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Perspectives Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 Facebook Feedback Our Thoughts Your response to “A contractor who sued Charles K. Mays, Rockdale County’s Probate Judge, protests outside the Rockdale County Courthouse after Mays filed an appeal to the case on Friday” Abbie N Grant: No one should step down from their job regardless of charges. When they have had their day in court only then should the employers decide to keep them on. Liberty is blind for all until proven other wises. I understand your frustrating but it’s the law. Cheryl Mallory: I think the keyword on that poster board is ‘allegedly’. Jessica Marie Knight: Good for him for standing up for himself! Sharon Pharr: What criminal charges? T. Pat Cavanaugh is the publisher of The Rockdale News and The Covington News. He can be reached at [email protected] YOUR FEEDBACK Miller’s Model: A Solution for Ferguson Chuck Norris Columnist Follow Chuck Norris through his official social media sites, on Twitter @ chucknorris and Facebook’s “Official Chuck Norris Page.” He blogs at http:// chucknorrisnews. blogspot.com. To find out more about Chuck Norris and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www. creators.com. For days, nearly every news media outlet has been consumed with the Ferguson fallout. From coast to coast, pundits and populations have been debating the efficacy of justice and demonstrations. But maybe a true solution for Ferguson — and every other social skirmish like it — can only be found in changing the narrative. I think I found it — or him — at Pearl Harbor, and just in time for its 73rd anniversary. You know the history. On a quiet Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on U.S. military bases on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Two waves of 353 fighter planes hit Maybe it’s time we quit hunting for evidence to support our views or conclusions that degrade others. Maybe it’s time we shake the stereotypes. military installments. The first was at Pacific Naval Air Base, destroying or crippling 36 seaplanes and killing or wounding 84 Americans. Seven minutes later, the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor, where 96 U.S. warships were anchored. All eight battleships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or badly damaged. Amazingly, all of America’s aircraft carriers Read more