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A good read

Two Great Stories - BOTH TRUE - and worth reading! STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago . Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was his lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time. To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but also, Eddie got special dividends. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block. Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and ...

More disasters

As if the recent cyclone disaster in Myanmar wasn’t bad enough, now comes word of a 7.9 magnitute earthquake in China that has killed more than eight thousand people including many schoolchildren still buried under rubble over the weekend. This earthquake was...

The Right Guy

I will strongly recommend that our readers to take a look at the cover story of Newsweek’s March 10 edition . It is a great story about the late Mr. William F. Buckley.  You will find additional articles from various contributors also in this edition.  It will...

The EXPERIENCE factor

Let me preface this blog by stating that nobody comes into the job of POTUS with any on-the-job experience. A vice president can rightfully claim to be experienced for the job based on the simple fact that he or she had been part of the Executive Branch in a previous...

Taking responsibility

Two news items that I saw on the news shows this evening that I find very interesting and would like to read what other people who saw the same think about them. Firstly, I saw and heard shock radio jock Bill Cunningham say not too flattering things about Obama during...
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