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A View from Behind the Curtain: An Interesting Question
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Monday, April 6, 2015. In his book The Left's War Against the Poor. What are the impacts from the growth of government, the increased regulation on society, and the creation/expansion of state managed social programs? Have we actually seen them leading to a smaller group of poor and a larger, more vibrant, middle class? No - it was short sighted management who could not ...
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A View from Behind the Curtain: Laughable Political Excuses and Unthinking Comparisons
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Monday, December 26, 2011. Laughable Political Excuses and Unthinking Comparisons. The campaign must have access to a statistician, don’t they? Surely someone would know what the probable rejection rate on petition signatures would be? Wouldn’t a prudent campaign look to eliminate that risk by submitting enough signatures to account for that? December 29, 2011 at 12:18 AM.
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A View from Behind the Curtain: Drivers Education at FDR
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Saturday, January 3, 2015. Drivers Education at FDR. Think I took Drivers-Ed either the spring of my sophomore or fall of my junior year in high school; somewhere in 1967. Along with typing and Humanities, it remains one of the three courses I took whose instruction has proven useful to me every day since high school. Stay safe, it’s a jungle out there! By John G Townsend.
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A View from Behind the Curtain: 10 Rules for Flying
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. 10 Rules for Flying. Unless you are the Pilot, First Officer, or other flight crew and are being paid to do it – Don’t fly. If you absolutely have to travel, and don’t meet the qualifications noted in Rule 1, consider all alternatives first; like walking, driving, sailing, or sending someone else. Everything you need to survive for a week. By John ...
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A View from Behind the Curtain: And So We Come Full Circle?
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Friday, October 26, 2012. And So We Come Full Circle? In 1779, while serving in the Virginia General Assembly, Thomas Jefferson authored a bill of legislation that would ultimately become the basis for our Constitution’s First Amendment. Titled A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. I wonder what side President Jefferson would take in this debate? The contents of the...
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A View from Behind the Curtain: Why Polling Shouldn’t Be Reported as News
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Saturday, October 27, 2012. Why Polling Shouldn’t Be Reported as News. Today our news channels inundate us with poll after poll purporting to show how Americans feel about almost any topic you can think of. Each poll is presented as indisputable evidence of whatever agenda the news organization wants to push. But in that defense I see no explanation on how academic bias ...
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A View from Behind the Curtain: The Hyde Park of My Youth
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Sunday, December 21, 2014. The Hyde Park of My Youth. Life seemed simple then, the only world I knew. The Holt development, was a community of cookie box homes for the post war boom. Located behind the Rainbow Room, off highway 9G, it was nestled into the small valley, with wonderful elevation changes you will never find in developments today. I started school in Ralph R...
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A View from Behind the Curtain: May 2015
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Sunday, May 31, 2015. There is a saying “Power tends to corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton). It is amazing how quickly we are willing allow ourselves to inch our government towards absolute power in the name of safety from terrorists. Where is the concern and outrage over the government’s collection of vast quantities of cell phone calls? A Few Tho...
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A View from Behind the Curtain: Remember this Add?
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Four years ago there was a campaign advertisement, run by the Clinton campaign, do you remember it? Okay, here it is. Here we are four years later and this is what the WSJ’s Bret Stephen’s had to say. It was five in the afternoon when Mr. Obama took his 3 am call. He still flubbed it.”. WSJ: Libya was the Presidents 3 am call. By John G Townsend.
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A View from Behind the Curtain: Life's Journey
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A View from Behind the Curtain. My personal observations on life, politics and the world around me. The First Behind the Curtain Story. Friday, April 3, 2015. Easter should remind us that Christ stood to protect us from evil, giving us life through his sacrifice. He has risen so that we may be assured of life. So beautifully said, John. I find myself praying often for the guardians. Thank you. April 9, 2015 at 10:23 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A View from Behind the Curtain. By John G Townsend.
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