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Truthseeker: My Post Election 10 Wishes

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Both parties need to rethink their hairstyles for men. The meticulously coiffed, Kempthornian do is a sure sign of a bloated ego and a sever case of “me-it is.” (you reading this Butch?, How bout you Bear?) Start going down to the local barber shop with the 70+ year old barber who has been cutting hair since the fifties, and actually pay for your haircut out of your own pocket money. Have a conversation with him and the guys that are hanging around. Learn what’s going on with their kids and grandkids, make jokes about your women-folk, discuss the merits of a 3-4 defense, laugh out loud with them over the 55 year old guy ahead of you, who’s in the chair and hates to have his ear hair trimmed cause it makes him feel old, listen to the fishing stories and thumb through the American Rifleman Magazine. Enjoy their company and their extraordinary commonness and thank goodness that every town in your district is full of people just like them – and count your blessings for the honor of working for them. If any elected official locally is looking for such a place, simply go see Jerry, down at Jerry’s Barber Shop on Government Way in Hayden. A good haircut, the razor around the ears, and a great dose of reality is guaranteed. Same can be said for the shop on Best Avenue -- Truthseeker.

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.