Art in the Park
My wife, Sara, is Chair of the Dixie Arts Foundation. One of DAF's big annual events is Art in the Park/Taste of Dixie (art exhibitors, food vendors, entertainers), which was held this past weekend. This year, a Friday night event was added to the usual Saturday festivities. It was a big success.
The only miscues were lighting and overnight security for Friday night. According to well-established laws and procedures for volunteer organizations, dealing with miscues falls to the Chair's spouse. But, after 20 popped breakers, wiring adjustments/rigging to make the steeliest fire marshal tremble, and a no-nonsense nightwatch by me and my four kids (whose shifts apparently ran concurrently from 9:45 to 10:05 p.m. -- when the supply of Ding Dongs and pop was exhausted), the event was lit and secured.
Sara, her board, and the many helpers and volunteers did an excellent job. It was a great community event.
The only miscues were lighting and overnight security for Friday night. According to well-established laws and procedures for volunteer organizations, dealing with miscues falls to the Chair's spouse. But, after 20 popped breakers, wiring adjustments/rigging to make the steeliest fire marshal tremble, and a no-nonsense nightwatch by me and my four kids (whose shifts apparently ran concurrently from 9:45 to 10:05 p.m. -- when the supply of Ding Dongs and pop was exhausted), the event was lit and secured.
Sara, her board, and the many helpers and volunteers did an excellent job. It was a great community event.
posted by steve u. at 10/18/2005
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We need more of this type of analysis.
Mr. Urquhart,
Just wanted to forward a copy of the letter I just sent to Senator Hatch regarding the posting on his "quasi" blog site. Sorry about this being off topic, but as I read the simple-minded blathering coming from his office, I am more convinced it is time for his retirement!!
Dear Senator Hatch,
"PLEASE TURN THIS INTO A REAL and INTERACTIVE BLOG"
How simple-minded do you think the American people are? Oh yeah...very. And you are right in at least 38% of the cases.
Iraq has NOT "...taken a decisive step away from terror." Iraqi's weren't terrorists to begin with. For that matter, Saddam wasn't a terrorist in the current sense of the word. He was a despot, a tyrant to his own people. He murdered, maimed, and literally cut out the tongues of dissenters. But Iraq was not a terrorist country. Your continued use of Republican talking points this far after the fact reveals just how lost the Republican Party really is...or maybe how behind the times you are.
The Iraqi's had heat, electricity, plumbing, and other essentials prior to America's arrival. Iraq never attacked the U.S., they never shot down planes in the no-fly zone, they weren't bombing civilians or soldiers on a daily basis. Obfuscating the facts at this point is an embarrassment. Now, as we await the findings of Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald, we will soon find out the level of corruption within this administration (and by association, the Republican Party as well). Suddenly, the investigation into The Downing Street Memo gets jump-started, and we uncover the significant portions of the scamming of the United States citizens and our congress by the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) and their "fixing the the intelligence" to support their desire to go to war.
THIS SHOULD BE FUN.
Maybe then your rhetoric will cease and you can begin to explore real issues related to good government. Or maybe just as likely, when the '06 elections come, and Mr. Urquhart takes your place, you may find that retirement is acceptable.
Alan
P.s. I agree that a constitution for Iraq is potentially a good thing. However, I will take a wait and see attitude on this one. I remember as if it was yesterday how happy the government was to arm Osama in his fight to oust the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. That came back to bite us in the 'butt'!!!
Umm...Steve, you aren't aligning yourself with the anti-war liberals are you?
Holybejeepers, nope. I support our efforts in Iraq 100%, no matter what someone might read into my hard-hitting piece on St. George's Art in the Park.
This is an open forum, and I try to delete as few comments as absolutely possible, so that people can get a view of others' thoughts and the kind of input policymakers receive. But I would encourage some to stick a little closer to the topic of each entry.
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