tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87894292011-04-21T20:54:50.932-05:00Just an old man--usually pissed off at the world and what goes on in it. THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST Born on 10/19/04 CAUTION: SOME POSTS MAY CONTAIN STRONG LANGUAGE DEPENDING ON MY MOODInkslinger336http://www.blogger.com/profile/05693883164162575013noreply@blogger.comBlogger1591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789429.post-56798336913241908982008-10-08T11:44:00.006-05:002008-10-08T12:10:55.763-05:00

Simply amazing!Wonder why the majority of the American taxpayers were against the $700 billion bailout.Seems like were getting tired of having our noses rubbed in shit all of the time. At least I am.However, I did get some satisfaction when I read about this.

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Dick Ellis, a spokesman for the state Administrative Office of the Courts, said Nifong will still be eligible for his full retirement benefits — a pension and health care — that he accrued while working a state employee for nearly 30 years. But because he served fewer than five years as district attorney, he is not vested in a more lucrative retirement system for judges, prosecutors and the

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A story about the tragic loss of four lives on Alamance Church Road Friday night and I guess they just had to get a shot in with this:"Waddell said there was nothing to make him believe either party was coming from the Chris Daughtry concert."Why question one event?Why not cover all the bases like......Waddell said there was nothing to make him believe either party was coming from.......their

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Well its been a hard year.The one year anniversary of your leaving us and it is still not any easier.You've had a grandson get married and expecting a child, you had a grandaughter go off to college, a son getting ready to graduate college with his second degree, another grandson soon to graduate with a degree, and Jessica. What can you say about Jessica except she's still kicking ass in those

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Tim Bellamy named new police chief in Greensboro.Really not a surprise as Ben has been saying for months that he would be the new chief.Maybe now Mitch has someone he can play in the sandbox with.

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Hip, Hip, Hooray!Was really nice to see all the orange bags on the side of the road on my way to school this afternoon.The criminals, convicts, prisoners, inmates, or whatever is politically correct to call them these days, have done a superb job of cleaning the Business-85 corridor from Vickery Chapel Road to the I-85 interchange.For a while there I thought High Point and Greensboro (since the

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Whoop de fuc***g doo!A federal judge has ruled that a doctor must monitor the condemned for signs of PAIN during an execution."Death penalty foes and others worry that if the three-drug combination is administered improperly, the condemned could suffer excruciating pain while immobilized and unable to cry out. Some suspect that is what happened during a botched execution in Florida in December."I

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Bank of America doing this just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Cards for lawbreakers. 28 million eligible.Sure, that 21.24% interest is gonna make 'em a lotta cash.I'm no banker, but I think this will come back and bite us in the a**. In the end whose interest and costs are going to go up when they start defaulting? It sure ain't gonna be the bank.I hope their net is big enough to

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Received this from a friend today. Made a lot of sense to me. ObituaryToday we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi still alive and mumbling after American airstrikes on his hideout--------I think a more fitting demise would have been to behead him a la Nick Berg style

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Been waiting for this day.Albert Cummings is coming to the Blue Bayou in Hillsborough tonight.Missed him in Greensboro when he opened for Buddy Guy but will definitely be there tonight.

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Bob Burchette has a very nice article in this mornings N&R on my Grandmother who recently passed away at 92.To me it would take a whole edition to sum up all the good in that frail womans little body and all that she did for her friends, neighbors, church and family. If I could do 1/4 of what she did in her lifetime, I would consider it a life well lived.Yes, the chess pies were good, but my

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Final day at the Greensboro Chrysler Classic.Great crowd, beautiful women, awesome weather, and cold beer.What more could you ask for?Followed Sergio Garcia on the front nine and decided to cop a seat at the 18th green and watch everybody come in.Sitting in the bleachers and I look up to see someone who I thought was Jinni moving into the row in front of me. Thoughts confirmed when David moved in

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The Political Agitator:"All real NAACP members ought to be pissed with the arrogance of Melvin "Skip" Alston as he is doing what many racist whites does and that is to mislead black folks when it comes to real black leadership."He also talks about Skips' "behind the scenes fights."Nail on the head??

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Last weekends Blues Challenge was a huge success.Mighty Lester of Raleigh were the winners and will represent the PBPS in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge in February 2006. They will also be on stage at next years Carolina Blues Festival and the Bull Durham Blues Festival.Although not my choice for top band, the judges saw differently.This Sunday, October 2, welcomes the Hurricane

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The 19th Annual Piedmont Blues Preservation Society Blues Challenge (whew!) is scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday at the Lions Lair in High Point.19 bands over 2 days competing for a chance to represent the PBPS in Memphis.Always a good crowd and lots of fun.Silent auction with 2 pairs of 4th row tickets to see Buddy Guy in Greensboro on Oct. 16, plus many other great items.Click here for

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tonight to see Bernard Allison.Singer, songwriter, and son of Luther Allison, Bernard will be playing at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte.Bernards' first recording, at age 12 1/2 was playing guitar with his father on a live album called "Gonna Be a Live One in Here Tonight" in 1979.Four days out of high school he joined Koko Taylors' band the Blues Machine. He has also played with Johnny Winter

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Go visit The Big Link.

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This little guy was hard at work in the garden yesterday afternoon. He had what looked to be a wasp in his clutches, spinning his web around it before..............moving on to big and better things. It's really amazing to sit and watch these creatures do their handiwork.Left all dressed up with no place to go.

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My grandmother passed away yesterday afternoon.Nine days shy of her 93rd birthday, she had a long and fruitful life, but it’s still hard to let go of someone you cared so much for and who has had a great impact on who you are as a person.Grandma was a great cook, caregiver, disiciplinarian, and friend. She was an avid churchgoer who often went out of her way to help other people.I can remember a

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Chief Justice William Rehnquist dead at 80.

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This weeks Big Link

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Via CNN the Houston Astrodome now has it's own zipcode.77230

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It looks to me like a total clusterf**k on the part of FEMA and the federal government to aid victims of hurricane Katrina.No food, water, medical supplies. People dying, looting, getting beaten and raped.Hell, our response to the Asian tsunami was faster and more organized than this. Why can we get aid to people overseas faster than we can to our own citizens?In Washington, President Bush

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It's heartbreaking to see the videos of the destruction left behind on the gulf coast by hurricane Katrina. It will undoubtedly be a long time before things get back to normal down there, if they ever do.It's nice to see the american corporations stepping up to the plate with food, water, and cash donations to help their fellow citizens, and I have done my part by donating to the Red Cross

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Sorry the "Big Link" is late but just got back from the coast.

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Finally made it back to the "big city" from Morehead/Atlantic Beach on Sunday, and with a thankful no show from Irene.Just in time to start classes on Monday.With everyday scenes such as this early morning sunrise.............this deserted beach perfect for reflecting and quiet time alone.........................and this sunset, it makes me wonder why the hell I ever decided to come back.It also

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Looks like Irene is going to spare the coast.Thanks.So it's off to the beach later this morning for a much needed vacation before starting my classes on August 22.Yep, back to school 32 years after graduating! But that's a whole 'nother post.

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The big link for this week is Roch's new local internet advertising company.

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No not the Jim Carrey movie, but I'd really like to know what it is with Me, Myself and Irene.The 1999 Hurricane Irene ran me and a friend off the coast from a long awaited fishing trip. We left during torrential rains only to drive home and find out that rain was the only thing North Carolina got out of the storm. The weather was beautiful at the coast the day after we got home.Now we have

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Showtime's new program "Weeds".Showtime's promotion for new subscribers. Free Haagen-Dazs for a year.Coincidence?Probably not but what better way to satisfy your "munchies" after watching that new program?But for how long?With all the hoopla over this at the August 1 G'boro City Council meeting and the plans to adopt a resolution against it and officially contact businesses selling this product

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Talking with one of my fellow co-workers for the past 24 years, until I got laid off in April, and he is telling me that they are gearing up for another round of layoffs soon.They used the same spiel that they used when they laid me off."Bad management decisions and overseas competition."What burns my ass is why aren't the people that made the "bad decisions" headed out the door along with the

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Was out of town and it's late. Guess it's better late than never.Last week's Big Link is here.

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The Cape Fear Blues Festival went off this weekend without a hitch. I guess my Woodstock '69 no rain dance really worked. We did have a deluge on Friday night but it was after the Blues Cruise, and everybody had moved off to the inside venues safe from mother nature.We decided on The Rusty Nail because a friend from Greensboro co-owns the place and we needed to renew old friendships with someone

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This weeks Big Link

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for the weekend and the Cape Fear Blues Festival at Battleship Park.Keeping fingers crossed that the rain doesn't follow us.

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Our commissioners are back from their island getaway and at least one of them is touting it as a great success."I'm a better commissioner today because I went to that conference," said Commissioner Paul Gibson.Particularly useful, he said, was a morning-and-afternoon session on budgeting that featured a presentation by Mecklenburg County, which recently switched to a more results-focused budget

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Morning wreck shuts down northbound 85 atNC 62. 18-wheeler goes off bridge onto KivettDrive blocking both lanes and catching on firePicture from Hickory Creek Road and not verygood as this was as close as they would let me get(maybe time for some form of blogger press passLOL)Hope driver is OK but from the look of the truck it is very doubtful and ambulance was still there a couple of hours

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This is this week's big link.

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this is definitely a show you don't want to miss.Guitar Shorty, aka David Kearney, will be playing the Blue Bayou Club in Hillsborough this Saturday night.At age 16 Shorty joined the Ray Charles Band.At 17 he recorded his first single under the direction of Willie Dixon for the Cobra LabelWhen he got a chance to play for Guitar Slim, Shorty moved to New Orleans. There he fronted a house band at

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You are turning into one fine young man and an even finer human being.I'm very, very proud of you.It is indeed an honor to call you my son.HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY!!!

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Happy Birthday!!

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What 'da hell was that!!

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And like most people, he liked his food.

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HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! Well almost----8 more minutes.A premie at only 5lb 6oz a cabbage patch doll was quite a bit bigger than him.

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This weeks Big Link is here.No posts this week as I had a lot going on. Still trying to find a job and get the schooling set up.I did have a great road trip last Saturday. Went to see Michael Burks at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte. Michael played at the Carolina Blues Festival in Greensboro in May.For those that did not attend, you missed a show. He really should have been the headliner,

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Another week and another Big Link.

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After receiving my property tax bill in the mail today, I just had to get one more post in, bitching about the budget recently passed by our "fiscally responsible stewards of taxpayer money", the Guilford County Commissioners.I wonder why Skip Alston thinks everyone should play by the rules except him?Earlier this year, he declared that employees of Greensboro's housing department were racist

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Patrick's first pole in only her eighth career start, giving Team Rahal the first three starting positions."I know a lot of this started because I'm a chick in a race car," Patrick said. "Now it's turning into, "Look what this rookie can do."Indeed.A win in the near future??

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Watching the Live 8 broadcast today and saw the much anticipated reunion of Pink Floyd, rumored to be just this one time gig.Awesome set if you ask me.Roger Waters says that a Pink Floyd reunion "is highly unlikely, but I'll never say never".I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope these guys get their differences worked out. Of all the group reunions and reunion tours going on lately, this is one

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and time for this week's Big Link.

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The Supreme Court aren't the only ones handing down stupid decisions.

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It looks like Oprah's playing the race card now.While in Paris, doing a little after hours shopping, Oprah and some friends stopped by Hermes boutique to buy a watch, minutes after the boutique closed. They saw shoppers inside but neither the sales clerk nor manager would let them in.No S*#T! What is it that you don't understand about being CLOSED? That means no, not, nada, on coming in to shop.

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This week's Big Link.

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In a party line vote the Guilford County Commissioners approved a budget giving the taxpayers a 2.44 cents per $100 valuation tax increase.The 6 Democrats voted for and the 5 Republicans voted against.Included in the budget:A 41% ($6000) pay raise for the Commissioners from $14,700 to $20,700 per year.(Some may have needed more spending money for their Hawaii trip next month)Doubled the school

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I have been unemployed since April 7 of this year and have been beating the bushes trying to find another job.My printing job of the last 24 years has, like so many manufacturing jobs in North Carolina, moved overseas.The Trade Act of 1974, amended 2002, created a program of Trade Adjustment Assistance to provide assistance to individuals who became unemployed as a result of increased foreign

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This week's Big Link.

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Sue's Place has a post about the quandary the editorial board at GSO101 was put in over a word in a post on the site.Seems Gate took offense to a slang word describing a female body part.Calvin Williams, the coordinator of the blog, edited the blog and all is well, although he did bring up some valid questions that need answering.Like Sue, I have read f**k, a**, a**holes etc. on several blogs

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Michael Jackson was found "not guilty" on all charges today.In the juror interviews they kept talking about the "beyond reasonable doubt" factor and how they did not think of MJ as a celebrity.I can't help but wonder that if it had been any other black man with the same charges, without the notoriety and celebrity status of MJ, would he have ended up with the same verdict??

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This weeks Big Link.

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It looks as if the Guilford County taxpayers aren't the only ones up in arms about Commissioners taking a tax paid vacation in Hawaii.

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On June 7, Jamestown resident Zach Osborne was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from an unlikely source.Death Row inmates from across the country have raised money through their bimonthly publication "Compassion". The publication was started in 2001, to raise money to send murdered victims' family members to college.Zach's scholarship was the seventh awarded so far. It will be used to help the 19 yr.

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in this article."Blogs can boost your career"."A strategy for career enhancement"."Shows you are up to date on latest ideas and news""Having an on-line presence is an important part of managing your career".Will they be anyone joining, other than the ones already blogging, to indulge us with their views and ideas and let us know where they stand on the issues, and in turn find out what we think?-

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Here's the new BIG LINK!

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The deal is 95% complete and the par three golf course will be turned into condos and townhouses.If you like par three night golf, you'll have to October.

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On a trip to Aruba, from Mountain Brook High School in Alabama with 124 seniors and 40 chaperones, the 18 yr. old has been missing for 5 days. Searchers are still looking for her.Maybe it's just me, but the end of the article is no place to be advertising Luxury Aruba Vacations, Aruba Accomodations, and the Aruba Ocean Club.

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Speedwagon's show at Arizona Pete's was awesome last night and the place was packed.Thirtysome years and the band still "rocks".

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SCIENCE ANSWERS FROM 5TH & 6TH GRADERS * The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom. * It is so hot in some places that people there have to live in other places. * Momentum is something you give a person when they go away. * Mushrooms always grow in damp places which is why they look like umbrellas. * The four seasons are salt, pepper,

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The Big Link for this week is here.

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Jr. just came home with a grade of 90 on his Senior project that ensures he WILL be graduating high school next Friday night.He picked Multiple Sclerosis to do his project on as his 24 yr. old big sister was diagnosed with the disease late last year and he wanted to learn more about what she would be going through in the years ahead. In his quest to learn more about the disease I think he has

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Government auditors say that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) paid $31 million in disaster relief for Hurricane Frances, to 12,000 Florida residents who did not deserve the payments."FEMA did not adequately inspect homes and used a system of aid payments susceptible to potential fraud, waste and abuse".What do you expect??Hurricane Frances, coming 22 days after Hurricane Charley (which

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It looks as though Tax Director Jenks Crayton will be re-instated at the County Commissioners meeting tonight, after more than a month of paid leave while a N.C. Dept.of Revenue investigation was taking place.Seems that 4 of the 6 Democrat Commissioners that voted to place Crayton on leave have finally "seen the light", after their personal vendetta (second investigation) turned up no wrongdoing

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This weeks Big Link.

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The second investigation report is out.After the SBI found no wrongdoings on Craytons part, the N.C. Dept. of Revenue presented its findings today.The N.C. Dept. of Revenue found "no evidence of any wrongdoing by Crayton as it relates to his duties under the state's property tax statutes."Isn't this what he has been saying all along?Seems like our Democrat Commissioners have a burr up their ass

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Stupid me.I always thought that a raise was a reward for a job well done.Evidently not in this case.You just have to have the power to give yourself one.Let's hope our County Commissioners don't agree.More on the raise here.

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Saturday.No work. 74 degrees. Beautiful sunny day.Whatcha' gonna do? Work in the yard? Wash the car? Clean the house?NOT!! Then come on down to the Carolina Blues Festival in Center City Park, Greensboro NC.The Matt Hill Blues Band, John Dee Holeman, Kenny Neal, The Holmes Brothers, and Michael Burks will all be there performing and will make for one great festival.Saw Michael Burks at the Blue

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With this happening and more to come, is there an answer?Recently becoming unemployed myself, due to my printing job of 24 years "moving" overseas, I know how these people feel.If we keep this pace up, pretty soon we'll all be working in grocery/fast food, for the government, or in healthcare.Unless someone finds a way to ship the sick people out.

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Here's the Big Link for this week.

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Great Truths of Life * Once over the hill, you pick up speed. * I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. * If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all. * Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. * Some days are a total waste of makeup. * If the shoe fits......buy it in every color. * If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out. * Age is

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In the City Council meeting the other night when the Greensboro Truth and reconciliation Commission vote came up, Councilwoman Florence Gatten had some questions:*Who's funding this?*How much? $300,000.00?... $600,000,00?*Who is the Andrus Family Fund?*How is the money being spent?*Who is profiting?*Why is the money coming from out of state? Possibly as much as 80%.*Why are no local foundations

Inkslinger336http://www.blogger.com/profile/05693883164162575013noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789429.post-1114216216980835202005-04-22T19:28:00.000-05:002005-04-22T19:30:16.980-05:00

The Big Link for this week.

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The next time you hear a politician use the words "billion" casually, think about whether you want that politician spending your tax dollars. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective: A billion seconds ago, it was 1959. A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive. A billion hours ago, our ancestors

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The City Council voted last night on a resolution to endorse the work of the GTRC. The resolution, introduced by Councilwoman Claudette Burroughs-White, failed on a 6-3 vote along racial lines as had been predicted.Is Councilwoman Burroughs-White the City Council's version of Skip Alston, by forcing a vote and playing the "race card".Looks like it to me.UPDATE: Roch corrects my post in his

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Looks like everyone is doing their part to ensure the Furniture Market stays in High Point.The floodgates are about to be opened and the demise of High Point is about to begin.

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This weeks Big Link.

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Turkeys in Da' Hood Surprised to see wild turkeys standing by the side of the road about 100 yards from the house today.Picture quality not worth a damn though.Thinking of getting a new camera. Any suggestions on a good inexpensive one??

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It's Monday and I should be at work.I should be but I'm not because I got laid off on Thursday. Laid off with about 30 to 35% of the other employees I worked with. After 24 years with the same company, I am now going to be forced to "sign up" for un-employment for the first time in my 37 year's of working.WHY??"We're not making any money" they said.I find that hard to believe considering that we

Inkslinger336http://www.blogger.com/profile/05693883164162575013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789429.post-1113138991267208202005-04-10T08:14:00.000-05:002005-04-10T08:16:31.266-05:00

This week's Big Link is here.

Inkslinger336http://www.blogger.com/profile/05693883164162575013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789429.post-1112949406843975422005-04-08T02:51:00.000-05:002005-04-11T17:05:58.720-05:00

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.Last night the Cuilford County Board of Commissioners voted, along party lines, to suspend Tax Director Jenks Crayton pending the outcome of a second state investigation.The State Bureau of Investigation already cleared Crayton of any wrongdoing in the reappraisal of Republican Commissioner Steve Arnold's property. Arnold even said that the Board of

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Our Governor is gambling.Looks like he made a little wager on the game tonight. Problem is, I thought gambling was "illegal" in North Carolina sans the big Texas Hold'em poker bust at Ham's, and the canceling of the Bassett Texas Hold'em game with John Elway promoting their new gaming table for the furniture market. Although all the money was going to be donated to the American Cancer Society, a

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has died. A remarkable man and a true champion of Peace.RIP

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Thunderstorm, Surfside Beach, July 2004Just seeing if I can get this picture thing to work. LOL May take me a while too.

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for the BIG LINK.

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Terri Schiavo died this morning.May she rest in peace.Now Michael will be able to get on with his life.

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Who will OJ call next time??

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Something about this and this just ain't right!

Inkslinger336http://www.blogger.com/profile/05693883164162575013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789429.post-1111812090967667762005-03-25T23:38:00.000-05:002005-03-25T23:41:30.966-05:00

The Big Link is here.

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The Supreme Court turned down Terri's parents today, refusing to intervene to keep her alive.I have no problem with Terri dying to end her suffering, I do have a problem with the manner in which they intend to end her suffering.Starvation."The basic metabolic response to starvation is conservation of energy and body tissues. However, the body will mobilize its own tissues as a source of energy,

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Smelly balls in Utah and spreading rapidly.

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Maybe the fur-lined model with velcro strips to facilitate easy removal would better suit your taste.

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