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GregStevens,Publisher Chip Thompson, Editor EDITORIALBOARD How to have your say: Letters must be signed and provide the writer's home street address and home phone number. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. Letters should be typed and no more than two double-spaced pages or 500words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section will be published. Email: editor@red bluffdailynews.com Phone: 530-527- 2151ext. 112 Mail to: P.O. Box 220, 545 Diamond Ave., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Facebook: Leave comments at FACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS Twitter: Follow and send tweets to @REDBLUFFNEWS It's kind of sad being forced to watch the death struggle of these modern-day dino- saurs. Responsibleparentsshould keep their kids from peering over the Plexiglas railing into the tar pits be- low to see the huge lumber- ing antedilu- vian beasts fren- ziedly dig them- selves deeper into the sticky morass that is gay marriage. Not a sight for the queasy or squeamish. For some unfathomable rea- son, the thought of other peo- ple having sex makes cer- tain folks crazier than a three- legged drunken squirrel on a telephone wire covered in ice. Judge Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Su- preme Court, is one of those; and frankly, his obsession is becoming more than a mite suspicious. Last week, Moore ordered probate judges in the Yel- lowhammer State to ignore a federal court order and re- fuse to issue marriage certifi- cates to gay couples. Like the Civil War, these guys are pro- grammed to never give up. Hey, South! Get over it. Unless you have compromising pho- tos of US Supreme Court Jus- tice Anthony Kennedy with a baby brontosaurus, gay mar- riage is a done deal. And guess what, you lost. Again. Deal with it. This happens to be the very same Chief Justice Roy Moore who was kicked out of the very same office 12 years ago after ignoring another federal court order to remove a two and a half-ton granite block in- scribed with the 10 Command- ments from the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building. Guy's caught in a loop. The Mobius Judge. You could say he's not big on federal court orders. You could also say that Alabama is so far on the wrong side of history, they have a better chance of running into a herd of Stego- saurus than a fleet of Prius. Which they would call, one of their states' rights. See, it's not the law that's important, it's what Judge Moore thinks Jesus wants that's important. Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Confucius, Joe Smith, not so much. That the top adjudica- tor of the state is unable to fig- ure out that displaying the Ten Commandments promotes one religion over others and is in direct opposition to the US Constitution does not bode well. The fossilized remains of George Wallace are alive and well and walking around in Alabama. They seem to be doing okay in Kansas as well; where Gov- ernor Sam Brownback issued an executive order rolling back rules that prohibit discrimi- nation on the basis of gender identity and sexual orienta- tion. The Friends of Dorothy are not welcome in Kansas. Anymore. Experts see the governor's move a transparent attempt to distract Kansans from his tax policies, which cut education and taxes on the rich at the same time. And the citizens of Kansas are beginning to sus- pect Brownbackian roots as the reason why their economy sucks. So now the state is mor- ally and financially bankrupt at the same time. The United Dixie White Knights branch of the KKK released a statement on their website supporting Judge Moore, complete with more than a few spelling errors. Couple pieces of advice. One: if you want to be taken seri- ously, hire a 12 year old fa- miliar with spellcheck to run your website. And two: If any one of your positions is ever supported by the KKK, you might want to think again. Or risk extinction. Like those di- nosaurs. WillDurstisanaward-win- ning, nationally acclaimed political comic. Go to will- durst.com for more about the documentary film "3 Still Standing," and a calendar guide to personal appearances such as his hit one- man show "BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG." Email Will at durst@ caglecartoons.com. Will Durst Thenew Republican tar pits Cartoonist's take No decision as yet by the Board of Supervisors regarding the library relocation — Kraft Quest? — by the new County ad hoc committee. One reader, fa- miliar with the subject, suggests the library be re- named Clair En- gle Library in honor of the U.S. Senator from Red Bluff that de- mised from a brain tumor at only age 52, therefore denying him a chance to run for Presi- dent, which my father thought was his destiny. He was a fine incorruptible fellow, a rarity these days. ••• Our new one-and-a-half-year- old bullmastiff, All That Jazz, is allowed to watch television with us at dinner time. How- ever, he now questions what he is seeing and hearing on the NBC evening news. "What is a 'flap,'" he asks ear- nestly. "Well, it has several mean- ings," I replied. "It could mean a small door, like a cat door." "Who needs a cat door? What else?" "It could mean the bottom part of long underwear." "Is Brian Williams having trouble with his long under- wear? I heard on the news that he is in a big flap." "No, 'flap' can also mean 'commotion,' but he is having trouble nevertheless. His per- sonal flap has garnered a lot of coverage since it was revealed that this NBC News anchorman has 'mis-remembered' an event years ago when he apparently came under enemy fire while covering the mid-east war and his helicopter had actually been hit. It now appears he was in a convoy but was not under fire. Because of his fabrication he has been suspended, without pay, from newscasting for six months." "What will happen to him af- ter six months," asked the big pup. "That's a good question. My first reaction was to give the guy a break. Remember the say- ing, 'To err is human, to forgive is divine.'" "What is an 'err?'" "It means to be wrong or mistaken. Anyhow, Mr. Wil- liams has been delivering the news for 10 years and who cares if he has feathered his nest as being in harm's way? My point being that he is an 'anchor- man' in our parlance, whereas in Britain he is merely called a news reader, meaning he just reads the text put before him and his personal life has no bearing on it. However, his full title is managing editor, a title which I'm sure appealed to him initially but now has come back to haunt him." Humorist Will Durst wrote about this incident stating that: "Self-aggrandizement is a tool centermost in the desk drawer of every show business aspi- rant. Especially pretty boy an- chors with a tendency to read every story in a patented sten- torian melodramatic 'crisis averted, but barely' voice." Will concluded with, "To atone for his gaffe, Brian Williams should be encouraged to do the right thing…quit, and move over to Fox News. Would fit right in." Jazz thought this over and then said, "I like the guy that is taking his place, what's his name?" "Lester Holt. Some say he will be the new No. 1 at NBC News." "Great," said Jazz. "We can still watch the news together at dinner time." Doesn't take much to keep our family happy...and in- formed. ••• Something else I didn't know: If you haven't made a deposit in a bank account for a few years, the state of Cali- fornia might take it. The "dor- mancy period," the amount of time that an owner must leave an asset dormant before the state can seize it, keeps grow- ing shorter. In 1988 it was 5 years but now it it's 3 years. Better check with your banker about your assets in a bank. ••• Sad to note that the large and beautiful former Lane Ranch is being foreclosed. It was owned by the Sunset mag- azine group in my day and ap- parently has changed hands since. If you are driving north on I-5 and look to your right, to the east, just before enter- ing Cottonwood, you will no- tice about 280 acres of irrigated pasture with a grand home in the distance. I thought it such a pastoral setting that I used it as a closing shot in a film about our old meat plant which closed in 1975. To clear the default it will cost a buyer $1,834,437. He or she may not recover the in- vestment, but if pride of owner- ship is a goal, this would be the place to start. ••• Wednesday's DN headline re- garding the Corning Exchange Club, read "Dinner to honor police, fire personnel." I think this is the decent thing to do. Rather than just submit a letter informing personnel they are being fired, that they give them a dinner and perhaps a stand- ing ovation for the soon to be departed. ••• When several years ago we negotiated a purchase of a South Main property, the buyer razed the building and constructed the building now known as CVS Pharmacy. It has enlivened the area ever since, and that firm is now in the news for a change of policy. They are no longer selling cig- arettes, an admirable stance. In addition they will be adding "Minute Clinics" to their 7,800 stores staffed by Nurse Practi- tioners legally able to dispense prescription medication to pa- tients. This is a radical depar- ture from the old days when a doctor's office was merely the first step towards gaining relief from health problems. Your lo- cal drug store may suffer from this decision, and I would be sorry to see that happen. ••• The new secretary in the doc- tor's office was enthusiastic but inexperienced. She was busy typing the doctor's notes he had written following an operation. However she was puzzled when she read, "Patient was shot in the lumbar region." Then a light bulb went on over her head and she typed, "Patient shot in the woods." ••• The elderly patient looked at the doctor and asked, "How long am I going to live?" "Don't worry," said the doc- tor, "you should live to be 80." "But I am eighty," the elderly gent replied. "See, what did I tell you." Robert Minch is a lifelong res- ident of Red Bluff, former col- umnist for the Corning Daily Observer and Meat Industry magazine and author of the "The Knocking Pen." He can be reached at rminchandmur- ray@hotmail.com. I say Proposal to name library a er Engle See, it's not the law that's important, it's what Judge Moore thinks Jesus wants that's important. Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Confucius, Joe Smith, not so much. Robert Minch If you haven't made a deposit in a bank account for a few years, the state of California might take it. The "dormancy period," the amount of time that an owner must leave an asset dormant before the state can seize it, keeps growing shorter. Will Durst Assemblyman James Gallagher 150Amber Grove Drive, Ste. 154, Chico 95973 Phone: 530895-4217 Online: http://ad03.asmrc. org/ Senator Jim Nielsen 2634Forest Ave., Ste. 110, Chico 95928 Phone: 530879-7424 Online: senator.nielsen@ senate.ca.gov Governor Jerry Brown State Capital Building, Sacramento 95814 Phone: 916445-2841 Fax: 916558-3160 Online: governor@governor. ca.gov Where to write your officials U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa 507Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515 Phone: 202225-3076 U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein One Post St., Ste. 2450, San Francisco 94104, Phone: 415393-0707 Fax: 415393-0710 U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer 1700Montgomery St., San Francisco 94111, Phone: 510286-8537 Fax: 202224-0454 OPINION » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, February 20, 2015 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A6