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SWEET HOME ALABAMA

By Richard Day on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 4:58pm |
Now we turn to another state located in the deep, deep South; Sweet Home Alabama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA   Prior to the civilized Europeans who eventually brought cotton and football and the testaments of the lord to this god forsaken place,...
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IOWA; THE SQUARISH STATE

By Richard Day on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 1:20am |
Samuel J. Kirkwood, founder of the Iowa Republican Party, abolitionist, and Iowa's Civil War governor. Iowa is one of those squarish states. Its eastern boundary is, of course, the grand ole Mississippi. Its western boundary is determined by the Missouri...
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TEXAS: If You First Don't Secede; Try, Try Again!!!

By Richard Day on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 8:10pm |
Metadata                                                        SAM HOUSTON"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe  Ah Texas.  What a state. Senator Cornyn represents the state in its finest traditions...
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GOIN' TO CAROLINA

By Richard Day on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:09pm |
             File links Jonnienohands gave us a link today; a link to the truth; a link to injustice; a link to the America I despise. There has been some outrage over KeithO's outrages recently. He goes too far some think....
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ROMEO & JULIET & BINARY ROMANCE

By Richard Day on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 10:34pm |
Claude Lévi-Strauss Kitts is one of "tomorrow's people," a group whose missing or ruined body parts are being replaced by devices embedded in their nervous systems that respond to commands from their brains. The machines they use are called...
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THE CULTURE OF POVERTY

By Richard Day on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:07pm |
Matt Taibbi is always an interesting voice when he appears on cable news and more than an interesting read. Last week or early this week he chose as his topic David Brooks. It is a good read but I...
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Where Have All The Gwaveyahds Gone?

By Richard Day on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 8:19am |
There are seven clear signs of depression; every Psych 101 student knows this. So does every Life Channel viewer. Well, so does every View viewer, but that is a subject for another day. These are my experiences with depression:...
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, MLK & ROSA PARKS

By Richard Day on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 11:07pm |
                                                     Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the backgroundI was talking about history as a concept...
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REFLECTIONS

By Richard Day on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:26pm |
                                                                                                                            This week as we begin with a Federal Holiday in honor of one of my great heroes; it is certainly time to reflect. As we reflect, we should wonder what is this all going to mean in...
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THE GOOD OLE DAYS

By Richard Day on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:54pm |
Paul Harvey Paul Harvey receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 The Whole Duty of Man Ecclesiastes 12; 9-119  ¶ And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and...

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