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New Years's Resolutions Observations

CHRISTMAS WISHES

Okay, or Holiday Wish or whatever seems right. I find it ludicrous that people are even worrying about what word they use when they wish their friends and neighbors well this Solstice season. So, that’s one wish – that people would feel okay about being kind to each other all year and not fret over […]

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War and Peace

DUBBYA DOES DOUBLESPEAK

In 1948, George Orwell published the political satire “1984” in which Big Brother was watching us, (can you say Patriot Act?) and politicians engaged in Doublethink. Some examples of this: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH In a press conference last week George W Bush was quoted as saying: DEMOCRACIES DON’T WAR, […]

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Health Care

A REAL PIP

I often heard my late Uncle Frank tell people he was fond of, “You’re a real pip.” For years, I thought this was a made up word. I eventually learned that a pip is an apple seed or one of those tiny dots on dice. I’ve decided to start calling my Personal Imaginary Physician my […]

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Corporations

DÉJÀ VU

In Hong Kong today, poor farmers united in violent protest against global capitalism. Sound familiar? According to an Associated Press Story: “The confrontation occurred after several thousand protesters marched through the city against the WTO and globalization, which many of them believe benefit primarily the rich and powerful. Some of the protesters – mainly South Korean […]

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Walkaholic

JUST MY IMAGINATION

I’m not the only one. I see others just like me, doing their errands on foot the same way I do, and not just on the nice days. Yesterday I saw several others bundled up beyond recognition in the sub-zero weather, obviously out for a long walk. I’m curious about what motivates these other errand […]