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Don't Be Afraid to
Make a Mistake...
Much has been said about
the possible "missed clues"
by the Federal Bureau of
Investigations (FBI) prior to
the September 11 terroristic
acts. While much has been
said, nothing can be done to
change what has happened.
If you are a weekly read-
er of my column, you will
remember that last year I
stated in one of my columns
there were problems inside
the FBI. As a matter of fact,
a local reader took exception
to it. As a former FBI agent,
I can see how he would.
Having said all of that, let
me tell you where I stand
today on this particular issue.
If the FBI did miss clues
that could have prevented the
September 11 tragedy, then
those that overlooked those
clues will have to live with
that mistake. I personally
find it hard to believe that
any FBI agent would pur-
posely look the other way if
they found clues. I think it
was simply a mistake, unless
corruption was involved, and
I don't believe that for one
minute.
On Wednesday, May 29,
FBI Director Robert Mueller
admitted there could have
been missed clues. So, we
(Joe public) will have to
assume there probably were
some. It's unfortunate if that
is true, but if it is, it's not going
to change what happened.
One thing is for sure,
there is not a soul in this great
nation that would not give
anything to change what hap-
pened on September 11. Now,
even months after the fact,
we stillmourn those that lost
their lives, still shudder when
we think of the tragedy, and
pray that nothing like this will
ever happen on our soil again.
WHILETHEFBIISUnder
scrutiny right now, and I'm
one of their worst critics, I'll
have to say this has done
some good, as far as theFBI
is concerned.
For starters, it has caused
the FBI and the United States
government to consider how
improvements can be made
in our national security
efforts. Security in interna-
tional airports has been
improved since the hijack-
hags as well. So, we are now
a little safer.
Mueller also announced
a broad reorganization of the
nation's premier law enforce-
ment agency after making
the statement that had inves-
tigators recognized the
importance of the data they
were collecting, the
September 11th hijackings
'The trick to being
successful in any-
thing is not being
o#aia to a mis-
take, but to learn
from your mistake."
might have been detected.
Mueller said he will be
moving hundreds of agents,
mostly from drug investiga-
tions, to focus on terrorism
and the prevention of future
attacks.
THE FBI IS not the blame
for what happened on
September 11. If they missed
clues, that is unfortunate, but
even if the clues had been
found, followed up on and
every T crossed and every I
dotted, that is not guarantee
this would not have hap-
pened. We can begin to think
about what ifs, we need to
concentrate on what now.
As I said, the only thing
good that has come from this,
is hopefully we have learned
a valuable lesson in the war
on terrorism, and that is to
never let our guard dowrL We
must constantly be on the
look out for future attacks
and put a tremendous amount
of energy and efforts into
preventing those attacks.
While I can be critical of
the FBI at timds, I realize
what a difficult job they have.
They are charged with the
total security of our nation,
that some pretty big shoes to
f: We mu give them cred-
it where credit is due.
The Bureau has done a
tremendous amount of good
for this nation over the years
and, while they have made
mistakes a long the way, their
win ratio is pretty good.
After all, everyone makes
mistakes. I've made a few
myself, and am pretty sure
. I'll make a few more before
"I leave God's green earth.
However, when I make a mis-
take, I learn from it.
The trick to being suc-
cessful in anything is not
being afraid to make a mis-
take, the trick is, when you
do make one, learn from it.
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Fondly Recalling My School
A young woman was
expelled from a Goldsboro,
North Carolina, high school
recently because she mod-
eled a bathing suit in a shop-
ping mall.
A judge later ruled the
student, seventeen-year-old
Michelle Outlaw, could
return to school, however,
and justice certainly was
served.
High school kids are walk-
ing around with green hair,
so what's the big deal about
modeling a bathing suit?
Kathy Sue Loudermilk,
hallowed be her name,
entered a Miss Collard
Festival beauty pageant back
home one year and wore a
bathing suit that was much
too small to hold everything
Kathy Sue had attempted to
stuff into it.
During the talent portion
of the contest, Kathy Sue was
doing her famous "Dueling
Kazoos" number, and her suit
gave way and split right down
the front.
Parents attempted to
cover their children's eyes,
and the Baptist minister had
to be rexdved with cold water.
Said my boyhood friend
and idol, Weyman C.
Wannamaker, Jr., a great
American, who witnessed the
incident, "What Kazoos!"
I CAN'T imagine a stu-
dent being expelled from
school for simply modeling a
swimsuit. Students were
expelled from school back
when I was in high school for
sure, but you had to do some
heavy-duty rotten stuff to get
the gate.
Weyman was expelled for
one of the classics of teenage
vandalism. He put cherry
bombs down each of the three
commodes in the boys' room
and then flushed.
By some method I'm not
certain of, cherry bombs will
explOde under water. Not only
was the boys' room com-
pletely flooded, but they
found pieces of broken com-
mode all the way down at the
tether-ball pole on the play-
ground.
Weyman's father, Mr.
Wannamaker, of
Wannamaker Plumbing, gave
the school a 10 percent dis-
count on what he charged for
cleaning up the mess. It was
considered a fine gesture.
FRANKIE GARFIELD,
the School bully, usually was
expelled once a week. Among
other things, he once set fire
to the school library in an
effort to get out of having to
read Les Miserables.
The book was damaged,
however. And rumor had it
Frankie actually read four
pages before his dog, Killer,
at the book.
Frankie also stole a pit and
brought it to school in a sack.
He set the pig free in the home
ec. Lab where the students
were learning to fry
Three of the girls,
the pig was bent on
fainted.
Frankie, got
he pig fared even
ate a sponge cake thel
ec. Class had
sick and died.
Back to Kathy
fared a lot better
was she
left of Kathy Sue's
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local feed store,
sored the Miss
Festival pageant.
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Honesty Is Always a Good
The story is told about a
man who wrote to the Internal
Revenue Service. In his let-
ter he said, "I haven't been
able to sleep for the past few
weeks since I mailed in my
tax form. Therefore, I am
sending you $5,000 more in
taxes. If I can't sleep after I
send this, then I will send the
other $5,000 1 owe you."
There are people in our
nation today who have drift-
ed away from the values our
country was founded on.
They seem to think it is all
right to better themselves
financially at the expense of
others. They think it's all right
to not be totally honest and
truthful with those with
whom they deal. And yes,
they think it is all right to be
dishonest when paying their
income taxes.
Integrity is not longer a
part of some folk's vocabu-
lary. Webster says that
integrity is "completeness,
wholeness, honesty and sin-
cerity." We need more men
and women in this country
today with integrity...com-
plete, whole, honest and sin-
cere people.
In the business world,
complete trust between
employers and their associ-
ates is the most important sin-
gle ingredient. It is that way
in the relationship with our
friends as well.
Donald Dunn tells a true
story about an incident that
occurred a while back with
his father. It exemplifies the
point I am trying to make
today.
A man entered my
father's diesel repair shop,
said he was a driver for a
trucking company and sug-
gested, "How about adding a
few extra parts to the bill?
We'll let the company pay for
it, and you and I can split the
difference."
Dad refused, but the cus-
tomer was insistent. "I come
through here a lot," the matt
continued. "We could make
quite a bit of money."Dad said
that wasn't how he operated.
"Everyone does it!" the
man yelled. "Are you some
kind of a fool?" Burning mad,
Dad asked the man to leave
his shop.
Suddenly the man smiled
and extended his hand for a
handshake. "I own a trucking
company," he said. "I have
been looking for a mechanic
I can trust, and I've finally
found one."
So you see, honesty pays
off and it is always a good rule
to follow. Check over these
other ten good rules I want
to share with you today.
• You should not worry, for
worry is the most unproduc-
tive of all human activities.
*You should not be fear-
ful, for most of the things we
fear never come to pass.
• You should not
bridges before one
them, for no one yet
• You should face
problem as
only handle
way.
•You;
lems to bed with you,
*You should not
other peoples'
They
than you can.
*You should no
relive for
ill, it is
Concentrate on what
pening in your life
happy now!
*You should be a
tener, when
ten do you
hard to learn
when you are
some people do
than you do.
*You should
blessings, never
the small ones,
add up to one big one.
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• IE.W. Fleming,
the city of LaGrange,
attorney of Hogansville,
tured the local Kiwanis
here Tuesday on what
termed, 'q'he ShameS
Chambers County" He
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gallon of whiskey."
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depicted Mary
and herpet00
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be old timers in
hood."
• 'The Darling Brats' i
ior class play was
'Howling
revolved around the
the Darling family, four
being raised by an older
and all of them had
ests which confounded
confusion and added to
gayety..."
*Mrs. W,L Martin
duced a "delightful
tasy which pleased the
audience."
