POLITICAL WACKOS By Bill Franklin It has been brought to my attention that Barack Obama was never born. I have this as actual evidence from conservatives. Conservatives are about the only people you can trust around here with important things like birthrights, rights, rights of birth and whether or not the born are really
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In your last issue a Mr. Barnes tried to justify the Nobel award to President Obama and attributed all critical comments to plain old Republican jealousy. Mr. Barnes was eloquent in crediting Mr. Obama with changing world perceptions and a mind change of tectonic proportions. However the Nobel award statutes
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LAKESIDE FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS—Speaking for Those Who Can’t Speak for Themselves By Elyn McEvoy A popular statue found in many area gardens is that of St Francis of Assisi. The patron saint of animals, he is remembered for his compassion to all creatures. Certainly that kind of tender mercy is a much needed
TESTING IMSS By Gloria Palazzo About two weeks ago, I needed help. Pain and bleeding. Not something you can take lightly. I decided to put it off one more night. Maybe it would go away the same way it started. Put off going to the doctor and poof it’s gone. Not so lucky this
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AN OUTSIDE CURVE By Michael McGrath Reply to Jim Tuck’s Bleeding Heart Liberal Whoa back, Friar Tuck! It seems to me that in your last “Inside Straight” (Ojo, Nov. 2009), you are advocating the burning of another “witch.” We more or less gave that up as a country when we adopted the principle of
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ONLY FOR LOVERS OF WORDS By J. D. Hicks When I was a university student, I often went to the library. Even on a Friday or Saturday evening, I’d enjoy stalking books among the stacks. It may sound sinister or unhealthy, but I was merely a developing bibliophile. Because I was a habitual user
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THE WOOD CARVER By Roberto Moulun He was a small man, but his hands were large and strong. Two men could not pry his fingers open fromhis wooden mallet. He won the bet, and that night drank at the pub forfree. Perhaps he never would have become a carver if he hadn’t lost his
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Lake Chapala Writers Conference January 21-22, 2010Early-Bird Reservations AvailableBy Jay Raymond WhiteContact info: Phone 765-3676 (leave message)Email: kdavis987@gmail.com Last year it was a sell-out! Writers and would-be writers alike are encouraged to sign up early. Diane Pearl will help with that at the store on the corner of Col?n (at #1 Col?n) and Ocampo
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HURRAY FOR HARRY! By An Anonymous Contributor Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many or more important decisions regarding our nation’s history as any of the other 32 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir: KUDOS to Lakeside Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation! Somehow a deer fawn (spotted deer, I think) stumbled, or was chased into my enclosed yard with no escape. Last Saturday evening about 5pm I called Lakeside Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation and within ½ hour two people from this organization, along
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