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Community Comment archive for Dec. 20, 2008

SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 2008

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Here's how it is done... 

Good morning, Netizens...Here is a conga line, or at least that is what one resident of Lincoln, Nebraska calls it. They close the streets one section at a time, and then here come the plows. Boom! Next.http://media.spokesman.com/documents/snowplan.pdfDave

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Sideswipes --  

Good morning, Netizens... Dr. J. sent me a heads-up this morning in e-mail that another powerhouse Pacific Storm is about to march ashore in Seattle. Weather forecasters are talking high winds, sleet, snow, rain—you know, all the usual dire things. With a stinging windstorm expected…

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Think we have it bad? 11 

Good morning, Netizens...Photo Credit: REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)Labourers carry bricks on their heads at a brick kiln at Kodhasar village, 40 km (25 miles) south of the northern Indian city of Allahabad. This picture made it to the near-top of my personal list of one of…

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He makes it look easy... 

Good morning, Netizens...Picture Credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty ImagesThe government took steps yesterday to tighten the bail conditions for suspected Ponzi Scheme fraudster Bernard Madoff. They eliminated the bail provision that allowed Bernie to walk the streets without restriction during the day, confined to his home only…

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Finding humor in a snowbank... 

Good morning, Netizens... Now that I have pilloried and castigated the our union Street Department, as is usually my rule, now I'm going to take an ironic look at this entire disaster called snow day 2008 and see if there is any comedic content to…

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The Bush Legacy? 15 

Good morning Netizens...Cartoon Credit: David Horsey/Seattle Post-IntelligencerIn today's David Horsey cartoon he takes yet another broad-handed swipe at President George Bush and some of it connects. As another political commentator recently observed, George Bush is the lame duck President of our generation, who has a…

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