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Seminole (Texas) Sentinel • Sunday, November 3, 2013
Editorial
Mailing Address: P.O. Drawer 1200, Seminole, TX 79360 • Email: news@seminolesentinel.com • Web Site: www.seminolesentinel.com • Phone: (432) 758-3667 • Fax: (432) 758-2136
Paper 'n Ink:
original or spy-ee...
by Lynn Brisendine
Some of this and some of...
KFC, the scion of fried chicken, closed its last storefront op-
eration in Damascus this past week. The civil war in an evermore
messed up Syria is to blame.
Company officials listed several reasons, chief among them the
difficulty in obtaining locally grown chickens. The war has seen
a steady decline in poultry production. Added to a lack of birds
available are the ongoing problems of transportation.
Which is all moot when the real problem is the amount of
death on the streets all across Syria.
Fried chicken, at least the Colonel's recipe, has been big
business in the Middle East. Some countries with a bias against
anything American see a thriving black market where smuggling a
bucket of original is an Arab delight. So much so, that underground
operations, this means really underground, as tunnels are used to
transport buckets of the succulent fried bird to people with a real
craving for this staple of the Old South. Not Texas, but the south
of Syria as in Egypt.
And those deep fried morsels aren't cheap. Many times one
of those smuggled buckets cost more than a good day's pay, that
is if a Syrian citizen can even get a good day's work in around the
poison gas, the mortar shells, armed missiles, or strafing machine
gun bullets.
The war in that Mideastern country has to be a nightmare for
people who surely wish to see their families safe and maybe grab
some chicken.
Other horrors though are beginning to add to an already hate-
ful atmosphere. Polio is becoming epidemic.
This disease, basically conquered in the western world, is see-
ing a terrible comeback in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
other Muslim dominated countries across the globe. The Taliban
leaders consider the inoculations offered by medical personnel as
harmful. These backwards people even kill doctors and nurses
who offer the vaccine.
So the scourge of the past, a crippling disease once thought
headed for extinction, now has new breeding grounds to once
again threaten children of the world. All due to a bunch of radicals
who would see all of us re-enter the Dark Ages.
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Another big story which seems to grow in different directions
daily is the spy scandal. Foreign leaders are furious with our
government which has been outed as world class eavesdroppers.
One of the main complainants has been Germany's Chancellor
Angela Merkel. I saw a political cartoon last week that I thought
hit this spying problem spot on. The frame had a man sitting in
front of a huge computer wearing ear phones with the Chancellor
standing behind him. The character seems to be concentrating on
listening to a conversation and he tells Ms. Merkel, "They are say-
ing that they will no longer listen in." Just another spy taking care
of business, except this one is listening in on our private chatter.
Since all of the spy stuff has hit the news comes an entire world
of folks trying to find out what the "other side" is up to. This isn't
just covert government agents, but Olympic sports officials, Soccer
teams and other sporting types snooping around their competitors,
trying to find out practice schemes, even nutritional info looking
for a way to beat the other side.
Government secrets are one thing, but in a competitive world
of business, the art of covert listening posts reaches new highs in
technology. Industrial espionage is a usual cost of business for a
lot of major corporations. The Chinese seem to have made this
art of snooping in the manufacturing, banking and big business
circles an art form.
Last week we were even told that the Catholic Cardinals were
bugged many different ways from news types trying to get the
scoop on who was going to be the new Pope.
While our NSA people may be having to face the music of late,
they are just one part of a big international listening-in exercise. In
other words, they all have their ears to keyholes.
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Starting Day 2.: Another Government Bailout
GI Bill Ease College Costs for
Military Families, a Rundown
By Jason Alderman
As Veteran's Day approach-
es, this is a good time to remind
our active duty service members
and veterans about the many
education assistance benefits
available to them through the
G.I. Bill and other government
programs.
Here's a rundown of a few
of the more commonly used
programs:
The Post 9/11 GI Bill is
more flexible and generally
offers more generous benefits
than earlier GI Bills. It provides
up to 36 months of support for
education and housing to indi-
viduals with at least 90 days of
active duty after September 11,
2001, or those with a service-
connected disability after 30
days. An honorable discharge
is required.
Approved training includes
undergraduate and graduate
degrees, and vocational/techni-
cal/on-the-job training, among
others. You will be eligible for
benefits for 15 years from your
last period of active duty of at
least 90 consecutive days.
This program covers 100
percent of tuition and fees for
in-state students at public institu-
tions, paid directly to the school.
For those attending private or
foreign schools, it will pay up
to $19,198.31 per academic
year (sometimes more in certain
states).
If you attend a costlier pri-
vate school - or a public school
as a non-resident - you also
may be eligible for the Yellow
Ribbon Program, where schools
voluntarily fund tuition expenses
exceeding the highest public in-
state undergraduate rate. The
institution can contribute up to
50 percent of those expenses
and the Veteran's Administration
will match the amount.
The 9/11 GI Bill also will
pay a books and supplies sti-
pend of up to $1,000 per year,
and a monthly housing allow-
ance generally comparable to
the military Basic Allowance for
Housing for a military pay grade
E-5 with dependents, based on
the ZIP code for your school.
Another advantage of this
newer GI Bill: Armed Forces
members with at least six years'
service can transfer some or all
of their benefits to their spouse
and/or children. Here are the
basic rules:
• You must agree to four
additional years of service. (Spe-
cial rules apply if standard policy
precludes you from serving four
more years or you're eligible for
retirement).
• Because the clock starts
ticking from the date you elect to
participate - and you can't enroll
additional beneficiaries after
leaving the military - it's best to
sign up all family members right
away. You can always go back
and change allocation percent-
ages or remove beneficiaries at
any time until the benefits are
used.
• Spouses may begin using
transferred benefits right away;
however children must wait until
you've served the full 10 years.
• You and your spouse
must use the benefits within
15 years of your leaving the
military; children must use them
by age 26.
Montgomery GI Bill. This
older version of the GI Bill may
still be available if you didn't
already opt for the Post 9/11 GI
Bill. You're eligible if you started
active duty for the first time after
June 30, 1985, served continu-
ously for three years, are honor-
ably discharged and had your
pay reduced by $100 a month
for the first 12 months. (There's
a separate plan for reservists.)
For most people, this pro-
gram is less generous than
the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Benefits
typically expire 10 years after
military separation and are not
transferrable to family members;
plus, you pay tuition and fees
upfront and are later reim-
bursed. The VA website has a
tool to compare benefits under
the two GI Bills.
To learn more about the
GI Bill, visit www.gibill.va.gov.
Other VA-sponsored educa-
tional financial aid programs can
be found at www.gibill.va.gov/
benefits/other_programs/index.
html.
Jason Alderman directs Visa's
financial education programs. To Fol-
low Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.
twitter.com/PracticalMoney
Bud and Bum Elevated Houston Gridiron
Texas Journalist...by Willis Webb
Football fans of a certain
age have their memories piqued
in a couple of ways when some-
one with whom they’ve identi-
fied for decades passes to that
Great Gridiron in the Sky.
Being a football fan just
short of fanaticism (age cures a
lot of sports mental illness while
infecting us with other forms),
I have some personal recollec-
tions of two icons of The Com-
ing of Pro Football to Houston,
O. A. (Oail Andrew) “Bum”
Phillips and Kenneth S. “Bud”
Adams.
Bum, of course, captured
the fancy of more than mere
football fans with his folksy
observations, his unmistakable
caricature and his absolute
country boy loyalty to those
who gained the much-desired
“Friend of Bum” title.
He took a 1970s Houston
Oiler team of moderate physi-
cal talent and built it into an
over-accomplishing “Luv Ya
Blue” suitor for the Houston
sports fans’ love and adora-
tion. When he fell from favor
with Oilers owner Bud, he was
unceremoniously dumped after
the “just-short” 1980 goal of
“kicking in the door” to a league
championship.
One of Bum’s stumbling
blocks was a loss in godforsaken
Pittsburg cold weather. Prior to
the battle in that wintry setting,
“Coach” came up with one of
his jewel quotes: “How do you
prepare to be miserable.”
Bud, a wealthy oilman and
one of the founders (along with
Lamar Hunt) of the old Ameri-
can Football League, was long
viewed as a hero for bringing
professional football to Houston
and Texas. However, vilifica-
tion was permanently pasted
to his hide when he fired the
iconic Bum. And, being a rich
oil tycoon rarely invokes saintly
public appraisals.
Then, Bud earned perhaps
permanent public disdain when,
after his pleas for a better public-
ly-owned stadium for his Oilers
were rejected by the public, he
moved his football franchise to
Tennessee and, after one sea-
son, renamed them the Titans.
“Coach” endeared himself
to non-football fans, even to
women who’d never stoop to
watch the violent sport, with his
country courtliness. Bum was
Texan through and through
from the Stetson on his crew-cut
head to being shod with custom
boots. However, he refused it to
wear the hat in the first Houston
Domed Stadium because “my
mama taught me that gentlemen
don’t wear their hats indoors.”
But, his very personal father-
son relationship with legendary
running back Earl Campbell also
struck a melodic chord with the
public. Earl dressed Western as
did his father figure coach.
Adams came to Texas to
make his own name. His father
was president of Phillips Petro-
leum in Oklahoma. Bud named
his fledgling oil enterprise Ada
Oil Co., a little twist of is family
name.
He was more instrumental
than he was ever given credit for
in the building of the Astrodome,
the country’s first covered, all-
weather football stadium, but his
public persona took a pounding
when he fired Bum.
Those early Oiler years saw
them debuting in public school
Jeppesen Stadium, hardly a pro
facility even in the late Fifties.
My rare and limited ex-
posure to professional football
news coverage came in 1960
right after my college graduation
from the University of Houston,
as I took extra jobs to establish
myself in the workaday world.
At the time, I’d succumbed
to what I thought was the glam-
orous world of business maga-
zine journalism at the not-so-
glitzy salary of $300 a month.
So I took a per-game job of
“spotter-official statistician’s
helper” in the not-so-glamorous
world of press box game day
work. So, I pocketed a few (very
few) of Bud’s bucks to make
ends meet.
I wish I could lay claim to
some entertaining connection
with Bum, but I can’t. But, I am
grateful that he gave many jour-
nalists a lot to write about, even
the ultimate country newsman-
wannabe sports writer, me.
And, those are my only
bona fides as to a connection
with the two B brands on profes-
sional football in Houston.
Willis Webb is a retired com-
munity newspaper editor-publisher
of more than 50 years experience.
He can be reached by email at
wwebbl937@att.net.
Making a
Difference
By Gina Kelly Ellis
My grandson was in trouble at school recently and he and I
were discussing his choices. I asked him if he knew what happens
when he doesn’t behave as he is supposed to at school. “I don’t
get to play when I get home,” was his reply. I said, “So if you
knew what would happen and you still chose to act ugly, then you
were choosing to not play.” “No, I wasn’t! I want to play!” was his
answer. “But, if you knew and you chose to act ugly anyway, then
that is the same as just choosing to not get to play. ” He sat there a
bit and then shoved all his stuff to the floor. I cautioned him to not
get angry at me because it was his choice. “I’m not mad at you!
I’m mad at me. I can’t believe I made that choice!” How many
times have you felt that same way!
We all make bad choices from time to time. And, unfortunately,
we usually end up having to pay a price for our bad choices. It is
just a fact of life. From the very beginning, we have been people
easily led astray. There is always one more “shiny apple” just
waiting to be picked! Whether it is an underhanded way to make
more money or the attraction of someone other than your spouse
or no matter what it might be, we are all tempted from time to
time. So, what are we supposed to do when temptations come
our way? God answers this question very clearly in James 4:7,
“Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.” It is a very simple plan. If we dedicate ourselves to following
God and His plan for our lives, when temptations come our way,
we will already be armed with what we need to resist. When we
have spent time with God and in His Word, we readily know right
from wrong and we have a Christlike mind that will help to keep
us in check. I know that at times, it seems as if the whole world is
choosing those things that God would not have us choose. I know
also that when it seems as though you are standing alone, it makes
it awfully hard to continue to stand. But, we have a wonderful
example to follow. Our Christ, who came to earth as a baby and
grew to be a man, lived his entire life completely sinless. He did
this to show us how we are to live.
Sure, sometimes the temptations of the world look awfully
good to us, but doesn’t the outstretched arms of your Savior look
so much better? He lived a life of goodness followed by a death of
sacrifice in order that we could have complete forgiveness for our
sins and the promise of eternal life with Him one day if we accept
Him as our Savior. So, how do you handle your temptations? Give
them to God and it will make a difference!
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