Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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4 FEBRUARY 11 - 17, 2015 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM STAFF Calendar.......................................14 Concert.Connection....................21 Free.Wheelin'.Feelin'...................22 Horoscopes/Advice.Goddess.....23. Classifieds....................................24 Games..........................................26. INSIDE PUBLISHER'S PEN PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Janice Burton editor@upandcomingweekly.com EDITOR Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com ART DIRECTOR Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Erinn Crider, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Heather Griffiths DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/ OFFICE COORDINATOR Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com ACCOUNTING Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com Beverly Pone beverlypone@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR Mandi Hawley Mandi@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan Street P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life" publication with local features, news and infor- mation on what's happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly welcomes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per per- son. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30 for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered weekly by first class mail. ©2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. NBC's Brian Williams is the latest casualty in what seems to be the incapability of the media (and our political and elected officials) to tell the basic truth. It concerns me that lying, cheating, telling half-truths and deception have reached an all-time high in new lows and is unfortunately becoming the new normal. Who are we, our children and our children's children going to trust in the future? See below: Historically, our track record is not good. President Richard Nixon: "I'm not a crook." (Whoops.) President Bill Clinton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman". (Ok! Wink, wink.) President George Bush: Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hillary Clinton (2008 Presidential Candidate) : (March speech referring to her heroism during a 1996 visit to Bosnia) "Landing under sniper fire. .ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." Hillary was steady under fire? (Big Lie.) Susan Rice: (former U.S. Ambassador to the UN) proclaimed "The attacks on Benghazi were a result of spontaneous demonstrations." (Actually, this was not true x 5 times.) President Barack Obama on ObamaCare: "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan." (Stated publically at least 36 times.) Congress woman Nancy Pelosi: (former House Majority Leader on Obamacare): "What we are talking about is affordable, quality, accessible healthcare for all Americans. If you like what you have and you want to keep it, you have the choice to do that." (Really? Again?) Nationwide Media on the tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri: "Michael Brown was an 18-year old, 6'4, 280-pound 'gentle giant' who was shot in the back." (Never true.) County Commissioner Charles Evans (on why he voted against a public hearing for the Sanderson Farms Chicken Processing Plant): "The chamber is not doing their due diligence. We have been asking and requesting information from the Chamber of Commerce to provide to us." Evans said the commissioners were emailed information and that "some statistics and other concerns of ours" were not provided. (Untrue, Evans had the answers to all his questions and concerns.) Who will we be able to trust for the real truth? Which brings us to our most recent disappointment, NBC's disgraced anchor, Brian Williams. And, with my apologies to Hank Williams and his hit country classic "Your Cheatin' Heart," I will close with a song: "Your lying heart Has made us weep Brian Williams You're a lying Creep All those lies You told as true Your lying heart Has told on you. Now the truth comes out Like falling rain NBC ratings fall And shout your name. America trusted you To tell the truth You let us down For a false salute. It's time for you To take your place With Hillary and friends In the Hall of Disgrace. Stolen Valor That we deplore You disrespected America But hopefully-No More. A decade of lies You told as true Your lying heart Has told on you." America deserves better. Thank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire by BILL BOWMAN BILL BOWMAN, Associate Publisher, Up & Coming Weekly. COMMENTS? Edi- tor@upandcomingweekly.com. 910.484.6200. High 56º Low 41º Rain High 58° Low 26° Chance of Rain 7 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Monday February 16 Tuesday February 17 High 43° Low 25° Partly Cloudy 24 / Thursday February 12 High 54° Low 19 Partly Cloudy High 37° Low 27° Sunny High 43º Low 31º Sunny Friday February 13 Saturday February 14 Sunday February 15 Fayetteville's Weather Forecast Call 910.354.1679