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Thanatopsis by William Cullent Bryant (my favorite poem)...
Thanatopsis by William Cullent Bryant To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away...
Apr 8, 2008, 1:29 am - pumpi76

Jail for Belgians who reject polio shot
By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences. Two sets of parents in Belgium were recently handed five-month prison terms for failing to vaccinate their children against polio. Each parent was also fined $8,000. (Did that have...
Mar 12, 2008, 5:40 pm - time*treat

Beware the Obamanable Hope-Man
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view pageId=56959 This explains why Obama aims for emotion rather than substance. If sensible people knew what they were gonna get, they'd be heating up the tar and getting out the feathers. This piece of dreck is called the Global Poverty Act , which is appropriate since it would act to create global poverty. For the blind defenders of commun...
Feb 25, 2008, 3:12 pm - time*treat

Coming Ice Age?
The Sun Also Sets By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:20 PM PT Climate Change: Not every scientist is part of Al Gore's mythical consensus. Scientists worried about a new ice age seek funding to better observe something bigger than your SUV - the sun. Back in 1991, before Al Gore first shouted that the Earth was in the balance, the Danish Meteorological In...
Feb 8, 2008, 11:04 am - konane

12 Days of Xmas...
On the Twelve Days of Christmas, My True Love Gave to Me . . . December 14, 2003 Dearest Dave, I went to the door today, and the postman delivered a partridge in a pear tree. This was a delightful gift! I...
Dec 23, 2007, 10:11 am - ochoop17

do you remember 'baby jessica'
MIDLAND, Texas (Oct. 17) - The 18-month old girl pulled from a backyard well two decades ago is now a young wife and mother - one waiting to collect donations given to her during her ordeal that are expected to total $1 million or more. The anniversary of Jessica McClure's rescue passed Tuesday like almost every other day in the 21-year-old's life, with no public comment from her about the event that once captivated viewers around...
Oct 17, 2007, 6:57 pm - LOTTOMIKE

Apple Juice Thread
Yesterday someone started a thread about toxic apple juice in the lottery discussion, so I'd like to make a comment on this matter. I am unaware of this problem, so I'm curious where that story originated. I was in the food packaging business for over 20 years and visited several large juice manufacturers. So to briefly give you my Reader's Digest version of juice processing.. First Mother Nature grows her apples on our lovely trees and the grower...
Sep 21, 2007, 4:34 am - justxploring

Stages of Hangover
* 1-star hangover No pain. No real feeling of illness. You sleep in your own bed and when you wake up, there are no traffic cones in there with you. You are still able to function relatively well on the energy stored up from all those vodka and Red Bulls. However, you can drink 10 bottles of water and still feel as parched as the Sahara. Even vegetarians crave a cheeseburger and a basket of fries. ** 2-star hangover No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You...
Aug 1, 2007, 9:52 pm - SirMetro

Carrying friend in body bag haunts soldier
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Army Spc. Gerald Lee Meeks says all he wanted in Iraq was to keep everybody alive, all my buddies. That hope was shattered last month when a roadside bomb blew up one of his best friends, and Meeks had to carry his slain buddy more than a mile back to base. I didn't want to believe it until I actually had to carry his body bag, which was pretty bad, he says, making a fist with his left hand and smashing it again...
Jun 17, 2007, 8:08 am - LOTTOMIKE

Imus has history of offending, surviving
(CNN) -- Don Imus has gotten himself into trouble numerous times during nearly four decades on the radio. He has taken verbal shots at everybody from presidents to media colleagues, but in calling the women of the RutgeImus has history of offending, survivingrs University basketball team nappy-headed hos, most observers believe he crossed a line. Those women did not deserve those hateful and hurtful comments, Democratic presidential candidate and New York S...
Apr 13, 2007, 5:27 am - LOTTOMIKE