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May 21, 2012 – 9:09 am | 8 Comments | 52 views

This has been “a long and winding road,” and in the four years we have been doing this blog, we have had a grand time! We have made many friends, ticked off a few people with our politics, and had our say on a multitude of issues. There comes a time, however, when the road ends or takes a new …

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Shopping Without Pepper Spray

November 28, 2011 – 10:53 am | 6 Comments | 29 views
Shopping Without Pepper Spray

Let me first confess that I dislike shopping in malls. Perhaps I am agoraphobic and truly do have a fear of the market place. Given the incidents of this year’s Black Friday, can you blame me? People pepper-sprayed others so that they might grab that coveted treasure before someone else got the last. Hah! Don’t they realize that the closer …

High Unemployment Will Dog 2010

November 24, 2009 – 9:13 am | 11 Comments | 0 views
High Unemployment Will Dog 2010

There is little doubt that continued high unemployment rates will have a major impact on the 2010 mid-term elections, and may hamper Obama’s ability to accomplish other major campaign initiatives. The truth of the matter is that there is very little the Obama Administration (or any administration) can do to effect the economy in any significant way without changing the American capitalistic system.

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