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4A SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2006 Houston Bailg OPINION Daniel F. Evans Editor and Publisher Julie B. Evans Vice President Don Moncrief Managing Editor Phishing and fishing Can e-mail be made any more aggra vating these days than through the companies that operate between the hedges of the airwaves? Constantly, if they get your number - meaning your e-mail address (and they have definitely got their claws firmly rooted in the Houston Daily Journal’s number) they bombard you. Their success rate is great. Their frus tration rate is out of this world. Why is their success rate great? Because they’ve learned to use words in the sub ject line that make most common Joes think it’s important. For us at the HDJ we can’t take a chance. It could be something from our readers or something important to our readers. We see the word “free dom,” we’re going to open it. It’s an advertisement for discount drugs. We see the words: “Not to be missed.” We’re thinking anything from a local social event all the way up to the President himself visiting. No. Just an advertisement for recycled printer cartridges. “Critical” Oh my, is someone hurt? Are they in trouble? No. An advertisement for condoms. That’s right, the subject never, ever, ever has anything to do with the body/ the meat of the message, but we - in our position and to be a diligent servant to you - have to find out the hard way. Fear not, however. If you send it, what ever it is - a meeting, an announcement or whatever - we’re eventually going find it. We just have to counter their phishing with our fishing. Letter to the Editor GOP stay on message The Republican Party need not lose seats in the November mid-term elections. While our Congress has not performed exactly brilliantly, fortunately the Democrats have done absolutely nothing to capitalize on the grid lock. Republicans need to stay on message. This message is that since 9/11/01 we have been safe under the leader ship of this President and Congress, and the economy, despite high fuel prices, is a powerhouse. Sadly enough, the American people sometimes have to be reminded and told just how well they have it compared to the rest of the world. We are a spoiled lot. All the Democrats want to rail about is the occupation in Iraq ... That’s all they have to say. Despite being told that it would be a five-10-year effort, they want to cut and run. They act like we lost the war or something. Last time I checked, we occupied the nation, and had installed a new government. In addition, our fatalities are still only approximately two per day. Nope, this is no Vietnam. We are making steady progress in Iraq and need not even talk about it prior to the Fall elections. This Administration has brought integrity and honesty back to the White House. Our leaders stand on time honored principles. Is this such a bad thing? Again, nope. Look at what we had. I rest my case. Fellow Republicans, stay on message. We are having a good, solid run, if not spectacular. Do not get bogged down in the trivial matters brought-up by liberal Democrats. We are above them; remember? We take the high road. Now is no time to stoop to their level, brethren Jimmy W. Hall, Dotiglasville Worth Repeating “My boy, the only place in this world that you find una nimity is in the graveyard. And even there, I have heard it said, at election time the dead have been known to vote in various ways!” Maurice L. Duplessis, 1890-1959 Premier ofQubec (Union Rationale) Foy S. Evans Editor Emeritus That's right, the subject never, ever, ever has anything to do with the body/the meat of the message, but we - in our position and to be a diligent servant to you - have to find out the hard way. Voter fraud does happen Memphis - I’m stm in Memphis, where thousands of Elvis worshippers from all over the world are taking part in an all night candlelight; vigil in observance of the death of their idol 29 years ago. They lined up at Graceland and paraded, single file, throughout the night, passing by his grave site. One man from Scotland proudly pro claimed that this is the 16th year in a row that he has come to Memphis to participate in this ritual. It’s unreal. But what can you expect when more than 600,000 people a year visit Graceland to pay homage to arguably the most famous and enduring enter tainer of our time? ■ ■■ The newspaper here is full of infor mation that I find interesting. Clearly, Memphis is crime-ridden. In one issue of the newspaper there were stories about shootings, a killing, a neighborhood riot, a county commis sioner who is resigning because of kick backs, and accusations of voter fraud. You know what voter fraud is. It is something that opponents of a photo ID card for Georgians say never hap- f— ’ — 7*l ! <3OOO NEWb! WtV6 REACHED AN\ T* If# J : vr&ue, FOR SOMEONE \ TO DISARM HEZ&UAH' J •CREATORS SYNDICATE; INC A \W&LITO Cfc£RQTsl Ws 1 Many 'rocks' on Swift Street U And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock.” St. Matthew 7:25 Two significant things, at least sig nificant to me, happened in Perry last week. One was sad, the other was happy. Both involved folks that I have known for a long time. People who were or are important in my life. Let me stop here to say that if you are not from Perry, this probably won’t be of great interest to you. You are forgiven if you stop reading where this sentence ends. Still, I suggest you make a mistake if you quit. For surely you have and have had rocks in your life. While I write of mine, you should think of yours. It just so happens that so many of mine live or lived, at one time or another, on Swift Street. First the sad. Annie Ruth Gray Boler, age 92, died last week. She, like all the Grays in her family that I knew (and know), was a rock. The kind of people that you could and can count on. Annie Ruth’s Daddy and Mother, the W. W. Grays, lived on Swift Street, as did Annie Ruth and her husband, Watt Boler, and their three children, Nancy, Gary and Wayne. Nancy Boler and I were classmates in the Perry public schools. Gary and I played together. The Bolers owned and ran Houston Drug Store. My mother, at one time and at an early age, kept the books at Houston Drug Store. My OPINION Columnist 1% foyevansl9@cox.net pens. It happens in Memphis, apparently. Four black candidates for public offices allege voter fraud in their elec tionS, and this is a county controlled by Democrats. Hkre are some of the allegations of voter fraud in just one election: ■ Voting by non-residents. ■ Improper vote counting. ■ Security breaches. ■ Mishandling of voting machines. ■ 366 people allegedly voted twice on election day. ■ 3,000 people who voted early could not be certified as being properly reg istered. ■ 356 People voted twice during early voting. The local newspaper pointed out in today’s edition in an editorial that “it Would be a mistake to dismiss the allegktions out of hand, given recent history.” Larrv Walker M Columnist lwalker@whgb-law.com Gray grandparents, Charles P And Hazel N. (a different set from the W.W.s) lived on Swift Street when I was growing up. Watt’s brother, Orace, and his wife, Norma, along with their daughter, Betty Boler Whipple, also lived on Swift Street. You began to get the picture: Rocks on Swift Street. Annie Ruth Gray Boler was certainly one of these rocks. Now the happy. This past Saturday, I attended a celebration of Agnes and T.F. Hardy’s 60th wedding anniversary. It was a grand and enjoyable event! There were the Hardy children, Terry (sometimes Paul) and Sally and their spouses. And, with so many long-time Perry residents and so many ties to Swift Street. There was Mattie Lee Matthews and her daughter, Shirley. Mattie Lee is now 95 years old and still fiesty and interesting and fun. You talk about a rock - Mattie Lee is one! Shirley grew up on Swift Street along with her brothers, James and Horace. Milledge Anderson (Dr. Mick Anderson of Macon) who also grew up on Swift Street was in attendance. HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL In a recent election an investigation by the newspaper revealed two dead people voted, handwriting on three othti ballots matched the handwrit ing of dead people and votes were cast by people using a vacant building as a home address. The names of at least 500 dead people still are on the voting rolls. Earlier this year three election work ers were indicted on charges that they faked votes, made false entries and committed other crimes in an effort to throw an election. Of course, in Georgia no such a thing could happen. - They didn’t even vote dead people in Telfair County in years gone by. Did they? So, according to Rep. John Lewis and his fellow travelers, including some newspaper columnists and editorial writers, there is no possibility of any one ever committing voter fraud in our state and we can trust people to claim who they are and take their word for it. Better than a voter ID card, in my opinion, would be a test requiring that a person know the name of the President of the United States. That would be good for the country. Mary and Buck Tolleson and Sally and Ross were there. At one time, and when I was a youngster, Buck’s mother and Daddy and Ross’ grandparents, J. Meade Tolleson, Sr. (“Cap”) and Georgelle, lived on Swift Street. Dr. David Lawson of Atlanta was at the anniversary celebration. His Uncles and Aunts, Hugh and Louise Lawson and James and Mary Duggan, were Swift Street residents, and if you think Swift Street runs out as far as the Perry Country Club, I guess David was one, too! So many rocks with ties to Swift Street. Bolers (two sets), Raineys, Carters, Hardys, Harpers, Nunns, Matthews, Barfields, Grays (two sets), Lawsons, Duggans, Andersons, Walkers, Lees, Tollesons, Kicklighters, Culpeppers, Gallemores, Hendricks, Tuckers, Smiths, Meeks, Richardsons, Chapmans, Gordys, Deans, Beddingfields, etc., etc. Many of these people have been pillars in our com munity - rocks if you will! Now back to T. F. And Agnes. Wonderful people as was evidenced by the great turn out of friends to help them celebrate this milestone in their lives. Also, they are two Swift Street rocks. Janice and I know. These two rocks, along with Mattie Lee and Henry Matthews, helped us raise our four children when we lived - you guessed it - on Swift Street. And it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.