Entries by jasonpartin

Edward Grady Partin Jr

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 Even if you choose not to choose, you still have made a choice Rush, Freewill “But,” I said, hoping to change topics away from Big Daddy and back to my dad. […]

Edward Grady Partin, Sr.

“And Kennedy made him an All American hero?” Carleton summarized, “And that’s the only reason he didn’t go to jail for rape, murder, kidnapping, and, ironically, perjury? And that’s why all those people tried to kill your family?Just for Kennedy to get Hoffa? Wow.” Neighbor Carleton Carleton was a visual editor for small films and […]

All Americans

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody. R. Buckminister Fuler

The All Americans

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. R. Buckminister Fuler

A part in history

“I am only a patsy” Lee Harvey Oswald “No one will ever know my part in history” Jack Ruby, I believe, though I can’t recall where I read that.

Big Daddy in Cuba

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens. Thomas Jefferson, likely