Archive for December, 2008

Iron Mountain

I don’t normally watch the CBS Evening News, but for some reason I watched a bit tonight.  The mid-telecast story was an exclusive trip into “Iron Mountain” where the U.S. Government apparently stores old photographs, the original film reel for E.T., and some important documents.  At least that’s what I gathered from the telecast.
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Wishful Thinking by Rice?

Condoleezza Rice was quoted recently as saying that we will all “start to thank this president for what he’s done.”  Really?  I wonder what exactly I’m going to thank him for.   The line they all keep going with is that history will look back and judge Bush favorably.  Has there ever been a President leaving [...]

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I hope it’s clean cole sludge….

I recall as a child my kind-hearted mother used to threaten me that she would place a lump of coal in my stocking if I wasn’t well behaved in the days approaching Christmas. At the time it seemed a terrible threat, but now I imagine it’s lost some its luster. With clean coal [...]

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Coleman v. Franken

Wow, you stop following the news for a week and you would expect that most news stories would move on without you. However, I owe a sincere debt of gratitude to the state of Minnesota for waiting this whole time for me to come back!!
I would have guessed they would have solved this whole [...]

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And I’m back….

After a rather lengthy vacation from my blog I have decided to return. Unfortunately for all of you once I get near finals I really have to buckle down and do some studying to make up for the lack of studying I have done throughout the semester.
The semester has finally come to an end [...]

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