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Marketing in the Plumbing Aisle at Home Depot – Bold.Powerful. – Performance Toilets
Innocents in Plumbing We have begun preparations for renovating our second floor bathroom. What better place to start than with a trip to Home Depot, list and credit card at the ready. Karen and I had already done some research … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, corolla, corporate marketing, excreta, global leader, home depot, innovation, Karen, kohler, Kohler-highperformance, moses, plumbing department, Power, shock and awe, toilets
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Remarks on President Obama’s Speech on Accepting The Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 12/10/2009
President Obama’s speech on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2009 has generally been reviewed in the US with much glow about its rhetorical heights and appreciation of its depth of thought. I did not watch Obama give … Continue reading
Tagged Bush, CIA, demilitarization, disarmament, Eisenhower, empire, history, militarization, military bases, nobel peace prize, Obama, small arms control, US, Vietnam
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Bush – the worst modern President
Since my entry this morning I have been thinking more about the Presidency and Bush. My knowledge of 19th century Presidents is a but spotty. Certainly the names Buchanan, Pierce, Johnson and Grant pop to mind as less than top … Continue reading
Tagged Bush, civil rights, global economic meltdown, health care infrastructure, income inequality, liar, malevolent ideologue, militarization, presidency, worst president
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Armies and Orchids – a new poem by Linda Larson
Armies and Orchids The little white posts Stuck in the soil Markers naming the orchids At the flower show Mimic acres of white crosses Sturdy and upright Over bones as fragile as Ruby’s Dragonfly. Orchids, deceptive, Feed only on air. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, hellfire missiles, history, Linda Larson, poem, Rasputin, War, war soldiers
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The Interrotron
In a recent visit to the movies I picked up the FLM [Magazine] (Winter 2004), a product of Landmark Theatres, and found an article by Errol Morris, “13 Questions and Answers on the Filmmaking of Errol Morris“. It contained a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, CIA, errol morris, eye contact, filmmaking, fog of war, interrotron, interview subjects
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