From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1103">ladyinwaiting</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

aparajita ~ i am feeling much better thank you...had a great evening (family evening) with daughter and her love...just couldn't resist to invite son and his friends to join us in an evening of embarrassment (you know introduction of daughters new love to the real family ;))...i have had a cleansing this past month or so, must admit it feels good...the stone-man walked the isle again, and the detective did the same...feels like i have finally buried the dead...maybe clearing the way so i too can walk the isle again...need time to think on that one...3 years or so...or maybe 30
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

Some interesting notes on today's "town meeting" in Hot Springs today.  Vice President Cheney and his wife are speaking to the 'town' as I write this.  The attendees were required to pick up tickets at the Republican Headquarters and sign an affidavit of support.  I wandered over to the convention center this morning and was told I could not enter, even though I live in this town and it is called a 'town' meeting.<BR>
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I can't wait to see the news and listen to some of the questions asked by the 'townspeople'.  I'm sure they will ask the same questions I would have asked had I not been denied entrance by secret service goons.<BR>
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I love this country.  I just don't like the current Axis of Evil.  Catch the sound bites on your local channels.<BR>
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I sure was tempted to get some press by getting arrested, but unfortunately I had other duties.  Maybe next time.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

Remember what happened to the last George III?  Hehe
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

No, I don't remember tell us??? hope it's something vile hehe.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

It was a sad day for the British Empire when King George became its political master. He was a man of narrow intellect, and lacked every element of the greatness of statesmanship. "He had a smaller mind," says the British historian, Green, "than any English king before him save James II." He showered favors on his obsequious followers, while men of independent character whom he could not bend to his will became the objects of his hatred.<BR>
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I won't tie up space on the server, here is the link.  <BR>
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<a href="http://www.usahistory.info/American-Revolution/King-George-III.html">http://www.usahistory.info/American-Revolution/King-George-III.html</a><BR>
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Hehe<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1176">aparajita</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

Jim:  enjoyed the link, even thought i hated history in school.  found this:<BR>
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'From Maine to Georgia they made common cause with their brethren of the Bay colony, and South Carolina sounded the keynote in these ringing words, "The whole country must be animated with one great soul, and all Americans must stand by one another, even unto death."'<BR>
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what a lovely thought.  too bad it is not still reality.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1187">stack</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

Echo: "stack - Sharing Grace - don't know how I missed this last month, it's top-notch. The garden/walls metaphor isn't new but you've given it a fresh spin. I also tend to like works that have a pattern to them, so that it begins with "a sea of graves" and ends with "a sea of flowers" struck me as particularly apt. "<BR>
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Thank you! You are the first one to comment on the patterning of the piece. I'm less of a rhymer (in case anyone hadn't noticed) and more of a patterning poet. Things moving in a spiral pattern is a theme I'm very drawn to.<BR>
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Thanks for your comments. You made my day. :)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

I love history but could not remember King GeorgeIII. Thanks for reminding us Jim<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_el_pr/cheney&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_el_pr/cheney&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798</a><BR>
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Gee, I was going to ask him about detaining civilians and depriving them of the right to counsel and a speedy trial.<BR>
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He's on his way to Fort Smith now to tell the folks there that they don't have jobs because of NAFTA.<BR>
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Jim
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

I like this part...I think he should be asked about all the fines Haliburton was slapped with (from when he was head of the place) Fat chance of that, it was a hand selected audience...with all the right questions and answers to pat his fat-rat patootie.<BR>
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Cheney spoke from a podium that was in sight of a handful of protesters who marched outside the Convention Center, some carrying signs that included a reference to Bush, Cheney and Attorney General John Ashcroft as "THE AXIS OF EVIL."  <BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=12">Tanqueray Cowboy</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

shhh...<BR>
keep it down with all that political talk or you'll wake up you-know-who...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 3 August 2004<P>

Gotta love this....  <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040803/od_nm/odd_malawi_nun_dc">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040803/od_nm/odd_malawi_nun_dc</a>
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