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Ferguson

It has been awhile since I have written anything.  That does not mean that I haven’t been observing.  On the contrary, I have been overwhelmed as many people have with an all out assault on our senses.  It is never ending.  There are two alternatives

BIG 1

Big is bad.  If there is anything else you carry away from this life it should be that maxim.  Big business, big unions, big government, big religions; you name it and if it is big then it will be bad.  Even big people are generally

SHORT GLANCES

The NFL As a kid growing up in the Sixties I  became hooked on Pro Football.  The Eagles and Packers were my favorite teams and when the brash new kids on the block the AFL started gaining recognition it couldn’t get any better for a

Suicide Is Painless

“What we do in life echoes in eternity”  R.Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius The title is the theme song from one of the most beloved sit-coms, MASH.  Approximately 35,000 people a year commit suicide.   In the past ten years I have known 5 people who have attempted

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Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words

          Two world leaders on an outing.  No wonder the few allies we have left don’t trust us.   There are different types of leaders in this world but it boils down to just two; the pseudo leader (as shown on the top) and a real

America’s Greatest Generation

“Is it the Fourth yet?”  Thomas Jefferson on his deathbed July 4, 1826. Five hours later, John Adams, spoke his last words, “Jefferson survives.”  It was the 50th. anniversary of the signing of a document that is one of the greatest written by man.  Jefferson, Adams

President Pot Head

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” Winston Churchill     I don’t believe it is just me that feels like there is something going on under the surface of our society.  It

59 Years

Having just completed my 59th. year I engaged in what many do as the anniversary of their birth comes around, I reviewed my life and marveled at how blessed I have been and even feel a bit bewildered at how that can be.  I have

The Power of Words

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it” George Bernard Shaw. Maybe I am a cynic.  You be the judge.   A confessed  curmudgeon I am not considered to be very positive in my outlook but being a