tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18666448773698885912024-02-20T22:46:15.152-05:00Thinking About...My opinion on various subjects that come to mind. These personal opinions were developed over a lifetime of experiences as a: student, Air Force veteran, insurance salesman, husband, friend, lover, father, grand father, reader, world traveler, chess player, and bridge player.Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-54795371840329674592014-09-27T21:52:00.001-04:002014-09-27T21:52:18.428-04:00 CHAPTER SIXTEEN<div class="MsoNormal">
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Lane, famous science reporter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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conducting experiments on the island of Little Exuma. He is trying to eliminate
a troublesome side affect from his Magic Flashlight which converts evil people
to good people but makes them laugh uncontrollably. The professor is in
downtown George Town blinking his flashlight at the local natives and then
studying their resulting actions. His first test subject, after being blinked
at, mugs an old lady and steals her purse, but then helps her across the street.
Another subject robs a bank but then contributes the money to the Salvation
Army. So it appears that the blinking flashlight creates both evil and good.
The good news is neither subject was laughing uncontrollably. They were just giggling.
So progress is being made. The professor is adjusting the frequency of the
flashes to fine tune its affect. I will be reporting on his continuing research
in next week’s paper. Let’s hope for some good news.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-33801519492844889922014-09-24T21:14:00.000-04:002014-09-24T21:14:57.951-04:00 CHAPTER FIFTEEN<div class="MsoNormal">
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The laughter created by my magic flashlight and the conversion of evil people
into peace loving good people is a positive step towards peace on earth. We
just need to moderate the laughing effect so that the laughter is controllable.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the professor, “If the laughter is moderated, will that also reduce the effect
on evil people?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Professor Ruff said, “Yes,
it might make them half good and half evil which would make them confused about
who and what they are. But that would be better than having them be all evil.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said, “Everyone is part good and part evil. We just need to make sure the good
side is stronger than the evil side. Is there a way to accomplish that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ruff said, “Maybe,
but I will have to do some experimenting to find out. I will try blinking the
flashlight on and off and see what happens.” Professor Ruff went into George
Town, Little Exuma, and began blinking his flashlight at the local natives and
then studied their behavior. Lois Lane went with him to write a science article
for the New York Times about the experiment. Hairy and the committee for
creating good in the world were hopeful that the experiment would have good
results. That is everyone except the Tsar. </span></div>
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a really stupid idea!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-43550402704336812792014-09-18T23:32:00.001-04:002014-09-18T23:53:42.792-04:00 CHAPTER FOURTEEN<div class="MsoNormal">
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of the team at his luxurious Island villa. After introductions, Hairy asked
Gelos to explain how he would help the cause of creating good in the world.
Gelos said, “Well first of all, I think I should explain how and why laughter
is good for the world. Together, we can lead the world to health, happiness,
and peace through laughter. The Copernican principal explains why laughter will
be still around a million years from now. According to Nicolaus Copernicus
things that have been around for a long time are likely to be around longer
than things that have not been around for such a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Laughter is likely to last longer than hatred, war, and other evil things. We
just need to help laughter to: reduce stress, release negative emotions, help
people to relax, make us feel good, strengthen our immune systems, lower blood pressure,
and connect to others, be fun to be with. Laughter is contagious and shared
laughter promotes bonding, unity and solidarity within a group while having
fun. But it must be done naturally without the use of a magic flashlight. The
question is, <b><i>why aren’t people laughing more??"</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Eventually, after
thousands of years, the majority of mankind accepted the idea of there being
only one supreme God. This supreme God replaced belief in all of the existing
pagan gods that were worshiped by the ancients. The god of laughter, Gelos, was
not happy about being replaced and decided to stick around and keep an eye on
things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the magic flashlight technology, he was greatly concerned about its use to
create laughter. As far as he was concerned, the only legitimate ways to create
laughter were amusing jokes, entertainment and drinking wine until everything
seemed funny. There used to be wonderful festivals when everyone got drunk and
made toasts to the god of laughter. Those were the happiest days. Gelos did not
think that laughter should come from a magic flashlight regardless of other
goodness that might be created. Gelos decided to join Hairy and the committee
for creating good in the world. He arrived on Little Exuma Island in one of
Apollo’s ships and announced that he was there to help the cause.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-72219400133083178722014-08-30T19:17:00.001-04:002014-08-30T19:20:42.664-04:00 CHAPTER TWELVE<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy took the next flight to Zurich and met with
professor Ruff who said he would be willing to join the committee for creating
more good in the world. However, the professor warned Hairy that his magic
flashlight had a side effect that he was still trying to eliminate. Hairy
asked, “What is the side effect?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The professor said,” After being exposed to the
magic flashlight, people become afflicted with uncontrollable laughter which makes
it impossible for them to carry on a conversation.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy said, “Well, what’s so bad about that. If evil
people are changed into loving good people who can’t stop laughing, what’s the
harm of that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Professor Ruff said, “I am not sure but it just
doesn’t seem right. I am worried about it.” I think the side effect should be
eliminated before we use the flashlight for large applications.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy said, “Let’s move your laboratory to the
island of Little Exuma where you can continue to work on the side effect
problem with the help of the committee for creating good in the world. I will
assign Jasmine Loverly to serve as your personal assistant.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After seeing a photograph of the beautiful Jasmine
Loverly, the professor quickly agreed to make the move.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To
be continued…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-57602209766380771102014-08-26T19:45:00.000-04:002014-08-26T19:45:06.081-04:00 CHAPTER ELEVEN<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When it was the Freelance Thinkers turn to
brainstorm, he told the group about a Zurich science professor, Doctor
Christian Ruff, who invented a magic flashlight that created a light that
stimulates people’s brains so that they have behavioral changes. These changes positively change people to care about others and become more peaceful. Evil
is darkness. Good is light. Give everyone a magic flashlight and there will
only be good in the world. The Freelance Thinker suggested that they encourage
Doctor Ruff to collaborate with their group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy said, “That’s it! That is exactly what we
need. I will fly to Zurich and convince Dr. Ruff to make his technology
available to us. Then we will develop a larger version of the flashlight that
can be used to shine its light on the trouble areas of the world such as Syria
and Iraq. This will convert the Isis army from a brutal purveyor of death, torture,
and mutilation, into a peace loving bunch of people who care about others. They
will drop their weapons and start hugging their enemies. There will be peace on
earth and Miss America contestants will finally get what they have always
wanted!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To
be continued…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-68018973967024925082014-08-14T20:23:00.000-04:002014-08-14T20:28:11.251-04:00 CHAPTER TEN<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagined Gods, Mythical Gods, and even the one true
God could not or would not eliminate evil. All the world’s religions have not
been able to explain it. They call it a mystery that cannot be explained. They
say you must have faith that God knows what he is doing. Hairy decided that God
needed some help concerning this issue. He reasoned that if there was more “good”
in the world, then there would be less room for evil. He decided to search for
a way of creating more good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hairy Risk Taker, Jasmine
Loverly, Lois Lane, the Tsar and the Freelance Thinker all got together for
cocktails at Hairy’s luxurious villa on the island of Little Exuma. The purpose
of the meeting was to brainstorm ways of creating more good in the world. Hairy
reminded everyone of some basic rules for brainstorming: 1. We want lots of
ideas. 2. We encourage wild ideas. 3. We defer judgment and do not criticize other
people’s ideas. 4. We build on other people’s ideas. And remember, there are no
dumb ideas. The Tsar kicked the session off by suggesting that they drop a hydrogen
bomb on the Middle East. Hairy said, “Okey-dokey, that is certainly a wild
idea. Who is next?”<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-85648002689682752562014-08-12T15:02:00.004-04:002014-08-12T15:15:51.301-04:00 CHAPTER NINE<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; color: #23262a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Using Hairy’s
imagination God appeared to him on a bar stool in Hairy’s favorite tavern
during the half price cocktail hour. Hairy was enjoying a martini when the guy
next to him said, “I am sorry, Hairy, but I cannot grant your request for a
modified free will.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #23262a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Jesus!” exclaimed Hairy, “Are you really God?
You look a lot like everyone else at the bar. And what are you drinking?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #23262a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God said, “Yes, I am
your imagined God and I look like everyone else because I created mankind in my
own image. I am drinking a fine Bordeaux that used to be a glass of water. (God
has unique privileges).” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #23262a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy said, “Why can’t
you switch to a modified free will?” I thought you can do anything.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #23262a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God said, “It is complicated
and beyond your ability to understand. It has to do with the fact that there
are two distinct kinds of freedom. There is free will and there is freedom of
action. There is an important distinction between these two related, but
conceptually distinct, kinds of freedom. The truth of causal determinism
further muddies the water. I only created two guys who were compatibilists and
capable of explaining it but they are dead and gone from the face of the earth.
You just have to trust me. I have exhaustive control of all that goes on and I
know what I’m doing.” God lit a cigar and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Hairy
ordered another martini and kept shaking his head.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #23262a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #23262a; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"><i>To be continued...</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #23262a; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"><i> </i></span></span><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpUxpcaW1Aw0z-o8gwJQKw-pU2tB5TM7qN6elz6_zU71KZMhDyog" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Hairy knew that the only way to create a hidden
force for good was to enlist the help of God. He imagined a meeting with God to
discuss it. Since God is “all knowing”, he figured that this would be his best
shot at communicating with the “all powerful one”. Whatever Hairy imagined, God
would have to be aware of it. So Hairy imagined a meeting in which he proposed
that the gift of free will be modified to limit the actions of humans to only
good acts and not allow any evil acts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hairy told the All Mighty, “Because, by definition, you
are a logical entity you should be able to see the sense of modifying free will
to eliminate evil but continue to allow people to have the free will to choose
to love, or not love you. God would continue to have the pleasure of the
willing love of some humans and the rest he could send to hell. The awful evil
on earth would be eliminated to the joy of mankind. Now doesn’t that make a
lot of sense? And </span><span style="line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">would</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> it not prove that God is good?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Hairy’s imagined God said, “Yes it does make sense.
I will think it over and let you know next week whether or not I will modify
free will.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">To
be continued…</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #999999; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i> He created man for His glory and for His pleasure (</i>Revelations 4:11)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lois, Jasmine, and Hairy did some serious
brainstorming about evil in the world. They decided that the worst kind of evil
was the hidden, insidious kind that is fostered by apparently “good” but
ignorant people of science and religions. These people generate hatred which destroys
cooperation between people and nations. The result is the creation of the worst
kinds of evil such as: discrimination, murder and war. Science ridicules religions.
The various religions criticize science. And each of the religions feels that
all the other religions are not the correct religion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy decided to focus their attention on
eliminating the hidden and insidious kinds of evil that exist in the world. He
knew that education was helpful but it could not accomplish their goal of
cooperation without some help. A hidden force for good was needed. He decided
to create a hidden force which would help to promote and encourage good in the
world. He figured it would take about a week to come up with the answer. He suggested
that they should meet again next week so that he could explain and implement
his world changing plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To
Be continued…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<img height="400" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Bernhard_Plockhorst_-_Schutzengel.jpg/220px-Bernhard_Plockhorst_-_Schutzengel.jpg" width="287" /></div>
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<b> MAYBE A GUARDIAN ANGEL IS NEEDED</b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Hairy Risk Taker School of Tap Dancing And Guide To Finding
The Meaning Of Life became successful but one of its graduates, a newspaper
reporter from the New York Times, questioned its ability to fight evil in the
world as was promised by Hairy when he came out of retirement. The crack
reporter, Lois Lane, pointed out that, “Sure, I can dance well and I can philosophize
as well as Plato but I have not seen any reduction of evil in the world.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jasmine Loverly said, “You know, Hairy, she is right. We have produced
some terrific bull shitters who can dance like Sammy Davis Junior but we have
done nothing to reduce evil. We should get back on track and fulfill your
promise of fighting evil.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hairy said, "Damn it. I was having so much fun that I forgot to stick
with our goal. Hokay, Here is what we will do. Our graduate crack investigative
reporter will be designated as our bird dog to sniff out evil so that we can
deal with it. Lois, are you willing to do that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lois said, “I would be honored to accept your challenge. I am
thrilled to become a member of your team of evil fighters.” And so the hunt
began…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After being sued by the
American College of Cardiologist and Transplant Surgeons, Hairy was forced to
admit that performing heart transplant surgery at home was a bad idea. He was
forced to terminate his web page and go back to looking for ways to fight evil.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy
launched a poetry contest for a poem that could be dedicated to fighting evil
in America. The following poem won the top prize:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unburn the boat,
rebuild the bridge,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reconsecrate the
sacrilege,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unspill the
milk, decry the tears,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turn back the
clock, relive the years<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Replace the
smoke inside the fire,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unite fulfillment
with desire,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Undo the done,
gainsay the said,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Revitalize the
buried dead,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Revoke the
penalty and clause,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reconstitute
unwritten laws,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Repair the
heart, untie the tongue,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Change the
faithless old to hopeful young,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inure the body
to desease<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And help me to
replace Obama <u>please!</u></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">My apologies to the poet Duncan Forbes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">During Pierre’s first
dance lesson, Jasmine noticed that he was staring at her neck while his eyes
turned red and his teeth became fangs. She immediately recognized him for what
he was. As he lunged at her throat, she deftly kicked him in the chest, burying
the high heel of her dance instructor’s shoe in his heart. He instantly collapsed
to the floor and became a pile of Transylvania dirt. She swept up his remains
and flushed him down the toilet_ Thus ended the Vampire’s attempt at destroying
Hairy Risk Taker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Meanwhile, Hairy was
busy designing a web page for older American men with heart trouble. The site’s
name is, “<i>DO IT YOURSELF HEART
TRANSPLANTS”.</i> It promises to show how heart transplant surgery can be
easily performed at home using basic power tools, aquarium tubing and a bottle
of single malt scotch. It was a fine effort by Hairy to help men enjoy a longer
life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">To be continued...</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pierre Margolle</span>
is a man with evil ancestors. He is a descended of Count Dracula. Yes, I am
serious. Pierre is a modern day vampire with a grudge against Hairy who, once
upon a time, drove a stake through the heart of Pierre’s uncle, Count Sucker of
Transylvania. Pierre’s plan was to suck the blood out of beautiful Jasmine
Loverly. Then,she would turn into a vampire who could be controlled by Pierre. He would make Jamine murder the world’s most famous tap dancer. Pierre disguised himself
as a wanna be tap dancer and enrolled in Hairy’s School of Tap Dancing And
Guide To Finding The Meaning Of Life. He requested Jasmine as his instructer. He figured it would be easy to bite her neck while they were dancing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>To be continued...</i></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In order to set up the
curriculum for their school of philosophy, Hairy and Jasmine collaborated on
defining the meaning of life. It was not an easy task as evidenced by the fact
that there was not a common definition of the meaning of life in the entire
world. Jasmine liked Pablo Picasso’s, “<i>The
meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” </i> Hairy thought Pablo’s definition was too
simple and not suitable for a uniform definition of ‘The Meaning’ that would be
acceptable by everyone. After much thinking and brainstorming, they settled on
the following: “<i>There are an infinite
number of meanings if you are fortunate enough to have life. The gift of life
does not come with a readymade ‘Meaning’. Life is meaningful in a different way
for each individual. You must choose your own meaning. The choices are
limitless, such as survival, procreation, to love and be loved, search for
truth, leave the world a better place, have fun, enjoy the journey, look for
the best way to spend your time on earth, etc. etc. etc.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile and I do mean mean, Pierre Margolle, the mean and evil rumba
dancer, was thinking up ways to destroy Hairy’s dream of doing some good in the
world. He had a secret reason for hating Hairy Risk Taker and he would not tell
anyone what it was_ not even his dance partner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">To be continued...</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The Hairy Risk Taker School of
Tap Dancing And Guide To Finding The Meaning Of Life was located on a secluded
Bahamian Out Island called Little Exuma. His lead instructor was a beautiful,
unique and hot woman named Jasmine Loverly. She was good at everything,
including tap dancing and philosophy.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><img alt="Little Exuma, Bahamas" src="http://www.exumabahamas.org/little-exuma.jpg" /></div>
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<img src="http://likacreation.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/argentine-tango.jpg" height="222" width="400" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hairy was ready to open for business but little did
he know that there was a rumba dancer on the other side of the island who did
not believe there was any meaning to life. His name was Pierre Margolle and he </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">planned to sabotage Hairy’s school. He was a terrific dancer but a very evil
man!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-15749491399625872732014-05-27T22:58:00.001-04:002014-05-27T22:59:23.293-04:00A NEW HAIRY RISK TAKER NOVEL<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By popular demand, I am writing a new Hairy Risk
Taker novel about Hairy coming out of retirement to deal with the continuing existence
of evil in the world. After solving the problems of terrorism, bankruptcy in
the European Union, Declaration of war against the U. S. by a small Pacific
island, California Indians threatening to sink Los Angeles into the ocean with
an earthquake, Obama being controlled by Russian communist, and a rash of
watered down drinks in American bars, Hairy retired to the Caribbean Islands with
two beautiful lady bartenders. The new novel’s title is, <i>Hairy Is Back To Save The World With His Amazing Tap Dancing And To
Answer The Question “What Is The Meaning Of Life?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After a bunch of rum swizzles, many intellectual conversations
with the lady bartenders, and hours of sunning himself on the beaches, Hairy
was bored. He was anxious to get back into action. He decided to work on the
questions of, “Why we are here and what is the meaning of life?” He felt that
the world would be a better place if everyone on earth knew the answer to these
questions. He decided to work on getting the answers. He also thought that everyone
would be happier if they knew how to tap dance. So, he started a tap dancing
school franchise combined with a school to study the meaning of life. Hairy
felt like he was involved in a couple of worthwhile endeavors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-59003917119636431272014-05-19T23:17:00.000-04:002014-05-19T23:17:15.107-04:00 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MAN, CHAPTER 10 <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thompson needed help to deal with the President’s
latest move toward the European socialistic welfare state. He turned to the
Freelance Thinker for advice to save America. The Freelance Thinker, known just
as “Free” at the Manitou Beach Institute for economics, is considered to be their
best research fellow and all around good fellow. After Tom explained what the
President was proposing, Free had some free advice for Tom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He said, “What you should do is beat him at his own
game. Form a new political party called The Red Herring Party and state that
your platform is ‘A strong and just society that ensures that the wealth
generated by all is shared fairly as determined by the state. This will be
accomplished by progressive taxes on the rich to redistribute wealth from the
winners to the losers. When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for
everybody’. You promise everything that is promised by the President’s policy,
plus more. With this platform you can get your party elected and then, impeach
the President!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stuff you’re talking about because that would be worse than what the President
is proposing.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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making promises and everybody knows they never keep their promises. Once you
get your party elected in to power, you can renege and go back to the
principles that made our country great. Lying and cheating is okay if it is
done for a worthy cause. The end justifies the means.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the U.S.A. continued on into perpetuity, thanks to Free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-66212573860390467682014-05-07T01:14:00.000-04:002014-05-07T01:14:26.111-04:00THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MAN, CHAPTER 9<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After losing the debate with Tom Thompson, the
President was reluctant to initiate another ridiculous campaign for a liberal
idea that could be attacked by conservative Tom. But after a couple of weeks,
the President was ready to promote another “way to the left” idea that would
buy some more votes from the uneducated and unemployed voters. His plan was to
promise equal income to all citizens regardless of their sex, education, or
employment status. Not only free health care but free food and free alcoholic
beverages for everybody and you don’t have to work for it. Who wouldn’t vote
for that?! Oh, and everyone gets a free luxury car with a lifetime supply of
premium gasoline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said, “Simple, we merely tax all the rich people and give it to the unfortunate
people who are not rich. Then we will have a society that is truly fair and
equal.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to figure out a way to explain to all the stupid people why that cannot work. I’m
going to need the help of the Freelance Thinker for this.”</span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-29380970523848062462014-04-15T12:05:00.001-04:002014-04-15T12:25:12.237-04:00 CHAPTER EIGHT, THE DEBATE<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">President Obama
accepted Tom’s challenge but stipulated that he only had time to debate one
subject and he chose the issue of “<i>Equal
Pay for Women”</i> Tom said that he
would accept the President’s terms even though it was a cheap political trick
to buy the votes of women. Since Obama chose the subject, Tom offered to go
first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Tom said, “It is a
statistical fraud when Barack and other politicians say that women earn only
77% of what men earn and that this is because of discrimination. It would
certainly be discrimination if women were doing the same work as men, for the
same number of hours, with the same amount of training and experience, as well
as other things being the same. But study after study, over the past several
decades, has shown repeatedly that those things are not the same. Constantly
repeating the “77 percent” statistic does not make them the same. It simply
takes advantage of many people’s ignorance to buy votes; something that Barack
Obama has been very good at doing on other issues such as Health Care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Some women are mothers
and some men are fathers. But does the fact that they are both parents make
them comparable in the labor market? Actually the biggest disparity in incomes
is between fathers and mothers. Nor is there anything mysterious about this.
How surprising is it that woman with children do not earn as much as woman who
do not have children? If you don’t think children take up a mother’s time, you
just haven’t raised any children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">How surprising is it
that men with children earn more than men without children? Is it surprising
that a man who has more mouths to feed is more likely to work longer hours? Or
take on harder or more dangerous jobs, in order to earn more money? 90% of the
people who are killed on the job are men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">There is no point pretending that there are no
differences between what women do and what men do in the workplace, or that
these differences don’t affect income!"<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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argument, the President decided to not offer a rebuttal. He realized he had
lost the debate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thomas Sowell’s book, <i>“Economic Facts and
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-21994526541248551802014-04-08T20:38:00.000-04:002014-04-08T20:54:15.769-04:00CHAPTER SEVEN, OBAMA IS CHALLENGED TO A DEBATE<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tom Thompson issued a press release challenging
President Obama to a debate. Tom was alarmed by recent actions of the President
that seemed to jeopardize the existence of America. Tom said, “Forget about all
of his previous blunders and unconstitutional proclamations, now , his last 3
actions are 3 steps in the direction of national oblivion: Step #1 was drawing
a line in the Russian sand and daring
Putin to cross it, and he did. Step #2 was trying to give away control of
the American invented Internet to the United Nations (what a disaster that
would be!!) Step #3 is issuing a proclamation that is attempting to make women’s
pay equal to men’s pay. This is probably the most damaging step of all. It will
create economic damage that will lead to a massive depression. Think about it;
if you have to pay the same amount to women that you pay to men, why would you
hire a woman? Consequently, all the women will lose their jobs resulting in a
50% increase in unemployment. What a mess!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-60701427213031943622014-04-01T21:16:00.001-04:002014-04-01T21:39:34.791-04:00A NEW, EXCITING CHAPTER OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MAN<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tom Thompson called a meeting of the Immortal
Philosophers and said, “I do not think that your ancient wisdom is capable of handling
the problems of my modern world. Heraclitus was right when he said, ‘One cannot
step twice in the same river.’ Today’s river is filled with slippery, rocky
problems that you do not understand. I hereby release you to go back to
antiquity and I thank you for trying to help. I will become a modern Superhero
who will deal with these problems with the philosophy of comedy. I will help
America to laugh its way out of trouble. After all what could be funnier than
the weird antics of President Obama? I will fight his ridiculous programs with
my own brand of ridiculous humor! Let the game begin. May the best sense of
humor win. Wish me luck, oh wise ones!"<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-3509692159629135332014-03-24T00:19:00.000-04:002014-03-24T00:19:54.801-04:00WHAT DOES CLINT THINK OF MY NOVEL?<img alt="Approves (click image to view)" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/65/ee/b1/65eeb1d235a1efba75694c779a982bfc.jpg" /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CLINT AGREES WITH MY PHILOSOPHY BUT HE SAYS I AM GETTING TOO SERIOUS AND SHOULD GO BACK TO WRITING SILLY STUFF SO, I AM TAKING HIS ADVICE!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>LOOK FOR A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE STORY LINE IN MY NEXT CHAPTER. THANKS FOR STICKING WITH ME EVEN THOUGH I WENT A LITTLE CRAZY.</b></span>Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-9449146519670826002014-03-22T16:07:00.001-04:002014-03-22T16:07:13.883-04:00 CHAPTER FIVE<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tom Thomson felt that
he had a rendezvous with destiny so he wrote a speech that could also be used
as a letter addressed to all the candidates for the U. S. House and Senate:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Candidates, Citizens,
Patriots, lend me your ears; we need to impeach Barack Hussein Obama for
failure to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Impeachment is the “constitutional remedy” for a lawless, dictorial president
who has violated the Constitution more times than any other president in our
long history. We are at a crossroads because our leaders lack the moral courage
to stop spending and giving away benefits we can’t afford. They are addicted to
buying votes so that they can continue to be elected. Two thousand years ago
Plutarch warned that, “The real destroyer of the liberties of people is he who
spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.” Regardless of their
humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for benefits have
embarked on a downward path to totalitarianism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Our natural,
unalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government, and
freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is
at this moment. Please resist the temptation to get a temporary government
handout in exchange for a future loss of your freedom. I want to preserve for
our children the last best hope of man on earth and that is a free United
States of America! God Bless America!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Freelance Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04975475945128091041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866644877369888591.post-38871660638592732892014-03-18T21:45:00.000-04:002014-03-19T12:32:55.074-04:00 Chapter four<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tom Thomson pointed his cigar at John Locke and
said, “I have a question for you.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confidence in my ability to stop this Nation’s slide into Socialism and Tyranny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John said, “Because we know it’s in your blood and
your genes to fight for Liberty! Let me tell you about your great, great, great
Grandfather. Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the
Revolution and the Secretary of the Continental Congress Throughout its
existence. He was a leader in the revolutionary crises of the early 1770s. He
served as the secretary of the Continental Congress through its entirety. John
Adams called Charles Thomson <i>the life of
the cause of liberty.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John said, “We want you to motivate some candidates
for the Congress in 2014, who are Pro Impeachment of the President and Vice
President. Impeachment is America’s last hope of blocking the dictorial reign
of the imposter and usurper in the white house,’</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> ,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Barack Hussein Obama.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
and the window is closing fast,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> , The longer we wait, the more the man will continue to dismantle
our constitutional republic, our national security, our electoral</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">system, our economic
strength, our rights and liberties — and we may be left to see the foolishness
of our inaction from the hindsight of harsh reality.</span><b><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></i></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">. In
view of the fact Congress has refused to initiate impeachment against Mr. Obama
— despite his many impeachable offenses — the obvious solution is to</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">elect
new and better representatives of the people.</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> "The American
people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism
and the Democratic party,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist
program because of free benefits such as
health insurance until one day America
will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;">to be Continued...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18.666656494140625px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18.666656494140625px; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">Charles Thomson</span><br />
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<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Born</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">November 29, 1729<br />
<span class="birthplace"><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorteade&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #a55858; text-decoration: none;" title="Gorteade (page does not exist)">Gorteade</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Ireland</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Died</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">August 16, 1824 (aged 94)<br />
<span class="deathplace"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Merion_Township" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lower Merion Township">Lower Merion Township</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</span></td></tr>
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