This letter was filed this morning with the Observer:
Maybe someone there can clarify: your story today announcing that National Right to Life will be holding its annual convention here in Charlotte next week, is for some reason classified under Faith and Values in your online edition.Two questions about this: what is the connection here with the word faith--faith in what? and what about values--what sort of values are we talking about here? Please elaborate.
Yours truly, Bernie Hargadon 435 S. Tryon St. #606 Charlotte, NC 28202 704 377 5305
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Granddaughter Savannah Garrett
My granddaughter Savannah, aged 11, visited here some weeks ago, and upon her return to Dallas made some notes about what she did when she was visiting us in Charlotte, and her grandfather Frank in Holden Beach, NC. Here are the notes, transcribed:
Saw Harlem Globetrotters; went to 5 Guys; walked a lot; saw the governor (editor's note--Bev Perdue); saw Uncle Mark; saw Aunt Penni; saw Will and Sam; saw Granny and Pa;went to the parade; went to Holden Beach; went to Charlotte; went to VFW; went to grocery store; went to Chicago Dog; watched the St Patrick's Day parade; played a lot w/Will and Sam; Austin loved me; "mico" is still alive; Jeff Gordon doesn't live here anymore; saw Hall of Colors; went to Chinese Restaurant; raced Will and Sam a lot; Will beat me "every time." Grannny laughed at.....Watched North Carolina basketball game; drew pictures; Pa never played the trumpet! Pa "supposely" went to the opera (who knows where he went!) End. (Nice work, Savannah!...Pa)
Saw Harlem Globetrotters; went to 5 Guys; walked a lot; saw the governor (editor's note--Bev Perdue); saw Uncle Mark; saw Aunt Penni; saw Will and Sam; saw Granny and Pa;went to the parade; went to Holden Beach; went to Charlotte; went to VFW; went to grocery store; went to Chicago Dog; watched the St Patrick's Day parade; played a lot w/Will and Sam; Austin loved me; "mico" is still alive; Jeff Gordon doesn't live here anymore; saw Hall of Colors; went to Chinese Restaurant; raced Will and Sam a lot; Will beat me "every time." Grannny laughed at.....Watched North Carolina basketball game; drew pictures; Pa never played the trumpet! Pa "supposely" went to the opera (who knows where he went!) End. (Nice work, Savannah!...Pa)
Friday, June 5, 2009
Letter to the Charlotte Observer--Symphony Orchestra
The letter presented below was submitted to the Observer on May 10. 2009:
To the Editor:
For citizens of all stripes who work hard to build and sustain a community to be proud of, a community to try to have be, the model if not the envy of other like communities, nothing can poison the water more than citizen attitudes such as expressed in a letter appearing in the Forum today, a letter which in effect "disses" the very notion of a city and its citizenry lending financial support to its symphony orchestra.No symphony orchestra, no opera company, no arts organization of a any kind, anywhere in the world, can be sustained though ticket revenue alone. It has been tried, over and over again, and it just can't be done. Every one of them must rely to some extent on philanthropy, and on the community at large--and not just on those who attend the concerts and visit the museums. The Rolling Stones themselves, mentioned by the writer, understand the economics of what they do and what arts organizations do, and would be the first to reject and laugh at the suggestion that they, or any group like them, be thought of as similar to or a suitable substitute for, a community's symphony orchestra.
Yours truly, Bernie Hargadon
To the Editor:
For citizens of all stripes who work hard to build and sustain a community to be proud of, a community to try to have be, the model if not the envy of other like communities, nothing can poison the water more than citizen attitudes such as expressed in a letter appearing in the Forum today, a letter which in effect "disses" the very notion of a city and its citizenry lending financial support to its symphony orchestra.No symphony orchestra, no opera company, no arts organization of a any kind, anywhere in the world, can be sustained though ticket revenue alone. It has been tried, over and over again, and it just can't be done. Every one of them must rely to some extent on philanthropy, and on the community at large--and not just on those who attend the concerts and visit the museums. The Rolling Stones themselves, mentioned by the writer, understand the economics of what they do and what arts organizations do, and would be the first to reject and laugh at the suggestion that they, or any group like them, be thought of as similar to or a suitable substitute for, a community's symphony orchestra.
Yours truly, Bernie Hargadon
Letter to the New York Times-- David Brooks
The letter below was submitted to the Times on May 19, 2009:
To The Editor:
In his "In Praise of Dullness" Mr. Brooks takes us through his analysis of what it takes to be a successful corporate C.E.O., and then suddenly ends the column with a thud, warning that nothing good can come of Washington "interposing itself in the management culture of industry after industry." And so I ask, just what point is he trying to make? Surely Mr Brooks understands that the only reason politicians have gotten involved is because of the massive failure of much of corporate America and its C.E.O. leadership.
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
To The Editor:
In his "In Praise of Dullness" Mr. Brooks takes us through his analysis of what it takes to be a successful corporate C.E.O., and then suddenly ends the column with a thud, warning that nothing good can come of Washington "interposing itself in the management culture of industry after industry." And so I ask, just what point is he trying to make? Surely Mr Brooks understands that the only reason politicians have gotten involved is because of the massive failure of much of corporate America and its C.E.O. leadership.
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
Letter to the New York Times--General Motors
The letter below was sent to the Times on Tuesday, June 2, 2009:
To The Editor:
In the mid-1950's, I was employed as a G.M. representative to dealerships in the Delaware Valley region and one day was called to a meeting in New York City for an announcement by someone from Detroit. The gist of the announcement was this: General Motors has attained a 52% market share, with Chevrolet alone at 30%, and management (i.e., Harlow Curtis) has decided not to pursue any further gains in market share, such is their fear of anti-trust action! It is painful, and in a way surreal, to think back to that meeting in New York, as I read today of G.M.'s bankruptcy.
Sincerely, Bernie Hargadon
To The Editor:
In the mid-1950's, I was employed as a G.M. representative to dealerships in the Delaware Valley region and one day was called to a meeting in New York City for an announcement by someone from Detroit. The gist of the announcement was this: General Motors has attained a 52% market share, with Chevrolet alone at 30%, and management (i.e., Harlow Curtis) has decided not to pursue any further gains in market share, such is their fear of anti-trust action! It is painful, and in a way surreal, to think back to that meeting in New York, as I read today of G.M.'s bankruptcy.
Sincerely, Bernie Hargadon
A letter in the Charlotte Observer
This letter of mine appeared in the Charlotte Observer yesterday (June 4, 2009). It refers to an op-ed piece which appeared on May 30, 2009. I have been unable to copy the article itself so as to print it here. (6/5/09)
To The Editor:Every once in a while, readers get lucky when their newspaper features something which meets the uncommon "Required Reading" standard. Such an article appeared this morning in Mary Newsom's "Just who is really the "illegal scum"? It deserves national circulation and the attention of the entire nation. I hope for that to happen and hope also that this community's religious leaders--of all denominations,--will have seen the article and will hammer home its message to their respective congregations. Congratulations and thanks, Mary Newsom!Sincerely,Bernie Hargadon435 S. Tryon St. #606charlotte, NC 28202704 377 5305.
To The Editor:Every once in a while, readers get lucky when their newspaper features something which meets the uncommon "Required Reading" standard. Such an article appeared this morning in Mary Newsom's "Just who is really the "illegal scum"? It deserves national circulation and the attention of the entire nation. I hope for that to happen and hope also that this community's religious leaders--of all denominations,--will have seen the article and will hammer home its message to their respective congregations. Congratulations and thanks, Mary Newsom!Sincerely,Bernie Hargadon435 S. Tryon St. #606charlotte, NC 28202704 377 5305.
latest jokes from Cecil Taylor, my barber
Cowboy rides into town, pulls up in front of the saloon. Dismounts, walks back to the rear of the horse, lifts the tail, and kisses the horse's arse. Walks into the saloon. Saloonkeeper has been peering out, has taken this all in. Cowboy asks for a double whiskey. Saloonkeeper offers cowboy the drink on the house if he will explain what he was doing behind the horse. Cowboy says simply, "Chapped lips." Saloonkeeper asks, you mean that prevents chapped lips? No, says the cowboy, it just keeeps me from licking my lips.
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A guy who been a flasher all his life confides to a friend that he is thinking about giving that up. Friend asks why, reminds the flasher that he has gotten a lot of pleasure from doing that, has never reallly harmed anyone, and so why give it up now? Flasher mulls it over, and says yeah, maybe you have a point....I think maybe I'll stick it out.
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Flasher walks past a park bench where three elderly women are seated. He does his thing (flashes)...the lady on the end has a stroke, the one in the middle does also, third woman unable to....she can't reach it.
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Two five-year olds are in the men's room, peeing. One looks at the other's peepee, and exclaims, yours looks a lot different than mine does. The other kid says yes, mine was circumcised right after I was born. The other kid asks "did it hurt a lot?" "You bet it did," said the other kid, "I couldn't walk for almost a year."
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A guy who been a flasher all his life confides to a friend that he is thinking about giving that up. Friend asks why, reminds the flasher that he has gotten a lot of pleasure from doing that, has never reallly harmed anyone, and so why give it up now? Flasher mulls it over, and says yeah, maybe you have a point....I think maybe I'll stick it out.
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Flasher walks past a park bench where three elderly women are seated. He does his thing (flashes)...the lady on the end has a stroke, the one in the middle does also, third woman unable to....she can't reach it.
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Two five-year olds are in the men's room, peeing. One looks at the other's peepee, and exclaims, yours looks a lot different than mine does. The other kid says yes, mine was circumcised right after I was born. The other kid asks "did it hurt a lot?" "You bet it did," said the other kid, "I couldn't walk for almost a year."
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