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  • October, 24 years ago. Ring any bells?

    Created September 18, 2011 by amajor pain, 1 comment, 244 views, 0 likes, Category: Personal
    We maybe on the verge of a re-visitation with the upcoming 24th Anniversary of Black Monday. But this didn't just happen all in one day. There was buildup. We could go further back, or look step a little at a time. So...   Friday, October 16, 1987.   The headlines seemed typical. We knew about most of this stuff:   Chicago Tribune "Nbc Strikers Get A Crack At A Contract" "Sears Savings To Close Branches" "Key Bank Raises Prime Half A Point" "Sprint To Shuffle Offices, Cut Staff" "Unibancorp Profits Rise" "Continental Illi..

  • Remembering A Real Man

    Created August 27, 2011 by amajor pain, 0 comments, 159 views, 0 likes, Category: America's Founding/History
      "Federal grants are like rabbits. They multiply like crazy and when they're out you can't catch 'em."     --     In the last ten years federal spending had tripled. In the last five years federal taxes had doubled. The philosophy of government had been tax and tax and spend and spend. It was well intentioned, done in the name of humanity. The budget for the dept of Health and Human Services became the 3rd largest in the world, after the budgets of the United States and the Soviet Union. the federal debt reached $1 trilli..

  • found at http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/911timeline.htm

    Created August 27, 2011 by amajor pain, 2 comments, 372 views, 1 like, Category: America's Founding/History
          9/11 Timeline of Events 8:00 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members, begins its takeoff from Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts en route to Los Angeles. 8:13 a.m.: An air controller instructs American 11 to climb to 35,000 feet, and the aircraft fails to respond. The controller tries using the emergency frequency to contact the aircraft but there is no response. 8:14 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175, carrying 56 passengers and nine crew members on board, takes off from Logan Airport ..

  • Remembering those who went before us

    Created May 26, 2011 by amajor pain, 2 comments, 204 views, 1 like, Category: Tea Parties
    Memorial Day is upon us. What shall we say to each other as we think about those brave enough to put on the uniform? How about words from a great General. These are words to live by in war-time and peace-time AND in politics-time.   General George Smith Patton:   "All glory is fleeting."   "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."   "Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."   "Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the ********** who st..

  • Did i misquote you?

    Created May 1, 2011 by amajor pain, 0 comments, 98 views, 1 like, Category: Politics
    Quotations from a few of my friends.