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A little sampling of the mailbox and what is been going around the web in the past week.

FLORIDA:  It seems as though I ought to write something about the election, but I’m darned if I can think of anything that hasn’t already been said.  The historical angle, the racial angle, the political angle – all are obvious.  It has all been said, is pretty darned clear to those who care to see, and will be repeated many times over the next couple of centuries, for this is a millennial event; the most powerful country in history is for the first time going to be led by a representative who is not only of it, but also of a lineage that has become one of the least-enfranchised on Earth.

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OKLAHOMA;  Well, voting Democratic in Oklahoma for president is always an exercise in futility.  I checked this morning and found that NO state in the U. S. had a higher percentage of votes for McSame than Oklahoma.  Thank you, Daily Oklahoman.  I hope I live long enough to see that rag go tits up.

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TEXAS:  “If you do not get this e-mail let me know.”
:D Thanks Don, I think I will make this my new signature line.

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FLORIDA:  We have proven that Yes, We Can.  Now we must show that We Can Continue.

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WASHINGTON STATE:  First and most important of all… You Voted! Be proud of that fact. Second, you voted your feelings. Be proud of that fact too.  It is nearly impossible to vote for political candidates based on straight and honest answers from them. And it’s a mistake to vote based on their intellect and skills alone. This leaves those gut feelings. Our feelings, in the end, are not always right either but they belong to us and they tend to be right much more  than anything a politician says.

As for the country looking pretty grim, that’s the ole half empty glass again. Beginning with it’s very inception, the revolution,  our democratic country has been tested numerous times with the grimmest of out looks. And yet the American fortitude prevails.   No, I don’t believe for a minute the ‘sky is falling’ or the ‘glass is half empty’ but I do believe in the US Americans fortitude to make things right in the end. Japan’s attack on Peal Harbor is a good example of that test. After 6 straight years of total domination by the Republicans, I have soured on the after effects of their control.    This does not mean that total Democratic control is going to be any better but we sure do need some counter-balance for a while. I pray, this will help bring the USA back to some sort of middle ground.

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WESTCOAST:  Too much Liberal, too much conservative…Too much of any one thing is always bad.

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OKLAHOMA:  “Living in a small town in Oklahoma (population 714) and being just about the only Obama fan on the horizon is not all that good, you are about as popular as a turd in the punchbowl … but I am glad we won it.”

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CALIFORNIA:  “Smith, bite me” now that put me right back into the late 50s, guy is a little hard on his little brother, he is kidding isn’t he, he couldn’t be that big of an a** all this time, could he. What the f— just happened, are we all socialists now  I don’t feel any different but I guess it takes awhile to set in, wallet hasn’t gotten any fatter, or thinner, pretty thin to start with. This share the wealth thing?  Was thinking of sending Milt an email with my address so he could send his payment directly to me, lets get some of this money flowing.

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GEORGIA:  “Hey man, what the —-?  You printed part of my email!” … (Read the “Email Note” at the top of page .. It’s right there … Any mail we receive we reserve the right to publish, Emails we find worthy or interesting may be used, unless you instruct us to specifically not publish it. Email that is published will always be anon.  You miss that part?)

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WASHINGTON:  This is going to several friends and family.  I was very much undecided about the presidential election.  I mustered some intestinal fortitude and placed my vote for McCain.  I don’t vote on a party basis, rather who I think will get the job done. The main reason for voting for Mac was how he would handle the Mid East crisis.  Being he was a military person, I thought he would handle it better.

As it stands now, it looks pretty grim for the country.  The country we grew up in will no longer exist.  We’re going to decline toward the European model, Russia and China will rise as the dominate powers in the world.  God help us.

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One more on a positive note.

CALIFORNIA ….. If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale. Who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Faralon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her … A very dangerous proposition.

One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.  When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them.  Pushed gently around-she thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same. May you, and all those you love be so blessed and fortunate … To be surrounded by people.  Who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you.

And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.  I pass this on to you, my friend, in the same spirit.

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See you all on Monday.  I now return to the cave, where I will be taking it easy.

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