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Rape
The news story about the girl who was held for eighteen years by a rapist set me off like no other recent story has been able. The thing that makes me the angriest is that the guy was let out of prison after eleven years to do the crime again, on the second tiime......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-01 09:01:49 | Rating:

| Views: 40 | Comments: 5 | Tags: rape

Town Hall
At a recent town hall meeting one of the Congressmen was asked if he would make sure members of Congress would have the same health care as the members of his audience. The Congressman hedged hedged the question. That, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-02 16:21:41 | Rating:

| Views: 5 | Comments: 0 | Tags: town meetings

feelings
Why do people say that they "feel" about an opinion instead of saying that they "think" about it. I t reminds me of the "Legally Blond": movie where she objects because she feels strongly, then when her objection is overturned, she......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-03 14:28:11 | Rating:

| Views: 20 | Comments: 1 | Tags: feelings

road Rage Jerk
I was driving home a few minutes ago when I was confronted by an emotionally challenged idiot. There is a bar on the main street near my home, a constant source of frustration and danger, where some people gather to imbibe during the noon hour. I normally......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-04 15:07:11 | Rating:

| Views: 11 | Comments: 1 | Tags: road rage

Perfect Day
My dad once said to me that there are about five perfect days a year and when thy happen you should get out and enjoy them. That is why my blog will be very short today. I am going to polish off my sticks and play a round of golf, then take a trip to the mall......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-05 13:21:23 | Rating:

| Views: 5 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Perfect Day

Chruch
I happened to be in front of the church a couple of blocks away this morning. The lawn was covered with little white crosses and the members of the congregation were standing along the curb holding up signs. I couldn't read them because of the bright sunlight in my......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-06 12:41:41 | Rating:

| Views: 10 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Abortion

Crazy Statistics
A speaker I heard said that over a million slaves died and were tossed into the ocean during transport from Africa to America. That seemed like a pretty big number. I looked it up on the internet and found out that a slave ship held about three hundred......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-07 12:06:42 | Rating:

| Views: 13 | Comments: 1 | Tags: health care

Obama's School Address
I listened to the president today for a few minutes. It brought back memories of being in grammar school and having the principal gather us all in the auditorium and talk to us about new rules and self reliance. At least he kept the stuff about new rules to a......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-08 15:15:22 | Rating:

| Views: 10 | Comments: 0 | Tags: common sense

Crazy Lady
We had a car accident at work yesterday afternoon. It was the most excitement we have had around this joint in a long time. One of the ladies who work here is Mrs. Davis. Everyone else is known by their first name,......Read More

Posted on: 2009-09-09 10:02:37 | Rating:

| Views: 8 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Crazy people

Obama
A friend of mine on Facebook sent me a message praising the Obama speech to the joint meeting of the Congress. She was gushing about how wonderful it was and how everyone would now admit how wrong they were to worry about the health care plan and get behind......Read More