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The FReeper Canteen 15 MAY 2008 - Happy Birthday, L. Frank Baum!
The Land of Oz
| 15 MAY 2008
| The Wicked Witch of the West
Posted on 05/14/2008 5:53:55 PM PDT by Old Sarge
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To: HiJinx
And no b/p and no heart rate.
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posted on
05/14/2008 8:56:19 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
Red heads...Hope they win...Will kick fanny and take names.
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posted on
05/14/2008 8:57:03 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: TASMANIANRED
Oh, you mean excessive doses.
Yep, that’ll do it.
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posted on
05/14/2008 8:59:13 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
Watcha mean..Army manuevers??
Why.....follow the Yellow Brick Road, of course.
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:00:36 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(MSM-Keelhauling the News daily!)
To: HiJinx
My trend of the day has not been a fortunate one.
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:04:32 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: TASMANIANRED
In 1990, Hugh Rockoff wrote an article pubished in the Journal of Political Economy, Volumne 98 No 4, August, pp. 739-760.
The article “The ‘Wizard of Oz’ as a Monetary Allegory” suggests that the “Wizard of Oz” was an allegory about the most important issue of the mid 1890s-the free coinage of silver. Space limitation and time of night prevent me from a detailed summary but here is the cast of characters and who or what they symbolize (according to Rockoff)
At the Democratic Convention in 1896, William Jennings Bryan gave his famous “Cross of Gold” speech and was nominated for President.
Dorthy-American
Toto-Prohibition Party
Silver slippers (Ruby in the movie)-Free coinage of silver
The yellow brick road-this is easy-the gold standard
Oz-Ounce of Gold
Wicked Witch of the East-Grover Cleveland
Scarecrow-Western farmers
Tin Woodman-The American Worker
Cowardly Lion-Bryan
The Wizard-M.A. Hanna, industrialist, Chair RNC
Wicked Witch of the West-McKinley
To: MS.BEHAVIN
hoooo, doggies! That place will NEVER be the same after this! LOL!
Just get ready for it, Mr. B! :D
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:05:35 PM PDT
by
luvie
(The Republican Party is strongest when it is fearlessly conservative! RL \:D/)
To: BIGLOOK
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:05:41 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: LUV W; TASMANIANRED
LOL!
Two of the red-heads are incumbents, and one a newcomer.
Look out!
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:07:04 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: BIGLOOK
I can just imagine a battalion of recruits singing, “We’re Off To See The Wizard!”
I should know - we did it....
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:08:19 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: Old Sarge; BIGLOOK
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:10:05 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: TASMANIANRED
Are these elderly people?!
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:11:22 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Dems=You can Fool Some of the People all of the Time--Abraham Lincoln)
To: Old Sarge
In the Navy we'd sing 'Hi Ho, Hi Ho...it's off to war we go!' and the Marines would sing 'M..I..C....K..E..Y.....M.O.U.S.E!
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:13:20 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(MSM-Keelhauling the News daily!)
To: BIGLOOK
The other one was the marching song of the Wicked Witch’s troops...
“Oh-EEEE-oh.... ee-OOOOH-ah!”
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:20:07 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: Old Sarge; MS.BEHAVIN
I hope Little Devil gets the strange humor that troops have in hardship situations now.
When the going gets weird, the Weird go Pro!
Hunter Thompson.
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:27:55 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(MSM-Keelhauling the News daily!)
To: TASMANIANRED
Man! Talk about lost pings!
Howdy, Sissy!
(((hugs)))
Sorry I missed ya!
Now I have to go soon, too. Early morning tomorrow, darn it!
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:34:07 PM PDT
by
luvie
(The Republican Party is strongest when it is fearlessly conservative! RL \:D/)
To: BIGLOOK; Old Sarge
Yep, I get it, Sweetness!
Sorry it took me awhile to catch on!
237
posted on
05/14/2008 9:37:41 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
Comment #238 Removed by Moderator
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
05/14/2008 9:47:21 PM PDT
by
stand watie
(Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
To: fatima
I am well. I just got home from work, with side trips for gas (3.769 per gallon) and provisions. I stopped to read the boxes to make sure they all said microwavable...chicken and fish.
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