Red Kettle Drive Kicks Off, Let The Sniping Begin
Is it possible to sap the spirit of giving from Christmas? No, but some Easter Shore residents sure give it a go.
Yesterday the Salvation Army kicked off its annual “Red Kettle Drive” with a breakfast in Salisbury. These giving individuals, and many others, will spend countless hours during the Holiday season ringing a bell in the cold and collecting funds to help those less fortunate than themselves. Sounds great, doesn’t it?
Not on the Lower Shore. Why? SbyNEWS publisher Joe Albero has the unmitigated gall to use Maryland and Delaware’s most popular blog to promote the Kettle Drive and encourage his readers to volunteer their time and money. Shame on you Joe!
Because Albero is none too popular with certain quarters of our community, some will actually encourage residents NOT to contribute. For those who live outside of the confines of our bizarre little “Peyton Place”, I’m quite serious.
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The College of William and Mary held their homecoming this weekend. Guess who was the homecoming queen? A self-described “gender-queer” individual by the name of Jessee Vasold.
At the risk of offending almost everyone, I can only ask, “What is the world coming to?”.
From the Daily Press’s article I am assuming that Mr.? (or is it Ms.?) Vasold is a transsexual. Fair enough. I’m not opposed to a transsexual running for homecoming queen any more than I was offended by a caucasian woman recently being elected homecoming queen at Hampton University. My problem is that Billy Mary’s new homecoming queen didn’t have to share with the world that he/she is “transgendered”. (Seriously, I am not trying to offend transsexuals here, I am just not sure from the article whether this individual is a transsexual or simply a transvestite).
I remember as a child when race was used to make a political statement at such events; perhaps I’m just a little too old fashioned not to be more sympathetic with this type of “statement”. However, it has been my experience that people tend to be a tad more tolerant when this type thing isn’t just pushed into our collective faces.
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July 20, 2008 by Cato
Filed under Conservatism, Culture, Fiscal Policy, Libertarianism
Amen Bruce! QandO’s Bruce McQuain gives his take on Melanie Scarborough’s excellent piece in the Examiner. I threw in the “Libertarian” because that what the great guys at QandO are. As far as I’m concerned, it’s pure Goldwater.
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Frank Knotts at DelawarePolitics.net covers a recent Federal court ruling that bars a moment of silence in Illinois schools. The arrogance of liberal judges never ceases to amaze me.
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January 23, 2008 by Cato
Filed under Culture, Maryland, Salisbury Politics
As noted here earlier this month, a group led by Bill Ahtes wants the city of Salisbury to donate the soon to be retired Station 16 to them for purposes of turning the building into a theater. Lest we all forget, we have already gone through this once before with the Boulevard Theatre on Main Street.
In this morning’s Daily Times was an article about the auctioning off of mementos from the Boulevard and how this was to benefit SWAC, the Salisbury-Wicomico Arts Council. Buried in what was meant to be a warm and snuggly story about the arts community in Wicomico County were some interesting bits of information that should cause the Salisbury City Council to pause before handing over a valuable piece of real estate to Mr. Ahtes and his group. Read more
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The College of William & Mary, alma mater of Thomas Jefferson, is spending over $2,000 to bring the “Sex Workers’ Art Show” to the university. The next time someone questions the value of a “Liberal Arts” education, you’ll be able to respond.
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Virginia AG McDonnell Intervenes In Episcopal Church Dispute
January 13, 2008 by Cato
Filed under Conservatism, Culture, Virginia
Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell has intervened into the dispute between the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and two parishes which have chosen to leave the Diocese in light of its leftward tilt towards the interpretation of scripture.
Truro Church and Falls Church, both in Northern Virginia, have chosen to affiliate themselves with a conservative Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Both congregations had been expressing concern for years over the direction being taken by the national church (Episcopal Church USA) and Virginia Bishop Peter Lee. The final straw was Lee’s vote in support of the confirmation of openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire.
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