Small world of newspapers
I sat down at lunch during Rotary yesterday, and a member sat across from me and says, "I saw a friend of yours this past weekend."
"Who was that?" I asked.
"A guy I went to Chapel Hill with," he said, drawing it out a few beats. "Walter Hussman."
Coincidentally, Hussman and his company have been a topic of discussion in our newsroom lately.
"Oh?" I asked. (I'm a pretty engaging conversationalist if I do say so myself.)
"Yes. He said he read on a Web site that his company was interested in your newspaper. And he asked me what I thought of it."
"I hope you spoke kindly," I said.
He said he had and then told me what a good guy Hussman is. They didn't see each other in Greensboro, by the way.
(And, separately, this guy has attested to his journalism chops.)
Again, I have no information that the interest of Wehco is anything more than the curiosity you may have when you pick up one of the informational fliers outside a house for sale. I just enjoy the idea that the world is such a small place.
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October 7, 2008
Dear: Who Ever Is Reading This
That’s Just My Opinion!!!!!
Before I get started please except my apology in advance for anything that I may say that might offend you. I also must prepare any one that has never read my work for what they are about to read. What you are about to read are not facts, they are only the opinions of one person. Me!!!!!!!! I only write what I feel, I am not a man hater, a gold digger hater and nor am I a racist. However I am guilty of being very blunt, always fair some times mean and my all time favorite I can always a bitch if provoked. What can I say, it was inherited!
For those that don’t know who I am let me tell you. I am an Afro American woman who strangely has a hint of Irish in her. Being who I am I have found this Presidential Election to be astonishing and very dominating of my time. While we are all sitting back in the coffee shops, in the classrooms and in the offices discussing how this election is making history and how dumb Sarah Palin appears to be, we are truly missing the obvious. We are missing the change that is happening right before our very eyes every day. No, I don’t mean the Barack Obama change. I am not a fan! Barack change for the better in short means better gas prices, lower food prices, better tax cuts and more jobs with better benefits. Believe that is all good. However, the change that I am speaking about is Humanity change. Let’s just keep it real, the world is what it is and for years racism has really played a big part in screwing us all over. Through out the centuries this has improved step by step. However in the same breath I think that we all have room for improvement. To me this election has started us all in the right direction and has started us all up the ladder step by step to improving the way we all treat each other.
This morning when I walked out of the hotel I came face to face with a very large Caucasian man that looked like he could be one of the most racists people that I have ever came into contact with . He had a frown on his face that would have made the Grinch look like a teddy bear. Being who I am and having had been through what I have been through I did what I would have normally done in this type of situation. I put my head up high, turned it to the other side, ignored him, kept my distance and I proceed to walk to my car. Just as he looked up and my back was turned to him, I heard the most gentle, kind hearted voice say “Good morning, how are you?” Shocked and very embarrassed by my ignorance I turned around smiled and said “I am fine. How are you?” As he reached around his chair with a frown on his face he grabbed his crutches and stumbled to get up, he then said “Awe I guest I ‘m o.k.” As I walked off I noticed the long cast that he had on his leg. I guest that would explain the frown that he had on his face, that I mistook as some racial tension. They say that you should never judge a book by its cover. Appearances can be very wrong!!!!!
To sum it all up I think that this election is truly doing its part in helping to bridge the gap. Now that we have an Afro-American man as a Presidential Candidate and a woman Vice Presidential Candidate we can now say that change is good, the right change is imperative and most of all any change toward the improvement of humanity is the best change of them all. I wish the best to all candidates involve.
Please remember that life is truly a very well planned out play.
All of the lines have already been written.
How you say them is up to you and rather are not you receive a standing ovation is truly up to you.
Enjoy Life
I would like to thank you for reading this and if you would like to contact me you may do so by emailing me at bravin913@yahoo.com or you may call me at (912) 441-9669. However if you call me please make it short. I am a single mother of two teenagers who has T-mobile minutes.
Sincerely,
Toni Michelle Townsend
Posted on October 8, 2008 5:56 PM