A "GODLESS" MAIL SERVICE

Nope, haven't heard. Could you post a link to a credible news source, so the rest of us could read about it? Much thanks.

 

I googled, here is what I found:

 

Okay, so it's not a matter of being a "Godless" mail service, or being forced to take down the motto. It's a matter of the USPS asserting its right to choose to disply the motto in the manner of its choosing.

The office Cut and Shoot, Texas should comply, remove the unautorized poster, and follow the authorized display chosen by the USPS.

Also, I don't support a Constitutional Amendment protecting the pledge or motto. Such an amendment would make it impossible, except by another amendment, to change the motto or pledge in the future if we choose to (the pladge has been changed several times in its existence). Since the Pledge and Motto are currently Constitutional, an amendment is a frivolous use of the amendment process. You think we'd have learned that after the 18th amendment.

 

This is completely off topic, but I rarely see Cut and Shoot, Texas in the news.

I'm originally from that region of Texas and am very familiar with the town (located on State Highway 105 for those of you with maps).

According to what a friend of mine told me (a native of Cut and Shoot), the town got its name from the aftermath of a business meeting at the local Baptist church. Apparently there was a great controversy within the congregation and the business meeting got unruly. Members left the meeting and returned with guns to settle the issue.

Ah, yet another example of Baptists sharing the joy of Jesus!


Here's some references:

http://www.usacitiesonline.com/txcountycutandshoot.htm

This town was named in 1912 after a violent confrontation. Versions of the story may differ, but it is basically about a dispute over the church steeple. There was only one church and when the new steeple was being designed, there were issues over who would be allowed to preach in the new church and also over some land claims by members. When one of the "banned" preachers arrived with his followers to preach, they found the doors locked. The "anti's" also arrived and arguments and name-calling occurred. Both groups had concealed weapons, but they weren't used. At one point, a young boy near the church yelled out, “I am scared! I am going to “cut’’ around the corner and “shoot” through the bushes in a minute!” Those who heard him remembered his words and adopted Cut and Shoot as the town’s name. Both sides were fined for disturbing the peace and assault and the dispute smoldered between a few of the participants for over a year. In a trial between two of the men, the judge asked where the incident had taken place. The witness replied, "I suppose you would call it the place where they had the cuttin' and shootin' scrape."

See also:

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/hlc65.html

 

BB, Thanks for sharing that. I wasn't quite sure what to think. I imagined a long strech of road with two signs. One that reads "Now entering Cut and Shoot" and one that reads "Now leaving Cut and Shoot".

 

[TexasTwang]Ain't Cut 'n Shoot just down the road a piece from Dime Box?[/Texas Twang]