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Free Advice For Rudy Giuliani About Florida

Posted in Humor, Politics, tagged , on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I correctly predicted that Rudy Giuliani would have lots of trouble getting votes in places where cows live, but even I didn’t expect Ron Paul to beat him regularly, and have 3 times more delegates than him at this point.
Florida is do or die for Giuliani now, so here are some campaign slogans that may help him [...]

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Bobby Fischer, World Chess Champion: 1943-2008

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on January 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Bobby Fischer, the only American World Chess Champion, died today at age 64. (Ironically, that is the number of squares on a chess board.) He had won the World Championship in 1972, but then he left competitive chess and forfeited his title in 1975. His behavior in later years had been very [...]

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Recovering From Disaster

Posted in Autobiography, Product Reviews, Rants and Raves, Things to be Thankful For on January 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Here is an update on the washer and dryer situation:
We are no longer spending quarters as fast a a gambler at Presque Isle Downs and Casino.
I was able to fix the dryer using the SECOND part I had to buy.  I should have trusted my electronics training rather than a repair guy who was in [...]

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Why Ron Paul Will Not Go Far

Posted in Politics, Theology, tagged , on January 14, 2008 | 15 Comments »

Ron Paul has recently gotten in some trouble for items written under his name in newsletters back in the 1980’s and 1990’s.  The article that I linked to quotes material that appears to be racist, anti-Semitic, pro-Confederate, and many other bad things.  His supporters are quick to note that he did not actually write the material, but rather that [...]

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A Shameless Plug, and a Thursday Rant

Posted in Rants and Raves, Shameless Appeals on January 11, 2008 | 9 Comments »

1.  The Mrs. has put a number of our used books on the Amazon.com used book listings.  The selection is weighted toward childrens books, particularly those that might be used in  homeschooling, but there is plenty of other stuff too.  More will be going for sale as time permits:  our bookshelves are maxed out.  I [...]

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Unexpected Common Ground in My Sunday School Studies

Posted in Books, Church Stuff, Theology, tagged , on January 7, 2008 | 23 Comments »

For the next few weeks, I will be teaching a Sunday School class on The Lord’s Prayer.  I decided to do this after reading Jesus of Nazareth, by Pope Benedict XVI.  He spent about 80 pages (in the large print edition) of his book on the Lord’s Prayer, and that made me think it would be [...]

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Rudy Giuliani’s Biggest Problem

Posted in Politics, tagged , , on January 1, 2008 | 35 Comments »

It looks like Rudy Giulani is dropping in every poll that matters right now.  He is still doing OK in states where the primary is far off, but that will change after the early primary results come in.
Some people think his problem is that he is unacceptable to the social conservatives in the Republican party, [...]

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