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An alert facebook friend noticed a similarity between my Halloween Tax routine, and a segment from a recent episode of the hit NBC series: Parks and Recreation. While I'm willing to concede that eating a portion of child's school lunch is much different from eating a child's Halloween candy, the part where Ron Swanson snags the sandwich back for one more bite is almost a direct quote:Parks and

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A few months ago, I speculated that the President was trying very hard not to do what came natural to any red blooded American male, that he knew he was being watched, and he knew what would happen if he snuck in a glance.Well this photo popped up on the Drudge Report today:And if my speculations are correct there are going to be some lamps flying around the Presidential Suite in L'Aquila tonight

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Here's a video of one of my older classic bits.It was recorded way back in 1998, but I think it is still as relevant today, as it was a decade ago. Since then, I've been told that another comic has picked up on it, and did something really similar on a cable special.That's one of the reasons why I chose to submit it to the "Open Mic Challenge" on the new Comedy Central website. I want to show

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I saw this photo on the internet today, and I think it proves what I've always been saying about the Obamas. Michelle is no Hillary. There is absolutely no way that this man is going to to be ever caught with an intern. He might be a Fearless Leader, but there is one woman who keeps him in unholy terror."Okay...I can do this...eyes staight ahead...no sideways glances, there's cameras all over

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I wrote the following for Big Hollywood. Unfortunately, concerns over some of the more controversial remarks, required editing that took most of the humor out of the piece. So I have reposted it here:Sean Penn scolded opponents of something he called “Gay Marriage.” Apparently, he thinks gay marriage was made illegal in California. Certainly Sean, a lifelong resident of Hollywood, should

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In the short span between my last review and today, we’ve seen the President sign a stimulus package so full of pork that Obama’s father would have been forbidden to touch it, along with a bump on the head, a scripted and sputtering press conference, and a contradiction from someone who actually understands how business works. Obama also appeared onstage in the theatre where Lincoln was shot,

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So it’s after a gig*, and I’m sitting at the bar with another comic, and a couple of girls who thought we were the funniest guys they had ever met. Things are heating up, but I’m starting to feel a little apprehensive because it’s just too easy. When I don’t have to work at something, I always start to wonder if there’s something wrong. Either I’m about to be robbed, or there’s a flaw I haven’t

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An alert listener sent this list, Top 10 perks of the UPCOMING Obama presidency to Jerry Agar last week, and the two of us had a blast coming up with our own. Here goes:After a time people figure out that the president DOESN"T solve all their problems and some of them actually work to fill their own gas tanks and pay their own mortgage.Jerimiah Wright can come out of retirement. Michelle can take

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I'm on the wrong side. After one year with Jerry's Kidders, we were on the top of the the ratings. No show on AM was doing better than Jerry Agar. The other kidders and I were in negotiations with Hyundai to perform at the Chicago Auto Show, and we were excitedly planning our first year anniversary event.At which point, the station decided to switch hosts. The nine to eleven weekday slot that

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Last Halloween, I found this political cartoon which seemed vaguely reminiscent of my very famous Halloween Tax bit. But circulating this year, is an OLDER cartoon that seems even more like a rip off.For those of you who might be a little memory deficient, here is the tax bit in question:Incidentally a lot of people were bugging me about how that contest ended up. Well, I finished in the top

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Those of you who know me well, know I spend an inordinate part of my time wandering around the Huffington Post, looking for a row. I had never heard of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, before I found this story.Yann is an Environmentalist artist, that travels the world photographing Nature, and is opening a Gallery Show in New York of the destruction man has committed on the Planet Earth.And he does it,

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I've heard that when a family that suffers a great loss at Christmas time, that the joy of the season is lost on them forever. When the decorations and lights start appearing in stores, they feel a sense of impending dread in the pit of their stomaches. I feel much the same way about these early days of fall, when the crystal blue skies, and cool dewey grass, reminds me of that picture

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Here's a great video news story, from the segment on the Barack Obama Show we did on WLS.

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Were you listening? It was one of the funniest radio shows of this political season, and if you weren't tuning in, you haven't missed the boat.Myself and three other comics spent an hour trading Barack Obama jokes, on WLS 890 AM. It was a grand success. Reviews have been great, and I think it contained some of the funniest Obama jokes to date. Did you miss it? It's not too late, Thanks to the

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After eight long years of listening to "George Bush Is So Stupid" jokes, I think it's time for change; not just in the White House but in the Comedy House as well. According to a recent article in the New York Times, there is nothing funny about Barack Obama. Apparently all the late night, and comedy news show hosts are lax to make jokes about the Democrat nominee for President. Well that

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Well it just stands to reason. If you smoke too much pot, you'll probably be high all the time, and act stupid.But it turns out that new study indicates there might be physical evidence of actual brain shrinking. Over at Jerry Agar's Blog I weigh the evidence.

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So NOW what's threatening the planet?I don't think you're going to believe THIS one. Over on Jerry Agar's Blog

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I ran across this video clip recently. The author claims that he has a argument that "even the most hardened skeptic and the most panicked activist both can agree on."He also said the he's putting it out there, to check if his" reasoning is dellusional. Because frankly, no one [he's] shown it to so far, has been able to poke a hole in it." But there's nothing I adore more than a challengeReally?

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So what's the latest threat to humanity that Scientists are linking to Global Warming? Over on Jerry Agar's Blog I take a big chomp out of the latest ridiculous claim."Apparently, referring to Global Warming is the scientific equivalent of getting out of a limousine with a skirt and no underwear."

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Rationing rice? Is there a crisis? Not since World War II, has anything of the sort been seen in this Nation.Over at Jerry Agar's blog my latest entry explores the recent trend, of Americna Retail Outlets rationing rice purchases.

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A recent article suggests that close to 60% of all scientists take non-medical drugs during work. Perhaps that's why it seems that everything coming out of the labs these days is dark and ominous. My latest post over at the WLS blog investigates the latest Apocalyptic prediction from our friends in the scientific community.

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As we approach a couple of dark anniversaries in American History the most unlikely candidate has come out in favor of sportsmen's rights.Check out my Latest Post Over on the WLS blog.

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Well who would have thought, that Smoking bans kill more people than Second Hand Smoke. But a recent study from the University of Wisconsin, indicates that it could be very likely.I put another post over at Jerry Agar's Blog on the WLS website. Sometimes it's better to leave well enough alone.

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Those who have been following my intermittent threads, know that Second Hand Smoke Legislation is one of my major peeves. The risk from exposure is so minor that only the most paranoid should concern themselves.In previous posts, I mentioned that the health risk from working in a smoky bar is less than the health risk from, a couple bags of microwave pop corn, or a can of pop every day.In an

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Update: April 1, 2008: The contest is now over and I made it as far as the finals, thanks to all your persistant voting. I won a nifty camcorder, that really belongs to all of you, along with my parents my distributor, my manager, god, and my country.The final round was decided by a panel of judges, who did not think my video was funny enough to rank in the top three. I respectfully disagree,

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My blood ran cold. Last night, I went out to pull the last vegetables out of the garden before the impending freeze. Working in the twilight, I frantically tried to finish before the rapidly approaching darkness. With the leaves rustling around me, and as long shadows disappeared into blackness, it was very easy to imagine being surrounded by spirits and witches, still around from Halloween. That

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After posting my Dodgeball Routine The Great Orac arose from his slumber. He posted it over at his site so all his scientist buddies could hurl a couple rubber balls back at me. I’m resisting the urge to point out how many of them still throw like girls.So now that the Science has weighed in, the consensus clearly demonstrates, there is absolutely no scientific evidence that I am a comedian. So

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Okay, maybe I'm just paranoid, but this cartoon reminds me an AWFUL lot of a bit that I do about Halloween and Taxes. Not only is it Uncle Sam holding the bowl, I believe those are Payday candy bars in the bowl.Yeah you say, but the theme is different, it's about Social Security. Perhaps. But if you look at a newer version of the routine (starts about 5:50 )ShowcaseAdd to My Profile | More

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In honor of America's newest Nobel Prize Recipient: Here it is.for those of you who followed the Orac Controversy, and are still here, I've decided to post a video of the bit in question, so readers can decide for themselves whether or not it's funny.

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Polarization. It's the remaining essence of any argument, after all the nuance has been boiled out. Good and Evil. Black and White. Cowboys and Indians. Most often, Liberals accuse the right of having a such a World view. Unless it involves something close to their hearts. Like Global Warming. The talking points are, that all the noble Scientists, (who are good hearted, open minded, and

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Those who have been here for some time now are probably familiar with a recent argument I got into with Orac over at Respectful Insolence on the dangers of Second Hand Smoke. I mentioned that recent science indicates that spending eight hours in a smoky bar is no worse for your heart, than drinking a can of pop every day.Well it looks like pop isn’t the only thing that’s worse than working in a

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Yesterday, according to the AP, John Edwards said that Americans should be asked to drive more fuel efficient vehicles. He said he would ask them to give up SUVs.The theme of his campaign has been the divide between two Americas.Here is a picture of John Edwards leaving a rally in Lawrence Kansas during the 2004 Presidential campaign, courtesy of Heidi | me, my life + infrastructure.Like Orwell

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And while we're on the topic of outrageous power grabs: Here's an interesting political maneuver from the People's Republic of Cheap Christmas Ornaments; a law requiring a government permission for reincarnation.Is this a new Chinese attempt at population control? I guess that if people are required to wait in a Government office before they can be reborn, it will discourage the practice of being

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While I was out of town for a week, on an un-deserved vacation, the Great Computer spoke again, about this little bug that keeps chaffing his silicon. In this post, he has decided to compare me to Creationists and Practitioners of Alternative medicine. The reference of course it that we’re all ignorant fanatics, who shun Science. In other words: Guilt by Asscociation. He was surprised to learn

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Just in case any of you missed it, I spent the better part of last week trying to teach some science geeks about how business works. Turns out they don’t care. Perhaps their youthful forays into Dungeons and Dragons have reinforced their confidence at role playing, and they now believe they can do anything. Whatever. Here’s my last post I left there before I trot off to the wilderness for a week:

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I crossed the line. My last shot, certainly got someone’s attention. What I thought was just a spirited debate, is starting to blow a few circuit breakers. My recent post about anti-smokers being power hungry control freaks hit a nerve over at Respectful Insolence, and the normally emotionless and rational Orac has actually gotten angry. Let me note first, that I never said that proponents of

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After the incredibly fun week of back and forth over Global Warming, my arch nemesis Orac posted a follow-up, in regards to my question on Second Hand Smoke. He wrote: “Certainly indoor smoking bans at workplaces and in restaurants and bars are defensible on a scientific and public health basis.”In full disclosure, I’ve been opposed to smoking bans, since day one. I’ve got myself in trouble a

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I said it over a year ago. According to an article by Robert Samuelson yesterday, the popularity of the Toyota Prius has nothing to do with the environment:“Prius so outsells the rival Honda Civic Hybrid. Both have similar base prices, about $22,000, and fuel economy (Prius, 60 miles per gallon city/51 highway; Civic, 49 mpg city/51 highway). But Prius sales in the first half of 2007 totaled

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Well it seems that the field of Presidential candidates, is getting more and more crowded every day. Right now there are at least 25 people seeking the position.But I never thought, that I would have to issue a denial. But here goes:No, I am not seeking the office of the President of the United States. Also I'm not Elvis, I've never been abducted by a UFO, nor have I opened for Bat Boy.However,

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During my recent week in Chicago, My show was attended by Orac, of the marginally famous blog Respectful Insolence. I recognized him right away, because he was the only guy in the room that night, wearing a cape and wrestling mask. (I found out later, that on the few occasions he leaves the house, he likes to remain incognito).When the show ended, we went over to the bar. After he was done

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Al Gore's new book the Assault on Reason hit the shelves. Advance reviews and excerpts indicate more of his trademark condescending sighs. 308 pages of Al Gore shaking his head and telling us that we just don't get it. He believes Americans are so used to getting their information from emotional thirty second soundbites, that we don't have the attention span to appreciate his smoldering

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Today is the big day. It's the Environmental Pessimists version of a Star Wars Premiere. If Global Warming were a video game, there would be lines outside all the Wal-Marts. Today is the day that the UN sanctioned Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) releases it's Global Warming report. Gosh, I wonder what will be in it?Despite the anticlimactic leaks that have been circulated for the

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"You people want to live in a world where there's no stop signs or traffic lights!" It's probably the most oft repeated argument I hear from critics of the Libertarian philosophy.Actually, I don't. I understand the necessity of things like speed limits, and traffic lights to negotiate a safe and even traffic flow. I do realize that sometimes, those speed limits are set ridiculously low. For the

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Is the Earth over crowded? One of the most popular Leftist Mantras is that there are too many people on the Planet. Alongside, " Why do I have to pay my student loan back?", "Too many people on the planet," is one of the top five things you are likely to hear a Leftist say. Even though global obesity rates, and increased life spans seem to contradict that idea of an overcrowded, unlivable planet,

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Seventy years after the discovery, of what everybody thought was a small planet on the outer edges of our solar system; scientists have decided to demote this thing we call Pluto, from planet, down to dwarf planet. Just like that. After almost four generations of teaching elementary school students that our solar system has nine planets, teachers will begin teaching children there are only eight.

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Hurricane season? What Hurricane season? As we approach the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, something very interesting is missing from the Headlines: Hurricanes. So far this season (which is now almost two months old) there has not been a single hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. in fact, there have only been three tropical storms -- well below average.Most disappointed by the lack of News

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While I don't pretend that the Democrats have a monopoly on hypocrisy, it certainly seems that the Left has a more difficult time avoiding it. Some of the most vivid images of the former Soviet Union was Party leaders dining on fine caviar, while workers in the Ukraine were allowed to starve to death. Premiers toasting with fine wine, while citizens were being admitted to hospitals for drinking

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You shouldn't drive an SUV. It would be better if you took a train. A Bicycle would be even better. Of course, not everyone can ride a Bicycle to work, Some people need private jets. That's because, they are more important than you. Whereas you should feel guilty for driving a safe comfortable SUV, Barbra Streisand is going to maneuver an entire regiment of planes trucks and busses around the

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Is environmentalism a fad? If recent sales reports from Ford Motor Company are any indication, the answer is resoundingly affirmative.I've long suspected that most environmentalists are just in it for the fashion. Advocates like Al Gore and Arianna Huffington talk about the need for Americans to stop burning petroleum, but personally prefer to travel in limousines and private jets. Although they

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I haven't yet posted a thing this year, and I really wanted my first post of 2006 to be spectacular. But as the weeks slipped by, brilliant thoughts eluded me like trick or treaters past the Neverland ranch. This morning I realized that March starts tomorrow, and perhaps I should post something less than monumental just to get the ball rolling again.I ran across something that made me think back

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Okay, I don't have a lot to say differently than I have before on the topic, but the New York Times wrote another great article on the return of bedbugs to America. They cite the banning of DDT as the cause for the resurgence, and it's a great excuse to re-post my favorite graphic. For more of my opinions on the topic of DDT, you can read my archived posts on malaria or bedbugs.

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I always enjoy performing, but some weeks are just better than others. Whilst life on the road is a continual roller coaster, sometimes the hills are high enough to erase the memory of the valleys, without resorting to traditional over-the-counter amnesia inducements. Great weeks, like the one I recently completed in Minneapolis, are the reasons why I got into this business in the first place.I

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Will they stop at nothing? Could they be any more indiscriminate? Rather than going out of business, tobacco companies continue to sell cigarettes, but it gets even worse. According to a recent study from Harvard University's School of Public Health, cigarette manufacturers led a determined effort to sell cigarettes ...to WOMEN!.This groundbreaking discovery was made after researchers sifted

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ne fine spring day, Chicken Little awoke, and before going out for his morning seed, he looked outside his window. The snow on his roof was melting and the eaves were covered with long dripping icicles."Oh my gosh, the Earth is warming," he cried! I must tell someone.Poor Chicken Little was less than a year old, and nobody ever told him that it got warmer every spring. He got on his motor scooter

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Hey, Slagle.I saw your web page, and enjoyed the article on Europe. I have been living in Europe for a few months, and will be here for the next several years.Please don't quote me by name, but I feel compelled to confide in you a secret about the national health care in much of Europe.The truth is, in Denmark, Finland, and probably much of the rest of Europe, everyone pays for health care out of

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In the aftermath, of Katrina, there is a rainbow. When the sky cleared, NASA found a wonderful new excuse. According to USA Today, "The space shuttle may not fly until late 2006 at the earliest because of technical problems and the devastation of key shuttle facilities by Hurricane Katrina,"In reality though, according to shuttle program manager Wayne Hale, there probably wasn't going to be a

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And God looked down on the wicked people of New Orleans, and it displeased him greatly. This once devout city, had become a portal to perdition. Where there was once churches teeming with the faithful, there was now drinking and debauchery, Voodoo and Girls Gone Wild. He sent a Hurricane to open the levees, and a deluge enveloped the streets, so that the sinful could walk them no more. Just like

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Mick Jagger, in a desperate attempt to remain relevant decades after his star has set, has decided to release a song bashing President Bush. Advance press on the upcoming song , Sweet Neo-Con suggests that it's going to be an aggressive political statement, from a man whose political preferences are in right in tune with the AARP.Perhaps that's why Mick is upset with the current Administration.

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Are they on pot? I've got my copy of the Constitution right in front of me, and it looks pretty straightforward, but the Supreme Court finds it rather foggy. The tenth amendment clearly states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Which means that if the Constitution

Tim Slaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02820868437118860147noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890599.post-1117560754429819892005-05-31T10:31:00.000-07:002005-10-13T00:51:35.113-07:00

I was wondering why Laura Bush was touring the Mideast last week. It was a little out of character for her, she had been hiding in the background until now. I couldn't help but wonder if the GOP had a dark-horse, secret weapon up their sleeve for 2008-- a pretty little teacher from Texas with a 75% approval rating. I thought it would be really funny, because the Democrats couldn't say that she

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Imagine if Jeffrey Dahmer had been paroled, became the US ambassador to the United Nations and eventually brought peace to the Mideast. According to the legend, Chief Hiawatha was a Native-American cannibal, who later reformed, and led the nations of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas to live in peace as the Five Nations of the Iroquois. It's a peculiar story if you think about

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Here it is again. Another story about how America is slipping back towards a third world lifestyle, now that DDT has been eliminated. Bedbugs are making a comeback, and not just in sleazy hotels.from Reuters: "Although common in many countries, bed bugs were all but eliminated in America in the late 1940s and 1950s when the insecticide DDT was used to rid infestations in hotels, houses and

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So I'm having my morning coffee, and reading the Drudge Report®, when I stumble across this article from Nature. According to two reports published in Science there has been more sunshine in the past ten years than there was fifty years ago. It would seem that the air has gotten so much cleaner since the fall of Communism, that there is a measurable amount of increased sunlight reaching the earth

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As the zephyrs gently warm the grounds around the Slagle compound my thoughts drift off to summer. Even though global warming has purportedly made winters milder of late, they still seem insufferably long. I can't wait to string the patio lights, and put the cushions on the chaise. How I long for the delicious smells of fresh cut lawn and barbecued meat, chlorine pools and citronella candles. I

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If Miss America is crowned, and there's nobody watching, does she still get to fulfill the duties and obligations of the reigning Miss America? Right now, for the first time since 1955, there is no broadcast network willing to air the Miss America pageant this September.ABC, after only attracting 9.8 million viewers last fall, announced that they will not renew their contract to air the pageant.

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Canadian songstress Alanis Morrisette raised her right hand, pledged allegiance to the United States Constitution, and became one of this country's newest immigrants. Alanis is best known for her 1995 album, Little Jagged Pill, a compilation of songs rife with 20 year old femin-angst. The album contained the hit song Ironic. This song became quite famous in literary circles because nothing in the

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Earlier in this thread, I suggested that the Democrats were going through the five stages of grief. A similar article, just written by a colleague, reminded me that I never wrapped up my scenario. Part of the reason for that, was the next two stages were unbearably ugly. Democrats started going through the bargaining stage on election day. The election night party I attended, was graced by few

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It's another big victory for the GOP. More Legislative and Senate seats, one more governor, and we all know the big news. I would like to offer a note of condolence to the Democrats. I remember how hard it was to concede a victory to Bill Clinton back in 1992, and I assure you all, that I sincerely feel your pain. Just so that you won't ever have to experience this sort of suffering again, I

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I was in Florida a week ago, for the annual Slagle surfing retreat. I still haven't got the hang of the sport, but I delight in trying. I finally figured out why I'm no good at it too. Once a wave is caught, you have to stand up immediately. This is a problem. When I'm on the couch, and decide to stand up, it usually takes me at least two or three commercials before I'm vertical. Even then,

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Two men in Akron are captured on videotape destroying a Bush/Cheney sign, then relieving themselves on it.In three Florida cities, and in Minneapolis, Republican headquarters were ransacked by a mobs of angry protesters. In one case a broken arm was reportedIn Tennessee, and West Virginia shots were fired into GOP offices.In Spokane a hole was punched through a wall, from a room where Union

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I had the pleasure to work Minot last weekend. Minot North Dakota is known as "the Magic City" for after being selected as a junction for the Great Northern Railroad and the Soo Line, the city appeared overnight. It is still a popular stop along the Amtrak route for railroad personnel, because it is about sixteen hours out of Chicago, and there is about a twelve hour layover before the returning

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According to the late Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the five stages of grief are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. I couldn't help reminding myself of this, over the past few months.Bitter sports rivalries start on the close games. A seven game World Series, that ends in the bottom of the fourteenth inning because of an error will start a rivalry between those teams that will last a

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