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I bet you sang in the choir, Bobby Tony ~~~ they are famous for chewing gum, writing notes, and distracting from what is going on at the Pulpit. They get elected to Deacon and "Deacon lite" takes place!!!

I had 2 choirs in different churches where I threatened to put motocycle mirrors on the Pulpit so I could see their antics for myself . . . I bet I am RIGHT, huh??

Commented: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 2:31 am By: Gene Scarborough

In case you are getting bored, Bobby Tony --- I have just submitted a follow-up article bringing the religious debates into 2015! It should be up this evening, good buddy.

Commented: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 4:41 pm By: Gene Scarborough

We have been playing and here, again, is the significant question:

As America enters its 2nd century of the "Great Experiment in Democracy," have we lost our ability to be a union of imperfect humans immigrated here from all over the world with the dream of "freedom and justice for all?"

Commented: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 9:04 am By: Gene Scarborough

In recent months I have chatted with 2 good black folks who went north from Beaufort County and are now back home with a smile. They both said they enjoyed higher wages and buying a house they sold for way more than the cost of their new house here.

None of us miss the heavy traffic of cities and value the down home outlook in Beaufort County sans drugs and crime taking away the joy of living in any big city these days.

I picked up the history of the Noonday Baptist Church, dating back to 1833, and the frontier days of Cobb County. One of them migrated to near Tyler, TX, and named his crossroad "Noonday" after his former home. Our Cobb Noonday was from the creek you had best reach by buggy by noon or you were spending the night in the wilderness surrounded by wildlife and Cherokee Indians! Most old towns and roads have something to do with their frontier days. For example, The Old Post Road exiting from Bath was the first trail used to carry the mail and stagecoach 300 years ago.

A great study in history is to take the most ancient map you can find and superimpose it over the current one! One of the great road names of Atlanta is the Roswell Road / Atlanta Highway. Going toward Roswell, it has one name and the return has the second name. In typical Atlanta frontier confusion --- as it has become an area of 8 million +, the roads follow old indian trails or that laid out by a drunk farmer's mule going home. They are crooked / overcrowded / and I don't miss that aspect of Hotlanta at all!

Commented: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 7:05 am By: Gene Scarborough

I have read the history on immigration and do not see much change from NYC taking in massive numbers from Ireland, Germany, the Orient, and all over the world. The major difference between then and now is expansion to Mexico, the Middle East, and India to the Far East into all major cities in this country.

The prejudice towards blacks in the South and Mexicans in the SW, along with orientals on the West Coast is all still the same. Established Americans, whether 50 years ago or the present still want to find cheap labor and use them for profit in production and rentals.

Despite the use and abuse, they find a way to succeed in the Land of the Free. . .

My Scarborough ancestors immigrated from north of London to the VA/NC border of Coastal America. They then to seek a climate similar to their homeland each time. We have ancestral information indicating a migration through NC and settling in Madison County (Athens) Ga. Even in Atlanta, Scarborough is a minority!

Commented: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 6:19 am By: Gene Scarborough

Did the Greek impress you, Ted???

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 9:36 am By: Gene Scarborough

As America enters its 2nd century of the "Great Experiment in Democracy," have we lost our ability to be a union of imperfect humans immigrated here from all over the world with the dream of "freedom and justice for all?"

Who will take the ball and start our discussion of a most important thing . . .

Commented: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 8:51 am By: Gene Scarborough