Mr. Brown's creed

I believe that I have found my one true soul mate; the person I laugh with, the person I cry with; the person I celebrate with, the person I grieve with; the person I share with, the person I confide in; the person I wake up with, the person I go to sleep with; the person I live with, the person I die with; the person I love.

I believe that God, even the mere idea of God, is big; too big to describe as fact. It takes belief, strong personal faith, to describe God and all He is.

I believe, because of this, that faith and belief are a separate, even opposing, entity from the idea of government. And should remain separate.

I believe each and every citizen of our free country should have their beliefs and ideas tolerated as well as tolerate the beliefs and ideas of others.

I believe that even after you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you still can’t judge them. That is God’s job.

I believe that responsibility is a quality lacking in today’s world. Maybe it should be taught in schools, too. Maybe even throw in another high-stakes test or two! (Or maybe not.)

I believe that knowledge truly is power.

I believe that education begins at home, is supplemented and enhanced throughout school, and should never be confined solely within the school’s walls.

I believe that no one is ever done growing up. The day you cease to learn anything new and valuable is the day you cease to exist.

I believe that free market capitalism as it exists in the United States today serves one purpose: to encourage good, ol’ fashioned greed. It achieves two objectives, 1) helping the rich get even richer and 2) helping the poor get even poorer.

I believe that, even though I plan on voting for Barack Obama, John McCain would make a pretty good president. Then again, after the past 8 years, I think a headless mannequin could do the job and we’d be no worse off. But Sarah Palin frightens me. Truly, honestly frightens me. If John McCain is elected, I hope he remains in good health for the duration of his term.

I believe that cheering for the Tar Heels is one of the great joys of this life.

I believe watching dook lose is another great joy in this life. And I believe people should stop spelling it “Duke” like that’s the way it’s really spelled. It’s dook, people!

I believe that if I concentrate and focus hard enough, any suggestions, criticisms, or insults that I hurl through the television at referees, coaches, and players can and will be heard…by me. And my wife. Who then tells me to stop. Because they really can’t hear me.

I believe that anyone who refuses to place a grocery cart in the Cart Return should be clubbed in the kneecaps with a crowbar so they’ll actually have an excuse for not walking their lazy butt the extra 5 to 100 feet.

I believe that hip hop music is unfairly tossed aside as artless. Dude, the good stuff is unbelievable poetry set to incredible rhythms and beats.