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Let’s vote, already!

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, History, Politics, Preservation, Social issues, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Be done with it already!
What are any of the candidates going to say in the next week that will a) change minds, or b) not get them in trouble? Which could change some minds.
I am amazed that anyone can remain undecided at this point. I believe some voters have not made up their minds; I [...]

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Green space, white space

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Politics, Preservation, Social issues, Technology, immigration, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was raised in the country. Real country. My folks owned 50 acres of woodland in the middle of several thousand acres of woodland in a part of the state that was mostly trees and big rocks.
Imagine Gettysburg, with nothing but a few scattered houses between Gettysburg and, say, Arendtsville. Then make believe I lived [...]

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Nothing to do with ethnicity

Posted in Politics, Social issues, tagged , , , , , , , on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A jury last week found 40-year-old Leandro Ortiz-Lugo was guilty of first degree murder when pointed a 9mm pistol at her face and pulled the trigger one February morning in 2003.

Maria del Perez-Santos, 34, was from the Dominican Republic. There was no question she was dead, or that the man who was accused was her [...]

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