There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C.S. Lewis Wisdom begins in wonder. – Socrates Be curious, not judgmental. – Walt Whitman Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. – Benjamin Franklin VOL. 18. ISSUE 11 ~ August 2018 [email protected] Online: www.alabamagazette.com 20 Pages – 4 Sections ©2018 Montgomery, Autauga, Elmore, Crenshaw, Tallapoosa, Pike and Surrounding Counties 334-356-6700 Rotary District 6880 at what’s inside! Installs 2018-2019 Rotary International is a century oDld seirvsicet orrgaincizatio nG locatoed vin 2e20 rconuntoriesr around the world. With over 35,000 clubs and 1.2 million members, Rotary's reach is far and deep. Rotary is dedicated to six areas of focus in order to build local and international relationships, STOP improve lives and create a world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever. These REWARDING impactful areas include promoting peace, providing clean water, fighting disease, aiding mothers and children, growing local economies and supporting education. NEGATIVITY In the River Region we are blessed with eight Rotary clubs that engage in local and global opportunities to take action to make lasting change around the world, in our communities and By Marcia Chambliss in the hearts they touch, including their own. Page 6A See a brief overview of four our local clubs and some of the wonderful things they do in Section D. Rotary Installation WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND of 2018-2019 CONSIDERATION IN District Governor CONFIRMING JUDGE District 6880 KAVANAUGH FOR THE The Installation Dinner for new officers was held on SUPREME COURT? Friday, June 29, 2018, Capital City Club, Montgomery. By Ronald Holtsford 2018-2019 Page 3A District 6680 Officers District Governor, Sam Adams, District Governor Elect, Jamess “Skip” Dothrow MORE LEFTIST District Governor Nominee Jerry Blacklaw TWADDLE The Opening Bell was rung by Graham L. Champion, Invocation by PART 2 Stacia Robinson, Pledge of Allegiance led by Eric Mackey, Four Way Test lead by Rick Pate, and greeting of By Rob Tate guests by Glenn Halbrooks. Installa - Page 2A tion of 2018 District Governor Sam Adams by Bill Tarant. Benediction by Clare Weil and was adjourned by Gra - ham L. Champion. QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY By Ed Jones Page 1B Additional college football schedules on Page 4B. 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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: All I can say is please let this 28-year-old Beginning on a sad note, I wanted to pay tribute to my wife’s mother, Maria Democratic Socialist from New York keeps talking and demonstrating her high Guadeloupe (Lupe) Paredes, who died on 7 July of an aortic dissection. I degree of ignorance. Please, please, please. I have to admit, I am amazed at could not have asked for a better mother-in-law. In 33 years of marriage, the following this woman has. It scares me to think what our kids are being we never once had a crossed word or disagreement. I loved her greatly. taught in many of our schools. In these environments where democracy is Now to it. denigrated and socialism and communism are venerated, it is no surprise that these misinformed miscreants are rising to the forefront (i.e. David Hogg). She There seems to be a never-ending cacophony insanity that emanates from the is quoted as saying, “Oh unemployment is low. Everything is fine, right? Well, left. When I say never ending, I truly mean never-ending. Everyday there seems unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low to be another story that makes my head want to explode. Here are some that because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their have popped up recently. kids. Capitalism has not always existed in the world and it will not always exist 1. Scarlett Johansson: I read in the news yesterday that she was stepping away in the world. When this country started, we did not operate on a capitalist from the movie “Rub & Tug.” I guess this sometimes happens when an actor economy.” Wow! She is a piece of cannot or will not complete a project for various reasons. Perhaps injury, work. This coming from the woman funding or some other logical reason. Bullying? Yes, bullying. Now I am not who wants no borders, abolishment the “Hollywood, I am goo-goo over of prisons, free college tuition, stars and starlets” kind of guy. I government jobs for everybody, the really could care less about most of elimination of I.C.E., while conve - them and their self-absorbed lives. I niently failing to acknowledge the do respect the work that many of failed democratic economic policies them do but I cannot say I support of the previous administration, no the moral or political side of the acknowledgment of Trump’s fence most of them live on. But I policies, as expected, and openly, have to admit, this story did kind of even gleefully predicting the bug me. impending end to our capitalist system and way of life. Here is the deal. The 33-year-old Scarlett was cast to play the lead role I watched an interview with her on in this movie. The movie tells the PBS the other day and she is indeed story of a massage parlor owner, an ill-informed, misguided agent of Dante ‘Tex’ Gill, who operated his the left. When pressed on one of her parlors as a front for his prostitution anti-Israel views she could not give ring. Wait, Scarlett? His parlors? a cogent response and eventually Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Yeah, exactly. Gill was a transgen - admitted that she is not an “expert” der person, born female but lived as in geo-politics although she gradu - male. Once the word was got out ated from Boston University with a degree in international relations. We can that Johansson was going to star only hope that before the mid-term elections, reputable news agencies pin her in the movie, the bullying down and ask her substantive questions that will make her answer and show instantly began. The trans-com - how ill-prepared she is to be in the Congress. Not like that stopped the likes of Maxine Waters or dozens of others. Scarlett Johansson munity instantly started targeting her for “transface” (wha-what??) 3. Trump and Putin : Yesterday, two of the most powerful men in the world and ciswashing, a “form of historical met and as expected, the heads of millions of leftists exploded. I cannot write revisionism that erases to various degrees the lives of trans people from cultural on this now because I need several days to look at the whole event and try to memory, denying them of appropriate recognition.” Who knew? make sense of it all. Hopefully my next Robservation will discuss it. I think But here is the rub with me. Many within their community have lambasted that the President may have stepped on his tongue once or twice but the vitriol Johansson for trying to do this role because she is not from within their coming from the left is utterly amazing. Pundits are saying Trump sucked up community. Let’s just take this in a couple of parts. First of all, there is no way to Putin, caved or was weak. Some said he committed treason. I guess they she was doing this out of disrespect to the LGBT community. No way, not if forget that Obama bowed down before the Saudi king, turned away when she had any further career aspirations. If anything, she was going to bring more confronted with doing something about that bogus red line in the Syrian sand attention to their community as a way of showing that many who live that he brazenly made out how his Secretary of State allowed our men to die in lifestyle exceed the mere caricatures often portrayed in current media. Some of Benghazi while selling Uranium to the Russians. I have to admit, I did admire these people have significant stories to tell while living an alternate lifestyle. A and respect Obama for confronting Vladimir Putin over the Malaysia Flight 17 perfect example would be the current Miss Spain competitor in the Miss shoot down on 17 July, 2014 just one day after his administration placed hefty Universe contest, Angela Ponce, who is a transgender male. I cannot say I agree sanctions on Russia for their involvement in the Ukraine. Oh wait, yeah. with it but I am not one to disparage any of them because of who they are. That never happened and Obama allowed the murder of the 298 people on Neither was Scarlett. Ask me about transgenders in sporting events and we will that airplane to go unchallenged. have a lively conversation. Next, many within that community have come out and said that only a trans- actor should play the role of a trans-person.