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True Confessions

There are a few things going on these days which sort of got connected in my mind this morning. As you read this you’ll probably go “duh, it took him way too long as usual” but I’ve been trying not to jump to conclusions so I may seem a little slow. The three things are the gulf oil spill, the Goldman hearings, and the coal mine tragedy and while they’re very different things, I think at their cores is exactly the same behavior. Continue reading

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What A Maroon

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

I’m sure you’re all Bugs Bunny fans. When Bugs thought he had put a scam over on someone, inevitably he said “what a maroon”, his comic take on the word “moron.” Turns out many criminal share the same thinking as Bugs – we’re all maroons! Continue reading

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Check It Out

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As usual we’re going to avoid politics today but I’m going to use a piece from a political site to make my point, if you don’t mind.
A political site picked up a story that a blogger did recently which was an analysis of presidential rumors on the site Snopes.com. the link is there for those of you that want to read the source material which reviews the number of rumors floating around on each president as well as the percentages of those proven to be true. The point isn’t the politics of this – it’s that someone took the time to find out. Continue reading

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