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Ok. Hebrews 8:12 "and I will remember their sins no more."
I agree.
Jesus also said to the adulterous woman "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
Unless Mr. Stout persisted in this behavior in his later years
I don't see the relevance in re-hashing it.
By the way as we are so busy trying to trash the reputation
of Mr. Stout, who was 19 at the time, is the mother-in-law not also culpable? Why is her name not included in the story?
The fact that she is not running for office now should not make any difference. If we are so intent on re-hashing this story let's produce the full cast of characters.
Why is the name of "Mrs. Robinson" not on our lips as well?
Party like it's 1776
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Not enough to change the results I'm afraid. Looks like your guy won.
Instead of Paulding county being "embarrassed" by these results,
let's just show the world that we are forgiving of the irresponsible acts of a 19 year old boy.
Since that time he has (from what I gather) made apologies and restitution to those hurt by his immaturity. None of his exploits happened while he was in public office. He has shown himself to be a fine fellow in the way that he has tried to correct a past wrong. In fact it looks as if this was the
reason he began to re-examine his life. Some still need to.
How many of us would like the exploits of our adolescence
opened to the scrutiny of the press? The words "don't throw stones" and "ivory castle" come to mind.
What happened to forgiveness and redemption?
Paulding has an opportunity to set the example.
Let's "walk the walk" and not just "talk the talk".
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For staging, route details, and a map, please see this link.
It will be our honor to be there with at least 6 flags.
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Pauldng County lost one of it's finest young men on Monday. PFC Jason Estopinal, a 2007 graduate of EPHS was killed in action in Afghanistan. Thank you for your service, dedication and sacrifices for our country. May you rest in peace!
Jason (JJ) was a very fine young man. Our sons both played baseball and went to EPHS with him.
He was one of Paulding's finest. A fine student, athlete, ROTC cadet and friend.
A Marine who fell while defending his country abroad.
We can never thank him enough. He will now join that short list of other local young men who by their sacrifice are inspirational to us all.
He is a hero.
RIP PFC Jason Estopinal
Claire, Jason and Parker please let us know what we can do to help honor your son (and brother). You are in our prayers.
-the Long family
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"Expert Meat Handlers"
or.....
"Upscale quality at an affordable price"
Good prices, good meat
good golly, let's eat!
The Best in the West
Meats R' Us
The Fresh Meatmarket
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Hey Pcom!
Here's what we're doing... We are looking for a tag line for West Metro Meat....
Ya know, something like "You can beat our prices, but you can't beat our meat!"
We are taking suggestions from now until June 21rst. Then beginning June 22, we will pick our top 3 choices and put them up for vote here on the Cafe through June 30. And then just in time for 4th of July weekend, the person who originally came up with the winning tag line will win ....
2 - 16oz Black Canyon Angus Ribeyes!!!
And their tag line will go down in history for West Metro, where we will add it to our business cards, our website, our advertising...etc!Soooooooo.......Whatcha got for us?!?!?!
Let's get started........
This may not be Boston, Butt
Here you'll find the very best cut.
TEA -
Enjoy that special time.
Take lots of pictures!
TEA -
Bump for Sunday.
Please post your families' stories.
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Thanks Kid (blowing nose).
Here is that cite I promised on the history of Brittany American War Cemetery
The Brittany American Cemetery, 28 acres in extent, lies among the hedgerows in rolling farm country near the border between the Brittany and Normandy regions of France. It is one of fourteen permanent American World War II military cemetery memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission on foreign soil. The site was liberated on 2 August 1944 by the 8th Infantry Division; a temporary military cemetery was established on it three days later. Subsequently, the site was selected to be one of fourteen permanent American World War II military cemeteries on foreign soil.
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Bless you. Not to get political, honestly, but I was very impressed with the President of France giving major kudos to the American forces on that day, and to America. I was very impressed with all the speakers, and I was proud of our President. All politics aside - just seeing all those crosses, and knowing what our young soldiers did there - OK, I'm crying again.
And I guess I had heard it before, but it hit me today that that part of France, the cemetary, is acutally considered US soil, as it should be I guess. They earned it. It was an honor to see the few remaining WWII vets collect the Medal of Honor from the French president - a long time coming. And an honor to see those who just made the trip. There are so few of them now, and it was just such an important place in time. We owe them all a huge debt of gratitude.
OK, I'm crying again.
Please take a moment to write about your father here. Stories, pictures any tribute you want to make.
That is the reason for this board today.
It will make you feel better.
I found a wonderful site on Brittany Cemetery and the history.
I will post that too.
Here's a kleenex, now blow. Feel better... good.
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I watched the whole ceremony this morning and I cried. My Dad was part of The Greatest Generation, five invasions in the Pacific, etc. grandparents going through the Depression, etc.
I was talking to a dear friend of mine about all kinds of things - my husband and I being out of work, etc.
I told her that we'd get through, and then to back that up, I pulled out my copy of a 1943 edition of The Good Housekeeping Cookbook. It was sent to print before rationing and it's got a special insert that was added, as well as comments leading up to the intro re the War.
I've always been drawn to those eras, my parents gone I guess.
Anyway, I'm rambling, and if you can see the service from this morning, well, I dare you not to cry. It was beautiful, very poignant, and very American.
The picture of all those crosses........................my God.
Julee,
Bless you. I understand we just buried my FIL last Fall.
He was a medic in New Guinea. He was a member of the Old Guard himself, so the funeral was wonderfully military.
Please take a moment to write about your father here. Stories, pictures any tribute you want to make.
That is the reason for this board today.
Listen to Reagan again.
It is all worth it.
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If you see a VETERAN today tell him thank you. If he happens to be a WW2 vet give him a hug
This is someone else who remembered in 1988.
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What a lovely tribute.
I hope more people post as well.
This was meant to be a community project.
We can never say thank you enough.
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The American Cemetery at Omaha Beach. PHOTO-S. Bryant
PHOTO-S. Bryant
At the conclusion of the fighting in Normandy, there were more than ten American cemeteries on the battlefield, with hundreds of small burial grounds and isolated graves. The American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) repatriated at least 60% of these burials back to the United States, and concentrated the remaining casualties into two main cemeteries; one here in Normandy and another in Britanny.Omaha Beach Cemetery
Brittany American War Cemetery Brittany
THE PRIDE OF OUR COUNTRY
THANK YOU
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Pointe-Du-Hoc
Converted for the Web from "The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II" by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Cliff
It was a nearly 100-meter-high cliff, with perpendicular sides jutting out into the Channel. It looked down on Utah Beach to the left and Omaha Beach to the right. There were six 155mm cannon in heavily reinforced concrete bunkers that were capable of hitting either beach with their big shells.
Germans on the top managed to cut two or three of the ropes, while others tossed grenades over the cliff, but BAR men at the base and machine-gun fire from Satterlee kept most of them back from the edge. They had not anticipated an attack from the sea, so their defensive positions were inland. In addition, the rangers had tied pieces of fuse to the grapnels and lit them just before firing the rockets; the burning fuses made the Germans think that the grapnels were some kind of weapon about to explode, which kept them away.
"As I got over the top of the cliff," Lieutenant Kerchner recalled, "it didn't look anything at all like what I thought it was going to look like." The rangers had studied aerial photos and maps and sketches and sand table mock-ups of the area, but the bombardment from air and sea had created a moonscape: "It was just one large shell crated after the other." At the base of the cliff at around 0730, Lieutenant Eikner sent out a message by radio: "Praise the Lord." It signified that the rangers were on top of the cliff.
TIP OF POINTE DU HOE. Photo taken from east side (1945).
The Cannons
There was a dirt road leading south (inland). It had heavy tracks. Sgts. Leonard Lomell and Jack Kuhn thought the missing guns might have made the tracks. They set out to investigate. At about 250 meters (one kilometer inland), Lomell abruptly stopped. He held his hand out to stop Kuhn, turned, and half whispered, "Jack, here they are. We've found 'em. Here are the go###mned guns."
The rangers took heavy casualties. A number of them were taken prisoner. By the end of the battle only fifty of the more than two hundred rangers who had landed were still capable of fighting. But they never lost Pointe-du-Hoc.
But by 0900 on D-Day morning the big guns had been put out of commission and the paved highway had been cut and we had roadblocks denying its use to the enemy. So by 0900 our mission was accomplished. The rangers at Pointe-du-Hoc were the first American forces on D-Day to accomplish their mission and we are proud of that."
LAST LAP OF THE CLIMB. This may be the area where the men from LCA 888 managed to get up by use of an extension ladder, placed on a great mound of debris knocked out of cliff top. This photo was probably taken on D+2, when route was being used for supplies. A toggle rope and two plain ropes are seen below ladder.
Storming the beach
The beaches of Normandy
Re-enactment
they have not forgotten, and neither will we.
Please feel free to add
any stories or pictures to honor
this day.
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Well, wait until they enact the National Sales Tax. It's not like the Fair Tax that would eliminate Personal Income Tax. It is a Sales Tax on top of everthing else. The Administration is looking into this to fund their Nationalized Healthcare project.
When Obama stated that he could enact all of these programs and put Nationalized H/C in place without ever raising taxes on anyone making under $250,000.00, he stretched the truth. The truth is that he will not raise INCOME TAXES .
Before our Government even considers Healthcare Reform, they need to work on Social Security Reform. JMO
We could have the FAIR TAX, no income tax, pay the same and the economy would roar.
The reason we won't get it now, Washington loses power. They control ( social engineering and votes ) thru taxes.
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Don't get me started tonight...like all these banks with forclosed homes and OUR tarp money they refuse to sell so their books look good
they could give homes away to all these homeless people 
Just remember this 18 months from now.
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Well I'm still sending out resumes and getting no response. I'm overqualified for most things I'm applying for but am seeing little out there that I am qualified for. Oh and it makes me mad to see the company's requirements and then you get to the bottom of the ad and they want to pay someone $9 an hour.
Same here as well.
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It would be helpful for discussion purposes to hear the reasoning behind the votes...
Any veterans out there care to comment on this case ?
I am neither a veteran ( though our family is military ), nor a legal scholar, however, I do have an observation.
The SCOTUS has slowly become the last person in the game "telephone".
The original message ( the protection of our rights from Gov't abuse ) has been diluted and, in some cases, even eroded.
The concept of "precedent" ( Stare Decis ) is being manipulated by groups ( such as ACLU, AU, Lambda etc) to place our
SCOTUS decisions further and further from the original intent. I fail to see many decisions that are based strictly on interpretation. Sometimes it seems that the "Commerce clause" and "Precedent" are growing us toward the death of
our Constitution.
The very fact that the ACLU has ANY standing in this case shows how far our courts are removed from the ideals of liberty.
Where is the "reset" for the first message?
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Does this mean that the "where are the hummers" threads will be at a minimum for a while
Of course not.
Now the topic will be P I C T U R E S , flowers, feeders, babies etc
Surrender while you can.
"All your base are belong to us"!
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I had been looking for mine too. They finally showed up yesterday fighting, again.
I have learned that they show up again ( after a several week hiatus) when the crape myrtle and the canna lilly just begin
to bloom!
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Jesus Wept. I would be afraid to ask him to turn in his man card. A man that can't cry has my simpathy. I say cry when you feel like it . Tears wash the heart and keep it clean.
Tears wash the heart and keep it clean.
That is just beautiful.
I want to share something with you.
image of Jesus in prayer garden window
This has a better picture
Image In Hospital Brings Some To Tears, Prompts E-Mails
Hospital Calls It An Unexplained Image
POSTED: Monday, April 14, 2008
UPDATED: 8:38 am EDT April 15, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An unexplained image in a hospital prayer garden window moved some people to tears and drew groups of people to a hallway before vanishing, according to witnesses.
VIEWER IMAGES: Image At Hospital A crowd inside the Florida Hospital Medical Complex in Orlando snapped photos of the image apparently showing the profile of Jesus Christ crying.
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Just saw 2 at the stations on the deck.
Sun came out and so did they!
I knew they would come out again after the crape myrtle started to bloom.
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God speed, MCMM,
I hope you find what you are looking for.
First thing, get a birdfeeder.
Get a hummer feeder for Mrs. MCMM.
Do we need to call you "BigRed" now?
Stout wins with 59.9% of vote in 19th District Special Election Results
in Paulding County NEWS
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Thank you Madea for the re-post
"Instead I think he has put the community in a position that it will be difficult to recover and that is the part that will be more difficult to forgive."
That is one way of looking at the situation,
I prefer to see it as an opportunity to show the state what
our county truly believes.
Once again, he was 19, this is not a pattern.
He has made amends to those involved. He was not in office.
I WILL NOT THROW STONES
and I would hope that our community would not either. He may very well prove to be a source of pride for our county this time next year. Whoever would have believed that Saul could become Paul?
This "story" was released for purely political reasons
just before the election. Do we know what the other politicians were doing when they were 19?
I find that deplorable.
Party like it's 1776