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A MATTER OF INTROSPECTION
These lines are being dictated on a Sunday, September 11, 2011. This of course is the tenth anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon. Further, it also marks the anniversary of American Flight 93 that was downed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania in a heroic action by the passengers. …
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PETERING OUT WITH HURRICANE IRENE
I am dictating these lines in the early afternoon of September 4. Today is Sunday and so far it seems to be a peaceful day. I cite the peace and quiet of this Sunday as contrasted with the multitude of problems that existed just one week ago when Hurricane Irene was upon us. It would…
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IN PRAISE OF THE LOWLY DOOR KNOB
Most of us use the door knob on frequent occasions and think nothing of it. The purpose of this small essay is to give the proper praise to the door knob for the service that it has provided to humanity over the years. Simply put, if there were no door knobs, it would be difficult…
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DEFICITS DON’T MATTER – RICHARD CHENEY, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
If I were to eat a meal at a local restaurant and leave after the dessert course was served without paying, I am certain that the owners of the restaurant would be all over me before I reached the door. If I were to say to the owners in that case, “I have been reliably…
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GOOD JESUS!!
That miserable bastard Cheney is at it again. This essay is going to be dictated on the afternoon of August 27th. We await the arrival of Hurricane Irene. Awaiting the arrival of the hurricane is a far from happy test. My mood is not made any more benign as we wait for the first raindrops…