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HOBART; A NOVEL

By Richard Day on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 5:20pm |

CHAPTER ONE

 

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SUPER TUESDAY!

By Richard Day on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 4:26am |

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STOP TPM FROM CENSORING THE TRUTH

By Richard Day on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 6:01pm |

 

Aunt Sam gave me this comment regarding Breitbart and TPM:

http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/did-breibart-die-too-much-vile-bile-13215

I have had it.

Breitbart was a piece of scum.

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GUILT AND SHAME AND THE LAW

By Richard Day on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:32pm |

File:Collegiale-Thann-p1010106.jpgI wish to discuss shame; primarily in a political context.

Shame of course is a personal variable.

We are supposed to experience a different feeling for guilt than that of shame.

I would experience guilt if I stole my neighbor's goods.

But at some point in time, I would begin to experience shame; the shame of a being a thief.

Thief being a status while thieving being the actual crime.

...through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.

The idea of confession (from an idealist's perspective) is that somehow we get rid of our guilt and our shame through the action of the priest (the representative of God on earth). Although penance might consist of reciting a few rosaries; we are also asked to make 'amends'.

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THE GOP ACADEMY AWARDS!

By Richard Day on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:02pm |

 An Academy Award statuette, depicting a knight, rendered in Art Deco style, holding a crusader's sword

Ah it's time for the Oscars once again.

And we await the 38th GOP Academy Awards Presentation for 2012:

For Best Actor; here are the nominations:

 

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FRANKLIN GRAHAM; A SHORT BIO

By Richard Day on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 5:03pm |

Elmer Gantry

Franklin Graham is and has been a media star for some time.

He receives accolades that are usually given only to great heroes and members of noble European Aristocrats.

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SEINTORUM!

By Richard Day on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 6:43am |

 

 

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PAT BUCHANAN MIA @ MSNBC

By Richard Day on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 4:39pm |

 

THE FACE OF THE NEO-NAZI MOVEMENT

MSNBC SAID GOODBYE TO THE NAZI-FASCIST BUCHANAN!

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CERVANTES

By Richard Day on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 5:31am |

"Don Quixote" by Pablo Picasso (1955

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