I just saw a great video, “I’m a Born Again American” and wanted to share it.
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I just saw a great video, “I’m a Born Again American” and wanted to share it.
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Today is Inauguration Day, 2009, and as I watched the comings, goings, and finally the Oath of Office on television, I was struck by one unarguable fact:
Today’s ceremonies showed, once again, that the United States is among the few countries on Earth which regularly changes its leaders peacefully and as a matter of course, according [...]
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I haven’t been here in quite awhile, not since our kitty, Maggie May, died on December 12, 2008. That is FAR too long! In 2009, I am going to post more often.
I got a cool telephone call last night, just before midnight. My oldest granddaughter, Marie “Re” Lianne called me out of the blue! We [...]
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Don LaFontaine
LOS ANGELES — AP: Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the catch phrase “In a world where…” and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, has died. He was 68.
LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from complications in the treatment of an ongoing illness, said Vanessa Gilbert, his agent.
LaFontaine made more than [...]
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We lost one of the great ones over the weekend. Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor and author of “The Last Lecture,” died at age 47 of pancreatic cancer. Randy lived every day to the fullest and accomplished many of his lifelong goals and dreams in a short period of time. [...]
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The philosopher and poet Cicero wrote the following more than 2,000 years ago, but in the current political climate, with the November election drawing near, never was it truer than in 2008.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot
survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for [...]
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I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity, is like
a man standing in a bucket, and trying to lift himself up by the
handle.” – Winston Churchill
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress but I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain.
“A government which robs Peter to [...]
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