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Why all the hate? Perhaps I'm being too idealistic. Perhaps I've watched too many reruns of "The West Wing." As we wrap up perhaps the most important Election Day of my lifetime, I wish we'd all spent more time pressing the candidates to answer the hard questions about how they'll lead this country. More ... By the time you read this the election will be over. I am already dreaming up columns about "old dogs, children and watermelon wine." Wait a minute, did I say the election will be over? Not unless it's a landslide. More ... I'm thinking ahead, way ahead. I'm already thinking about four years from now and who we'll be seeing on the ballot in November, 2012. I'm thinking this way because the winner of this year's presidential contest probably won't be in office for a second term. More ... A few weeks ago, the same federal government that once encouraged banks to consider unemployment benefits as income on mortgage loan applications did something even worse. And we're not talking about playing subprime bingo with 700 billion tax dollars. What the government did was purchase an insurance company called AIG. More ... "These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man More ... Everyone gets to shamelessly promote his or her own new book. And I'm everybody right now. But I've got something interesting to say, so read on. "Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of The 2008 Fight For The Presidency" is already on sale at Amazon.com, and it will be on bookshelves Nov. 5, the day after the election. (And just in time for the holidays! More ... 10 YEARS Nov. 5, 1998 AN INDEPENDENT report shows the economic impact of Early Memorial Hospital exceeds $15 million in 1996. THE HOME of Mr. and Mrs. Jackie White has been chosen Yard of the Month by the Blakely Garden Club for October. More ... |
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