The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
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It turns out that George Bush wasn’t being completely honest explaining the federal government’s response to Katrina. I know this will come as a big shock to many of you, but when W said that no one thought it would be as bad as it was, and no one could have anticipated the levee breach, he wasn’t telling the whole truth.
Read moreWhile I posted movie reviews (Date Movie, The Pink Panther), there has not been much else posted lately. I had a pretty bad couple of days related to work and my profession at the end of last week. I have also been busy with work, and the social calendar has been pretty full.
Read moreAt 1pm, I still had heard nothing from FTD about the delivery of Lay’s flowers. I called their 800 number again, and just had it on the speaker phone on the desk while I continued to work. Two hours later….At least I wasn’t hearing other conversations this time.
Read moreIt seems that FTD has a problem with their 800 order number (800-Send-FTD). After being on hold for a while, you are allowed to listen in to other callers talking with FTD Customer Service Representatives and placing orders. This means hearing the sentiments, addresses, phone numbers and Credit Card numbers.
Read more“People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life — like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” The four-year-old continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”
Read moreI get things similar in email from time to time, but finally decided to post one. There are actually some things that could spark some serious thought here. If we know we can do better at protecting kids, shouldn’t we? But at the same time, are we really over-protective, hence stiffling their growth, imagination and social development? What do you think?
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Read moreWe human beings have created this concept of time. We like to have beginnings and endings, and we American’s seem especially prone to the shorter increments of time. We celebrate almost all of our important holidays annually. We acknowledge birthdays and anniversaries every year. We note seconds (nano-seconds sometimes), hours, days, the months, the annual cycle of the seasons, and especially the years. It?s pretty traditional, as the we close one calendar and open another, to evaluate the year just past, and contemplate the year to come. So as 2005 fades, I?ll follow tradition and offer up my review of 2005.
Read moreWell, I realize that Bu$h says there’s nothing to this global warming thingy…but Tropical Storm Zeta has formed about 1,000 miles out in the Southern Atlantic. This is the 27th named storm for this year.
Read moreA five-game suspension hardly seems adequate punishment for a private high school six-man league football coach who brought in college-age players during an October game without telling anyone.
Read moreMr. Sun is currently running a series of dispatches from a clandestine mole, who’s embedded with those who are conducting their infernal war on Christmas. You can read the dispactes here.
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