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Thanks for giving
Cape Codders reveled in the
smallwindowof pleasure provided
by global warming this week,
enjoying shirtsleeves weather
in mid-November. The polar ice
sheets may be sinking, but the
local effects are making spirits
bright, at least for now.
To explain such unexpected
joys, some people smile and say,
"It's a gift."
Usually a gift has a giver.In this
case, our lack of stewardship for
the environment has given us a
fewmore daysofwarmth.Put that
way, celebrating the soft breezes
seems awfully self-indulgent.
Our society would be better off
ifwe could look to the future more
and submit to the sensations of
the present less.It'sthe difference
between amusing ourselves and
using ourselves.
Consider the cases of O.J. Simp-
son and David Mugar.
Next weekend, Simpson and the
Fox network will help America
mark the Thanksgiving week-
end with a TV special titled O.J.
Simpson: If I Did It, Here 's How
It Happened. During a weekend
whenfamily members gather from
all points, he will speak about
how he killed his wife - that is,
he will note, if he did kill his wife.
We assume their children will be
by the Simpson hearth to watch
Dad discuss the idea of murder-
ing Mom.
Disgusted? OK, don't watch
the show, don't patronize its ad-
vertisers, and don't buy the book.
If you really want to reject that
whole mindset, consider Mugar's
example.
The Cotuit resident has been a
builder, and builders worth the
name look to the future. Given
the Cape's growth, it was clear
to Mugar and his family that an
enclosed major shoppingmallwas
somethingtheregionneeded.With
their partners, they imagined it
and realized it.
The multimillionaire,whoprob-
ably could have a helicopter on
standby to fly him to a Boston
medical center, looked to the fu-
ture again and made a $5 million
challenge gift to Cape Cod Hospi-
tal for its new inpatient building.
This week, he stood in the nearly
complete facility and pledged an-
other $5 million to finish the job
of providingcare to a 21st century
standard
Which legacy would you prefer?
Are you content to be a taker,
or will you enable the future by
giving?
Mugar's latest $5 million chal-
lenge grant doesn't have to be
metjust by other milhonaires,and
there are plenty more local orga-
nizationsworthy ofyour monetary
or volunteer support .
As you're giving thanks this
week, consider doing something
that will merit thanks for giving.
EFM
editor@bamstablepatriot.com
The price of gas
We're not prone to conspiracy
theories, but we are prone to
watching how things develop.
As gas prices plummeted in the
months and weeks leading up to
the mid-termelections,there were
those who said it was all an elec-
tion year ploy and as soon as the
final vote was cast, prices would
head north again.
Well, they haven't, but they did
stop going south. That plateau
was hit right about Nov. 7. Coin-
cidence? We'd liketo think so,but
then again, maybe the corporate
powers that be are waiting to
see what a Blue-state dominated
Congress will do.
We're not ready to call it a con-
spiracy, but we're also not ruling
it out.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
EDITORIALS
BY PAUL DUFFY
Democrats win,
language loses
The
Republicans lost
both the House and the
Senate but the biggest
loser, asusual,wasthe English
language.
Even those of us who were
pleased with the results had
to admit the campaign cost
us dearly as the daily assault
of advertisements, speeches,
debates , and other forms of
political humbug hastened
the further enfeeblement of
the language. It happens in
every election season, but it
seems to be getting worse.
And how could it not? Let
loose severalthousand tireless
windbags with lots of money
to spend and nothing to say
and what you get is a fetid
cloud of self-service obscur-
ing the continent from Maine
to California, not to mention
Hawaii and Alaska.
This time out, almost ev-
erybody who ran sounded the
same theme and quoted from
the same political catechism.
"We need to go in a new direc-
tion," they said. Or "I want
to take the (town , county,
district, state, country) in a
new direction." Or "We've got
to change course and go in a
different direction." Or "It's
time to reverse our course and
find a new direction."
Nobody said "I want to keep
going in the same direction,"
or "The direction we're going
inis fine. Why change it?" or "I
like the direction we're going
in." And although just about
every single candidate for any
office high or low embraced
the new direction idea,not one
that I can think of seemed to
have anyidea which direction
that might be.
The only person who said
he wanted to stay the course
was not running, although
he SDerit a eood deal of time
on the road looking like he
was running, even if he was
only showing the flag for
candidates who wanted to
go in a new direction when
going in a new direction was
what they had to do to get
elected without ever quite
saying they wanted to go
in a new direction. This was
the dilemma faced by many
Republicans. Most of the
incumbents really wanted
to stay the course if staying
the course meant that they
could stay in their seats in
the House or Senate. The
trouble there was that they
couldn 't say they wanted
to stay the course because
their opponents were mak-
ing big gains on them by
saying they wanted to go in
a new direction. None of the
election rhetoric from either
side made much sense, but
since when did that matter
in American politics?
What was an entrenched
politico with no ideas and
nothing to say to do? Lose,
that was one option. Another
was to lose only after a great
deal of double talk about
changingdirection whilestay-
ing the course. Most of the
ReDublicjns chose thisootion
andloosed an avalanche oflin-
guisticgarbage that continues
to rot by the roadside. Allthis
was to no avail, of course, be-
cause large numbers of voters
didn't believe the incumbent
Republicans when they said
they wanted to go in a differ-
ent direction. They believed
the Republicans wanted to
stay the course at least so far
as staying the course meant
staying put.
So now there are lots of
newly elected Democrats
about to occupy seats of Re-
publicanswhowillhaveto stay
the course while also staying
home. The newly elected
Democrats have about twenty
minutes to decide which new
direction they are going in. If
the new direction turns out
to be the old direction with
different signposts, someonce
hopeful voters will join the
ever-growing numbers of the
politically disaffected -those
of us who have voted with
enthusiasm in many elections
over the years, including this
last one, for candidates who
promised to goin anew direc-
tion but were later discovered
sneaking down the path inthe
old direction.
So far as I know nobodv
who was running in the late
election ever explainedwhere
the new direction led, except
of course away from the old
direction. If you can catch
any of these incoming office-
holders as they hurry by, you
might try to pin them down,
but don't expect too much.
"Excuse me, Senator, can
you tell me where you 're
headed?"
"Certainly, I'm going in a
new direction."
"Could you be a little more
specific?"
"Specific? What does that
mean?"
"Which way is the new di-
rection? Where does it lead,
get to, end up?"
"It gets to a new place by a
differentroute. Clear enough?
Well, bye for now. Gotta go. "
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BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE
PHOTO. NOVEMBER 27. 1996
INDIANS AND PILGRIMS
- Pre-school children at
the Children's Path in
Marstons Mills pose with
their teepee in Indian
and Pilgrim garb. Sitting,
left to right are Katrina
Sexton, Liam Dacey,
Gregory Mendes and Erin
Opdyke, while standing
are Bobby Scott, Adrea
Evans and Keith Henley.
1836
NOTICE. A young, enterpris-
ing man, acquainted with the
killing of hump-back whales, and
wishing to take a short voyage of
8 months, with a fair chance of
makingmoney,may learn of such
an opportunity by applying as
early as possible before the first
of January next to SYLVANUS
GORHAM, Barnstable.
1866
Barnstable Collectorship.That
the Editor of the Patriot should be
placed in aposition of any consid-
erable eminence by the good will
of President Johnson without its
drawing down upon him the un-
kind consideration of that class of
journalistswhoinsistthat nothing
but iniquity can come from the
present conservative head of the
administration at Washington,
wasto be expected... The columns
of the Patriot since the beginning
of 1861 were ransacked (by the
Washington Republican) to find
what could be perverted to help
on a malevolent spirit, in its de-
votion to base and bitter slander,
in traducing and maligning us
personally and politically, and to
induce a belief that we were the
enemy of the country,its govern-
ment and institutions, through
all the period of its struggle and
rebellion, while we were, with
our personal efforts, our humble
pecuniary means and our not
unknown publicjournal, using all
our influenceand our resources to
sustain her government...
1896
COTUIT. Mr. B.F. Sears spent
a few days in Boston last week
buying goods for the holidays. We
are pleased to note that hisprices
seem to be as satisfactory as of
the large stores in Hyannis and
as to treatment of customers the
writer doubts of theirbeingastore
on Cape Cod enjoying so good a
reputation in this direction.
1916
Mr. Heman Eldridge, for the
past two years with the Patriot,
has purchased the property of
the Hingham Journal and Job
Print, and took personal charge
of the property this morning. Mr.
Eldridge has made many friends
hereabouts who will join with us
in wishing him success in his new
undertaking.
1926
The Cape Cod Real Estate
Board, Inc., is sending out invita-
tions for lunch at "The Ferguson",
Hyannis,Tuesday,December 14th ,
1926 at 12:30 p.m. to consider
the eradication of the mosquito
on the Cape, and is seeking the
co-operation of all social, civic
and commercial interests on the
Cape in the furtherance of this
problem.
1936
A large number of queer ant-
like insects appeared on the walls
and floors of the men'sward wing
at Cape Cod Hospital yesterday,
givingrise to the belief they might
be termites. To settle the matter,
Miss Eleanor I. Jones, hospital
superintendent, had some of the
insects captured and sent off to
State authorities for examina-
tion.According to Miss Jones,the
insects resembled ants, but some
had wings and flew about,
1946
WesleySt.Coeur,Executive Sec-
retaryof the Cape Cod Chamber of
Commerce,announced today that
pamphlets entitled "Communist
Infiltration in the United States"
havebeen distributedto allCham-
ber Officers and Directors.
1956
A bomb shelter is being con-
structedunderthenewBarnstable
High School. Actually, there are
two shelters running parallel to
one another under the classroom
section and between the new au-
ditorium and the administrative
offices. The haven from enemy
air attacks is eight feet tall, has
a dirt floor and is reached by
the stairway which enters from
outside. Heavy wooden doors will
close over this entrance. The two
basement areas are large enough
to accommodate more than 800
persons.
1966
A main topic of discussion (at
a meeting of West Barnstable
residents and the selectmen) was
the Lombard property on Route
149which encompasses the Lom-
bard Home, former selectmen's
office, library, community center,
Old Village Store, Bryce Hall and
cemetery and crosses 6A. going
to the end of Navigation Road on
the west side. The land waswilled
to the town in 1764 by Parker
Lombard with the provision that
ah his real estate "be hired out to
the highest bidder by those per-
sons that the town shall appoint
from time to time and the rent
or income shall be improved for
the use and benefit of the poor of
the Town of Barnstable from one
generation to another and never
be sold."
1976
This week (Ken Shaughnessy
and contractor Robert R. Reed)
applied to the conservation com-
mission to construct a new one-
bedroom home off Channel Point
Rd., also visible at the entrance
of the inner harbor, and this
project to be distinguished by
a lighthouse which will rise
up on the point as a facsimile of
the real thing. Member Judith
Desrochers quipped to Shaugh-
nessy as the hearing closed that
he ought to be put in charge of
the whole downtown Hyannis
renewal process.
1986
After 47 years of being atenant,
Puritan Clothing Company has
purchased the building housing
its flagship store in Downtown
Hyannis... Established in 1919
in Plymouth, Puritan Clothing
opened its first Cape Cod store
in 1925 in Chatham. The current
location on Main Street Hyannis
was opened in 1939.
1996
A crippling fire destroyed al-
most all of the two-and-one-half
story building the residents of
CHAMP House called home...
Carolyn and Paul Hebert opened
CHAMP House five years ago, a
21-bed facility located on East
Main Street in Hyannis, a place
where homeless people could live
while they would attend work or
school.
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