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Community Comment archive for April 30, 2009

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009

Thought for the Minute... 

Good evening, Netizens...Here is a contribution from one of my more conspiratorial amigos...It was once said that a black man would be president when pigs fly, sure enough 100 days into Obama's presidency Swine Flu.Dave

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610 Months 11 

The sentence for Shellye Stark is in. Six Hundred and Ten months. That ought to be quieting. Just over 50 years. Do you think it's enough. Too much? Life would be better? Does this bring justice to the death of a human being?

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Chrysler World Headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan (The Spokesman-Review)

No surprise! Chrysler is heading for bankruptcy... 

Good morning, Netizens...Chrysler, the third-largest automotive manufacturer, will seek bankruptcy protection and enter an alliance with the Italian automaker Fiat, the White House announced Thursday. According to my memory, it is the first time since 1933 and the days of the humble Studebaker, that an…

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Jeanie of Spokane, without whom Community Comment could not survive. (The Spokesman-Review)

Belated Happy Birthday to Jeanie... 

Good morning, Netizens... This morning, as I wavered past the flowering tulips outside the doorway that leads to the Virtual Ballroom, pausing in my introspection to admire the neat handiwork of the Garden Gnomes who have been preparing the soil for our annual festival of…

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Belo Corporation (The Spokesman-Review)

KREM joins others in laying off personnel...

Good morning, Netizens... It isn't about the talent or skill, nor is it about their on-air personalities. It is all about the MONEY just about like what is happening to the newspaper industry nationwide. That is the story, according to the Spokane Inlander's (p://www.inlander.com/content/newscommentary_layoffs_krem) Nicholas…

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