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$Blind In Texas$
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Politics, Sports and more.from a veteran, father of 3, and damn proud liberal. Friday, December 03, 2010. Do you work for a paycheck? Then listen up. We've been here before we fucking morons. Posted by Elmo at 9:36 PM. And, yes, I DO take it personally. Big Tent Democrat @ Talkleft. Blue Girl, Red State. Dr X's Free Associations. Gold Star Mom Speaks Out. Left End of the Dial. Left Wing Nut Job. Lotus - Surviving a Dark Time. Meteor Blades @ Daily Kos. My Buffalo River Home. San Francisco Impeach Now!
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$Blind In Texas$
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Politics, Sports and more.from a veteran, father of 3, and damn proud liberal. Thursday, December 30, 2010. When Conservatives tried to say "they" were the real "Liberals": The beginning of Projection. Posted by Elmo at 10:20 PM. And, yes, I DO take it personally. Big Tent Democrat @ Talkleft. Blue Girl, Red State. Dr X's Free Associations. Gold Star Mom Speaks Out. Left End of the Dial. Left Wing Nut Job. Lotus - Surviving a Dark Time. Meteor Blades @ Daily Kos. My Buffalo River Home.
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a completely made-up true story … | paineandfriends.com
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A completely made-up true story …. Asymp; Leave a comment. I came across this story — really a fragment — written out longhand in one of my journals. I had forgotten I’d written it, but it seemed exactly the piece with which to launch this blog, which is all about the intersections between story and history. Sigh I can’t do this anymore, Thomas. The bewigged head snaps up from the writing desk. The blue eyes fix like bright daggers. You mean this bit of untidiness? My life, I correct him. A slight nod of...
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Asymp; Leave a comment. 8220;The glide of the smallest fish …”. It’s tough to choose a favorite quote by Thomas Paine — American Founder, career revolutionary, and perennial skeptic. Pithy sayings and memorable phrases are Paine’s stock-in-trade, from We have in it in our power to begin the world over again to These are the times that try men’s souls and even United States of America which first appeared, formally capitalized as our country’s name, in Paine’s. Maintains a handy list. The Age of Reason.
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“I have no wish to believe on the subject.” | paineandfriends.com
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8220;I have no wish to believe on the subject.”. Asymp; Leave a comment. Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794. Of Paine’s trying last days, W. T. Sherwin, one of his earliest sympathetic biographers, writes:. The night before Paine died, he was asked by his physician: Do you wish to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Paine responded with words as carefully chosen as any he had even written:. I have no wish to believe on the subject. He died peacefully early the following morning. Remsberg writ...
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You don’t choose your fandom. It chooses you. Old sf/media fan proverb. Welcome to my online Thomas Paine fanzine. I finally decided to call it that because … that’s what it is. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I also wrote and read fan-fiction on the original. And a few other series. I attended conventions; I created and occasionally showed and sold fan art. Of its day), which I have since revisited many times. Media scholar and self-described “aca-fan.”). The Age of Reason. Call it a fanzine with footnotes.
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Hope and Virtue: A Tale of Two Big Words. Asymp; 1 Comment. This is a President Obama story, an Inauguration Day story. It is also a Thomas Paine story. Though I have to admit that at the time, the phrase hope and virtue struck my ear a bit oddly. Virtue, seemed a quaint and old-fashioned term. When was the last time virtue had been invoked in American political discourse? No matter. It was still one cool piece of swag. During the autumn of 2009, I read a book called. The Age of Reason. I will, however, ...
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Here are the official websites for three of the most active and visible Thomas Paine historical societies:. Thomas Paine National Historical Association. 8212; Founded in 1884 and located in New Rochelle, New York, TPNHA is the oldest Paine organization. Their newly updated website contains multiple resources, with the latest Paine news items and articles on the home page, a host of great links, and a very thorough list of recommended reading here. The Thomas Paine Society. The Thomas Paine Society UK.
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The Mandarin: 1LT Shrub (Texas Air National Guard - AWOL) finally makes it to Vietnam (updated)
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What does a guy who knows Chinese know about anything else? Friday, November 17, 2006. 1LT Shrub (Texas Air National Guard - AWOL) finally makes it to Vietnam (updated). This is an emotional topic for the Mandarin, and the crushing irony of Shrub's semi-triumphant trip to Hanoi is almost unbearable. The short version of the story, for my younger readers, is that Shrub avoided fighting in Vietnam because his daddy’. Despite his being unqualified for appointment. Rank: ROTC (the Mand arin’s ro. E two-week ...
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Black Swamp Cornucopia: Swimming with the whale sharks at Oslob, Cebu Island, Philippines
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You wouldn't know a diamond if you held it in your hand/The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand." -Steely Dan, 'Reeling In The Years'. Sunday, January 25, 2015. Swimming with the whale sharks at Oslob, Cebu Island, Philippines. This last December (2014), we took a trip to the Philippines to visit family and celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents-in-law. One of the trips we made during our visit to the Philippines (to do some fun touristy stuff) was to leave Cebu City. You'll ...
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