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Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/7/2010
Post: 1,028
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Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/7/2010 Post: 1,027
This great old hymn goes out to all of our readers on this the first Sunday in November . From the 'Titanic' soundtrack, here is "Nearer My God To Thee" .....
Line from the movie, 'Titanic' ... "Gentlemen, it has been an honor playing with you tonight."
Lyrics: Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848
Music: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
Lyrics:
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song would be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Darkness be over me, my rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
There let the way appear steps unto heav'n; All that Thou sendest me in mercy giv'n; Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
There with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Or if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upwards I fly, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/7/2010 Post: 1,026
Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” ~ Luke 5:29-30
Jesus was always making religious leaders uncomfortable. To eat at the house of Levi with his guest list was scandalous to the Pharisees, because tax collectors were regarded as traitors to the Jews. They were notorious for using their position for personal gain and were seen as informants to the Romans. Are we willing to eat with scandalous people? If all our friends are Christian, we miss the path of the Master. The safe and sanitized bubble of today’s Christianity needs more dinners with tax collectors and sinners. Who are the tax collectors and sinners of your neighborhood? Do they like you so much that they invite you over to their place for dinner? Does that make you nervous? Jesus life challenges the Pharisee in all of us. He wants to lead us forward and outward with the love of God that has overcome the world.
Today’s commentary by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org
The editorial board here at Hermann Hearsay has a long-standing policy that there are certain stories which we will NEVER publish. Recent coverage of these types of stories by another online news agency has convinced us that we have been correct in our conservative editorial policy. We affirmed our policy in our Saturday morning policy meeting this past week.
We will NEVER EVER stoop so low as to cover any of the following sensational, voyeuristic and privacy invasive stories:
motor vehicle wrecks and collisions where mangled and blood-stained vehicles are photographed wrapped around a tree or wrapped around another vehicle while the occupant(s) has/have been transported to either the hospital or to the morgue,
single-family and multiple-family dwelling fires where homes and apartments are photographed or video-tape recorded while they are engulfed in flames and the occupants stand helplessly by shivering in the cold night air, and
funerals and grave site burial services where bereaved family members and friends are photographed or video-tape recorded during what should rightfully be their personal and private moments of overwhelming grief.
This type of "news coverage" is OBSCENE. We will NEVER seek to profit from the misery and personal suffering of other human beings. Yes, these types of stories might attract a few extra readers seeking to satisfy their morbid and voyeuristic curiosity, but we choose not to be in the business of publishing that kind of heartless, graphic and sensational material.
Additionally, we have taken the editorial position that we will take the moral high ground and denounce publishers who engage is such obscene "news reporting". Local news media organizations much self-regulate the entire industry. In this vein, we call upon CNL (CountyNewsLIVE.com) to cease and desist from this type of sensational and obscene reporting. If this type of reporting does not cease at CNL, we promise that we will take it upon ourselves to make them quite famous within the local community for their tasteless coverage of such stories.
For reference, here are the most recent examples of sensational reporting:
Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist
Date: 11/6/2010
Post: 1,024
Are you a blind follower of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, the Tea Party, the Socialist Party, or some other political party? OR do you think for yourself? Are you an independent thinker who leads others rather than blindly following the political party leaders (demagogues)?
I know people who have voted exclusively for Democrats their entire lives. Heck, their parents and grandparents voted for Democrats their entire lives! And I know people who have voted exclusively for Republicans their entire lives. Their parents and grandparents voted for Republicans their entire lives. Because I have lived in Gasconade County and Cape Girardeau County the better part of my life, I know more of the latter than the former.
Tell me, do you think it is smart to be locked into one political party and one ideology to the extent that you never consider voting for a candidate of the other party? Do you think this is a good thing for democracy? Do you think that blind adherence to one political ideology is a good thing?
Let's say you're a strong conservative Republican, and you have a choice between an arrogant and incompetent incumbent Republican and a competent conservative Democrat in a city or county election. Do you blindly vote for the incumbent Republican because YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN and YOUR PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REPUBLICANS or do you vote for the conservative Democrat who you know to be much more qualified for the job?
In the recent mid-term elections, some prominent conservative Republicans supported and voted for a couple competent, conservative Democrats rather than follow the party line. They did this because they judged the Democratic challengers to be more competent, less arrogant and more worthy of their support. These conservative and independent thinking Republicans followed their own personal convictions rather than the endorsements of the County Republicans. In a few cases, these Republicans recognized they would face the wrath (and intimidation) of certain arrogant Republican party regulars. And that's exactly what happened!
I commend the Stemme's, the Kallmeyer's, A. E. Newman and many others for having the courage and sound judgment to go against the flow! I denounce a certain "goose-stepping" Owensville Republican for attempting to browbeat Olan Stemme in his office immediately prior to the election because he supported a Democrat candidate for County Clerk.
What are you? Are you an independent thinker? Do you have the courage of your convictions to go against your political party and vote for the candidate of another party when you judge that candidate to be more worthy and deserving? OR are you a blind follower of the dictates of a political party? Do you march to your own beat, OR are you a blind "goose-stepping party regular"?
You may recall that the German people learned how dangerous it can be to blindly follow one political party! Let us hope and pray that will never happen in America!
Published by Jimmy Oldsun, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist
Date: 11/6/2010
Post: 1,020
"Poor Richard 2011", a Hermann Hearsay FREE subscriber has launched his own local news website. The website link is: http://www.hermannmonews.blogspot.com/ . We recommend you visit the site and tell "Poor Richard 2011" that we sent you.
HermannMoNews seeks to become the "Drudge Report of Hermann". We believe they have made a great start!
Hermann Hearsay has a "reciprocal link agreement with HermannMoNews.
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/6/2010 Post: 1,018
When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim. ~ Genesis 50:11
This may seem like an obscure Scripture but it should challenge every one of us. This passage describes the funeral of Jacob, the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. His son Joseph, has fulfilled a promise to bury his father in the land of Canaan and all of Egypt is mourning. These were God followers whose lives influenced everyone around them. There was a legacy that was so profound that it affected the people who disagreed with Jacob and the God he served. What about our lives? If we left our neighborhoods, would our neighbors mourn the loss to the community?
Today’s commentary by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org
Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist
Date: 11/5/2010
Post: 1,017
I attended the opening night performance of the 'Hallelujah Girls' at the Showboat Theatre in Hermann earlier tonight. I enjoyed it and think many of our readers might also enjoy it.
Next performances:
Saturday, November 6
Friday, November 12
Saturday, November 13
All performances start at 7:30 pm. Advance tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center. Adults - $10. Seniors - $8.
Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist
Date: 11/5/2010
Post: 1,016
A. E. Newman sent us the following PRESS RELEASE yesterday. Mr. Newman announced his candidacy for the office of Southern District Associate Commissioner of Gasconade County several months ago.
PRESS RELEASE
A. E. Newman (I) for Southern District Associate Commissioner of Gasconade County
11/4/2010
(Bland, MO) ----- The 2010 mid-term elections are now history. Voters of Gasconade County have decided to retain incumbent officers rather than change the direction our county has been going. Ron Jost (R) won re-election as Presiding Commissioner. Lesa Lietzow (R) won re-election as County Clerk. Unopposed incumbents Shawn Schlottach (R) and Joey Grosse (R) won re-election as County Collector and County Treasurer respectively.
As you may already know, I have announced my intent to run as an Independent candidate for the office of Southern District Associate Commissioner of Gasconade County now held by Jerry Lairmore (R) of Owensville. During the stump speeches I have given and the small group meetings in which I have participated, I have received a good deal of encouragement from friends and neighbors. In the coming 24 months, I will deliver many more stump speeches and attend many more small group gatherings. In these speeches and meetings, I will unveil my concerns about the current direction of and my proposals for Gasconade County, and I will educate the voters as to why the current "good ol' boys (and girls) network" must be broken up.
My election campaign will primarily consist of going door to door in the southern district, conducting stump speeches before small venues and issuing press releases from time to time. I am hesitant to grant interviews to the media, because I don't trust the media to give me a fair shake. I have seen what the media has done to other political candidates in the past. For the most part, these interviews have been one-sided, and I want no part of that. I suppose it is possible that I could be persuaded otherwise as the campaign unfolds. For now, however, I will be getting my message out by talking to individuals and small groups.
My campaign will seek to educate the electorate on the following issues:
lack of transparency by county government,
lack of financial accountability and mismanagement of public funds by county government,
lack of forward-looking vision by the county commission, and
lack of leadership by the county commission.
These issues will be fleshed out in future stump speeches and press releases.
Published by Frank Furter, IT Manager, Weekend Weather Reporter, Custodian and Coffee Brewer
Date: 11/5/2010 Post: 1,015
We had a cold night last night. It will be cool but sunny today and then we'll see some warming this weekend and into next week. The daytime temperatures will be nice, but the nighttime lows will be cold. Here's the weekend weather forecast .....
Today: Sunny. High 49F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Mainly clear. Low 24F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. High 58F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: Clear skies. Low 33F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the upper 30s.
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/5/2010 Post: 1,014
Today's song goes out to Richard Smoker, a long-time Hermann Hearsay subscriber. Richard is a BIG Elton John fan. So Richard, here's one of your favorite artists and one of your favorite songs ..... Elton John performing his 1972 song "Rocket Man" .....
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/5/2012 Post: 1,013
Clark Kant Retired CEO and Publisher is returning to Hermann Hearsay to assist Jimmy Oldsun and Dick Schaefer with county government exposes. The job of reporting on county goverment has become enormous. Clark will help us get the word out to the electorate of Gasconade County regarding various issues facing the county. As evidenced by the vote on Tuesday of this week, the local media has done a less than adequate job of educating voters regarding issues such as lack of transparency, lack of accountability, financial mismanagement and wasteful spending. Clark will be working part-time and will contribute one investigative report per month. Hermann Hearsay appeals to CNL, The Hermann A-C and The Gasconade County Republican to also increase their coverage of county government. If the media doesn't report on the county's business in a truthful, complete and meaningful way, the electorate cannot be expected to cast their votes with the complete knowledge they need.
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/5/2010 Post: 1,012
"All year long, the Democrats were telling people to 'get out and vote.' Then people told the Democrats, 'We voted, now get out!'" ~ Jay Leno (11/3/2010)
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/5/2010 Post: 1,011
"Queen Nancy" has been "de-throned" .....
In a statement after the midterm election results were declared, soon-to-be former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that .....
"The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people. We must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class, create jobs, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward." ~ Nancy Pelosi
Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/5/2009 Post: 1,010
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. ~ Matthew 4:18-20
I often hear people say, “I’m not quite ready to follow Jesus.” Yet Jesus never asked us to pull ourselves together, then follow Him. Like the uneducated fishermen Simon and Andrew, Jesus called them to follow Him THEN he would make them fishers of men. Jesus did not chose them for their intellect, for fishermen of that day were simple people. He also did not chose them for their skill, for Jesus was about to redefine what fishing meant to these experienced fishermen.
What excuses do we make in not following Jesus? It is neither our skill or lack of it that counts, but simply obeying when we hear the call.
Today’s commentary by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org
Published by Frank Furter, IT Manager, Weekend Weather Reporter, Custodian and Coffee Brewer
Date: 11/4/2010 Post: 1,009
Pull in your house plants! Pull in your pets! Check your pickup truck's coolant system specific gravity! Get an extra wool blanket out of the closet! Down a shot of 90 proof bourbon whiskey before bedtime! It's gonna freeze tonight!
It may not drop to 32F until about 4 a.m., but it is definitely going to freeze before dawn!
THIS HAS BEEN A "FRANK SAID IT WOULD" FREEZE WARNING!
