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Dec.10.2012
Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lydon B. Johnson and chief architect of the Vietnam War, once likened his wartime experience to being in a kind of fog. "What the fog of war means," he said, "is that war is so complex it's beyond...
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Jun.14.2012
Yes, I'm a bit disgusted. No, I'm saddened by some things I've read.
After President Obama and Mister Romney's comments about hiring teachers, there was an article in Reading Eagle about the 110 teachers that Reading was terminating.
Down in the comments, some people pinned the blame right...
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Jun.08.2012
"Mama didn’t cling on to the fact that her mother abandoned her at nine years old. Once she conceived me, she did the opposite. Mama broke the cycle in her generation and gave birth to me despite the abandonment experience she had as a child and loved me more than life itself. Mama...
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Jun.06.2012
June 6
THE ONE I BOUGHT
There are fairy tales I never gave credence to. Multiple bear stories don’t move me. Cats with footwear have not warranted a second thought. True love-----now that one I still buy hook, line and sinker. Work hard and true love...
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Jun.05.2012
While gasping for air during my sixty minute Zumba workout Tuesday evening, I realized I had been having an “on again, off again,” relationship with my health. Eating and exercise seems to be daunting task; in my opinion.
I sabotage my progress by “treating” myself to a guilt free weekend of Nation...
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Jan.14.2012
“Fire” the word came out as the order from commander
It was move to stall the advancement and halt the invaders
They were large in numbers and move was little expected
He soldiers moved in readiness as were attacked
They were all ordered to move within short notice
It was breach of...
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Jan.11.2012
May come and go
Each year may come and go
With different colors like rainbow
Many things to remember and many to forgo
Some time to keep quiet and sometimes to blow
Colors all carry with same importance
Each represents mood with chance
Life too must be finely woven
Smoothly and...
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Dec.20.2011
I am grown up man with all the responsibilities
Time to show its worth with talent and capabilities
No one later on should blame me for not trying
I know there is no use over split milk with crying
“Childhood is far better than this age” I argued
But you can’t remain inclined and...
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Jun.01.2011
June 1
I’m not Brian
I thought life was based on a system of ‘I will suffer and that will exempt you’. Then I would be horrified when you suffered, after I had already done so ahead of you. In an attempt to ease my dismay I would look to see who had...
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Apr.06.2011
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #69: We Are All Savages Inside
Dear Sugar,
I’m jealous. I’m jealous of people who succeed at what I do (write literary fiction). I’m jealous of them even if I love them or like them or respect them. Even when I pretend to be happy when my writer friends get...
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