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www.aol.com from an e-mail Decline Of American Culture - Lyrics Then & Now From Olivia 1-26-5 I looked at Billboard's top ten of their 'Hot 100' songs (which uses both radio plays and sales to rank songs) for 2003. I summarized the theme (s) of each song in a couple of words and extracted a sample lyric. If the song contained any 'mystery lyrics' -- those written in whatever passes as 'English' these days, but which have no meaning to the average educated person -- I included those as well.   I then did the same thing for the year...

Bush on CSPAN Now in Ohio Speech

Due to Freeper Post, I sent a letter to the CA DMV concerning a license plate which read "FDUBYA". The post said to send a letter to the DMV and they would have to request the surrender of the license plate. Well......

This was passed on to me, but I can't understand it. Maybe you can... I'm trying to get all this political stuff straightened out in my head so I'll know how to vote come November. Right now, we have one guy saying one thing, then the other guy says something else. Who to believe. Lemme see; have I got this straight? Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good... Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad... Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good... Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad... Clinton imposes regime...

September 17, 2004 At The Front: No Doom And Gloom Here Longtime CQ reader Bob Stakel forwards me a message from his neice's husband, a Major in the Marine Corps who cannot understand why the American media keeps painting such a gloomy picture of their work. I've copied it, unedited, for CQ readers: A thought from Iraq – “Doom & Gloom about Iraq’s future….I don’t see it from where I’m sitting.”