Category: General
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Let’s hear it for the First Amendment!
36% Proportion of high school students who say newspapers should get government approval before printing a story.74% Proportion who say people should not be allowed to burn or deface an American flag as a political statement.Time, 14 February 2005
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Maine Egg
Some family history…Uncle Myron Lord, Phyllis’s (Dr. Wingnut’s Great Aunt) brother had a cold storage space in Portland on Commercial Street where he stored and distributed fresh apples from his orchards in Parsonsfield, Maine to grocery stores throughout New England. When the managers of these stores came to him and asked him if he would…
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More hits rereleased
Some of the artists from the ’60s (and 70’s) are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate us Aging Baby Boomers. They include:Johnny Nash: “I Can’t See Clearly Now”Elvis: “Heartbreak Hospice”Dylan: “Like A Kidney Stone”Queen: “We WERE the Champions”Beatles: “With a Little Help From My Meds”Dion: “Limp-around Sue”The Rolling Stones: “Limping-Jack Flash”Tony Orlando: “Knock…
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Six signs that you should run — not walk — from your new job
You ask your new boss for supplies and she hands you a No. 2 pencil and legal pad — and nothing else.You were shown to a cubicle your first day of work, given a company manual and haven’t been spoken to since.Every time you tell someone about your new job with the company they raise…
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To Kill an American
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know what an American is… so they…