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MOUNT CARMEL, Tenn. — Police in northeast Tennessee say Scott Gibson isn't the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and he'd have to pay his speeding fine even if he were. On June 29, a Mount Carmel speed camera clocked the 56-year-old Gibson of Rogersville going 66 mph in a 55 mph zone.…

In a certain train wreck, the engineer, who could have saved his life by jumping, stuck to his post and thereby saved the passengers but lost his own life. They erected a monument, not to the train, for it did only what its machinery forced it to do, but to the engineer, who, of his own volition, chose…

“Inside-out” says that if you want to have a happy marriage, be the kind of person who generates positive energy and sidesteps negative energy rather than empowering it. If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want…

It’s the nature of reactive people to absolve themselves of responsibility. It’s so much safer to say, am not responsible.” If I say, “I am responsible,” I might have to say, “I am irresponsible.” It would be very hard for me to say that I have the power to choose my response and that the response I…

Perhaps the classic example in this regard is the study of the identical twin sons of a chronic alcoholic. One twin became an alcoholic. The other became a teetotaler. Both were asked later in life why they had followed their chosen paths. Their answers were identical: “With an alcoholic for a father,…

I do this because I am a “INFJ”. No, dear, you do this because you are a “JERK.” - Peter Steinke 9-14-00

Journalist James Glassman declares that “a culture of complaint” has infected American society. Some Americans file complaints against food companies, seeking to hold a corporation responsible for making them fat. Others seek litigation against banks for lending them money even though they were a credit…

Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons on July 2, 1942: "I am your servant, and you have the right to dismiss me when you please. What you have no right to do is ask me to bear responsibilities without the power of effective action."

Ability does not mean necessity. Ability requires responsibility. Steven D. Olsen

The next time you walk down the sidewalk of a crowded, busy street and see only fixed stares instead of smiles on approaching faces, stop in front of the first show-window mirror and examine your own countenance. You will most likely discover that it is as frozen and cold as those of the others. They,…

The only things which are wrong about our Government are the things which are wrong with you and me. - Douglas L. Edmonds Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude, page 174

Galatians 6 is a good chapter to study in connection with this point. There Paul asserts that “each one shall bear his own load” (v.5). The Greek word for “load” means knapsack, or what we carry daily on our journey through life. It is the same “burden” that Jesus spoke of when He said, “My yoke is easy,…

I remember seeing a television documentary that featured the story of two drivers in conflict. One man felt the other driver had cut him off. He tailgaited, then pulled alongside the other driver, and they made angry gestures toward each other. As his anger escalated, the first pulled out a semiautomatic…

Library lets late fees fly for Hudson River pilot Monday, February 02, 2009 FRESNO, Calif. — Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is every librarian's hero, too. The US Airways pilot splash landed his jetliner in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, and everyone on board escaped safely. But left in the cargo…

Patrick Henry in characteristic deliberation said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” The next generation shouted, “Give me liberty.” The present generation shouts, “Give me.” 400 More Snappy Stories…That Preachers Tell, Paul E. Holdcraft, page 50

Bob Lewis relates the story of a Christian woman who owned two prize-winning chickens. One afternoon, the chickens worked their way out of her yard and into her neighbor’s garden. The neighbor, known for his hot temper, captured both birds, wrung their necks, and then threw their lifeless carcasses across…

The Little Red Hen One day as the Little Red Hen was scratching in a field, she found a grain of wheat. “This wheat should be planted,” she said. “Who will plant this grain of wheat?” “Not I,” said the Duck. “Not I,” said the Cat. “Not I,” said the Dog. “Then I will,” said the Little Red Hen. And she…

Eventually, he tried to justify his anomalous personality by the theory of evolution – which he viewed as antithetical to faith. He told Stone Phillips in an NBC Dateline interview that he had felt he didn’t have to be accountable to anyone. Since man came from slime, he was accountable to no one. Dark…

An afternoon baseball game surprises you with how many people industry can get along without, and listening to people trying to get out of jury duty amazes you with how many people it can’t. - Bill Vaughan An afternoon baseball game surprises you with how many people industry can get along without, and…

The story goes that when the founding fathers of this nation emerged from the session where they had put the final touches on the constitution, some of the waiting crowd buttonholed Benjamin Franklin. “What have you given us?” they asked anxiously. “A republic,” said old Ben, “if you can keep it!” I…

Many years ago, a great hitter named Paul Waner was nearing the end of his long career. He entered a ballgame with 2,999 hits -- one hit away from the landmark total of 3,000, which so many hitters want to reach, but which relatively few actually do reach. Waner hit a ball that the fielder did not handle…

A fellow who has only him-self to blame. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Jacob M., Braude, page 975

First of all the law will look ridiculous. Several weeks after the decision, a young woman boarded an airplane in Pittsburgh and flew to Youngstown, Ohio, a flight of thirty-two minutes. During that time she delivered a baby and left it in the restroom of the airplane. Now, if she had had an abortion…

Illustration: Some years ago, David Robinson, who plays basketball in San Antonio, visited our church. He's not a member of our church, but he shows up occasionally. You can imagine the stir that occurred when that striking fellow walked into the auditorium. We have two worship services, and he came…

British civil servant and economist Sir Josiah Stamp remarked, “It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” English playwright James Albery wrote: He slept beneath the moon; He basked beneath the sun. He lived a life of going-to-do;…