Our small town of Front Royal was dominated by a rayon plant that was one of the world's largest producers of Rayon. Pepaw, known to his contemporaries and colleagues as Frank Nesbitt, was a hard-working Irish Catholic who spent forty years at a viscose factory making rayon. Pepaw was my grandfat
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01/22/2010
A friend of mine posted this: "This is why we see tea party-type protests so often associated with racist and xenophobic sentiments: It's much easier to complain about government help for 'the Other' than you or your co-workers. Ideally, of course, we won't have the government owning shares in an
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01/22/2010
Years ago when I was a DJ I was standing at the bar of the nightclub where I worked. The bar was quiet and it was early in the evening before I started playing. A guy came in the bar who looked like Jesus with tatoos. He had shaggy jeans on and a chain from his wallet hung out of one pocket. H
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01/21/2010
I don't believe the leaders of the hardcore political Left, namely people like Pelosi and Reid, are stupid. I think they are very smart. So when I hear Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Reid say things that are wildly out of touch with my perception of reality I have a hard time believing that their statements
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01/20/2010
I agree that this is a little outrageous but I might look into it.I just saw this on CNN last night. I did some research on my own and it is true. I must first say that I am not a CPA and that you should seek the advice of your CPA on this. If you buy a street legal eslectric car by 12/31/2009, U
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01/20/2010
Yesterday Republican Scott Brown won a seat in the US Senate by defeating Martha Coakley in a special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy. The Washington Post describe the win as "a devastating blow" to healthcare reform. Is this really the case, or is this just a speed bump on bills inevit
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01/19/2010
I'm not a big watcher of Glenn Beck. I don't have the time for it. But I caught a segment yesterday that caused me pause. He pointed out how the media uses namecalling to frame a debate. Compare the following list: Stupid Brilliant George Bush Barak Obama Dan Quayle Bill Clinton Sarah Palin Al G
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01/19/2010
I was recently informed by a reply to a post that we have a societal obligation to provide housing for the needy. I think we have a personal obligation to help the needy. I don't think we have a societal obligation to help the needy. A personal obligation means that you should reach into your
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01/18/2010
I replied to Gerry.Everybody Loves Their MotherI was having an after work drink with a gentleman the other day. We began talking about business, life, the state of the world in general and he made a statement that really has me thinking. In the course of the conversation we were talking about th
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01/18/2010
Alexandria VA is a city that has made a commitment to "affordable housing". One of the policy tools to achieve fair and affordable housing has been "Section 8 rent vouchers". Section 8 was designed to make housing affordable for the poor and working poor. Sadly, I think the Section 8 program has
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01/18/2010
