The votes are in
      A fellow - we'll call him Mike - was walking down the street one morning. Not paying attention, he stepped off the curb without looking and was struck by a runaway beer truck. He died instantly. When he reached the Pearly Gates, St. Peter was there to meet him.
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What's happened to humanity?
      To the person or persons who ran over my children's pet: My children are crying right now. Why? Because someone ran over and killed our Jack Russell, Tucker, this afternoon. Tucker was a sweet dog and loved children. He even liked cats. In fact, at times I believe he thought he was a cat.
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Dyeing eggs - for old time's sake
      I still have my Easter basket. It is a traditional basket with bands of pink, green and blue woven into the sides. The colors are a little faded and the basket itself is a little rickety, but it could still do service, especially in this day of plastic eggs.
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A mixed bag of thoughts!
      I guess you heard about the storm damage in downtown Atlanta Friday night. Can you guess who was right smack in the middle of it? Yep, our own Katy Pando. (We still sort of claim her.) While she has a penchant to want to be in the middle of things, she said of the tornado that hit the World Congr...
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Burning bush really wrapped in purple haze?
      When Moses went up Mt. Sinai to check out a burning bush, he may have gone higher than we thought. According to everyone from the authors of the Old Testament to Cecil B. DeMille, who directed "The Ten Commandments," Moses went to the bush and spoke to God prior to receiving the Jewish law on a s...
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How to shut up a liberal - and lose an election
      If Sen. John McCain shocked the world and decided to pick disgraced New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer as his running mate … If the price of gasoline skyrocketed to $6 a gallon and the Dow fell below 8,000 … If the Iraq war blew up again,
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Presidential election offers a democratic racial divide
      Geraldine Ferraro often has seemed puzzled during nearly 24 years since she was thrust from obscurity as a congresswoman from Queens to become the first woman nominated for vice president of the United States.
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