So India’s election returns are in and the ruling party will remain in power. For anyone who’s seen the movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” you have to wonder exactly why they got voted back in. A outstanding movie that won an Academy Award for Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a group of orphans who […]
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Anyone who’s a fan of Alexander McCall Smith’s novel series, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” has to love the HBO series of the same name. Set in Gabarone, the capitol of Botswana, the main character among a bunch of memorable characters is one Precious Ramotswe, a woman possessed of a “traditional build” and an
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Anybody like songs? A show of hands, please? Whoa, looks like it’s unanimous! I suspected as much. Ever wonder how those bad boys get done? Well, you start with your basic songwriter, in this case, me. You put together a melody and lyrics, some chords and some singing and you have your raw material for
This is a progress report on the Worldwide Starvation Pandemic for the year 2008. The numbers are finally in and as a useful comparison, 2008 will be compared with numbers of the previous year, 2007. Deaths from Starvation, 2007: 13,140,000 Deaths from starvation, 2008: 13,140,000 Deaths per day, 2007: 36,000 (one every 2.4 seconds) Deaths
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Dear readers: Following the news today, I was struck by all the war news. Our armies, their armies, two other armies savagely having at each other somewhere under the sun. Actually, a lot of somewheres under the sun. So, here we are, humanity, soiling this brand new millennium right off the bat by slaughtering one
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You have to wonder what’s up when you see soldiers armed with machine guns and armored vehicles outside polling places, like now in India’s elections. Guess India’s not all that stable. Actually, it’s been very volatile lately. What, nobody’s meditating over there anymore? You also have to wonder why nobody mentions the words “civil war”
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So, what’s it going to be that finally ushers us to dinosaur status, that is to say, poor Otis dead and gone. Will it be global warning, some jerkoff who thinks God is giving him instructions getting his hands on nuclear weapons, or the swine flu? There’s no shortage of candidates out there for eradicating
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When you boil down any social problem, the root of it is always the absence of love. When you analyze the positive aspects of society, the bottom line is always the abundance of love. It’s a simple concept, too often overlooked in the convoluted dealings of man. When you love your brother, you will not
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Sunday afternoon Bob Crespo & The Big Spenders play a live gig, always a joyful time for the band and hopefully for our audience. Sunday, however, will be a very special show. We will be playing for the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer in a benefit to raise money for breast cancer research, treatment, and
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