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View ArticleClearing the Air
Hello, my friends. Every now and then one needs to clear the air, set things straight, as it were. Get yourself a beer or cup of coffee. This is one of those times... Anyone who knows me...really...
View Article"True Believers"
No, this essay is not about religion; it's about the state of politics as exemplified in the recent presidential campaign. Specifically, it is more about Republicans than Democrats, although I...
View ArticleChristmas Story #1
I am no philanthropist; at least not on any grande scale. I'm no Bill Gates nor any John D. MacArthur. I'm just an above-average blue collar worker who makes a decent living....and....I beli...
View ArticleChristmas Story #2
We were in the Twin Cities, MN for a concert, which meant tickets + hotel + meals & drinks + traveling = $$$ It’s one of our favorite ways to spend money; we enjoy live music and comedy. An...
View ArticleChristmas Story #3
This short story concerns a little river town of only 2,500. We have lived there in the past and hope to relocate there when I retire in a couple years. The median household income is $5K less than w...
View ArticleChristmas Season Musings
We're watching the 12-12-12 benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy. I wonder how many of the people who lost everything in that storm were - prior to the event - those kind of cold-hearte...
View ArticleOn Guns, Fear and Tragedy
If I dwell long enough on the massacre that occurred at Newtown, I will literally become ill. I will become nauseous and throw up; not just in reaction to the tragedy itself, but to the overall madne...
View ArticleWe're a Fast Food-Buffet Culture
Even before I posed the article about Japan and it's lack of gun death problems, I realized that someone could legitimately (but lamely) claim that Japan is "a different culture." OK...
View ArticleAn open letter to arrogant, small-minded Blogster "Americans"
OK, for starters, the main reason I use this Blogster account is so that I can post links to it from Facebook, which does not allow for any kind of lengthy writing. I only came here originally...
View ArticleEthansdad
You have been unblocked, but I am only allowing comments from "friends." You wanna go a few rounds, smart mouth...
View ArticleFor gun lovers - Leonard Pitts, Jr. Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/23/31 2929/conf onting-am ricas-unh ly-gun.ht l...
View ArticleLiving Well is the Best Revenge
Well, if and when one finds need to have some revenge. I think you know what I mean. A little bio, here: Perhaps I should have been more of a casino gambler, only because my luck seems to have been...
View ArticleWhat hard-ass conservatives overlook
Other countries with universal healthcare plans are capitalist, just like the USA. In other words, their businesses operate at a profit. These countries are not by definition socialist or communist....
View ArticleMusings - past, present and future
Let me take you back to 1969; it was my junior year at the University of Wisconsin - a respected institution - and I had attracted the attention of (I thought) a particularly crusty literature...
View ArticleAdditional musings
Judging from 1) my conversations with young people over the past few decades, and 2) personal job market observations, I can't say that I have really high hopes for today’s high school gra...
View Articlere: friend status and blocking
Apparently, there are at least a couple people here at Blogster (not those in my Friends List) who have a big problem with friend status and blocking. According to them, all blog sites should be...
View ArticleMisuse and Abuse of the S-word
“Socialism,” is one of the most misused words these days. However, it is only one of many misused words in the English language, which is a topic for another day, another blog. Suffice to...
View Article"Newspeak" is very much alive
For those who have never heard of George Orwell or his landmark novel, “1984,” the term Newspeak refers to a fictional language used for propaganda by the State. Its purpose was to preven...
View Article3 pieces that Blogster gun 'noids will dislike
First article excerpt: “I’m not a gun nut. I’m a regular nut who owns guns, but only to hunt, not to defend my home and family, join the militia or fight the forces of tyranny. I...
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