Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Hurricane Lili sputtered to a category 1 when it rolled into the US — enough to inflict damage, but not to the extent of first speculations, when Lili was a category 4 hurricane. Unfortunately, as much as I wish that Congress would have stood strong, forcing President Bush’s category 4 […]
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In Defense of Few Words
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Michael Barrish wrote: I’ve long believed that we each have a story, often unknown to us, that we try all our lives to prove true. As I see it, this is the key to understanding a lot of otherwise inexplicable behavior. If I’m correct, what would your story be? Note: It […]
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Vote the Blog, baby
I am impressed with this renewed zeal to get out the vote. Off year elections in the US tend to be walkaways, with less than 50% of the people voting. Anything that gets people into the polls is a Good Thing. However, before we all pick a candidate that we’re sure we can get elected (if we only pool ALL of […]
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Previous posting
None of this will make sense unless you read this first. The content of the previous posting was directed at the Open Letter to America from a Canadian. I was, I will admit, a bit hurt when I read Allan’s postings about this letter and this did act as a catalyst for my posting, but the content was […]
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More on the Canadian letter
Allan has posted several postings, here, here, and here, about the infamous Open Letter to America from a Canadian, as has Steve and Stavros. However, it was Allan’s postings that touched a nerve. Allan states With friends like America, who needs enemies, and in a later posting, based on comments he’s getting, he writes: McDougall’s letter was surely written in a fit […]