Sometimes a pain, activist Harry Sinclair also can be right

'A gadfly in a bowtie'

By JOSHUA STEWART, Staff Writer

Published 07/16/08

Among mere mortals, Harry Sinclair Jr. is as close to ubiquitous as it gets.

By J. Henson - The Capital
Harry Sinclair Jr. of Severn is known for attending nearly every public meeting imaginable, oftentimes aggressively and passionately sharing his thoughts on everything and anything.

He's everywhere. At every meeting. In everyone's hair, which he frequently ruffles.

If he were into hip-hop, he'd be all up in your grill.

"I'm just a pain in the buns," he said.

But the people who encounter him the most describe a passionate man with a heart of gold - and an X-rated vocabulary in private conversations that joins unprintable four-letter words in a way that would make accomplished poets envious.

A polymath when it comes to facts about Anne Arundel County, the 64-year-old Severn resident's...

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Harry Sinclair - 2008-07-23 14:30:39

Shame on you Harry . . . you actually expect activism, experience, and substance to overcome style and political correctness. I've known you since high school.
After Rutgers University I served a year in Vietnam (1968-1969) as an infantry platoon leader and company XO. I for one, would have welcomed you beside me in many situations as you were always a fierce competitor (TRADOC or no TRADOC!). In high school we competed against each other , , , I didn't lose many 440 yard dash events but you beat me, handily as I recall, in the County Championship. You were a gracious winner, no gloating victory lap as today, we simply shook hands. However, the race result might have been different if run in today's world . . . now I would "tell" my coach I was not concerned about the team score and "refuse" to compete in the long-jump before the 440. That way I might have won and protected my delicate self-esteem . . . far more important than the team. Can you imagine "refusing" coach Crowell or Paul Rusko or George Roberts!
So today, Harry, we stress political correctness and avoid any disagreement or confrontation. That's why some of the students I teach at a small mid-West university arrive at school unable to write coherently, can't locate Irag, and can't survive without checking their cell phones.
Harry, keep pushing the envelope. That way, to paraphrase General Patton, you don't have to tell your grandchildren you sat by as problems went unresolved.
Dave Briggs
Severna Park 1962

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Mr. Sinclair - 2008-07-21 23:24:18

Lets get the story straight. Mr Sinclair did not belong to any elite Ranger Regiment. He was a TRADOC Ranger in the training battalion. He served less than 6 years in the active Army and got by in the National Guard. He is not a typical Army officer and certainly George Patton would have sent him packing if he served under his command. Mr. Sinclair is what we call in the airborne, ranger and SF community as a "wanna be"

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