I Have a Dream

by on March 9, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Fifty years ago, Reverend Martin Luther King and many others crossed a bridge and were attacked for doing so based on the color of their skin. I did not live in that world. I was born in the seventies and grew up in the eighties, in a time and an America that say people, not the color of their skin. It’s hard for me to even imagine a time or place where color was an excuse to make someone ride in the back of a bus or go to a different bathroom. America is better now than we were then. Let’s keep improving her. Let’s keep dreaming.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 8, 2015 at 12:01 am
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The peace that ended the Second IndoChina War did not last of course. The socialists spent two years rebuilding and attacked again. That was a lesson in why one should never trust socialists. They are always looking for other peoples’ money to steal. South Vietnam asked for help again and the American government refused to send aid. And that is a lesson in why one should never trust the American government. They are only interested in taking other peoples’ money. And yes. I am aware of the similarities.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on March 7, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Dawn was one true classy lady. She flew with Ken for the longest time. Never did have a hair out of place or a piece of lint on her uniform. She always preferred dresses when out of uniform. And I don’t mean the slinky little numbers that were all the fashion back then. She always rolled her eyes at the “Wartime Rationing” excuse they gave for the lack of fabric they wore. She had real dresses and never gave in to the fashion nazis. She always was a rebel.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 6, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Most of the larger Corporate AIs tried to maintain a serious or non-controversial style. Talking smiles, football-playing Clydesdales, and jovial Presidents of bygone eras were some of the most successful Corporate AIs of the 2050s. I’m still surprised the Spanish-speaking Chihuahua survived the century. In an era when corporations ran from the mere accusation of being “culturally insensitive,” that dog and the various Indian warriors in full ceremonial garb are a bit of a surprise.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 5, 2015 at 12:01 am
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The irony is that the United States and South Vietnam actually won the Second IndoChina War. For certain definitions of the term. American airstrikes crippled the North Vietnamese economy so completely that they agreed to end the war. They signed a peace treaty accepting the existence of both Vietnamese states and America breathed a sigh of relief. The war was over. Or so the politicians said, and perhaps even fervently hoped was true.

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