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REAPING WHAT YOU SOW

By Richard Day on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:07pm |
This is supposedly the  basic nature of God's Justice: GALATIANS 6: 7-9 (KJV) : 7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8: For he that soweth to his...
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A GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT

By Richard Day on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 8:46pm |
Shelby FooteThe Netherlands were once an imperialistic power. Historically of course, the Dutch were damn smart traders and had their own empire of the seas for centuries; making its mark all over the world. I remember traveling to the...
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The Ghost of Medgar Evers

By Richard Day on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 7:34pm |
As early as 1955, Evers' activism made him the most visible civil rights leader in the state of Missisippi. As a result, he and his family were subjected to numerous threats and violent actions over the years, including a...
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LATEST DRUDGE SURVEY

By Richard Day on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 7:23pm |
( Editors Note: 74% of all white voters in South Carolina voted against Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.) Tea Party" leader Mark Williams appeared on a CNN panel on "Anderson Cooper 360" last night and promptly set...
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STATUS AND PRESTIGE

By Richard Day on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 7:20pm |
Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of the Tao, Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe. For this would only cause resistance. Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed. Lean years follow...
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WHAT HAPPENED?

By Richard Day on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 2:21pm |
  Look it cannot be seen--it is beyond form. Listen, it cannot be heard--it is beyond sound. Grasp, it cannot be held--it is intangible. These three are indefinable; Therefore they are joined in one.   From above it is...
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THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN!!!

By Richard Day on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 10:00pm |
Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the...
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RULES OF DECORUM

By Richard Day on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 10:16pm |
The valley spirit never dies; It is the woman, primal mother. Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth It is like a veil barely seen Use it, it will never fail Tao Te Ching  (Ch-6)Get your facts...
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THE PAPER DRIVE

By Richard Day on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 6:59pm |
The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled. Oh, unfathomable source of ten thousand things! Blunt the sharpness, Untangle the knot, Soften the glare, Merge with dust. Oh, hidden deep but ever present! I do...
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FLATS AND SCRUBS; DUELING BOZOS

By Richard Day on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 9:11pm |
Under heaven all can see beauty only because there is ugliness All can know good as good only because there is evil.   Therefore having and not having arise together. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short...

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