparently lost. I knew Earl. He had been in declining mental health for a while. Someone said he appeared to be disoriented, was wandering around Eckerd's. I caught him coming out of the store. He was indeed thoroughly disoriented. He couldn't remember his wife's phone number, but wanted to drive away. Couldn't tell me his address. I called the police. Two very kind officers showed up, separated Earl from his keys, found phone numbers in his car, and summoned family. That was Earl's last drive in his car. I suspect the Volvo driver is in a similar state.
DeleteAnd, years ago, I was headed to Atlanta. I-77 was not completed, so I was idling in winter traffic on US 21S, inching toward the completed section of I-77 into Charlotte. Ahead of me was a red Corvette containing two geniuses, and with a cardboard box strapped to the rack on the car's rear deck.
DeleteAfter a time, the box's function was revealed when the passenger reached into it and summoned 2 bottles of beer, handing one to the driver. We inched along a little farther, and I detected problem ahead for the 'Vette occupants: a highway patrolman was directing traffic.
These days, I probably would just keep to myself and watch the fun. Back then, however, I might have been prone to similar behavior, so I was a bit more empathetic. I flashed my lights at the Corvette. The driver finally looked back at me, irritated. I pointed ahead, then pointed upward and made a rotating motion with my hand, as in rotating police light. His eyes bugged, and he craned out his window, did a double take.
His passenger popped out of the car, hastilt removed the beer bottles and straps, and flung the box to the side. Problem solved. No doubt they looked a bit sheepish as they drove past the patrolman, but he waved them on.
Final leftover, I think: Wordly, I replied to your description of your work situation on the U-word page that I posted.
ReplyDeleteSome Texas-California humor from the subject the other day:
ReplyDeleteCALIFORNIA: The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out, bites the Governor and attacks his dog.
1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie “Bambi” and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natural.
2. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.
3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 for testing it for diseases.
4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.
5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is free of dangerous animals.
6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds to implement a “coyote awareness” program for residents of the area.
7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.
8. The Governor’s security agent is fired for not stopping the attack somehow and for letting the Governor attempt to intervene.
9. Additional cost to State of California: $75,000 to hire and train a new security agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes.
10. PETA protests the coyote’s relocation and files suit against the State.
TEXAS: The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out, bites the Governor’s leather boot, and attacks his dog.
1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow
point cartridge.
2. The buzzards eat the dead coyote.
And that, boys and girls, is why California is broke………..And, more importantly, why too much government doesn’t work.
DeleteCalifornia Back to Black
I've seen that. Gov Moon Beam has an active imagination. No matter how terrible California's fiscal predicament does not make Texas perfect.
DeleteI read the article. I tend to suspect smoke and mirrors but for CA's sake, I hope Brown's scenario works. I think he let some entities off the hook in his dealings, but I'll leave it at that.
DeleteApparently when you raise taxes, more money will come into the state coffers, and can help with budget shortfalls.
DeleteI thought tax cuts always brought in more revenue! What strange trickery is this?
A- the money isn't in the treasury yet, only a projection.
DeleteB-the drain in the tub is still open and growing wider.
C-Ca structural fiscal problems are growing. Productive middle income people are leaving and being replaced by low skilled undereducated immigrants with children. That doesn't even address the pension shortfalls.
'Assault Weapons' is name give to semi auto weapons that are 'similar to military weapons. In reality they are no more dangerous than most guns.
ReplyDeleteMore people are killed with baseball bats than so called assault weapons. Why are liberals talking about banning them?
Let's stop the liberal lies! Let's demand the truth for a change, and not accept the manipulated 'facts' from people like Rush and these boobish people that write into the journal.
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Delete'Assault Weapons' is name give to semi auto weapons that are 'similar to military weapons. More the reason why 'assault weapons' should be banned. They belong in the hands of the militia, not civilians. (You've disproved your own point, Schmuck!)
DeleteIn reality they are no more dangerous than most guns. So true. So why, then, is there such a need for an assault weapon when a gun will do the same job? (You've disproved your own point, Schmuck!)
HOW ABOUT stopping the lies? 'More people are killed with (Insert your favorite mode of killing here) than so called assault weapons' has been parroted by all who have no other valid reason for keeping assault weapons in the hands of civilians.
Let's demand the truth for a change, and not accept the manipulated 'facts' from people like Buck the Schmuck.
Schmuck:
DeleteThe Bitch Is Back
DeleteYou enjoy being nasty, don't you Rielle? You make a perfect liberal.
DeleteAs always, if we want reliable information, we need only turn to our resident genius, Tiny, who has now repeated his earlier assertion that baseball bats kill more people than assault weapons.
DeleteI am aware that better educated people might think that Tiny has lost his mind, but they would be wrong, because one cannot lose what one does not have.
As to his assertion, his source is doubtless one of the many crackpot gun nut websites that he attends daily. These websites tend to make outrageous claims, always assuring us that these claims are backed up by "official FBI numbers". Of course, people like Tiny never check the "official FBI numbers" to see if that is true. Why ruin the fun with facts?
Well let's take a look at those "official FBI numbers" for 2011 and see what they tell us:
FBI Uniform Crime Report, Homicide By Type of Weapon Used, 2011:
Firearms: 67%
Knives, other cutting instruments, such as the gaudy but useless items made by Tim Britton: 13.4%
Personal (hands, fists, knees, feet, heads, elbows, etc): 5.7%
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, bats, balls, beer bottles, tree limbs, etc): 3.9%
Other dangerous weapons (bombs, fires, blow guns, poisons, etc): 9.2%
Unfortunately, the FBI does not break down the Blunt Objects category any farther, but we know from the game of Clue that the three most popular are the candlestick, the wrench and the lead pipe. I myself have dispatched three prospective murderers with my great aunt's brass candlestick. Having read Tiny's hysterical posts about how dangerous the world really is, I now carry Aunty's candlestick with me every time I go out.
Since hammers and beer and wine bottles are also very popular, the percentage using baseball bats is probably not even 1%, or something less than 150 per year.
Nor does the FBI break down firearms deaths by type, except to say that about 70% of firearms deaths are caused by handguns and 30% by long guns. About 1,200 of that 30% involved so-called assault weapons.
Once again, if you want the facts, you need look no farther than our brilliant statistician Tiny. We're lucky to have him.
Nor does the FBI break down firearms deaths by type, except to say that about 70% of firearms deaths are caused by handguns and 30% by long guns. About 1,200 of that 30% involved so-called assault weapons.
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Rush is so stupid he doesn't even realize his own words refute his attempt at a rebuttal to my statement. He has GOT to be one of the dumbest people with a law degree I've ever been around.
The Department of Justice Criminal Victimization Survey, which is considered to be far more accurate than the outmoded FBI reports, does break down by specific weapon type.
DeleteThey say about 1,200. I think that that may be a bit high...it's probably about 2/3 that number, based on some other studies, but it is still way more than killed by baseball bats...Jesus fucking Christ!
Stop passing the buck
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I agree with that. Stop by Chick-fil-A and shake my hand.
Come bump with Bucky at Chick-fil-A.
DeleteJust say 'no' to gay marriage and get a free 'bumper' sticker from me.
The sticker has a picture of a pair of men's naked butt checks with a 'no' symbol on top of them.
DeleteGood afternoon folks! Happy MLK and Inauguration Monday.
ReplyDeleteLTE 1: Not a wine drinker, so I'll leave it up to others to either vouch or refute Mr. Heyer's commentary.
LTE 2: Theological which belongs in Sunday School or on the religion page.
LTE 3: It isn't a bad idea to go over school bus rules on a semi-regular basis with students, but when a student is running late and sees the bus coming, the only concern of the student is catching the bus. The burden lies on the driver to pay attention whenever a school bus is nearby, because you cannot expect children to always make a thoughtful or rational decision on whether or not to dash out into the street to catch the bus. I have no problem paying more in property taxes to pay for school bus cameras.
LTE 4: Good points from Mr. Newton. Preventing HS dropouts is one of the keys in ensuring NC keeping its fiscal house in order. The NC drop out is highly likely to wind up on the dole or in jail, because they are essentially unemployable in today's world.
LTE 5: "The framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Second Amendment to protect citizens against the government." - yes, and we see how well that has worked out from the very beginning with such "successful" citizen revolts such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the Confederate States of America, the Indian Wars (yeah, I know...but still in the same vein), the Branch Davidians, Ruby Ridge, etc, etc...I find myself having to repeat this over and over, but once gain THIS AIN'T THE 18TH CENTURY ANYMORE!! KEEPING GUNS TO PROTECT AGAINST THE GOVT IS AS OBSOLETE AS COUNTING SLAVES AS 3/5 OF A PERSON!! EVEN SCOTUS SAID THE 2ND'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS NOW PERSONAL PROTECTION!!. OK, I feel better now :)
Yes, personal protection, a usage that was common in the time of the Framers.
DeleteAnd remember, Living Document.
Poor dotnet, he's another mole. He's been in the mines so long, the light (the truth) blinds him.
DeleteI did not know there was a wine appreciation class at Salem College. It must be a stand alone elective?
ReplyDeleteStay away from most of those wine sippers whitewall. Most of 'em are card carrying Democratic/liberals.
DeleteArt Pope owns two quite large vineyards and has been known to drink up his own profits.
DeleteAs always, poor Tiny...
WW, most small colleges have quite a few adult outreach programs of this type...they make money on the classes and also establish relationships with middle/upper middle class people who might help support the school.
DeleteForsyth Tech has a complete viticulture program which is quite popular...growing grapes and making wine is now a big business in NC.
In 1996, President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage and defining marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." While individual states may rule on the legality of same-sex unions, they aren't recognized on a federal level and in many other states.
DeleteI'll drink a little wine to that!
DeleteOnce again, Tiny sticks his butt into an ongoing conversation...the topic is wine classes, so he brings DOMA in...it's no wonder that the only "friends" he has are fantasy ones.
DeleteAs to DOMA...
DOMA has been rejected by two US Appeals courts and several state courts. The Supreme Court will hear two of those cases in March.
Prepare to see DOMA flipped bassackwards, AMOD, by summer.
What does wine have anything to do with DOMA, Buck the Schuck?
DeleteOT, I hadn't thought about adult outreach there. I guess I associate it with the bigger schools. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what major at Salem would be supported by a wine class. I don't blame them for offering as we do have plenty of vineyards around here now. Maybe some participants will indeed remember the course and Salem fondly.
DeleteWW - Small private colleges have been struggling forever because they do not receive much in the way of tax money, so have had to find ways to generate income. Guilford College was the first in NC to see the potential in adult education, founding the Downtown Division in the 1960s. Today they still offer a wonderful small college educational experience on their main campus for about 980 students, but have a full time equivalent of 1800 students in the adult division. A significant number of police chiefs across the nation are graduates of Guilford's LEEP program, the first in the South.
DeleteAnd Salem Academy & College is no longer your grandma's little girls school down in Old Salem. They still maintain a great environment for their 400+ traditional campus female students, but now have 700 students enrolled in graduate courses and in the Fleer Center for Adult Education, named for my old friend Martha Fleer. They have a close working relationship with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, placing many summer interns in such programs as the Complex Brain Project and Dr. Atala's Wake Regenerative Medicine program.
They will soon be expanding across Salem Avenue into the old city utility property as a part of the Piedmont Triad Research Park. They have a 100% law school admission rate and an 85% med school rate (national average 50%).
And the academy and campus girls are still as pretty and edgy as they were when I started dating Salem girls 55 years ago.
If I sound like a proud papa, it's because I have played a tiny role in all this, and will continue until they haul me off to the crematorium.
Fleer Center
BTW, I know that doll Caitlin Spence who appears on the main page of the site, because I have been consistently involved in the Psychology program. She's even smarter than she is good looking.
Wow! She is truly a doll! I have memories of Salem but they go back a long time, as I had family that was faculty there. Some close friends of ours have a daughter that graduated from the Academy 3 years ago. Maybe more on another night and a complimentary thread.
DeleteGreetings most,
ReplyDeleteHappy 2013, MLK day, and inauguration day to you and your families, I hope this note finds you well. Even though I haven't been able to participate for a while, many of you are often in my thoughts and heart.
Inspired by our President's inauguration speech this morning, I'm feeling connected to a deep optimism, and a sense of diligence to remain true to the intentions of our country's founding ideals. HOPE and CHANGE are indeed moving us FORWARD. Yes, I said it.
Still identifying as an independent, (aka disenfranchised republican), I've been working a lot but also have been taking time to quietly observe, listen and reflect on our national dialogue. One thing is clear to me: I find it stunningly ironic that many people are either the ones doing the work, paying the taxes, and rooting for our country; OR they are the ones claiming gloom, doom, and the end of times, and are living in such states of unproductive cognitive dissonance, that I can only feel pity for them.
One of many inconsistencies that I've observed, but really illustrates my point is one from my day-to-day life: I hired my housekeeper a few years ago when I had to start chemotherapy treaments. She came to me as a referral from my rabidly republican neighbor. The same republican who is an attorney by day, and the one who during the weekend while I'm enjoying my yardwork can be guaranteed to have a snide comment about illegals, gays or democrats. (Does she realize my husband is a democrat?!) Anyway, my housekeeper is great and she now works at several of my friends' houses in the neighborhood... we all love her and take good care of her. This year past year when I gave my housekeeper her W-2 for the previous year's wages, she said "thank you for being such a good boss and for paying my social security." I said "doesn't everyone pay your social security?", and she said "no, only you and your friends." Turns out the republican attorney who has employed this woman for TWENTY FIVE YEARS has not E-V-E-R paid a drop of tax on this woman's wages. An attorney could get disbarred for this. You know what, I hope she does get disbarred.
I have too many more similar instances to count. In the meantime, I'm going to keep on working hard, paying tax at the highest rate, and hoping for continued forward movement.
If nothing else I'm learning it feels a whole lot better than politicizing fear feels. It feels better than negativity. It feels a whole lot better than not doing the right thing.
Most importantly, and the reason for my note is to say congratulations Staballoy on your marriage to the stunning in every way Mrs. Staballoy! I couldn't be happier for you, it's well deserved and well done sir!
Enjoying LaSombra's link to Elton John,
GG
And one more note, over the past several weeks I've been catching up on the dialogue in the forum here. Some things never change: Dotnet hitting the bullseye every time, Staballoy giving me a good science lesson, Bucky flirting with Buffcoach and waxing nostalgic about men's bathrooms....
ReplyDeleteOne of Mr. G's oldest friends is a psychiatrist and certified therapist. We were all out to dinner last night, and I told her about Bucky's ramblings. Utterly fascinated, she insisted that we read over some of his postings and review his dalliances in being a sex therapist. The conversation was incredibly enlightening, but she had two very, very interesting points of note: 1) Therapists often go into specialties that they themselves have personal experience and a deep interest in (she herself started her career in environmental science, but switched to therapy for people who were adopted, as she herself was adopted and quietly struggled with it until she faced the emotions of it); and 2) She is positive that he is not only gay, but sadly potentially dangerous because of his deep denial and fascinations. She urged all to indulge him only with extreme caution.
Bucky, it's called "psychological projection". Google it.
Howdy GG! Hope you're well.
DeleteThanks Arthur, doing well, I hope you are too! I hope your new job (?!) is awesome...
DeleteHi GG, and thank you! Wonderful to hear from you. Please don't be a stranger.
DeleteIt's got good health insurance, and that ain't nothin.
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DeleteBuck the Schmuck is just plain "Psycho".
DeleteGG...you must be a gay activist reject from the old Journal page. Sorry I don't remember you.
DeleteI'm glad you jumped into the misidentification club so quickly. That'll make it fun for me as we go forward
Rielle, the former tent maker, now designing her own personal clothes with left-overs, is so clever with words.
DeleteWell bless my soul! I check back for follow up on wine appreciation at Salem College and look who is here! GG, sounds like you are holding up well?
DeleteWhitewall! Staballoy! LaSombra! Arthur! I've genuinely missed you all. I just needed a break from posting/reading/soaking time. You have no idea how many times I've thought of you all.
DeleteGreat to hear from you, GG.
DeleteWow! Welcome back GG...thought maybe you had emigrated to Costa Rica and were living next door to Senor Limbaugh.
DeleteHope your life is going well. We miss your kindness and intelligent insights.
Thanks OT, things are going well. I've missed hanging out with you and my virtual friends!
DeleteNo, Bucky, you wouldn't remember me (even though you and I have exchanged words hundreds of times) because I am female and don't matter to you. You always called me "Rielle" just like you do all the women on this board... oh, except one time you called me "fat", but I am not fat. You just don't like boobs.
ReplyDeleteAnd PS - many people here know who I am because I have "outed" myself to them. In keeping with my friend's warnings, I only now post to share the warning with the men on this board, particularly my cherished Phargo.
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DeleteTruth be told, Tiny is terrified of boobs, because they come attached to women, creatures who strike absolute fear in his shriveled little soul.
DeleteOh, and really to just tie this all in a nice bow, my psychiatrist friend also perfectly predicted that he would respond by attacking me instead of what I said.
ReplyDeleteProof Positive Bucky Is Living A Life Of Denial.
The truth will seriously set you free Bucky.
Give him a few hours, GG. He needs to figure out which fat Rielle he's gonna respond to.
DeleteI'd feel bad for him if he weren't so incredibly relentless.
DeleteThe truth is, my psychiatrist friend feels like he would be a difficult case. She said he probably is also suffering from a bit of "paranoid personality disorder". It would explain his constant anger, fascination with defense, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe discussed how she would go about treating him.
She said she would have to spend a lot of time helping him to visualize and understand that being gay is not "bad".
That would be an exercise in patience, methinks.
DeleteStab, it would take the "patience of Job", my all time favorite biblical character, which I believe is beyond human capability. My grandmother always said "If Job could endure, so can we", or as my sister's parody of our grandmother went "If Job can hack it, so can you". Note that she said "you", not "we", being well aware that she could not.
DeleteGG - I spend regular time playing bridge with three brilliant women, two psychiatrists and a psychologist. Same thing happened…one night I mentioned Bucky. They spent a bit of time poring over some of his comments…I stayed out of it. They came to much the same conclusions: he is a deeply closeted gay who does not realize how revealing his comments are to people in the field. They also diagnosed paranoia, as well as what we used to call "delusions of grandeur" and possibly "narcissistic personality disorder".
Having spent a lot of time working with what we still call in daily use, but no longer can say in public, "psychopaths", I would disagree on the dangerous part. Most psychopaths who eventually turn violent have been working at that for years, and I see no evidence of that in his posts. Just a lot of bluster.
That doesn't mean that I would "turn my back on him" as the Sandy Hook shooter's mother put it.
Disagree with the NPD. Narcissists are hypersensitive to criticism. Bucky keeps coming back for more day after day.
DeleteSo, the consensus is that most of Bucky's commentary is not just trollery?
DeleteI'm a wonderful human being. I just have different viewpoints on many things than most of you all do. Is 'tolerance' just a word to your liberals, or does it actually have some meaning?
DeleteI'm tolerant of gays. I'm just a realist in terms of what they bring to table, and to our bathrooms.
I wish there would be a massive movement against these gay pedophiles that roam our bathrooms like the anti gun and anti religion movement. It sure would help keep a lot of young children out the perverted homosexual danger zone.
Interesting points guys. My friend, of course, gave the caveats that it takes at least six months to diagnose someone like this, and she would need to speak with him directly.
DeleteTrollery is always a possibility, but she was intrigued with his fascination with knives/guns and gay male anatomy (vs. male anatomy), his multiple identities, his hyperfocus on fringe sexual behavior (she made the point that there would be 10,000 instances of truckers and prostitutes getting it on at truck stops for every gay men hitting it in a bathroom, why doesn't he talk about that?...), but most startlingly his posing (illegally) as some kind of sex therapist is super alarming.
She felt pretty strongly that something is going on with him that he's just not facing. (To put it nicely.)
Made for fascinating dinner conversation!
GG if you know Phargo, could you please tell him to come back into the forum. I miss him greatly. He seemed to know a lot about bucks and bucketts.
DeleteDiscussing what you can do with left over tents is not my idea of fun, if you know what I mean...hint ...hint.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAScnBsWxaA
DeleteHe's confusing you with me, GG.
DeleteLike I said, he doesn't know which fat Rielle to respond to.
DeleteBOOBS GALORE, he's freaking out.
DeleteArthur, I was reporting my friends diagnosis. I also disagreed with them about narcissism, for the same reason you cite. That was merely a "possible" in their diagnosis...which was quite down and dirty.
DeleteGG makes a very important point...diagnosis via remote control is at best an iffy proposition. In fact, that is my real area of expertise...I have been highly critical for years of psychiatric snap judgments.
There is a lot of pressure for quick and easy diagnoses and treatments, because we spend far too little money and time on psychiatric matters. In the past, far too many professionals have been satisfied to diagnose and threat a single issue, when in fact, most psychiatric patients are suffering from multiple problems. Thus the overdiagnosis of ADD and "bipolar", etc.
Stab, I asked the same question. "Is he just a troll?"
They said, "Of course he is a troll...in fact trollery has become one of his chief reasons for existence...note the unbelievable number of his posts on this forum...he really gets off annoying a group of otherwise intelligent people...in the long run he posts more comments than all other forum members combined.
But he reveals serious mental issues...his consistent obsession with homosexuality...his consistent racism and sexism...his obsession with law enforcement and guns."
I asked if they thought he had a private armory. They laughed and said "No. He has no experience with guns...you can tell by the way he talks about them. He doesn't have even one gun. Guns probably frighten him to death. He is a classic paranoid, afraid of everything, especially himself. Sad case."
His statement above "I am a wonderful human being" is very telling. I can assure you that he believes that 100%. But "wonderful human beings" do not post trashy stuff like he posts. He is, indeed, a seriously ill person.
Trollery, homosexuality, racism, sexism, obsession with law enforcement and guns . . .
DeleteHow does it all tie in?
It's really a case of posting to all of us that he's "a wonderful human being" and "hates homosexual behavior" - compulsively - is actually only done to soothe his own self-loathing and denial.
DeleteFunny enough, if he just explored liking himself more, the rest of us would fall in line right behind him. Not that he really cares, however. His primary subconscious motivation is convincing himself he is not who he is.
Sad.
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Delete"I'm a wonderful human being."
Delete~ ~ Isn't that a line from 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame?'
Actually, the DSM definition of "projection" has changed little from George Valliant's earlier works on defensive mechanisms. Valliant has worked at Harvard and at St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
DeleteProjection
Perceiving and reacting to unacceptable inner impulses and their derivatives as though they were outside the self. On a psychotic level, this defense mechanism takes the form of frank delusions about external reality (usually persecutory) and includes both perception of one's own
feelings in another and subsequent acting on the perception (psychotic paranoid delusions). The impulses may derive from the id or the superego (hallucinated recriminations) but may undergo transformation in the process. Thus, according to Freud's analysis of paranoid projections,
homosexual libidinal impulses are transformed into hatred and then projected onto the object of the unacceptable homosexual impulse.
As GG suggested earlier, Valliant's choice of career was influenced by his father's suicide when George was only 11 years old. I have many friends in other fields who have done the same, including one at Tulane who was born with an extremely rare physiological illness who has, over the last thirty years, managed to identify the origins of his illness and prescribe both preventive and ameliorative processes for that illness. So obsession has both bad and good outcomes.
Fascinating, OT!
DeleteSo do you think Projection sounds like Bucky's issue/part of his issue?
Oh, and my friend also said she would have to route around and rule out any kind of past sexual trauma, which "would not surprise" her.
DeleteHonestly the whole discussion made me feel bad for him.
Well, "projection" is merely a defensive mechanism, rising from the underlying psychoses.
DeleteThe psychoses control his life. He uses the projections to protect himself from who he really is.
For instance, at one point in the past, he went on a rant, a la John G., about alimony and evil women. Apparently, some poor women had somehow found herself married to him and had somehow found the courage to escape. Almost certainly, that situation sprang from his own shortcomings, yet he "projected" his failure onto the woman.
He continues to "project" his own shortcomings onto women in general (my friends commented that it was difficult to tell who he hates most, women or himself), ethnic minorities (especially his admitted failure to get a job with the WSPD, which is not exactly the Valhalla for aspiring police officers), Democrats (who have lately failed at almost all levels except the Presidency), liberals (a term that he and many others have no concept of what it means), and so on.
His obsession with guns almost certainly tells us that he sees guns as "manly", as the Bushmaster adds, aimed at middle school mentality, confirm, as opposed to his abject fear that he himself is "not manly", i.e. gay.
It is sad that he is still living in the 1950s, when even a hint of gayness could ruin a man's or woman's life. Today, millions of gay men and women have faced up to who they are and, as a consequence, are living real lives for a change. As one of my lesbian friends said to me a few years back "I know you think she's hot and you want her…too bad bud, she's mine." We had a long laugh about that, because she was absolutely right. I am, at least, allowed to give her a nice hug and kiss now and then…both of them.
This is is a trip. A psychotic, Rush, is trying to do psychoanalysis on me.
DeleteKeep beating those bars. They'll come with your medication, eventually.
Aha, now I understand better, makes sense. Thanks OT. Sounds a lot like what my friend was saying.
DeleteFunny, I don't remember a time that my loving aunt wasn't in a committed relationship with the same woman, her wife. I really don't understand people who fear them. Baffling.
I know, he's seriously scrambling while deeeeeeeply in denial. He's panicking and reacting to this discussion, but is looking like a complete fool by obfuscating.
ReplyDeleteI just asked my friend to email me the APA Diagnostic manual's definition of projection. Not sure she'll do it, because it's copyrighted, but I just looked at the wikipedia definition and it's pretty spot on, albeit brief.
The other word my friend was using was "compulsive", and in the Wiki definition it also talks about the compulsive nature of the disorder. Innnneresting.
Sorry I don't know why I keep posting in new threads rather than at the bottom of the existing conversation. I'm outta practice!
DeleteI kinda think it's adding to his confusion. Keep it up!
DeleteHi GG. I just messaged with Bob the other day thinking about you.
ReplyDeleteI told him my daughter had just gotten a job in DC, and was now looking for a place to live. Such a tight, tight housing market. I remarked to him that I still wished you conversed with us, so I could at least ask if you had any suggestions or ideas.
I think she has solved the problem. We'll know for sure tomorrow. I hope.
Bucky, I've seen the "man cave" where the LTEs are uploaded to the blog every morning. I think you'll have to wait for warmer weather for Bob to post more. I'm not certain this is the reason he is not participating more, but having seen the carriage house, I think it is more conducive to warm weather posting than cold.
Happy MLK day.
Dang...having seen the pix, I thought the cave was well heated by a wood stove and was envious. Now I am merely concerned...is Bob OK?
DeleteYes he does have a wood stove, but I think it is still not be a very good place for him to be for very long because of his back.
DeleteThis is all conjecture on my part. I haven't spoken specifically about this to Bob. He may just be taking a break from the blog too as he has done in the past.
Hi Wordly, Happy MLK Day to you!
DeleteWow, what a coincidence! Congratulations to your daughter! I hope she has solved the problem, but if not, please let me know. My cousin's friend just went through the same scenario, so my rolodex is fresh in this regard. Housing is indeed a horrible problem here. Rent seems to be denominated in a different currency, like Italian Lire or something... "You mean my monthly rent is 3,000 Lire, not US dollars, right?"
Exciting, maybe we can meet for coffee over one of your many upcoming DC visits!
<3,
GG
PS - Is Dear Bob ok?
Yeah, I miss 'ol Bob. He's still nice enough to put up the LTE everyday though.
DeleteHopefully, he'll get back in the game soon. Living the boonies gets old real quick, I'll bet.
Leave Bob alone, Bucky. Honestly your constant, sick harping on Bob is the reason I stopped looking at the forum. It's really too much, buy a magazine or something.
DeleteI think I understand Bob pretty well. He just feels very strongly about certains things that I disagree with him on.
DeleteThere's nothing wrong with that. I still respect the guy because he's obviously a smart person. His rebuttals are much more firmly ground than our infamous lawyer contributor's. He's certainly hard to whip in a debate, that's for sure.
Tell him I said hello if you see him.
Witness now the classic "honeymoon" stage.
DeleteYep. He's pathetic.
DeleteI took the quote, 'I'm a wonderful human being from Jerry Sandusky', in case anybody wants to know.
ReplyDeleteewww!
DeleteDo you honestly think, considering your disgusting comments on so many good people, that anyone gives a shit about anything regarding you?
DeleteHow many boys have you buggered?
Bob Schieffer: No real memorable lines in Obama speech
Delete______________
I could have told him that.
I'm just trying to get the word out about these gay pedophilic bathroom prowlers.
DeleteDo the 'Bucky'.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDkvLdupoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5GkCrgZ30A
DeleteI'll bet Omar and Rielle were very happy together at one time. But once the tent making business went bad, I guess they separated.
ReplyDeleteI felt bad for you last night.
DeleteCall (336)768-3880.
DeleteSeriously there is no shame in it. If you were really as tough as you claim, you wouldn't be afraid to talk about it with a professional.
Thanks gg. You're a real sweetheart.
DeleteYour words have zero meaning to me.
DeleteGG made her first post today at 4:22 PM.
ReplyDeleteHere are Bucky's posts after that time, through 11:10 PM:
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 4:51 PM
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BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 4:52 PM
GG...you must be a gay activist reject from the old Journal page. Sorry I don't remember you. I'm glad you jumped into the misidentification club so quickly. That'll make it fun for me as we go forward
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 4:58 PM
Rielle, the former tent maker, now designing her own personal clothes with left-overs, is so clever with words.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 8:08 PM
I'm a wonderful human being. I just have different viewpoints on many things than most of you all do. Is 'tolerance' just a word to your liberals, or does it actually have some meaning? I'm tolerant of gays. I'm just a realist in terms of what they bring to table, and to our bathrooms. I wish there would be a massive movement against these gay pedophiles that roam our bathrooms like the anti gun and anti religion movement. It sure would help keep a lot of young children out the perverted homosexual danger zone.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 8:11 PM
GG if you know Phargo, could you please tell him to come back into the forum. I miss him greatly. He seemed to know a lot about bucks and bucketts.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 8:12 PM
Discussing what you can do with left over tents is not my idea of fun, if you know what I mean...hint ...hint.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 8:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAScnBsWxaA
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:07 PM
I took the quote, 'I'm a wonderful human being from Jerry Sandusky', in case anybody wants to know.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:10 PM
This is is a trip. A psychotic, Rush, is trying to do psychoanalysis on me. Keep beating those bars. They'll come with your medication, eventually.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Do the 'Bucky'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDkvLdupoM
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:18 PM
Bob Schieffer: No real memorable lines in Obama speech
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:19 PM
I'm just trying to get the word out about these gay pedophilic bathroom prowlers.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:23 PM
I'll bet Omar and Rielle were very happy together at one time. But once the tent making business went bad, I guess they separated.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:27 PM
Yeah, I miss 'ol Bob. He's still nice enough to put up the LTE everyday though. Hopefully, he'll get back in the game soon. Living the boonies gets old real quick, I'll bet.
BuckyJanuary 21, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Thanks gg. You're a real sweetheart.
This should answer Stab's question as to whether Bucky is just a troll. And I must say that I agree with GG's 10:38 post:
ggindcmetroJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:38 PM
I felt bad for you last night.
And her next at 10:41:
ggindcmetroJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Call (336)768-3880. Seriously there is no shame in it. If you were really as tough as you claim, you wouldn't be afraid to talk about it with a professional.
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Begin Part II
DeleteThe first time that I saw one of his posts, several pseudonyms back, I knew that he had serious mental problems, and on more than one occasion suggested what he might do to get help.
But because mental illness has always been cast as shameful by our macho society, the only source of help has always been family members who care enough to take the leap to bypass public scorn and see that their loved ones did get help.
For those who have no such family members, the prognosis is hopeless.
And for you macho guys out there who think I am wrong, just take a look at what has happened to our "professional" military in the last thirty years.
Forget the deaths, forget, even, the wounded. Instead, look at what has happened to the wounded, and even the unwounded.
Because of the "military culture", which says that unless you are bleeding profusely, you are not a casualty, today's military veterans have the highest rate of unemployment, depression, suicide and simply, despair, in American history. Thank you for your service.
Then look at people like Bucky who were born with mental defects, or had them imposed by poor upbringing or worse, and who "fell through the cracks" of the ever decreasing funding for detecting and treating mental illness.
Then take a deep breath and say "There but for god, go I", except of course, that god had nothing to do with it and you, the macho tax whining "good" citizen did.
I'm reading this, chilled.
DeleteCould it be he's crying for help?
Read his 10:07 post about Sandusky, then google "Catholic News Herald" and his latest identity. ?!? Wow.