On Sunday, March 1st: easily the best three minutes of my day were spent watching part of CBS Sunday Morning, as we will see after the jump ....
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My fellow TC colleague
BeninSC has written two diaries on the theme of being a red state resident, yet fighting-the-good-fight for all that blue state residents aspire to .... and asking for your empathy (if not necessarily your complete understanding). He did so in his
own diary first, then graced
Top Comments with a
follow-up the next day. And while he is neither the first (nor will he be the last) to do so ...... he did so in his usual, engaging style.
With that background, I have two young men for you to consider as examples of what red state residents could be ... if given half-a-chance. And hold-on-to-your-hats: if I told you they are white prep school basketball players ... in Waco, Texas ... what odds would you place on their actions reflecting liberal ... actually, just human empathy for those who are in dire circumstances, with many of them non-white?
Well, somebody forgot to tell student/athletes Hudson Bradley and Ben Martinson of Vanguard College Prep they weren't supposed to do something like this.
In Gainesville, Texas there is a youth correctional facility for felony offenders, where good behavior is rewarded by a spot on the basketball team. If they're not on the team, students at Gainesville are not permitted to leave the school - i.e., they can't travel to cheer on their classmates. Few parents make the trip, leaving the opposing fan section empty at many Gainesville Tornadoes games.
And for the two young men at Vanguard ..... this didn't sit well. As the video from CBS Sunday Morning shows, they decided to
rectify the situation for their opponents. It is altogether possible that
this video may be the best three minutes of your day, if you have not yet seen it.
I have no doubt the Gainesville players are correct that many, many years later they will remember this game ... and hopefully, it will act as an extra incentive to turn their lives around.
People living in red states (in general), Southern states (in particular) and Texas (to be precise) are often painted with a wide brush. But methinks these two young men - and the classmates whom they inspired; going above-and-beyond mere cooperation - have shown that looks can be deceiving, and have done their state proud. As the Ring of Fire report states, "If a couple of high school kids can be this gracious, then certainly adults in government can do the same thing".
And should Messrs. Hudson and Ben grow-up to be Republicans? ..... well, I think I can point to them while addressing conservatives in general (and, markedly, the infamous frat house at the University of Oklahoma) and say, "More of this, please" .... without batting an eyelash.
Now, on to Top Comments:
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From Gloriana:
In the diary by LaFeminista about the death of the British fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett - this is submitted without comment (but with a hanky and hugs where needed) as OllieGarkey gave us the following from the world of Twitter.
From
Chrislove:
In Hunter's diary about George W. Bush outpacing Bill Clinton in the amount of benefits received under the Former Presidents Act, I LOL'd at jwinIL14's theory.
Flagged by
qphilo:
In the diary by jpmassar about the police shootings in Ferguson - Denise Oliver Velez had this comment of note.
And from
Ed Tracey, your faithful correspondent this evening ........
In the diary by Jud Lounsbury about contacting the Reagan Library to debunk a story that Scott Walker likes to tell - Mrcynical opens-up a thread about Bill-O ... and frivolity ensued.
TOP PHOTOS
March 11, 2015
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And lastly: yesterday's Top Mojo - mega-mojo to the intrepid mik ...... who rescued this feature from oblivion:
1) I love the crayon letter! by chloris creator — 222
2) They should be prosecuted for child abuse. by TomP — 185
3) As another diarist points out, Bill Kristol Israel by mumtaznepal — 142
4) It's the response of every entitled bully I've by koosah — 124
5) Matt Duss tweet... by RichM — 123
6) Glad that the Republicans didn't know by d3clark — 113
7) That's common among traitors: by Inland — 113
8) Stop telling citizens what a resounding success... by dagnome — 109
9) They also joined a fraternity known for its by konving — 102
10) Undermining the authority of the president by 8ackgr0und N015e — 101
11) Dear Iran Guys by crystal eyes — 97
12) Investigate, indict, incarcerate. These are the by LamontCranston — 95
13) the 2000 election, WMD's, Valerie Plame, by kamarvt — 95
14) That reminds me of someone else by kenwards — 94
15) He did what a CEO is supposed to do... by DocDawg — 94
16) Heart and Intention don't really matter. by aimai — 92
17) I do. by Democrat in the South — 92
18) Ok, now what else are they going to admit they... by markthshark — 89
19) Shooting themseleves in the foot when their foot by Rikon Snow — 89
20) "Cringe-worthy buffoonery".........nice. by skillet — 87
21) yep. And 12 yr old Tamir Rice is dead for playing by mrsgoo — 86
22) Open carry walk asserts white privilege boldly. by FishOutofWater — 86
23) "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil by ArthurPoet — 84
24) I have family in Wisconsin. When I used to visi... by exNavalOfficer — 77
25) Those boys weren't following. by ExpatGirl — 76
26) You have to wonder if these "exalted" R members by sajiocity — 75
27) Kristol was defending letter today on Morn Joe by zbob — 75
28) One of the first things Walker did by Puddytat — 74
29) A huge fine and 3 years in jail each would be nice by jaguarpete — 74
30) It is time by cama2008 — 74