Paul Harvey Passes Away

Mark Simone - ABC Radio/news ^ | 2/28/09 | GoodDay

[GoodDay]

Mark Simone just announced on his radio show that legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey has passed away. He was 91 years old. No details yet.

[Jet Jaguar]

I will share it in FReep mail.

Give me a sec.

[NoPrisoners]

May God bless and keep his family...

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[stevio]

My introduction to right talk radio. My boss at the truck parts store used to have him on when I was a young buck of 18. Thanks Mr. Harvey and God bless you.

[txroadkill]

just wow. How very sad. RIP

[Islander7]

The Testing Time

A Classic

[mountn man]

IF I WERE THE DEVIL........by Paul Harvey
If I were the devil, I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world; I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's effort, instead of God's blessings; I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the other way around; I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue; I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to leadership; I would make it legal to kill unborn babies; I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it convenient; I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that the life of animals is valued more than human beings; I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was grounds for a lawsuit; I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I would get sports heroes to advertise them; I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the mind of every family member with my agenda; I would attack the family, the backbone of any nation. I would make divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so does the nation; I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and movie screens, and call it art; I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their lifestyles should be accepted; I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who call themselves authorities and refer to their agenda as politically correct; I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, and the Bible is for the naive; I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional; Hmmm... I guess if I were the devil, I'd leave things pretty much the way they are. Good day.

[Poser]

To the Harvey family:

Paul was an exceptional man who will be remembered for many generations. We celebrate his life and will always remember his style and humanity.

[Free Vulcan]

Harvey was the icon’s icon. The end of an era.

[VictoryGal]

God Bless You, Mr. Harvey.

You and your beloved Angel are in each others arms tonight, in the warm glow of the Almighty.

[Rastus]

Is this Paul at the beginning of this clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Dnz21jvG8

Sure sounds like him.

[napscoordinator]

Didn’t know much about him, but God Bless him and his family.

[FreeReign]

Just checking some of the rest of the story...

He got his first radio job cleaning up around the studio at KVOO in 1933...76 years later while still under contract he passes a way.

Paul Harvey's story is what this country is/was all about.

[dbehsman]

I just went to Amazon and checked out ‘Spoon River Anthology.’ It looks like a really good book, I think I’ll get a copy. Thanks for the heads up!

[Sender]

My Mom can see both this world and the next about equally. Sometimes she is talking to people I can’t see. It would be easy to say it’s just the dementia, but I am not so sure. It’s been said that the blind develop other senses; perhaps sometimes people who are losing sight of this world get a glimpse of another. I believe in life after death; to think that she is just smiling and conversing with imaginary people would be to deny the possibility that the next world does indeed exist. She won’t be with me much longer. Is she talking with angels or just dreams? Is the glass half full or half empty? We won’t know until we go, but I choose to be optimistic. I’m going to have a lot of dogs up there :)

[beckett]

Very hard not to love Paul Harvey once you heard him speak.

Rest in peace, good and faithful servant.

[Islander7]

Paul Harvey talks about Che', Cuba, Russia, etc - 1963

I will miss this great man.

[meyer]

God Bless Paul Harvey - what a great man.

[radiohead]

It’s a fast read - the chapters are brief stories about people in the local cemetery. Tho I’m one of Amazon’s biggest customers : ), it’s a pretty old book and your library probably has it.

[Twinkie]

So sorry to hear about your mother, EB.
Also will miss Paul Harvey’s “rest of the story”; have been listening to him for many years. He seemed a decent man and committed to the country.