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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Disappointment or Anger?

http://bit.ly/1DQsBL  Check this out by Peggy Noonan.   I think in addition to disappointment the American people are feeling right now, there is a real sense of fear and anger.  Next week there are important elections  (Governors races in Virginia and New Jersey) which present the first real opportunity for the American people to communicate to our [...]

Facebook and Twitter–how it’s destroyed my life

Ok, well I exaggerate, it hasn’t actually “destroyed” my life yet and I’m hoping to soon gain control again, but I admit it, “my name is Rick and I’m a social- networkaholic.”  Can I confess that it has an ugly grip on my time and energy?  Let’s throw blogging in there as well.  I mean [...]

Have You Had Your Flu Shot?

There’s a lot of hoopla right now about the so-called H1N1 virus or as mid westerners who raise hogs for a living hate to call it, the “swine flu.”  Some people are reluctant to be immunized against the flu by taking the vaccine shot or nasal spray.  Today marks another anniversary of  the end of [...]