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ONLY IN AMERICA; A Sing Along

By Richard Day on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 11:16am |
                                               SIXPENCE & PRIDE Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Oh wasn't that...
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ANGLING TO THE RIGHT

By Richard Day on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 8:08am |
Okay, so who is Sharron Angle and what is her angle? Well here are some of the wonderful new ideas from one of the new stars of the Republican Party. Fluoride is a communist plot Abortion causes breast cancer. The...
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1400 CHARACTERS OR LESS

By Richard Day on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 7:00pm |
                                                BILL BENNETT IN AN EARLIER LIFEBut that was then. Today, American workers face the worst job market since the Great Depression, with five job seekers for every job opening, with the average spell of unemployment now at 35...
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PATRIOTISM & LAPELS

By Richard Day on Sat, 07/03/2010 - 10:10pm |
Lapels are a fashion addition to certain pieces of clothing worn by men and women alike. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacket_lapel There are three basic forms of lapels: notched, peaked and shawl. Notched lapels, the most common, are usually seen on business suits.[1]...
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CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT THESE WOMEN ARE DOIN' TO ME?

By Richard Day on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 5:35pm |
                                MICHELLE BACHMANN                          (At a recent rally for Teabaggers)NIKI HALEY   No.  Nikki Haley voted AGAINST the stimulus package pushed down from Washington.  On May 12th of last year, she voted against S.577, the bill that ultimately forced Governor...
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POLLING & THE BABE

By Richard Day on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 8:23am |
     I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.                                                         BABE RUTHX-Rays of Dizzy Dean's head showed nothing.                                                         PBS BASEBALL HISTORY   Dizzy Dean was one of...
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THURGOODNESS SAKES!!!

By Richard Day on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 11:35pm |
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall was the grandson of a slave. His father, William Marshall, instilled in him from youth an appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of law. After completing...
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THE BYRD WAS THE WORD

By Richard Day on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 12:12am |
                                                                             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow Still, the world's oldest known leather shoe, revealed Wednesday, struck one of the world's best known shoe designers as shockingly au courant. "It is astonishing," Blahnik said via email, "how much this shoe resembles a modern...
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DUMPSTER DIVERS

By Richard Day on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 7:32pm |
                JUST DON'T CALL ME LATE FOR DINNERYou know, one of the benefits of school being out, in addition to your kids losing weight because they're starving to death out there because there's no school meal being provided, one...
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IF I WERE KING

By Richard Day on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 6:59pm |
                                                   GOYA'S FRENCH PENALTYPrinces of note, old, new, don't fail: Beg the king's pardon for me, and seal, And a basket to raise me, I'll sit upon: So pigs behave, to each other, they say, When one pig squeals,...

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