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Nov.09.2011 - 11:15 am
  It was 1972, only the second time I'd voted in a presidential election. I was working full time and had two small children. My sister agreed to watch the little ones while...
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Jul.06.2011 - 9:02 am
Being proud of one's country is like being proud of one's race.  No part of being born into a certain country is in our hands just as race is not one of our own accomplishments. ...
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May.05.2011 - 11:25 pm
This year’s American high school graduates were, on average, seven years old on September 11, 2001.  They were in second grade.  Osama bin Laden was their real live boogie man. ...
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Jan.18.2011 - 3:54 pm
              I’m not a sentimental person.  Sentimental, according to my beloved Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, means “marked or governed by feeling, sensibility,...
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Comments from Yuma

Mar.09.2010 - 11:42 am
In response to: Palin Delivers Hope In Protecting Freedoms For Americans
So glad you were wrong about Sarah Palin's being ready to lead. After all her brouhaha about Obama's being nothing but...
Mar.09.2010 - 11:18 am
In response to: new kkk - hoods off
You might be interested in a book my son wrote. It's called 71 DAYS: THE MEDIA ASSAULT ON OBAMA. He chronicles the...
Mar.09.2010 - 10:38 am
In response to: Word Up: The Last Presidential Debate
Eloquence! Both in speech and in style.
Mar.09.2010 - 10:31 am
In response to: Online Interview-Electricity/fate
Sumathi, That job wasn't meant to be! Must have been a crummy job that your guardian spirits were protecting you from...
Jan.29.2010 - 10:00 pm
In response to: "Precious" Should Move Us to Action
I love the idea that creative works such as "Precious" can stimulate more than thought. I haven't seen the movie yet...