Thursday, September 4, 2008
Straight talk takes curves
I know what I meant, but that’s not what you think I meant. Or something like that. When we have something important to say, it is worth the effort to think it through, to see how others might mis-interpret what you are trying to say. Take my previous post here, I wanted to say the race card was...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
If the race card is played, who will have the trump suit?
I seriously hope politicians are past playing the race card, but even if they don’t, race will be a big issue in this election. I have read one black conservative columnist who professed that while he is a Republican, he most likely will vote for Obama because he is black. His feeling was that it...
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Campaigns in high gear
A black, a woman, youth and experience are all sure to be key issues in the upcoming election. It doesn’t take a Nostrodamus to foretell the outcome of Election ’08 or whatever the media is going to call it. Obama will win, but not by a landslide. Lets hope the Supreme Court doesn’t have to bang the...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008
DVD review – Reign Over Me
The real tragedy of 911 was it’s impact on the lives of ordinary people. This movie examines the life of one of those who lost family that day. Yes, Adam Sandler is in the movie and while his character is troubled, he plays it straight and to the hilt. Don Cheadle as an old college roommate with...
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Philosophy part 2 - do you see what I see?
A simple enough question but the answer? Not so much. I remember my mother doing our washing. I looked at the washing machine and for some reason, wondered if my mother saw exactly the same thing I saw. Why I wondered this at about 5 years old, I don’t know, perhaps things philosophical come...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Philosophical philosophizing.
What is the nature of human existence? Now that’s a full plateful of food for thought and one that has kept philosophy departments in major universities in business since the days of Plato. (Not to be confused with Play-Dough, although that putty may be the Platonic ideal of a toy.) But enough...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Another Paris Hilton thought.
Why not go “all in?” That was the gist of her political “ad” that is ubiquitous on the internet right now. It’s not really a question of Liberalism or Conservativism, it’s a question of the way things are, a reality check no one wants to cash. OK, here’s how it works. Oil comes out of the ground, it...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Life changes
A marriage and a reunion have commandeered my time for the past few weeks. My son got married August 2 nd, an event his fiancée and my wife have been planning since last December. The next day was our family reunion. My family has been up here for a week and I took time off to help with the final...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
On suddenly feeling old.
My five year old great nephew is visiting. My brother just bought a travel trailer and being new to the RV scene wanted to check out my motorhome. We were sitting around talking and the nephew was being Mr. Questions. He was in the cab area and asked “what are those black things?” “Black things?” I...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Yay! I’m the president!
You have more chance of getting elected president than winning the lotto, according to several new reports. Oh those crazy statisticians have been at it again. Of course I didn’t research the article, I just had a lot of questions, that’s all. Do they mean you can get elected president just out of...
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