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"What this country needs to restore farm prosperity is a tractor that
eats corn and potatoes."
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The current temperature is 27 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 35/20
Normal H/L temp for this date is 59/35
A 19 mph WNW wind is blowing a light dusting of snow into small drifts
of mixed snow and leaves.
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
(whether spoken or performed)
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff.
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While doing a bit of "research" in the Gazette library. I got to
thinking about profanity and ignorance. Actually, I started out thinking
how stupid it was for Minnesota State Sen. Norm Coleman to vote in favor
of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, better known as "CAFTA".
In my opinion that was certainly ignorant of him. And extremely
detrimental to the sugar industry in the United States of America.
Then again, I understand the 81 year old "leader" of Norm's gene pool.
Got caught in the back seat of his car, out front of a Pizza Parlor,
"entertaining" a young lady "with his pants down". Now that, I thought,
was stupid. I guess the old saying, "The apple doesn't fall far from the
tree", still has credence. Besides,.... what business does an 81 year
old man have at a Pizza Parlor anyway? Doesn't he know cheese will bung
you up, big time........... Or so it seems to me.
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=October 29th Benefit for Jill Demester=
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One of my greatest pleasures is learning, sometimes, the Gazette
actually does reach out and touch someone. This time, thanks to the
message Leah shared yesterday. Cindy wrote: >>>
Gary, What a day for you to print that poem. I lost my wonderful
Grandma this morning and to read that poem sure put a smile on my face.
She was the last grandparent I had and we were very close, so it has
been a rough morning for me. I sat to read the Gazette to get a bit of
wisdom. God works in mysterious ways because there it was, in the
Gazette !! It was sad for me to loose that last grandparent, so like you
say: Write if you can, call if you can't, and tell your loved ones they
are, before it's too late. Cindy <<< Thank you for caring and sharing
Cindy. Our entire family extend our most sincere condolences to you and
your loved ones. Grandma's truly are GRAND MOTHERS. They always seem to
be able to put just the right spin on life. After all, they are in fact,
what every Mother wants to be.
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Marvelous things are happening for Jill Demester's benefit.
# Wally's SuperMarkets offered to supply several hundred pounds of
turkey.
# Tom Campbell of Tri-Campbell Farms has offered a thousand pounds of
Red River Valley Potatoes.
# Denny's Food Pride has offered to supply a whole pile of bakery
goods.
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Dean sent the following a few days ago and would like to share it, he
says, for what it's worth. >>> Subject: democracy
In no way am I advocating one candidate over the other, I just felt
that this was interesting information that I came across concerning the
decline of democracy in America today. Take it for what it is and
don't shoot the messenger. Thanks.
About the time our original 13 states adopted their new
constitution, in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at
the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the
Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior.
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as
a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up
until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves
generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the
majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits
from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will
finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by
a dictatorship."
"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the
beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years,
these nations always progressed through the following sequence
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul,
Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000
Presidential election:
Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2;
Bush 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush
won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this great
country.
Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in
government-owned tenements and living off government welfare..."
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of
democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already
having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
Dean Sevigny
"Daddy Dean"
"To goodness and wisdom we make only promises, pain we obey"
Marcel Proust <<<
I'm not sure I dare add anything to the above. However, should anyone
find error in the numbers I would be most happy to make the corrections.
I am, however, convinced of one thing. "The longer we spend, finding
fault with others. The less time we have,.... to correct our own." GLM
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If someone out there has an item they would be willing to add to
Jillian's Silent Auction on the 29th. Please let us know.
Like wise, should anyone know of a unique method of "energizing" folks
into contributing, we would be most grateful to learn that as well.
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Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will
acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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The Gazette works best, when the folks that read it, write it. Or so it
seems to me.
Write if you can, call if you can't, and, tell your loved ones they are,
before it's too late.
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