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THE TORCH IS PASSED

By Richard Day on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 2:52pm |

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         THE NEW DRINK OF PROBLEM SOLVERS

 

Okay, so it appears we find ourselves in a new era.

Here is a sampling from a speech given almost half a century ago from some politician:

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NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

By Richard Day on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:12am |
                                                   THE CAFE PARTICIPANTSI have all these thoughts. I think of Mr. Seaton informing me that I may get toooooooooo sentimental, a long time ago. I go up and down. Right now I don't care about my archives. Ha. Who...
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ALL IS VANITY--WITH A BIT OF INCOMPETENCE SPRINKLED IN!!

By Richard Day on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 7:02pm |
Global file usage                    GEORGE W. BUSH AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt.  (M. Twain) Vanity Fair provides more than just a good read...
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JUDGE AND YE MAY BE JUDGED

By Richard Day on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 6:07am |
Global file usage                                  APPELLATE JUDGES RUN AMOKDavid Luban writes: Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of Daniel Millis, convicted of littering because he left sealed...
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A COMEDY OF ERRORS

By Richard Day on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 5:43pm |
Global file usage                                   THE B & E SPECIALISTEducation is really not a be-all end-all solution for every problem. It doesn't get much stranger than this: A California doctor trying to break into her "on again, off again" boyfriend's home...
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AND DELIVER US FROM TAXES, AMEN!

By Richard Day on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 5:08pm |
Global file usage                                        THE TAXES ARE REVOLTINGAlan 'Million Teet' Simpson, patriotic veteran, Republican, member of George W. Bush's triumphant Iraq Study Group,  and lately the vice chair of the Obama administration's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform clarified the...
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THE 99ers

By Richard Day on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 1:08pm |
File links       1837 DEPICTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS EFFECTSSwift wrote Alexander Pope that although he loved animals he hated mankind in general. Swift argued that he did not see humanity as animal rationale. Rather he felt that man was merely...
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CRYING IN MY BEER

By Richard Day on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 6:09am |
File links                                           THE PHILOSOPHERS        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys I was attempting to escape my life by practicing the art of a hermit. I had shut off almost all...
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I WANNA SCREAM!!!

By Richard Day on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 9:46pm |
File links                      WITNESS TO TODAY'S FESTIVITIES IN DC"For too long, this country has wandered in darkness," said Beck, a Fox News host. He said it was now time to "concentrate on the good things in America, the things we...
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KLAATU BARADA NIKTO

By Richard Day on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 10:53pm |
                            LATEST ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUESA flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears...

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