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August 18, 2008 11:24 PM EDT --
Doug H's photo sparked a fun discussion thread, which lead me to remember this good old tounge twister:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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August 17, 2008 10:08 PM EDT --
So, as I'm watching the Pats in their pre-season game tonight, I'm struck by how much they're struggling. Granted, they're mostly plaing second and third string guys, but this just doesn't . . .
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August 17, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
A mere year and two days ago, my wife and I purchased an old home in an even older New England town. While the exact date of the house isn't known, my neighbor informs me that he's seen etchings . . .
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August 16, 2008 10:42 AM EDT --
How about the ability to jump to a specific comment? Currently, when browsing my own comments, or the comments of a friend (either in their profile or my feed area), I can only jump to the post or the . . .
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August 14, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
It would be wonderful if we could categorize groups in much the same way we can categorize friends. That way, Gather could implement functionality for users to sort groups by type when searching for content . . .
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August 12, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
Note: I have chosen not to edit this but rather repost as-is, simply because it's one of the few pieces I've ever written that feels "finished" to me (although perhaps others may take . . .
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August 12, 2008 08:17 PM EDT --
Here's a gem:
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
-Thomas Jefferson
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August 12, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
I've heard it often said that MLK, Jr. once said (in fact, was once the central theme of one of my posts):
"If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi. But if your . . .
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May 06, 2006 09:13 AM EDT --
There has been a lot of pixels spilt over Rep. Pat Kennedy's recent run-in with the law for driving under the influence (yes, being on drugs--perscription or otherwise--is being "under the influence"). . . .
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March 03, 2006 10:02 PM EST --
Well, it's not often that I scream at the TV, but I found myself willing to make an exception for Howard Dean's performance on MSNBC yesterday. He was on talking about the latest ginned-up outrage . . .
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February 19, 2006 07:38 PM EST --
The article "The Problem with Oil" took a look at the nation's oil balance sheet and illustrated the scope of the problem America is faced with. America imports over half of the crude it . . .
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February 14, 2006 08:16 PM EST --
Fox News is reporting that Arizona is considering deploying national guard troops to the border with Mexico. I've posted before my feelings about border security, so anyone who has followed my posts . . .
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February 14, 2006 07:50 PM EST --
NOTE: the following is the result of an assignment I had for one of my politics classes at university. It fairly well sums up a lot of what I've had to say before about the Iraq war by applying the . . .
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February 01, 2006 05:06 PM EST --
Some time ago I reported that a NH legislator planned to introduce a bill that would lower the drinking age to 18 for members of the armed forces. Well, it seems that the bill has been rather roundly defeated . . .
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January 26, 2006 12:56 AM EST --
Those who subscribe to the oil imperialism political theory often state that we should neither deal with odious regimes who have oil, nor work to destabilize those odious regimes. Yet advocates of . . .
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January 22, 2006 10:50 PM EST --
Jan 23
1793 2nd partition of Poland (between Prussia & Russia). Poles begin to notice a pattern.
1849 Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US, discovers concept of glass ceiling. . . .
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January 19, 2006 02:15 AM EST --
Some (mostly factual) things that happened this week in history.
Jan 16
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
1776 Continental Congress decides that blacks can die for the revolution, approves . . .
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January 18, 2006 10:18 PM EST --
Just a bit ago Bill O'Rilley (yes that Bill O'Rilley) was commenting on recent posting on some websites questioning Rep. Murtha's purple hearts. He rather strongly condemned suggestions that . . .
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January 17, 2006 10:43 PM EST --
Conservatives are advocates of limited government, and the Republican Party is the contemporary home of American conservatives. The classically conservative view is that the federal government's proper . . .
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January 14, 2006 04:59 AM EST --
There are many way you could tell the story of Doug Flutie. One could go on about his stats—passing yardage, completion percent, rushing, and so on. You could tell about his years in the Canadian . . .
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