Two recent occurrences, one national and one local, have brought this popular 1975 Statler Brothers refrain to mind: “Whatever happened to Randolph Scott riding the train alone? Whatever happened to Gene and Roy and Tex and Rex, the Durango Kid?” This song, aimed at the deterioration of time-honored values in the movie industry, is easily recognized as an indictment of a similar degrading of common sense and courtesy today.
Giles should have complied on Taser incident
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | 6:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:53 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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