Beating the Odds !
posted 7 months ago, updated about 17 hours later and has 2 comments
My grandfather brought his small family (a wife and daughter) from sicily during world war 1. He lived in 'Hell's kitchen', worked as a plasterer all his life and ended up with 3 sons and 4 daughters. One day, while playing on a pile of snow on th...
The Segregation of Free speech !
posted 8 months ago and has 2 comments
for several months one of my 13 eons groups was 'politics'. Suddenly, a few hours ago, I get a message from the new group manager and am told they are becoming--'progressive politics' and will not be inviting conservative or facist ideas anymore.I...
History Began in 2001 !
posted 8 months ago and has 1 comment
Came across a piece on eons today that was titled "The imperial Presidency." It was about all the terrible things bush had done during his 8 years in office. bit, the title kind of nagged me. it sounded familiar. It sounded as if I had come across...
The'devolution' of US foreign policy
posted about 1 year ago and has 1 comment
After Viet Nam, the lesson learned was that from now on we only fight wars we could win.
After Bush 2 went into Iraq, it was decided that we should only win wars , if, afterwards, we could also win the peace.
Now, a third piece has been added-- th...
After Bush 2 went into Iraq, it was decided that we should only win wars , if, afterwards, we could also win the peace.
Now, a third piece has been added-- th...
are rich people 'stupid'
posted about 1 year ago, updated 7 minutes later and has 3 comments
And the answer is--"not at all!' several years ago, the state of new jersey in its wisdom, decided to put a tax on luxury purchases within the state. Expensive boats ( yatches) were targeted. As a result, people who made a living selling expensive...
Have you had a "Forrest Gump" moment?
posted about 1 year ago and has 1 comment
Have you had a "Forrest Gump" moment? If you remember the Gump movie, the Tom Hanks character kept crossing the paths of famous people whose lives he greatly affected--. Some in a positive way (Elvis) and others in a negative manor (Nixon). Since ...
state of the union #4
posted about 1 year ago and has 1 comment
Let me begin by stating that every thing I write will be based on fact and will be the truthI found out recently that six tenths of one percent of american workers are earning the minimum wage! Which really dimishes the importance of any debate on...
