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Bumper sticker of the week: If we quit voting, will they go away?– Quote of the week: "Politics makes lies sound truthful and murder reasonable." –Tony Black Feather
– Election disgust: We bought a place in a foreign country. I don’t think I can take four more years of Bush. I hope we like Arkansas.
– The average public school teacher spends $521 of their own money to buy supplies for their students.
– Thanksgiving is about here. Some things I’m thankful for:
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Galesburg’s water.• That we have two democratic senators.
• Family, friends, a roof over my head, food. Sometimes I’m ashamed of how much I have.
• Health. Health insurance.
• I’m thankful I’m a liberal. I couldn’t see viewing the world any other way. I’m thankful I don’t see the color of a person’s skin, or care about their sexual preference, or social status, or religious beliefs. I’m thankful that I’m not burdened down with such hatreds and prejudices.
• I’m thankful I live in a country where I can still write such nonsense.
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9 out of 10 kids attend public schools.– Winter: A time to relax. Re-energize yourself. Turn inward. Take a look at yourself. Are you accomplishing what you need to? Do you need to make some changes? Do you need to revise or set some goals? Winter is a time to prepare for spring. Come spring, you need to get your ass in gear.
– If I had it to do all over again:
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I wouldn’t be so stupid as to say I wouldn’t change anything.• I would marry the same person.
• I’d have gone to Woodstock.
• I’d have learned to play the guitar so I could have joined up with The Eagles.
• I wouldn’t have inhaled.
• I’d pay more attention to people and less to things.
• I’d have joined the Peace Corps.
• I’d have worked for the government, retired after 20 years, and found a real job.
• I would have liked to be a little more liberal.
• I would have liked to meet Mother Theresa.
• I’d have spent more time on the street and less time talking about it.
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The ability to compromise is generally associated with one’s ego. If in not getting your way you feel diminished as a person, or just plain can’t stand it, or think that your way is the only way, you need to remember this wise old saying: He who cannot compromise will drown in his own self-importance. Or choke on a pretzel.– Golfers anonymous:
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Golf has a lot to do with etiquette. Apparently etiquette has a lot to do with cussing.• I once got a hole in one. None of the guys I was playing with saw it. They couldn’t remember me teeing off.
• I don’t mind playing with women, but I hate washing my balls in front of them.
• Speaking of golf balls. There are all kinds of them. Hard, soft, wound, bound, a lot of dimples, fewer dimples. The one thing they all have in common is they all sink.
• Golf is not for everyone. I suspect I may be one of those persons.