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Liberals what have you done for the envoirnment lately? The U.S. Navy is showing a great deal of respect for a bird called the loggerhead shrike: a masked, hook-billed songbird known for its habit of impaling prey on thorns or barbed wire. This is one hell of a bird... Excerpt: "San Clemente Island is home to the San Clemente Island Loggerhead Shrike, which is listed as an endangered species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. Due in part to successful conservation efforts, t...
The following was forwarded to me: The line of business my wife works in requires her going out to dinner with prospective clients. The overwhelming majority of these people are politically liberal. If the client's spouse is to be present, the company policy encourages its employees to be escorted by their signifcant other whenever possible. The first few times I approached the situation with the attitude that for the wife's sake, I'd gut it out. But after a few times out, I resolved ...
In The Godfather, Michael Corlone joins the Army to fight in W.W.II. This service for a third party (not part of the family) goes against the belief system of his father, Don Vito. You see, Michael has been Americanized in a way that his father can't understand. The Don is from a culture that developed his consciousness of being in such a way that he cannot comprehend the idea of fighting for a Nation-State, in other words, for strangers: Only the affairs of the Family matter in the Don's min...
A friend forwarded me the following. Counting your blessings please do the same. The Sands of Christmas-- I had no Christmas spirit when I breathed a weary sigh, and looked across the table where the bills were piled too high. The laundry wasn't finished and the car I had to fix, My stocks were down another point, the Dolphins lost by six. And so with only minutes till my son got home from school I gave up on the drudgery and grabbed a wooden stool. The burdens that I carried were ...
My wife (Lady Dove) & I were cuddled up by the fire place when Bing Crosby appeared on the television screen. I couldn't believe my ears when my wife told me that Bing used to beat his wife. Now I don't know what to think. I really enjoyed his songs & movies. As one who is by training sensitive to P.C. considerations, I make it a point to try and understand such problems. See, I'm half-Black & half-Sicilian (I guess white), and I have had to often suffer the very presence of bigots & rac...
About six months ago when I returned home to my wife (Lady Dove), I had a windfall of about $30,000 waiting in the bank. While I have had some nice cars in my day, Lady Dove & I decided to splurge on a new SUV. Its cost was closer to $40,000 than $30,000. We took a road trip to spend Thanksgiving with Grandma; we stopped at a rest area, and when we came out, someone had sideswiped my vehicle. Lady Dove ducked for cover because there was a time in my life when I would have flipped...