Oh Robert Zimmerman, where art thou? As our leaders attempt to pilot the ship of state through the murky waters of financial turmoil, political unrest, unending war, third world famine-aids epidemics-genocide, and global warming our energies are being sapped and diverted by the constant harangue of political adversaries and their ingenuous appeals to personal faith [...]
Monthly Archive for October, 2008
A Knight’s Tale
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, Politics on Oct 29th, 2008
On the way to do our weekly grocery shopping last weekend I was interrupted in mid tirade by my wife when I referred to Alan Greenspan’s performance before a recent congressional meeting and the deluded theory that the market knows best as a perfect example of the failed lesson so artfully explicated in The Emperor’s [...]
Looking For Joe The Plumber’s Friend
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Politics on Oct 28th, 2008
While it may have been John McCain’s heralded reputation as a maverick that brought Joe the Plumber to his attention, unfortunately, it was a leaking shower that propelled me on my quest for the North Carolina equivalent of that now infamous working stiff, who, if the charge for a service call that I’ve been quoted [...]
The Souls Of Folk, Black, White, And Colorfast
Posted in Observations, Philosophy, Politics, religion on Oct 24th, 2008
As the days tick by laden with political ads, reports documenting, forecasting, driving the downward spiral of the world’s economies, and the barest mea culpa is uttered by Alan Greenspan in his leaden, Ayn Rand, non-speak, the pall mall race to E-Day remains significantly a matter of race. In a recent article residents of [...]
Archival Surrendipity
Posted in Observations, Places, genealogy on Oct 9th, 2008
While visiting family and attending my 45th high school reunion in New Jersey, I stopped by the courthouse to check out the Archives Room which I had stumbled upon when I was searching for some genealogy information on the internet. The time I had available for side trips and excursions was limited, especially those that [...]
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