The Darryl Hunt saga is in so many ways the story of Winston-Salem. Not the only story. But a story that can be used to tell the larger tale of Winston-Salem’s growth and change during the past 20-some years. The murder of Deborah Sykes happened about 18 months before I arrived in Winston-Salem, but my time at the Journal has overlapped with the rest of the events. And when I left in 1988 and then returned to Winston-Salem in 1993, it was still evolving and would reach a new critical phase shortly thereafter with the battle over DNA results.
The Journal has covered the story and been part of the story. Sometimes at the same time. Today’s story about the negotiations between Hunt’s legal team and the city about a settlement is but the latest twist in this drama. Now, it’s about more than admitting wrongs or acknowledging mistakes. It’s about money.
There’s a legitimate question about “When does this ever end?” But it doesn’t have to be a question posed in exasperation.
There are certainly many people who want to move on, who think the healing is done and it’s time to close the book. Others don’t want to be told when they’ve healed, and that they will decide when it’s over.
At some point in the State of the Union speech last night, I started trying to count the blink differences between Nancy Pelosi and Dick Cheney. Maybe, it’s just the shape of their eyes, but I could swear that Pelosi was blinking about four times more frequently than Cheney...It also seemed a little odd that the President waited until the final moments to say “The State of our Union is strong ...” Usually, that’s at the top.
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WHO IS AFRAID OF REP. VIRGINIA FOXX
I believe George Bush is a detriment to America! He and the neocons have involved America in a “war of choice, not necessity” which is a colossal mess that has killed over three thousand American soldiers, thousands of Iraqis and has depleted our treasury. But tonight as I watched him exit from delivering the “State of the Union” speech, I actually felt genuine sympathy for him. He was accosted by Rep. Foxx as she grabbed him and planted a big sloppy kiss on his face. The sorry state of our union and this mess in Iraq has not traumatized President Bush, but that kiss planted on his face by Rep. Foxx will surely traumatize him for the rest of his presidency. That kiss will probably give him nightmares for the rest of his life. No native-born North Carolinian would behave in such an unprofessional, juvenile manner. If Rep. Foxx’s politics don’t embarrass North Carolinians. surely her behavior does.
Chagrined,
M. Delphia Block
P.S. This “kiss’ was featured on Keith Olbermann, who characterized the grabbing and kissing the president by Rep. Michelle Bachmann (who asserts that God called her to run for congress) and Rep. Foxx as “being ten seconds short of requiring the intervention of the secret service.” He characterized it as “overdrive” and “a death grip” on the president. Oooh, it is funny!
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