FRIED COFFEE

As we have seen over the last few months our financial institutions are here to help us.  Help us spend – that is. Some time back I took a short term position with an employer who payed by issuing debit cards and direct depositing the EOW pay.  I was new in the area so I [...]

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Before you read this I want to point you to On The Issues.org where you can see complete records for your elected officials. Ed. Most Senators have changed their websites to no longer accept email.  Really?  I wonder why. Try the following links:  U.S. Senate list & House of Representatives.  As you can see they [...]

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In my previous post “ Howard Beale Lives” I linked to a clip of Peter Finch, as news anchor Beale, in Network that became an iconic film moment.  That movie was produced in 1976 but the message and topic of the clip is, perhaps, more timely today  than it was 33 years ago. I suggest [...]

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In the 1976 movie Network Howard Beale, a news commentator becomes fed up with greed.  See the clip below.  Then go to your window and let your voice be heard. I’m Mad As Hell And I’m Not Gonna Take This Anymore This plague threatens the entire world. 1)  The recent outbreak of peanut based Salmonella [...]

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As I watched Bill Moyers Journal last night, followed by Hunger In America , I experienced a deep sadness that we should be in this situation. How can we be in a food crisis and what are our leaders doing ? Shortages at food banks, increasing burdens on average citizens, and jobs moving out of [...]

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