Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Charitable Organizations, Observations on Apr 27th, 2007
I don’t remember how many years ago the Adopt-A-Highway program was started in North Carolina or if the level of participation has diminished since its inception. The signs identifying the groups and organizations who volunteered to help beautify our highways certainly seem to be more conspicuous lately as visible reminders of the civic [...]
Posted in Memorial, Observations, Politics on Apr 23rd, 2007
April 26th will mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica; German and Italian planes in support of the fascist forces of General Francisco Franco razed the town and killed 120 of the estimated half million people who would lose their lives during the Spanish Civil War. Pablo Picasso’s [...]
Posted in Observations on Apr 18th, 2007
A quick drive on almost any road here in Guilford County reveals the County’s new policy on mowing and roadside trimming. Ok, so the mowing isn’t an issue as long as those doing the mowing keep the mowers horizontal to the surface of the ground; however, the butchering and carnage begins when these powered [...]
Paul Wolfowitz, another of the Bush administration’s political cronies is in hot water as a result of questionable if not unethical behavior as the head of the World Bank. I guess the attraction of tax free income is an irresistible force and Wolfowitz is not an unmovable object. Was Wolfowitz’s campaign against corruption in governance [...]
Posted in Observations on Apr 12th, 2007
It seems that the groundswell of objection to the remarks made recently by Don Imus will result in his removal from CBS radio while Alberto Gonzales has been relegated to the periphery to weather the storm surrounding the Attorney General and the Justice Department. An AP release this morning reports that a bomb was detonated [...]
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