| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jul | Sep » | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
- July 22, 2010: The Cost of Living in Baker City
- June 9, 2010: An End to Financial Uncertainty
- June 2, 2010: Memorial Day Thoughts.
- April 27, 2010: A Matter of Opinion
- April 4, 2010: Tax Hell
- March 26, 2010: Wayfarers In Winter
- February 22, 2010: This morning, so far (or, Why I Drive as Little as Necessary)
- January 18, 2010: Leaves Blown Apart
- December 24, 2009: Predicting the Next Economic Downturn
- December 10, 2009: In memory of Dennis Huff and The Heat of the Sun
HEROES
We need more heroes. Heroes have character. They have passion and principle. I’ve always had heroes. They range from Chip Hilton to Dirty Harry, to the 1980 Olympic hockey team, to the crew of the Challenger, to Martin Luther King, Jr., to Hank Aaron, to Sister Teresa to Pat Tillman to Jessica Ellis. In my view, there is no one more heroic than Jackie Robinson, with the possible exceptions of Mr. Truman and Mr. Lincoln. They are all folks who were willing to take a stand on issues of importance. If you read
“THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE”, you will get the ideal of heroism. Heroism is the act of putting principle or the welfare of others above your own well-being.
There are anthems for heroes. My personal favorite is “the Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha. The martial music and stirring lyrics like “to fight the unbeatable foe”, or, “to be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause”, combine to give us a picture of a heroic character.
In the sometimes-friendly confines of Baker City, there resides a somewhat Quixotic fellow. I am not aware of him tilting at windmills, but he does strive to push the boulder of enlightenment up the Blue Mountain of ignorance. He doesn’t give up easily, but sticks to his principles. He has attempted to get the village council to follow the U. S. Constitution. In the event the local council gets the message, then the REAL heavy lifting begins. then we can attempt to get Salem and Washington, D.C. to follow the Constitution.
In ten years of living in this community, Gary Dielman has never wandered into my line of sight. I hope I get to meet him. A person of principle intrigues me whether we agree or not. Anyone who is able and willing to annoy the religious right-wingers that John McCain called “agents of intolerance’ is certainly heroic enough for my list.
Dave Rama
August 25, 2008 at 13:13
The Fourth Amendment left town and no one seems to care. The charter appears to be the only guiding document in Baker City, “The Premier Rural Living Experience, Just Like Before You Had Rights.” The charter is fatally flawed. There are many heroes, but they also must find each other and their common ground in order to rise up and change the city charter! Too much power in too few hands — we must stop it.