When it comes to North Carolina architecture, there is no more ubiquitous an example than the humble tobacco barn. You can barely drive half a mile in the rural farming areas without seeing at least one or two dotting the landscape. With some of them dating back a century and more, they once exemplified this state's agricultural acumen like nothing else could.And it is not without some sadness that in the modern era, most of them have fallen into...
Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Friday, March 02, 2012
Dad gets his turn in the newspapers
That's my father Robert Knight in the photograph on the right, sitting next to friend and fellow farmer John Ashe, in a pic taken for a news story that's gotten national circulation (The Republic out of Columbus, Indiana has it along with a whole slideshow of photos) about tobacco farmers trying to stay profitable in spite of new trade deals.I've known John for most of my...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Bev Perdue - AKA "WORST NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR EVER" - signs smoking ban into law
It's a scene I've watched on television damn too many times: a chief executive like a president or governor sitting behind a desk and smugly signing away another right or liberty, with a backdrop made up of the sorry-a$$ed legislative bastitches, also grinning like they've just made some legitimate contribution to the betterment of mankind, who passed the effin' law to begin with.In today's case it was Bev Perdue - who I have already declared to...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
No jokin' about no smokin': North Carolina to ban lighting up in public
For the record: I don't smoke. I don't recommend anyone taking up smoking. It's a nasty habit and I've seen what it can do to one's health. It's not something I'd wish on anybody.But I'm also of the mind that it's left to the individual whether or not he or she chooses to smoke. And that means that it should be up to business owners to decide whether or not they allow smoking in places they own like restaurants and bars.And I also have come to...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
'Fess-up time for today's April Fools prank
Just to be clear on some things...1. There is no such thing as the U.S. Department of Public Health.2. Reidsville does not have a deputy mayor.3. Irving "Bud" Wombler is a fictitious character that I made up this morning.4. Rockingham Regional Medical Center only exists in my mind, and will likely never be built in the Midway area.5. Fritz Hippler was a real-life filmmaker who ran the Film Department of the Propaganda Ministry under Joseph Goebbels...
EXCLUSIVE: Rockingham County, per federal mandate, to ban ALL tobacco farming and products
EDIT 9:50 p.m. EST 04/01/2008: Click here for a MAJOR BREAKING UPDATE regarding this news story!Details about this will soon be released to the press via regular channels, but here is what The Knight Shift has learned...Rockingham County, North Carolina - the #1 tobacco-producing region in the entire country - will soon become the first 100% tobacco-free area in the United...
