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Rodney Fleenor
Gainesville
Today in History
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of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.”
— U.S. Constitution, Amendment I.
The Associated Press reports the
accident happened on May 7 in
Williston, Florida, when the autopilot
To the editor: Councilwoman Dollar for flow of water during any
Thanks to the city of coming down and cutting the heavy rain at the end of
Gainesville and four weeds that restricted the Bridle Lane.
In 1777, during the American
Revolution, British forces captured
Fort Ticonderoga.
In 1865, the weekly publication The
Nation, the self-described "flagship of
the left," made its debut.
In 1917, during World War I, Arab
Today's Highlight in History:
On July 6, 1944, an estimated 168
people died in a fire that broke out dur-
ing a performance in the main tent of
the Ringling Bros, and Barnum &
Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut.
(One of the survivors of the blaze was
On this date:
In 1535, Sir Thomas More was exe-
would become a leading cause of car
crashes?
When you boil it down, a fully
autonomous (self-driving) vehicle is
— a piece of hardware operated by
software.
The difference is that you don’t die
when your phone, laptop or tablet mal-
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which focused on jobs and the econo
my. Jury selection began in the perjun
trial of former baseball pitcher Roge:
Clemens, who was accused of lyin^
under oath to Congress when he deniec
ever using performance-enhancing
drugs during his career (the proceed
ings ended abruptly in a mistrial
Clemens was later acquitted in a retfi
al). The 2018 Winter Olympics wen
awarded to the South Korean city o
Pyeongchang, sending the winte:
games to Asia for the first time since
1998.
One year ago: The Associated Press
obtained documents in which Bil
Cosby admitted in 2005 that he'c
secured quaaludes with the intent o
giving them to young women he want
ed to have sex with and that he gave the
sedative to at least one woman and oth
er people; Cosby's lawyers insisted tha
two of the accusers knew they were
taking quaaludes from the comedian
according to the unsealed documents
Pope Francis received a hero's wel
come in Guayaquil, Ecuador's bigges
city, as he celebrated the first publie
Mass of his South American tour
Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub
77, died in Santa Barbara, California.
Today's Birthdays: Singer-actress
Della Reese is 85. The 14th Dala
Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 81. Actor Nec
Beatty is 79. Singer Gene Chandler is
76. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 76
Actor Burt Ward is 71. Forme:
President George W. Bush is 70. Actor
director Sylvester Stallone is 70. Acto:
Fred Dryer is 70. Actress Shelley Hacl
is 69. Actress Nathalie Baye is 68.
Jack Bills, Audience Development Director
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world premiere in London. British
colony Nyasaland became the inde-
pendent country of Malawi.
In 1966, Malawi became a republic.
In 1971, jazz trumpeter and singer
Louis Armstrong died in New York at
age 69.
In 1988, 167 North Sea oil workers
were killed when explosions and fires
destroyed a drilling platform. Medical
waste and other debris began washing
up on New York City-area seashores,
forcing the closing of several popular
beaches.
In 1996, a Delta MD-88 jetliner's
left engine blew apart during an
attempted takeoff from Pensacola,
Florida, sending metal pieces ripping
into the cabin, killing a mother and her
son.
Ten years ago: The space shuttle
Discovery docked with the internation-
al space station, bringing with it
European Space Agency astronaut
Thomas Reiter, who began a 6-month
stay aboard the station. Election offi-
cials declared Felipe Calderon (fay-
LEE'-pay kahl-duh-ROHN') winner of
the official count in Mexico's disputed
presidential race over Andres Manuel
Lopez Obrador (ahn-DRAYS' mahn-
WEHL' LOH'-pez OH'-brah-dohr),
who blamed fraud for his narrow loss.
Magazine publisher Ralph Ginzburg,
who was at the center of two First
Amendment battles in the 1960s and
served eight months in federal prison
for obscenity, died in New York at age
76.
Five years ago: President Barack
Obama held his first Twitter town hall,
ATTORNEY GENERAL
LYNCH .IS IT POSSIBLE
YOUR MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT CLINTON
WILL COMPROMISE
THE INVESTIGATION
INTO HILLARY?
estimates that as many as 10 million
cars with a variety of self-driving fea- exactly like a cellphone, laptop or tablet
tures could be on the road in the United
States by 2020.
We hope not. The danger is too
great.
Today is Wednesday, July 6, the
188th day of 2016. There are 178 days
Earlier generations of Americans fought and died to pre- left in the year.
serve freedom. Today's generation cannot spare time from
their selfies and twitters to think about such things. Neither
the past nor the future seems to weigh on their minds.
A generation that owes so much to the past acts as if they
owe nothing to anybody. Their idea of freedom is exemption
from laws or obligations.
What many conceive of as freedom today is much more future actor Charles Nelson Reilly,
like anarchy: Who are the police to tell them what they can- then age 13.)
not do?
But anarchy does not mean freedom. It means that peo-
ple "become the slaves of ruffians." What was said in 19th cuted in England for high treason,
century Britain remains painfully true in too many crime-
ridden neighborhoods in 21st century America.
The orgy of anti-police rhetoric in the wake of riots in
Ferguson, Missouri and in Baltimore has already been fol-
lowed by a sudden surge in violence, including murders, as
police pull back or get pulled back. Innocent people have
paid with their lives for such self-indulgences by dema- forces led by T.E. Lawrence and Auda
gogues and the media. Abu Tayi captured the port of Aqaba
Freedom is not free. It requires, at a minimum, maturity (AH'-kah-buh) from the Turks,
and a sense of the realities of life. No society of human
beings has ever been perfect. But we need only think of
whatever person we love most and ask: Is that person per-
fect?
Is a country that is not perfect nevertheless deserving of
our respect, our gratitude or our love? The Fourth of July is
a good day to ponder that question.
— Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
In 1933, the first All-Star baseball
game was played at Chicago's
Comiskey Park; the American League
defeated the National League, 4-2.
In 1945, President Harry S. Truman
signed an executive order establishing
the Medal of Freedom. Nicaragua
became the first nation to ratify the
United Nations Charter.
In 1957, Althea Gibson became the
first black tennis player to win a
Wimbledon singles title as she defeated
fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-
2.
In 1964, the movie "A Hard Day's
Night," starring The Beatles, had its
functions or is infected with a virus.
Instead, you call the help desk.
Talk to any traffic accident investi-
gator and she/he will tell you that chain
reactions leading to crashes are often
totally unpredictable and impossible to
anticipate.
Several factors come together in an
instant to produce tragedy.
This is what happened with the
Tesla crash in Florida. The autopilot did
not see the white side of the tractor-
trailer rig against a brightly lit sky and
failed to apply the brakes.
The thought of thousands or mil-
lions of driver-less cars whizzing along
the highway at 70 mph sends chills
down our spine. It just does not com-
pute.
— Reprinted from Denton Record
Chronicle.
New technology comes with risks
The driver of a Tesla S put his car on
celebrating?
There was a time when the Fourth of July meant some-
thing more than a three-day weekend. Speeches, writings
and commemorative ceremonies reminded us of the origins
and greatness of America. No matter where in the world our
ancestors came from, we today are almost invariably better
off because they came to America.
Independence Day signified much more than one country
announcing its independence from another on July 4, 1776.
It represented a new form of government — freer and more
accountable to its own people than the monarchies common
around the world for centuries.
What happened in America did not stay in America. The
example of freedom inspired other peoples in other lands. As
a famous poem put it, it was America's "embattled farmers,"
fighting for their own freedom and independence, who
"fired the shot heard round the world."
There was no question then that the United States was
"exceptional," however much the smug elites of today —
including our President — try to dismiss the idea. Because
self-government on such a large scale was a unique experi- The driver of a Tesla S put his car on Big dreams surround the concept,
ment, the founders ofthe American republic were very much “self-driving mode” and then died after Fully autonomous vehicles one day
aware that it had its dangers. Thomas Jefferson warned that colliding with a truck. This is what can could allow the blind to drive. Fewer
"eternal vigilance" was the price of liberty. Even generations happen to early adopters of new tech- human beings behind the wheel could
later, Abraham Lincoln expressed his fervent hope that n°l°gy-
"government of the people, by the people and for the people
shall not perish from the earth." The survival of freedom was
not something he took for granted.
Today, too many Americans take freedom for granted, as
just another entitlement, something that does not require
them to take any personal responsibility.
result in less human error and, there-
fore, fewer deaths and injuries from
crashes.
But the possible unintended conse-
system failed to apply the brakes after a quences of this alluring technology
tractor-trailer rig turned in front of the complicate those dreams.
Tesla at an intersection. At the dawn of the smartphone era
Federal investigators are now sifting 20 years ago, who could have predicted
It is painful to watch people on the streets — or on col- through the design and performance of that irresponsible use while driving
lege campuses — being interviewed by TV reporters who Tesla’s autopilot system.
ask them elementary questions about the people and institu- BI Intelligence, a company that
tions that run the country, and see how uninformed they are. researches innovations in technology,
And how unconcerned about their own gross ignorance.
People like that are the natural prey of political dema-
gogues, of which there has never been a shortage. We see the
consequences in ever expanding arbitrary powers of govern-
ment. Just last week, a U.S. Attorney threatened prosecution
of anyone who made "inflammatory" statements about
Muslim boys accused of raping a 5-year-old girl.
Surely that Justice Department official knew that the
courts were not likely to violate people's right to free speech.
But the real threat was to drag people through expensive and
time-consuming legal processes that could disrupt their lives
completely.
Such high-handed use of government powers has become
increasingly common during the Obama administration. But
an apathetic and uninformed public voted him a second
term.
That is not the "eternal vigilance" required to preserve
freedom. It is the widespread apathy and gullibility which
accepts the coming of tyranny on the instalment plan.
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