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Entries from May 2008

Unbearable

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Fixate at your peril on American Idol. There’s real news happening in this world of ours.
Item: Finally, a group of white guys catch a break.
Thanks to continued global warming hysteria, the polar bear has been designated as a “threatened” species, even though it is not, at the moment, actually threatened. There are more than 25,000 […]

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Tags: Punditry

Dreaming of Virgin America

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As United Airlines spirals toward another bankruptcy, I mostly feel sorry for the aging former standard bearer. What can any airline do to stem the rising tsunami of jet fuel costs?
Everywhere you turn, there are signs of an empire in decline, crumbling. United’s decision several years back to re-paint its fleet and switch to a […]

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Tags: Airline rants

Thanks, Mom

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

As Mother’s Day approaches, I am thankful for my mother, for her enduring, positive influence on my life and on countless other people of all ages over the decades. I am thankful that, at 77, she remains a pre-school teacher in a school owned by an equally healthy 78-year-old woman and family friend. It is […]

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Tags: Punditry