Open the minds of our young 12/18/2009 12:31 AM By Andy Windham Dr. Harris Pastides' (president of the University of South Carolina) editorial on civil discourse reminded me of a story once told to me many years ago. It seems that a hunter and a bear meet up in the woods one day. The bear said to the hunter, "Come let us reason together. All you want is a bear coat and all I want is a full stomach." So sure enough the bear got a full stomach and the hunter got a bear coat.
Perhaps a better example that Christians can relate to is when Satan appeared to Eve in the Garden and said, "Surely the Lord did not mean that if you eat of the fruit, you would surely die." Boy, how the human race been in trouble since that compromise.
How do you think Dr. Pastides got his job? By being politically connected. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Our elite network with one another and promote their own. He is going to say and do what the elite wanted.
Take your children out of these government schools. That certainly includes these so-called schools of higher learning. The least we can do is to monitor what is taught to them. Our political elite want to maintain the status quo. In order to do so, they must have access to the younger generation's minds. They cannot afford a generation that is capable of thinking for themselves.
My advice to our local home-grown socialists, if the fire is too hot, get out of the kitchen. Develop a sense of humor. You are not getting out of this life alive, and you are certainly going down with the rest of us.
Andy Windham
Wagener
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Posted by: Bruce On: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:13 PM
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Why do you find it necessary to steal a 1961 editorial from Time magazine Andy? Didn't think you would get caught did you? Next time don't use it word for word only substituting the names you idiot.
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Posted by: On: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:22 PM
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Yeah thanks Andy your story is really deep. When you come out of the woods keep walking and walking until you get to some island and live there by yourself. You are like many people who just can stand up and support your government or your fellow man. Some people are smarter when they meet a bear, but you have a lot to learn. Good luck on your little island.
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Posted by: On: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:32 AM
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Thanks, Andy, for that story about the bear coat. I really liked that one. Just goes to show, even when you find that 99 and 44/100% of what someone has to say goes against your grain, keep on reading, or listening--every now and then a jewel may just pop up.
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