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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] First in flight?
  • Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:27:40 -0400

I always thought is was "Better Roads to Bigger Prisons."

David

On 4/28/03 12:07 AM, "Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com> wrote:

> But if you must slander North Carolina, you could use: Bigger roads to
> Bigger Prisons.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Winslow Czeiszperger" <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
> To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/";
> <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] First in flight?
>
>
>>
>> On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 02:29 PM, Sil Greene wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Jim Allman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michael sez:
>>>>> I can't believe the citizens of NC have the gall to believe
>>>>> NC has anything but a tiny claim of involvement with the Wright
>>>>> Brothers, who never were citizens of the state.
>>>
>>> Personally (and I, for one, am 100% native N.Carolinian), I've never
>>> mistaken the catchphrase "First in Flight" with the concept "we did it
>>> all". It refers to the first controlled flight, plain and simple.
>>> Anyone
>>> who's been through their NC history class in 4th & 8th grades should
>>> recognize that.
>>>
>>
>> You may get it, but I've met NC natives that believed that the Wrights
>> lived in NC for years. The difference is crucial, because if the
>> Wrights were born somewhere else, but moved to NC at some point, NC
>> would have a legitimate claim as having contributed to the development
>> of the first practical airplane. All this wouldn't matter except that
>> NC uses the Wrights as the most important symbol of NC.
>>
>> I think NC should pick a phrase for their license plates that reflects
>> on the proud character and history of the state rather than trying to
>> bask in the glory of a couple of Ohio inventors. I humbly suggest the
>> following for a future NC license plate motto:
>>
>> 1. First in Smoke*
>> 2. Lucky Strike
>> 3. Marlboro Country
>>
>> * NC has the largest number of acres committed to tabacco production of
>> any state, and the 2nd lowest cigarette tax (5cents) of any state.
>> (Kentucky is the lowest at 3 cents.)
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> _________
>> Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the stinky
>> cheese man!
>> -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC
>>
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