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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Competition. Capitalism. Covet. Envy.
These terms have aspects that can be similar - (sadly). The first two can be quite healthy. The last two are never healthy. The first two can drift into the last two if you’re not careful. The last two can never yield anything […]
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Found this on Digg.com — Too funny. (Trackback added)
From John Cleese’s “Letter to America” (Speaking of Presidential madness):
In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the […]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
From AP 02/10/08
BAGHDAD — A diary and another document seized during U.S. raids show some Al Qaeda in Iraq leaders fear the terror group is crumbling, with many fighters defecting to American-backed neighborhood groups, the U.S. military said Sunday.
From AP 02/11/08
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces critically wounded a top figure in the […]
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
What a wild presidential campaign season!!! I’m seeing where Hilary’s campaign manager is resigning. And, Obama (the man with the grand platitudes) has won several states over the weekend (That’s your que to start singing: “The Cult Of Personality” by Living Color) - Though, I must say it’s kind of fun watching Hillary […]
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
(It’s sort of La Vida Loca) - I was speaking with a new friend of ours the other day. He shared with me that he works with mentally challenged children. He made a statement that has altered how I see life… permanently. He said that he truly enjoys his work because all […]
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
I listened to the Dave Ramsey’s radio show yesterday. He spoke about the “recession”…. or lack there of… A recession is defined by 2 quarters reversed/negative economic growth. That’s not happening at this time. The “Fed” (Wednesday 01/17/08) has said the current US economic picture is SLOW growth - (around […]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
What is a family? Other than being the God ordained institution designed to be a refuge from the evils of this world, and by which we help our offspring hopefully replicate Godly traits generation after generation… I like to reckon it somewhat to a miniature circus. Semi-controlled chaos. Shoes, clothes, and toys […]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Mike Hamilton and I are avid Harley riders, my wife and I had gathered at Michael and Susan’s house one evening for dinner and conversation. Half way through the evening, I realized that Heidi and I had forgotten to give our cat Shadow his shot of insulin. […]
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Rick,
In recent days, we’ve have been discussing releasing the old you and inviting GOD’S view. Sounds like the beginning of a song, Huh? Anyway, I’m coming to realize that the previous fifty years of my life needs to be thrown out. At best, I feel like a first grader trying to learn quantum physics, […]
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
If you run your own small business you know that you ware 2 main hats to keep things operating:
Hat #1 is… well, Owner/Operator. That means you and/or your employees make sure all aspects of your business are handled. But, at the end of the day the buck starts and stops with you. […]
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