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2009
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At some point in our lives, we all have a moment that makes us take a good long look at things. While there may be many names for that kind of a moment, none of them matter. The actual moment and what follows that moment are what matter. Sometimes, the moment may be more like an hour or a week, b...
06/30/2009
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Last month I had to go to both Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Two big cities. I used to live in a big city and gave it up almost 5 years ago. If I think real hard I can remember how frustrating it was to stand in a long line or be stuck in a never ending traffic jam. 9 miles to work used to take m...
06/24/2009
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There is an old saying that goes: Respect is earned not given. Any kid who has participated in high school sports has probably heard that one. It means a lot. Just because I have employees does not mean they will automatically respect me. Sure, they will do what I tell them to do because I sign t...
06/22/2009
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My wife has an uncle who participated in D-Day. If you go to his house you can see his various service awards and citations from his days in the Army. On his coffee table is a framed article about him in the LA Times, written in the 1980's. Nothing fancy, just a piece on him and a few other guys ...
06/06/2009
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This is written by Bonnie Cox and ia about her son, but it is probably the very best blog I have seen on AR. Please read it.A compelling lesson I learned from my then fifteen year old son in 2003. After a particularly crushing career development meeting with his guidance counselor at school, My s...
06/06/2009
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Holy Macadamia Nut Batman. In todays news is article about Americas' safest cities. I apologize about any grammatical errors or spelling errors in this blog, but I can't stop laughing. Anyone who has ever done any type of statistical analysis can tell you that it is really easy to warp numbers. T...
06/05/2009
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Finally, a voice of sanity in the US Senate. Republican Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska, and former Governor of that State, has introduced a bill that is co-sponsored by 26 other Republicans in the the Senate to require Congressional approval for any use of TARP funds that would result in governmen...
06/05/2009
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Lost your job and need work? Perhaps you’ve just graduated from college and are trying to figure out where to use that degree in Mesolithic Romanian cave paintings. While you may have training in other areas, you should prepare for the opportunities to come. The turmoil in government, the financi...
06/05/2009
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Tiananmen Square. It happened June 3rd and 4th, 1989. I'll never forget it. Are we there right now? How many of us are willing to roll over just as long as our government keeps giving us some goodies? Give me a WIC check and an unemployement check and I am yours. I hate to use these tems, but are...
06/04/2009
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10 years ago I wrote a book (more like a pamphlet) about the descendants of some of the people who gave up everything that they owned in order to start a country called the United States of America. Since I had no clue what I was doing, I ended up using a low level publisher who could not print e...
06/04/2009
