Bob Lees
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Bob Lees
@TCPrincipal
Tampa Catholic Principal
Tampa, FL Katılım Ağustos 2011
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When I was a little boy, all of our family vacations were the same.
We would travel around the southern United States to Civil War battlefields—to places like Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia. We’ve been to all the battlefields you’ve heard of, and a hundred you never knew existed.
And one day, we were at Chattanooga. A very important battlefield in the Civil War.
The entire Union Army was arrayed at the bottom of a ridge called Missionary Ridge. The Union had lost battle after battle, and the command came down not to charge up the hill at the Confederates. But there was a young man—to show you how one man can change the world—a 17-year-old boy named Arthur MacArthur, who later became the father of Douglas MacArthur, the great general from World War II.
And he saw the standard bearer in front of him get shot, and the flag hit the earth. And he couldn't bear the American flag on the ground, so he picked it up and charged up the hill. And the entire American army charged after him and won the day. He got the Medal of Honor pinned on his lapel on top of that ridge.
I was standing there with my father when I was eight years old, looking out over the battlefield, and it started to snow. Now, I grew up in Miami, Israel, and Venezuela, not a lot of snow in my life. So, I turned to my dad, and I said, "Papi, this is beautiful. This is so fun."
And he turned to me, very stern, and said, "Fun? You think this is fun? You don't understand why we bring you to these places. We bring you here so that you and your sister can understand the soul of the country we brought you to. This is a country where 600,000 men died so that a part of the country who were enslaved could be free. That is the level of devotion and dedication that a free and fair democracy demands."
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Turning Point USA condemns in the strongest terms the TikTok audio trend that uses or references the assassination of our founder, Charlie Kirk, for entertainment.
Charlie Kirk was the victim of a real act of political violence. Turning that into viral content is grotesque and dehumanizing. There is nothing harmless, funny, or acceptable about it. It reflects a culture that trivializes violence and reduces real human loss to a punchline.
This has no place on TikTok. Or anywhere. This audio needs to be removed.
Brian Atlas@BrianAtlas
Women post video using Charlie Kirk assassination sounds for outfit transition… this is gross. The “empathy” side btw.
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Tampa Catholic Baseball beats Jesuit 6-2 on the road! 10-0 overall on the season. Making a solid case as the best team in Tampa Bay.
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So many inspiring moments at today's @CityofTampa Women's History Month event, celebrating award-winner Heather Wolf Erickson. And it was a special treat to meet @tampacatholic student Sydney Williams, who was selected to speak at the event. #VoteHIllsborough #Community
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@FlyTPA @MZHemingway The cleanest and best run airport in America!
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@BishopBarron We must recognize Marxist thinkers among our political class and openly call them out as antithetical to Christianity and to western democracy. Thank you Bishop!
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A recent statement by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illuminates the Marxist ideology which continues to take hold of American politicians. Here are my thoughts.
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Authored by TC grad and distinguished alumnus Dr. Emilio Gonzalez.
Emilio T. González, Ph.D.@emiliotgonzalez
Throughout Latin America, #Iran seeks political support through shared and profound anti-U.S. ideologies and fellow travelers. Iran has also established a network of cultural centers, mosques and Islamic institutions across Latin America @SecRubio washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/…
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Tampa Catholic High School is searching for its next Head Volleyball Coach 🏐
Interested candidates should email Mr. Leone at mleone@tampacatholic.org for more information or to apply.
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Tampa Catholic Boys’ Basketball had a great weekend! With two wins vs top 10 teams in the state of Florida. Neo Flores led the way with 25 points game 1 and 30 points game 2!
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Tampa Catholic Cheerleading has won the 2026 state championship!!
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This is the pedestal in Vienna where a statue commemorating Jan Sobieski's glorious cavalry charge against the Ottoman Turks was supposed to stand.
But then the city decided it was too Islamophobic to honor the heroes who saved their city from invasion.
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Washington is 5-1 with their only loss to the #1 team in the country.
If they were in the SEC, they’d be ranked in the Top 10.
They’re unranked.
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@Dave90233378 @karnsies817 Correct…many ( most) turned on the guy who led us out of abject misery and to a playoff win over the Steelers. Played hurt, which we used to admire. Sickening
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@karnsies817 1/2 of the city ran Baker out of town because they were too stupid to realize he wasn’t the problem.
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15-25 since this tweet.
Kicked Nick Chubb out.
Butt of every sexual assault joke.
Lost 11 of the last 12 games.
Baker is a MVP candidate.
Abject failure.
Gainfully employed.
Cleveland Browns@Browns
We have agreed to trade QB Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional 2024 draft pick
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@BrownsNationcom Gee I wonder? Should we have essentially cut a pro bowl who has the second most TD passes over the last 3 years and led his team to the playoffs the past two? Tough question.
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Did the Browns make a big mistake by moving on from Baker Mayfield?
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“We shall soon be in a world in which a man may be howled down for saying that two and two make four, in which people will persecute the heresy of calling a triangle a three-sided figure, and hang a man for maddening a mob with the news that grass is green.”
GK Chesterton (1905)
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Good morning.
The reason you feel Charlie’s death so deeply is because grief doesn’t measure itself by proximity. It measures itself by meaning. You didn’t have to know him personally to feel the sting of his absence, because when a voice like his goes silent, something in the atmosphere shifts.
The reason it feels heavier than so many other tragedies is because your spirit recognizes that this is not just about a man, it is about a battle. Scripture says eternity is written on our hearts, and when someone who carried truth with boldness is suddenly gone, eternity aches within us. It’s like our souls know instinctively that the darkness celebrated, and that strikes us at the core.
The reason you can’t shake it is because psychologically, we don’t only attach ourselves to people…we attach ourselves to symbols. Charlie became a symbol of conviction in a time of compromise, courage in a time of fear. And when a symbol is struck down, it rattles something primal and eternal inside us.
That’s why even those who never met him feel it. There is a strange thread pulling at us, and it is not imagined. It is real. We are bound together by shared purpose, by shared longing for truth, by the Spirit of God Himself weaving us into a fabric that cannot be torn apart. This loss pulled at that fabric, and every one of us felt the tug.
So if you’ve wondered why this hits so hard, it’s because your soul knows. This is bigger than news. This is bigger than politics. This is about eternity, about truth, and about the weight of a man whose life carried both.
Love y’all.
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@xMikeMac This was a great post:
Chad Prather@WatchChad
Good morning. The reason you feel Charlie’s death so deeply is because grief doesn’t measure itself by proximity. It measures itself by meaning. You didn’t have to know him personally to feel the sting of his absence, because when a voice like his goes silent, something in the atmosphere shifts. The reason it feels heavier than so many other tragedies is because your spirit recognizes that this is not just about a man, it is about a battle. Scripture says eternity is written on our hearts, and when someone who carried truth with boldness is suddenly gone, eternity aches within us. It’s like our souls know instinctively that the darkness celebrated, and that strikes us at the core. The reason you can’t shake it is because psychologically, we don’t only attach ourselves to people…we attach ourselves to symbols. Charlie became a symbol of conviction in a time of compromise, courage in a time of fear. And when a symbol is struck down, it rattles something primal and eternal inside us. That’s why even those who never met him feel it. There is a strange thread pulling at us, and it is not imagined. It is real. We are bound together by shared purpose, by shared longing for truth, by the Spirit of God Himself weaving us into a fabric that cannot be torn apart. This loss pulled at that fabric, and every one of us felt the tug. So if you’ve wondered why this hits so hard, it’s because your soul knows. This is bigger than news. This is bigger than politics. This is about eternity, about truth, and about the weight of a man whose life carried both. Love y’all.
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Special thanks to Bay News 9 for covering our Summer Basketball Camp! 🏀 Led by Coach Don Dziagwa and TC alum Kevin Knox II '17, young athletes got elite training and Crusader inspiration!
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