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I Found a Haven Right Here (NYer Moves to Madison, WI Post 9/11)
Madison.com ^ | September 9, 2006 | Penelope Trunk

Posted on 09/09/2006 1:21:26 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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1 posted on 09/09/2006 1:21:27 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They'll have to cut back spending 70%.

They'll need that money to pay Wisconsin's taxes.


2 posted on 09/09/2006 1:25:37 PM PDT by giznort
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

So, an aging hippie moved to the Ithaca of the midwest and they expect us to think its something profound. My eyes are rolling so hard I have a headache.


3 posted on 09/09/2006 1:26:00 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

So, an aging hippie moved to the Ithaca of the midwest and they expect us to think its something profound. My eyes are rolling so hard I have a headache.


4 posted on 09/09/2006 1:26:12 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Madison, Ann Arbor, Berzerkely, all dominated by communists. Can't help but wonder why anyone would move there unless they were one.


5 posted on 09/09/2006 1:29:00 PM PDT by kjo
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Penelope Trunk appears to be a professional 9/11 victim.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,174615,00.html

Cha-ching!!!


6 posted on 09/09/2006 1:29:02 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (This tagline is false.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Madison has changed a good deal since my grandfather moved there from the "old country" in the late 1800's. Raised 12 children and made his living cutting ice out of Lake Mendota. I used to visit there frequently with my father to see my uncle who lived there until his death about 15 years ago. But the taxes are indeed ridiculous.


7 posted on 09/09/2006 1:29:47 PM PDT by RichardW
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What an utter waste of time. There is no value to this piece whatsoever, other than to the writer herself, as she gets to suck-up to the staff at her hometown paper. As soon as she comes out of the closet the cycle will be complete, and she'll get her credentials.


8 posted on 09/09/2006 1:30:26 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Good Post! Good story by a person who was there when it was happening.


9 posted on 09/09/2006 1:33:31 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
But after that what I really felt was enormous disappointment that I would not get to be with a husband, who I had just married.

Now I know that if I die tomorrow, what I'll regret is not getting to watch my life unfold. So I make sure to appreciate the unfolding of each day. I made a career change from Wall Street-based business development to home-based writer, I had two kids, and I encouraged my husband to reject jobs with long hours. We vowed to cut back our spending 70 percent to create a more simple life.

Hmmmmm I seem to smell a PR job. 2 Kids and a new husband after losing one Husband in the Twin Towers? Pretty fast work for only 5 years.

10 posted on 09/09/2006 1:35:24 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Say Leftists. How many Nazis did killing Nazis in WW2 create? Samurai? Fascists?)
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To: Dont Mention the War

isn't she one of the jersey girls?


11 posted on 09/09/2006 1:37:16 PM PDT by wildwood
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a new husband after losing one Husband in the Twin Towers?

Read it again.

12 posted on 09/09/2006 1:38:57 PM PDT by JennysCool (Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
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To: MNJohnnie
I don't think her new husband died in the WTC. I think she thought she would die.

the author of the forthcoming book: "You Don't Need a Ladder to Get to the Top: New Rules for Success" (Warner).

13 posted on 09/09/2006 1:41:36 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hmmm, Madison WI, the Commie HQ of the midwest ... some people never learn.



14 posted on 09/09/2006 1:42:59 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Make your choice and save your tears....AM YISRAEL CHAI!)
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To: kjo

..."respects culture and diversity.". We have a pinko!


15 posted on 09/09/2006 1:43:19 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
i don't think you should totally discount her. the journey, for some, is one step at a time. she may be a professional victim, and may be "sucking up" to the madison "society," but, still, 9/11 was 9/11.

i'm not saying she gets a free pass. i just don't want to be like the close minded liberal, who cannot accept anything anyone outside his realm says.

16 posted on 09/09/2006 1:46:09 PM PDT by wildwood
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To: Dont Mention the War

There's a difference between being a victim, and telling about a life-changing experience. WHAT IS WRONG with this article?


17 posted on 09/09/2006 1:47:03 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: La Enchiladita

Madison is nothing compared to Ann Arbor. She merely moved to Madison because she couldn't afford Ann Arbor.


18 posted on 09/09/2006 1:47:40 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Hildy
WHAT IS WRONG with this article?

Anyone with a comic sense of the absurd cannot make it past the first two sentences without laughing.

I was next to the World Trade Center when it fell, and for the past five years, people have regularly asked me, "How has it changed your life?"

This month, for the first time, I can say, "I moved to Madison."


19 posted on 09/09/2006 1:49:53 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Does she still drink out of toilets in Wisconsin?


20 posted on 09/09/2006 1:50:32 PM PDT by sandra_789
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