The Ole Seagull

Is America committing suicide using the “Exit Bag” of an unbridled Federal Judiciary?

General, Government, Opinion / /

If the “oxygen” necessary for America’s “life” is even remotely related to the way Abraham Lincoln described it at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, then an Ole Seagull would have to answer “Yes.” In concluding his speech that day Lincoln said, “…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” …

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Memorial Day – Remember the “risk” that preserves our Nation

General, Opinion / /

The purpose of the original Memorial Day was to honor those who died in the Civil War. Its purpose today has evolved into remembering and honoring all who have died in the service of our country. What better way is there to honor and remember them than to honor and remember their living comrades, those men and women who have and are currently honorably serving in America’s Armed Forces.
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Plan fiddles “The Plood” while local officials and community leaders dance to the tune, tick tock, tick tock…

Branson, Government, Opinion / /

In terms of the ticking time bomb that hangs over the Branson area, not only in terms of those who will be directly impacted by any more “high water,” but by those businesses that are effected adversely, even by the perception of Branson being flooded, let’s hope that three years from now, the words written by the Ole Seagull in 2008 won’t still apply. In 2008 he wrote: …

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Branson is not and was not flooded

Branson, General / /

Noah might have seen more rain quicker than the Branson area did Easter Weekend and into the first part of Easter Week, but the Ole Seagull hasn’t. If that rainfall wasn’t what some people refer to as an “Act of God” then nothing is. There wasn’t anything anyone on this earth could have done to prevent the comparatively minimal flooding that resulted in the low-lying areas below Table Rock Dam on Lake Taneycomo and its tributaries from that rain and the record releases of water from Table Rock Dam it caused, but “Branson” was never flooded.
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Mothers, an example of God’s perfect love

Opinion / /

How important are Mothers? Without them natural life as we know it could not even begin and the course of most people’s lives, after that beginning, is dramatically influenced by the person they call “Mom” or “Mother.” There are some, including the Ole Seagull, who believe that by the age of eight or earlier the mold of a person’s future has been cast and, to a very large extent, Mother’s form that mold.
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Why can’t we have the same peaceful death as a pet or Timothy McVeigh?

General / /

On June 11, 2001, Timothy McVeigh, the man who killed 168 people and injured 450 more when he bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 was executed by lethal injection at 7:14 a.m. in the federal execution chamber of U.S. Federal Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana. Most reasonable people would assume he died relatively painlessly and quickly. …

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Vision, perseverance, character and values make College of the Ozarks a beacon

Branson, General, Opinion / /

America is full of liberal arts colleges, some good and some bad, some, if not most very liberal and some conservative, but there is only one that has the perseverance to persistently embrace the character and values that make Branson and the Ozarks so special. That college, has both the heart of a leader and of a servant and has at all times been a beacon for quality education, character development, a strong work ethic, the American spirit and values and faith in God. That college is the College of the Ozarks (C of O).

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America’s “nobleness” and hope – Her Teachers!

General, Opinion / /

Dedication: As another school year winds to its close, may it remind us all of how valuable our Teachers are to our children, community and the future of our nation.

In terms of a “profession,” America’s future does not lie in the hands of Presidents, politicians, lawyers, doctors, accountants, and other leaders. Her future lies in the hands of the professionals who will be teaching those who will become the future Presidents, politicians, lawyers, doctors, accountants and other leaders, America’s Teachers. …

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I would vote for the $42.9 million school bond issue, but…

Branson, General, Opinion / /

Different individuals could complete that sentence in a variety of ways most of which would not be timely or efficient in terms of solving the problem which is, in an Ole Seagull’s mind, “Making sure our ‘children’ and their teachers have physical facilities that will enhance the educational process not detract from it.” It’s obvious that it takes more physical facilitie …

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Can “cooperation” get Gov. Nixon $53 for every $1 he spends on tourism marketing?

Branson, Opinion / /

One of the most honest statements the Ole Seagull has every heard, and one every business should be committed to is, “You have to spend money to make money.” You can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket; have a successful business if you do not invest in the product that the business is providing, the people providing it and its marketing or be successful in most other financial endeavors without spending money.
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