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MY STRAIGHT LINE LEARNING CURVE Learning can be a slow process for me. It never ceases to amaze me how amazed I can still get when some factoid finally manages to bore a hole in my skull and jump in. I mean, not to sound too self-congratulatory or anything, but when you're nearing the end of your sixth decade, you start thinking there aren't too many surprises left. So imagine my surprise when one of those surprises that had been lagging for 58 plus years decided to finally show up. The occasion was the Monday morning writers' group I regularly...

INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENCE by Dennis E. Fishel RE: "Bush paves rough patches with fear" by Marianne Means, August 12, 2004 Having once attempted to help their hero through the quagmire created by his efforts to redefine the word "is", lefties like Marianne Means have now decided to educate us all on the meaning of a much larger and more complex word, "intelligence". As we approach the third anniversary of what will forever be known as simply "9/11", Ms. Means and, to be fair, a whole laundry list of others suffering from severe myopia, apparently feel there's no rationale for issuing alarms...

The Constipationality Issue By Dennis E. Fishel, March 13, 2003 A few days ago, a memorial to the victims of 9/11 in La Habra, California was destroyed by a group war protestors, that collection of really bright personages who hate the country they refuse to leave. The memorial, privately constructed and maintained since September 12, 2001, was displayed on a fence. I'm assuming here, but since most municipalities don't build the fences between houses and public sidewalks, I'd guess the display was on private property. In any event, the display contained a large number of American flags, most definitely purchased...