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Thursday, December 6, 2007

A POPURI OF FAILURE

While every administration leaves office with a mixture of success and mistakes, none has ever been so relentlessly on the wrong side of every issue as the bushies. Todays NYTimes offered such a wide range of examples, on every single page, it was indeed difficult for me to actually select just one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

A ROAD BUMP IN ANOTHER MARCH TO WAR

Finally our government agencies are beginning to do the jobs that they were set up to do, as opposed to being mouth pieces for the Bush/Cheney team. I can almost here the Dick mumbling under his breath, cursing the findings in the new national intelligence assessment that states Iran halted it's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

OBSESSED WITH VERMONT

It all started when I quit flying between Boston and Montreal and decided to take the bus. My daughter and her family, including my two prized granddaughters, had moved from downtown Montreal, just minutes from the airport, to an outlying suburb, making the cab fare from the airport almost as costly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

GUNS IN THE NEWS

Guns and the constitution are front page news today. Actually guns are so ubiquitous, they actually play some role in the news EVERY day, but we hardly notice anymore. Today however there were interesting stories that contrast different approaches to our "gun problem" in American culture. The first... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

WATER, GLOBAL WARMING, NOBEL PRIZES AND DENIAL

The shocking photos of a nearly dry Lake Lanier, the primary source of drinking water to over 4 million people, bring home the very real effects of global warming and climate change on the citizens of Atlanta Georgia, Alabama and Florida. These three states have been in a tug of war for months about... Sign in to see full entry.

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