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Burgers, Beers and Brats
Well, it turns out that Sarah Palin's got a problem. Yes, that paragon of Family Values and Home and White Picket Fences and Life, that bulwark against the creeping, insidious horror of Gay Marriage, the bespectacled Savior Of The Republic that John McCain told us we'd love as we got......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 15:53:01 | Rating:

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Barbie Fife to the Rescue!
Well, the quadrenial meeting of the National Association of Plushbottoms, Ecclesiastical Maniacs, Ignoramuses, and Delusionals, held up in the Twin Cities, has passed. It seemed to me that there was little more real excitement there than at open mike night at the theater at my county......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 06:30:30 | Rating:

| Views: 60 | Comments: 3 | Tags: Politics Life

Entitlements
"Didn't I see you in the KFC this afternoon?" Vickie wipes down the counter in front of me. It's Saturday night at the Palmetto, and the crowd isn't raucous enough to drown out Glenn Frey's 'You Belong To the City'. All I need's my hair, and it would be 1985......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 14:21:31 | Rating:

| Views: 40 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Friendships Relationships Life

Leadership
Myles Glickman and I sit here at the end of the Palmetto counter; Vickie has run home early to take care of an urgent issue or two. Rochelle's here, with Dawn, who's here to get some extra hours. The Isley Brothers grace the satellite feed with 'For The Love of......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-07 09:46:04 | Rating:

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Prayers...hugs...
Yesterday, the daughter of a co-worker alerted me to some story where the mayor of a southern town declared that some form of punishment would be meted out to people in the town who don't drive American cars. Having not read such a story yet, I really can't comment ; however, it does......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-13 08:48:10 | Rating:

| Views: 48 | Comments: 3 | Tags: Politics Life

Confessions
"You been following Casey Anthony?" Cookie asks, putting a fresh cuppa coffee in front of me. "Who?" "Casey Anthony, the woman in Florida who-" "Right, the missing daughter. Not really." I put two Sweet 'n Lows in my......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-14 05:58:26 | Rating:

| Views: 46 | Comments: 2 | Tags: Friendship Relationships Life

The Liberal Communist Blues
You... ...are a hard working American. A VERY hard working American. You play by the rules. You believe in the values and the promise that this nation holds. You worry constantly about things, though...like your job security, and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-19 21:34:35 | Rating:

| Views: 72 | Comments: 5 | Tags: Politics Life

She works hard for the money...
College night here at the Palmetto... All the TCNJ and Rider kids are here. Vickie and Dawn are doing the counter duties. I'm here, meditating over a bowl of just about the best, homemade chicken and sausage gumbo I've ever had in my life, with a sidekick consisting......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-20 10:42:31 | Rating:

| Views: 31 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Friendship Relationships Life

Desperado
"How's that?" Vickie sighs. I could hear her having difficulty breathing through her nose- sometimes, when you're laying on your back, undergoing a Swedish massage, your sinuses back up. Happens to me. "I'm fine," she......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-20 17:24:18 | Rating:

| Views: 56 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Friendship Relationships Life

Spam Fritters
"What's the matter with Spam?" I ask. "Pork shoulder, that's all it is." "Lord, I hate Spam." Cookie's eyes roll. "They used to force feed us Spam in boarding school." Dawn, here for a bite on her night off,......Read More