Dear Santa,
How have you been?  You might not remember me but the last letter I sent to you was as Bobby Corbell in 1968.  I know there has not been correspondence between us in 50 years however there’s a few things that must be addressed.   First of all, thank you for the Realistic Astronaut-5 Solid State five-band radio.  Although my sister tore off the antenna in 1973, it still works on the police frequencies. Second, you really need a good lawyer that specializes in trade marks and franchise infringement.    I see folks posing as you who don’t weigh over 150 pounds.   The laugh is all wrong and toddlers leave the mall with wet pants and psycho dramatic delusions that confuse you with circus clowns.    It puts both Clement Clarke Moore and yourself in a very bad position.
I know you had something to do with the early gifts that were brought to us in 2018.  The confirmation of Bret Kavanaugh, Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections resignation, and finally after 13 days the Gina Ortiz-Jones concession speech.  How do I know your hand was in it? Well, with that bowl-full-of-jelly frame dressed in your traditional flight suit, you’re practically a red-state yourself.  You really rock as a Republican Santa.
Now that I’m in my fifties, I’m not asking for any tangible gifts for myself.  But there are some things that we all could do with and without, that might keep the holiday spirit a glow year around and that you might be able to bestow under the tree.  First my request of the things we all could do without:
• Flat earth conspiracies
• Jason Garrett as the Dallas Cowboys head coach
• The CMA Awards
• Political Campaign Ads
• Lady Gaga
• Chipotle
• Direct Mail
• The madness of the bowl game television nightmare
Also, could you arrange a UFC event in Las Vegas between Alexa and Siri?  A fight that leads to their non existence.  The gift would not be complete except for  placing the critical thinking controllers of Facebook and Google in a single self driving car.  Once the vehicle hits 70 miles per hour, it never stops.  Ever.   Those in the apparatus participate in a perpetual fight for the remainder of their natural lives over one USB port in the back seat.   That would be really great Santa!   People need to get up and turn off lights and select music using vinyl and turntables themselves.
The things we could all use Santa might take a few years from research and development to design. Some of the elves might have to go back to college during the off season to obtain advanced education to tender the request.   But I believe gifting these needs would keep on giving, not just for Del Rio, but mankind.   My request includes:
• More street lights
• Folks using correct Enter and Exit doors at Wal Mart
• A four lane highway between Del Rio and Uvalde
• True, legitimate, rightful, ingenious and affordable Health Care Reform
• The return of Luby’s
• Bunuelo’s year a round.
Finally Santa, I know you cannot please everyone.  The constant entitlement of the millennial demographic wonders why you haven’t contracted your hard work to China.  A lot of these folks believe Christmas is an Amazon-shopping season that begins in September and lasts for 30 minutes on December 25th, before heading to a brick-and-mortar mall or glutton lined casino.
You leave those who are misfortunate and don’t receive a Christmas gift to us which practice the Christian faith with compassion and kindness.  Our fault is that a majority of the time, we do not exchange such small gifts or acts for the remainder of the 364 days of the year.  Maybe if we spent Christmas Eve listening to all 53 movements of Handel’s Messiah, some of what we learned as a child in Sunday school would come back to mind.
Happy travels Santa.   Be careful navigating between Del Rio and Rocksprings this year.  The deer leases are full and bourbon has been flying off the shelves.  
Bob

Holiday Movies have been out for a few weeks now and for the most part most of them seem to be doing quite well.

The latest in the Harry Potter series is here. Fantastic Beast, The Crimes of Grindelwald hit screens all over the world recently and even though it did not do as well as has been expected id did well enough at the Box Office to come up with the number one slot.

Johnny Depp may or may not have had a bit to do with that Box Office since he played a major role in the film, the role of Grindelwald himself.

The film starts off with Grindelwald in custody and about to be transferred to Europe to answer for his crimes there as well. Quickly things go wrong and Grindelwald is loose and on the lamb.

Certainly a Must See if your a fan of the series itself and even if your not.

Fantastic Beast, Crimes of Grindelwald is from Warner Bros. Pictures, Rated PG13 and Runs 134 Minutes.

The QUEEN Bio Pic Bohemian Rhapsody from 20th Century Fox, a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury (played by Rami Malek), who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury’s lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a life-threatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day. Bohemian Rhapsody, Rated PG13 and also Runs 134 Minutes.

Time to escape a dull reality and duck into your latest adventure At The Movies. Enjoy.

“águila que habla”.
(Según el idioma náhuatl, su idioma materno).
Su fiesta el 9 de diciembre  

Según la historia, Juan Diego era un “macehualli”, uno que no pertenecía a ninguna de las categorías sociales del Imperio, es decir que pertenecía a la más numerosa y baja clase del Imperio Azteca, pero no a la clase de los esclavos. Hablándole a Nuestra Señora él se describe como “un hombrecillo” o un don nadie.
La primera mención al indio Juan Diego se encuentra en el “Nican mopohua”: texto náhuatl, lengua azteca, escrito hacia 1545 por Antonio Valeriano (1516-1605), ilustre tepaneca, alumno y después profesor y rector del Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, gobernador de México durante treinta y cinco años; publicado en 1649 por Luis Lasso de la Vega, capellán de Guadalupe; y traducido al español por Primo Feliciano Velázquez en 1925. Este documento precioso es probablemente el primer texto literario náhuatl, pues antes de la conquista los aztecas tenían solo unos signos gráficos, como dibujos, en los que conseguían fijar ciertos recuerdos históricos, el calendario y la contabilidad.  
Según la narración de Luis Lasso, Juan Diego había sido un indio de la etnia indígena chichimeca. Habría nacido el 5 de mayo de 1474 en el barrio de Tlayácac de la ciudad de Cuautitlán, que pertenecía al reino de Texcoco. En el año 1524 se produce su conversión al cristianismo y fue bautizado, así como su tío Juan Bernardino y su esposa, recibiendo el nombre cristiano de Juan Diego y su esposa el nombre de María Lucía. Fueron quizás bautizados por el misionero franciscano Fray Toribio de Benavente, llamado por los indios “Motolinia” o “el pobre” por su extrema gentileza y piedad y las ropas raídas que vestía.
Según la primera investigación formal realizada por la Iglesia sobre los sucesos, Juan Diego parece haber sido un hombre muy piadoso y religioso, aún antes de su conversión. Era muy reservado y de carácter místico, amante de silencios largos  y penitencias frecuentes, que lo llevaban a caminar desde su poblado hasta Tenochtitlán, a 20 kilómetros de distancia, para recibir instrucción religiosa. Su esposa fallece en 1529 y Juan Diego entonces se traslada a vivir con su tío Juan Bernardino en Tolpetlac, que le quedaba más cerca de la iglesia en Tlatilolco – Tenochtitlán, solo 14 kilómetros.
Según lo escrito por Luis Lasso de la Vega y de acuerdo con la tradición, en 1531, diez años después de la conquista de Tenochtitlan, el sábado 9 de diciembre de 1531 (a sus ya 57 años de edad) muy de mañana en el cerro del Tepeyac escuchó el cantar del pájaro mexicano tzinitzcan, anunciándole la aparición de la Virgen de Guadalupe. Ella se le apareció cuatro veces entre el 9 y el 12 de diciembre de 1531 y le encomendó decir al entonces obispo, fray Juan de Zumárraga, que en ese lugar quería que se edificara un templo. La Virgen de Guadalupe le ordenó a Juan Diego que cortara unas rosas que misteriosamente acababan de florecer en lo alto del cerro para llevarlas al obispo Zumárraga en su ayate. La tradición refiere que cuando Juan Diego mostró al obispo las hermosas flores durante un helado invierno, se apareció milagrosamente la imagen de la Virgen impresa en el ayate, llamada la siempre Virgen Santa María de Guadalupe,  El prelado ordenó la construcción de una ermita, donde Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin viviría por el resto de sus días custodiando el ayate en la actual capilla de indígenas. Murió en la Ciudad de México a la edad de 74 años, el 12 de junio de 1548.  (Fuentes: Wikipedia; aciprensa; encuentra.com Portal católico).
Beatificado el 6 de mayo de 1990,  y Canonizado el 31 de julio de 2002, por el Papa Juan Pablo II.
Preguntémonos:
¿Por qué a Juan Diego y no a otro se le apareció la Virgen en estas circunstancias? “Yo te alabo, Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, porque has mantenido ocultas estas cosas a los sabios y entendidos y las revelaste a la gente sencilla. Sí, Padre, pues así fue de tu agrado”. (Mt 11, 25). San Juan Pablo II en la homilía de la beatificación alabó en Juan Diego su simple fe enriquecida por la catequesis y acogedora de los misterios. Lo definió como aquél que le dijo a la Santísima Virgen: “soy solo un hombrecillo, soy un cordel, soy una escalerilla de tablas, soy cola, soy hoja, soy gente menuda…”.  Lo definió como un modelo de humildad para todos nosotros. Lo definió como modelo de esperanza y confianza en Dios y en la Virgen; modelo de caridad, coherencia moral, desprendimiento y pobreza evangélica”.
¿Hoy también nos puede hablar Dios o la Santísima Virgen a nosotros personalmente, irrumpiendo en el camino de nuestra vida? Claro que sí.  Pero Dios y la Virgen no andan por los caminos de los placeres falsos, de la arrogancia, del orgullo, de la ostentación, del desamor, la indiferencia, la marginación, de la prepotencia y de la altivez.  Entonces, ¿Qué debo hacer para poder encontrar y escuchar a Dios?   Que la celebración de las fiestas que se nos aproximan nos lleven por los caminos del Señor.  Dios los bendiga.  Sady Pbro.

Noviembre fue un mes patrio en todo el país especialmente en esta población, ya que la comunidad estuvo honrando a los Veteranos de Guerra en diferentes evento gratuitos en donde se les agradeció por sus servicios para mantener este país en libertad.
Todo inicio el sábado 10 de noviembre, a las 10:00 de la mañana con el tradicional desfile del Día de los Veteranos,  el cual se llevo  cabo desde el Star Park por la calle Main hasta el Centro Cívico, el recorriendo tuvo una duración de un ahora y media, y se tuvieron mas de 70 vehículos alegóricos siendo este el desfile mas grande del año.
En este recorrido se tuvo la participación de veteranos de guerra, oficiales en servicio, también jefes de corporaciones de seguridad, el Mayor Bruno Lozano, también estudiantes del distrito escolar quienes estuvieron saludando y honrando a cada uno de los héroes de guerra que estaban presenciando el desfile.
En el Centro Cívico se tuvo la ceremonia en honor a los héroes de guerra, los invitados especiales fueron el Mayor Bruno Lozano, quien es un veterano de guerra quien agradeció a todos por sus servicios, también estuvo el Juez del Condado de Val Verde Efraín Valdez.
Otro de los eventos que se hicieron para los veteranos de guerra fue la Coalición de Veteranos de Del Rio, quienes ofrecieron un torneo de Cornehole, también la barbería M-Club ofreció corte de cabello totalmente gratuito a todos los veteranos de guerra y quienes están en servicio.
También escuelas del distrito escolar estuvieron recibiendo a los padres de familias veteranos de guerra, los niños los festejaron con un convivio y presentaciones musicales ara agradecerles todos lo que hicieron por el país.
El Mayor Bruno Lozano y el Concilio de la Ciudad, honraron a todos los veteranos de guerra que están trabajando para el Municipio, públicamente se les agradeció por el trabajo que hicieron al estar en el extranjero protegiendo en esta población.
También la Mesa Directiva del Distrito Escolar Independiente de San Felipe, durante su junta ordinaria felicitaron a los veteranos de guerra que están elaborando en las distintos planteles educativos de esta población, por lo que después de defender el país, ahora trabajar para educar a los niños de esta frontera.

“Este será el 1r aniversario del evento anual de Niños Navideños, que hemos hecho con la ayuda de voluntarios y patrocinadores con la finalidad de ayudar a los menores de esta población para celebrar la navidad” expreso Claudio Sotelo presidente de esta organización.
El entrevistado dio a conocer que este programa se inicio en el 2001 con el nombre de “shoe box Proyect” y era dirigido por Elizabeth Elizalde a través del programa Texas A&M Colonias Program, y ayudaban a los niños del área de Cienegas en Val Verde.
Fue en el 2004 cuando este programa se estaría suspendiendo, pero Miro Sotelo (Q.E.P.D) esposa de Claudio Sotelo tomo las riendas de la actividad pero formo una mesa directiva la cual estaba formada por Linda Corbell Eva Escovar, Diana Goanzález, y Gloria Paredes, quienes pidieron el apoyo a patrocinadores y lograron reunir juguetes ara niños, pero antes del evento de le dio el nombre de Niños Navideños a este proyecto.
“Esto se hace cada año con la ayuda de las donaciones que recibimos de juguetes, y donaciones monetarios, el primer año fueron regalos y cerca de 30 bicicletas, el año pasado entregamos mas de 70 bicicletas y rifamos video juegos, pantallas, y otros regalos, y acudieron a nuestro evento mas de mil 500 niños” dijo Claudio Sotelo.
También se dio a conocer que este evento se tiene programado para llevarse a cabo este 15 de diciembre en punto de las 6:00 de la tarde en el Centro Cívico, se estará ofreciendo un refrigerio para todos los presentes, como también se ará la distribución de los juguetes a los niños de manera gratuita, y se espera tener el apoyo de autoridades locales municipales como también se estará agradeciendo públicamente a todos los organizadores voluntarios.
Este será el 14 aniversario que se lleva a cabo Niños Navideños, y cada vez son mas los menores quienes se reciben este apoyo, ya que se hacen acreedores de juguetes, como también tienen que oportunidad de ganarse una de las bicicletas que son rifadas, y convivir con otros menores de esta misma población.
Claudio Sotelo Presidente de Niños Navideños dijo que la invitación esta abierta a la población, ara que acudan los niños y reciben su regalo, se tendrá que seguir las instrucciones de las autoridades por lo que solo dejarán entrar a 500 personas a la vez.
Esperan seguir recibiendo el apoyo de los patrocinadores como también de los voluntarios para poder continuar llevando esta actividad a las familias de esta población cada diciembre para ayudar a que los niños sigan celebrando la navidad.

If you’re in want of a hunt  rom Barbary sheep to Native American pottery  hen Clint Beckham’s your guy. Definitely.
Beckham looks like adventure. It’s displayed on his wiry and rugged frame. A frame that conveys an enthusiastic and optimistic confidence. Hard to believe he spent several years in the foodservice industry. Of course, that was to support his rodeoing habit. At least initially. And now, the varied landscapes of Texas fittingly serve as his workplace.
Beckham’s outdoor work life began when he secured a job as a government trapper in Comstock which quickly morphed into a lucrative hunting guide gig.
“They (the government) said, ‘What do you want to do? Do you want to be an outfitter or do you want to be a government trapper?’” he sardonically commented.
Eventually, Beckham commenced guiding on a remote ranch in the Van Horn area as well where he had a memorable survival experience. After running out of water, with daylight decreasing, he and the client lost their way.
They had to slog their way through treacherous terrain to the polluted Rio Grande. Surrounded by feral hog feces, they drew the border water into a LifeStraw and consumed it. Literally crawling, the duo made it back to their vehicle.
His signature animal is the aoudad. He’s one of the premier aoudad guides in Texas. (Pronounced awe-dad). What is the aoudad? It’s from the goat/antelope family and is native to North Africa. It was introduced to Texas in the late 1940s.
Beckham, who is trained in wilderness first-aid, also offers axis, whitetail deer and hog hunts. Known for his aoudad skills  57 of his clients have registered kills  e ironically, has never attempted to bring one down. But that’s about to change. SilencerCo, a gun-suppressor manufacturer, filmed a Beckham aoudad hunt with MMA fighter Chad Mendes  ho lost to Conor McGregor in a 2015 UFC main event bout in Las Vegas  hich proved to be successful and now want to film Beckham hunting an aoudad.
“They think that it was interesting…they just think that it’s weird that I haven’t killed one…Hopefully, I won’t miss,” he kidded.
More recently, Beckham has received attention for his foray into commercial artifact digs. He had always been a keen collector and forager of well-crafted Native American arrowheads and after attending several digs organized by a particular man an entrepreneurial itch developed. He had observed a multitude of arrowheads on ranches where he conducted hunts.
“I’ve been to a bunch of his and I was paying two to three-hundred dollars a day…and then one day I thought, ‘You know what? If he can do it…I can do that.’” He started a camp in Tarpley, Texas that contained a wealth of artifacts, even a well-preserved tablet with symbols and colors that resembled the rock art in Seminole Canyon.
Rumor has it the Smithsonian is interested in the piece. Beckham said the digger who found it sold it for $17,000 to another person who then flipped it for $50,000. At his digs, what you find is what you keep.
His business services up to 34 collecting enthusiasts a day. Locally, he conducted a commercial dig at a ranch in Comstock that was rich in historical items.
“It was awesome. We found a lot of stuff,” he said. “We dug for like two months. It was a huge site. And now we’re doing cave digs out there.”
At one site, located on Mason Creek outside of Bandera, where pterodactyl claws had been discovered, 22 people found between 100-200 arrowheads each.
Beckham said there are only four to five commercial diggers in Texas and he’s probably the most-respected one.
“People have realized that I’m the most honest…I’ve got them coming from Montana, Idaho, Louisiana.”
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Usually the internet is full of websites that claim that their experts know everything about an artist or a musical group.
Most of the time they are the same stories that got copied from another website, they feature the same ole information that they read from other sites and then pass the information to you.
Most of the time the people writing the information were not around during that era, but now they somehow claim to be experts. How do they know what happened back then, they are from the wrong generation. In this case and featured artist of the month we are remembering John Lennon.
There is always something new we learn along the years, new information is found and interesting to know. Sometimes we find information that we believed was true and then only to find out later that it was wrong.
John Lennon as a solo artist frequently said that he would rather be a member of Monty Python than to be with the Beatles. On the concert tours Lennon enjoyed playing Monopoly. Did you know that in his first band the Quarrymen they would often practice in the bathroom, while Lennon stood shoeless in the bathtub.
At his 21st birthday he experienced serious doubts about ever succeeding in music, as he felt that he was too old to become famous. Scared of the dark?, some people are. Lennon always kept a light on while he slept, as he hated the dark. And when you just have to drink coffee you drink coffee!
Lennon used to drink tea or coffee from 20-30 cups a day. After the Beatles breakup Lennon used several different names such as Dr. Winston O’Boogie, The Reverend Fred Ghurkin, Fred Zimmerman, Johnny Rhythm and Mel Torment.
There is so much information on John Lennon that it would take days to explain it all. Be sure and listen to the Little Red Rooster Show on the all new Classic Hit Station KWMC 1490 AM as we remember John Lennon with some new and never before heard stories about his life and solo artist.
All known facts and stories are by Wendy Johnson and all shows are produced by Javier Martinez.

The latest installment in the Halloween Movie series is out and at a theater near you.
Michael Myers escapes and Jamie Lee Curtis is ready for him and ready for bear in her cabin in the woods that’s all decked out with surprises for Michael Myers and enough weapons to stock a small fortress.
Not much has changed as far as Michael Myers, he is the same, silent, cold blooded killer he’s always been and proves it during his escape and a Halloween Night that follows in town.
With all the children dressed in their great Halloween costumes Michael arrives and starts taking people out one by one in no specific order. Meanwhile Laurie Strode has been ready and waiting for this night for years. The moment she finds out that Michael is free she starts hunting him down along with all the other Law Enforcement in the area. Needless to say things get bloody and crazy for everyone involved.
Halloween is at a theater near you right now. If your a fan, you won’t want to miss this one. Rated R the movie Runs 109 Minutes.

A Star Is Born, The Bradley Cooper / Lady Gaga remake of the Barbara Streisand / Kris Kristofferson from 1976 is holding it’s own after a mild box office opening weekend.
From Warner Bros. Pictures, a tragic love story with Bradley Cooper playing a seasoned musician Jackson Maine, who discovers and falls in love with a struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). Ally has just about given up on her dream to make it big until Jack talks her back into the spotlight. Even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is falling apart with Jack fighting an ongoing battle with his own demons. A Star Is Born, Rated R and Runs 135 Minutes.

 If your into Sci-Fi, VENOM is the flick for you. From Columbia Pictures.
An alien from another world turns Superhero of sorts. Journalist Eddie Brock hoping for a comeback following a scandal, accidentally becomes the life host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent yet interesting alter-ego,Venom. Together with their newfound powers they team up to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
VENOM is Rated PG13 and Runs 112 Minutes. A Good Choice.

See you soon, At The Movies.

Two months before the November mid-term election, a selective few KWMC listeners of Town Talk Live specifically made a verbal point to articulate that I am different.  That is a realization that I came to understand by the age of three when I could ride a bicycle without training wheels and I wore cowboy boots to bed. Their remarks were not a reaction to my wardrobe but primarily due to my conservative viewpoint. Webster’s definition of difference is ‘a point or way in which people or things are not the same.’   The synonyms include contrast, distinction, and variance.  Some listeners have an overall general problem and concern with the above.  They would prefer a more ratified, common uniform message for their personal political taste.
Friday, September 21st a business leader contacted the station owner in regards to something I said on Town Talk Live.  Usually, the disagreement or feedback from an individual comes directly to me during the broadcast.  That is the whole essence of the show.  Yet while I shared why I do not support Beto O’Rourke for the U.S. Senate candidacy, the highly agitated business leader fired a text message to Guillermo Garza, critical of Ken Herrera and me regarding our discussion of Beto.  Guillermo sent the text to us why still on the air.   I prefer to respond over the air while on KWMC, after all the show is not “Town Text Live”, and at the time I chose not to.
I’m a bit suspicious why the business leader responded to Guillermo instead of us.  Perhaps, this individual was applying the pressure for a reprimand, clarification or an apology for not drinking the Del Rio Democrat Kool-Aid.  The text message did not suggest that at all.  It was critical of us being too much like Fox News.  I find that remark hilarious.  Fox News does not take names for the H-E-B Heavenly Delight Birthday cake on Friday’s.   However it was the method which hits a sore spot with me.  The business leader did not participate on the show in regards to my political beliefs, but to question my presentation with the station owner.
I’m not going to publicly announce the name of the business leader.  If the individual wishes to appear on the air with us, they are more than welcome, as anyone in this community.  But I will not refrain from my difference or dissimilarity of what is perceived as the “local majority” on how I choose to vote or what I think.  My job for two hours a week is to engage the audience in matters of Del Rio and talk about them.  I have another responsibility at the station, keeping the listeners tuned to KWMC for another day of conversation.   I do believe I’m pretty good at what I do.  Friday got the attention of a business leader who chose to share his thoughts of variance with KWMC ownership.  
Our statements on that September Friday were not highly critical of Beto O’Rourke at all.  None were nasty as the multitudes on social media and political message boards.  In fact, we did say Beto had run an aggressive, grass roots campaign.  Senator Ted Cruz took a real jab at the first U.S. Senate debate in Dallas calling it a “254 county photo op with the press in tow.”   
What was said confirmed my conservative views in a nut shell.   Our Constitutional 2nd Amendment right, reduction within the Federal government and taxes, a fundamental right to life for the unborn, the abolishment of universal-social medicine, and a secure border that defines this nation’s sovereignty. As I recall, I also said that any blue wave millennial who doesn’t understand my views and shouts them down without discussion suffers from delusions of grandeur and should be branded as Liberal Fascism.
To the business leader of concern:   First, yes I’m different.   I’m a white male in my 50’s who votes conservative and lives in Del Rio.   In other words, in Val Verde County, I’m a minority.  Minorities in the United States have the same 1st Amendment rights as the majority within the community.  My expression of beliefs is not limited by the Val Verde Democrat Party majority, whether I was born here or not (as long as I’m an American citizen) the church or parish where I worship (or choose not to) or the color of my skin.
Second, I can’t fathom to think if text messaging was the only 21st century technology to have been in existence while Jay, Madison, and Hamilton contributed to the Federalist Papers.  If that sole petitioner had stopped the presses through a tweet, the United States would not have made it through Franklin Pierce’s presidency. (the second most divided time in our nation’s 242 year history next to present day).  If the consequences of an editor reaction to a hypothetical 18th century text message would have occurred, the generations which survived through it all today would live in a very poor agrarian society filled with famine and filth.   It was Freedom of Speech and the Fourth Estate that became the bedrock of a very young nation.   
This scenario reminds me of something I once read by Steven Covey:  “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand.  They listen with the intent to reply.”  Touché local business leader.   There was no intention of understanding on your part in September.  It was just a reply.  If you wish to engage in the conversation, please be our guest.  I hope someday you truly understand the definition difference.  As the old adage goes’ every man has the right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.   Meanwhile, I will choose to remain ‘different.’