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A Republic, if We Can Keep it. (opens the original)
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There was an op-ed in the Florida Times Union a week ago on Sunday titled Has America Entered a Democratic “Twilight Zone?” In this piece a panoply of issues were discussed: Ukraine, Iran, extra-judicial killings, Gaza, and Immigration to name a few. The author worries, quite appropriately about the efficacy of our democracy. That our government has veered from the “principles that have sustained American democracy”. That it may be slowly eroding away.James Madison lost sleep over the longevity
Would You Believe Me if I Told You... (opens the original)
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How about our latest global foray vis a vie Iran? Forget about the Pentagon Papers detailing how the nation was lied to about Viet Nam ever since the end of World War II. Shrug off Secretary Powell showing up at the Security Council with drawings of weapons of mass destruction when none existed. Epstein Files, Schmepstein Files…let’s start a war.What could go wrong?We’re a fixin’ to find out.Everything our country has done with or to Iran since WWII has not ended well. In 1953 we facilitated a c
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (opens the original)
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Who hasn’t heard U. S. officials characterize Palestinian Arabs as terrorists who seek to kill all Jews? I’ve been hearing it for decades from my government whether it was Democratic or Republican. It’s almost like a knee-jerk response. The Israeli Government, especially the current one, has referred to the Palestinians as blood thirsty, evil people hell bent on the destruction of the Jewish State.Has anyone asked how this all got started?When I was very young, I was dramatically introduced to t
A Pause (opens the original)
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I’m Grandfathering. Be back next week
Pave Paradise... (opens the original)
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St. Augustine grass is beautiful. Nothing like barefooting on that cool morning grass to grab the paper. Nothing like the smell of freshly cut grass and it looks good too. When covid hit, we hosted weekly neighborhood gatherings in the front yard. In 1987 I had a house built in Mandarin. The contractor sodded the front. I sodded the rest. Where there wasn’t grass, I built a swing set, two-story fort, sand box, picnic area, vegetable garden, and planted shrubs and flower beds. It was built at the
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