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THE SCREAM

                                             HISTORY CHANNEL EXECUTIVEGreat series on The History Channel this month: America; The Story of  US. I have been watching these documentaries since I was six; especially those wonderful hours about WWII. The hour on WWII in this series...
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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY; GOD BLESS AMERICA

                               EQUITY DURING WAR TIME IN AMERICAI received this email from one of my favorite Congressmen; like Bernie Sanders Representative Grayson reaches out beyond his constituency. I just love this guy: On May 30, 2010, at 10:06 a.m, the direct...
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LET THEM EAT CAKE

                                                       BARBARA BUSH'S MOMWhat I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were...
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DEEP IN THE FARTS OF TEXAS

                                                            THE FIRST TEABAGGERI was thinking about the Hippy Dippy Weatherman. He would describe in great geographical detail some horrendous weather front about to deliver thunderous devastation to the relevant area where his fictional audience resides. Then he would...
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IF I DID IT, by Dick Cheney

                                        ONE OF THE GUYS WHO DID ITI came across a manuscript of incredible importance. At last we might know the truth. Curiously, there was some legal document enclosed in the manuscript.                                                AFFIDAVIT   STATE OF CONFUSION)                                          ...
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Anchor Babies

                 You know, I have discovered that there are not that many people alive who have taken the time to see West Side Story.  I really am old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6wo2wpT2kThis Vaughn Ward proves as much and reminds me of an old...
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I YAM WHAT I AM AND THAT'S ALL THAT I AM!!!

                         SATAN   I yam what I yam                            God (Genesis)   I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam.                          Popeye (Cartoon Network)   We are all just poor players who strut and...
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LUST & DOUBT

                                    A demon satiating his lust in a 13th century manuscript. Straightway throughout the Libyan cities flies rumor;--the report of evil things than which nothing is swifter; it flourishes by its very activity and gains new strength by its...
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HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!!!

                                       ONE BIG HAPPY  FAMILY Verily at the first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Gaia, the Earth Mother, the ever-sure foundations of all... And Earth first bare starry Heaven, equal to herself, to cover her on every...
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K-PAX

                                                THE DOGON K-PAX is one of my favorite films.  One day this rather disheveled but amiable man (who looks an awful lot like Kevin Spacey) shows up out of nowhere at JFK International.  The alien with no papers or...

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