Drawing: The Lost Ones, Pt. 6

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"After Desert storm, nothing ever seemed to work right. About half the puzzle pieces were missing. I tried out this, I did that. I went here, I went there. And all the king's horse's and all the kings men could not put me back together again. I was never despondent, but I could never feel again."
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Drawing: The Lost Ones - Pt. 5, The Grey Alien Abductee

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"I was abducted on April 23, 2002. I remember nothing from the moment I was taken until I came to at 3:19 a.m. I'm prety sure I am a "throwback" -- I show no sign of implants. *sigh* I don't even fit in with the greys."
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I'm a yellow dog Democrat

A Yellow Dog Democrat is a hard-core Democratic loyalist. The term, Yellow Dog Democrat was coined during the 1928 elections, when Al Smith ran for President against Herbert Hoover.

Senator Tom Heflin, of Alabama refused to back his fellow Democrat, Al Smith the Governor of NY. Not only that, but he also decided to support Herbert Hoover (who went on to become President). Heflin was considered a traitor, especially in the South. Huge numbers of Alabamans disagreed with Senator Heflin's decision to cross his party lines and the saying, "I'd vote for a yellow dog if he ran on the Democratic ticket" was born.
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Drawing: The lost ones - Pt. 4

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"I've been stealing money from the company for five years. I keep it covered up in a sort of revolving shell game. But the auditors are here next week and I don't know what to do. In one more week, I could hide it, but I've run out of time. I don't have enough to run away. I don't know whether to confess or end it all."

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Drawing: The lost ones - Pt. 3

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"There's something in my past. A repressed memory or something terrible that happened to me when I was younger. I've tried and tried to remember, but it never comes back. No matter how long I try to remember, I come up with nothing. And it hangs over my head like a dark cloud."
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Drawing: The lost ones - Pt. . 2

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"I have a secret. I have never told anyone, but I want to tell you. I really want to tell you, but when I do, it's out of the bag. My safety depends on this staying inside me. I have to tell, but I can't. If I told you, I'd be sowing the seeds of my desctruction."
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Drawing: The lost ones - Pt. 1

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"I cheat on my income tax. I sometimes steal commissions rightfully belonging to other salesmen. I step out on my wife whenever I make a sales trip to Toledo. I don't really like my 2nd daughter. I can't wait to collect my inheritance."
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Another warning sign from Yellowstone National Park

Other warning signs I saw about Bison/Buffalos go into even more detail about their unpredictability. I wrote a poem about the Bison on my recent trip:

http://jackbrummet.blogspot.com/2006/07/poem-red-flag.html


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President Bush: "Stop doing this shit!"

As diplomats focus on possibly sending an international force to southern Lebanon, President Bush--who was unaware that his microphone was "hot"--revealed that his focus was to force Syria to stop the Hizbullah attacks on Israel.

President Bush was recorded telling Tony Blair that Syria should press Hizbullah to "stop doing this shit".



The entire story appears here.

Another source, Jeanine Aversa, AP Economics Writer, quotes The President as saying:

" 'See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over,' Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll."
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A warning on geysers

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This is part of a warning poster on why stepping on Geysers in Yellowstone National Park is not a great idea. Many people have been killed or maimed by geysers and hot water at the park.
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Hiking along Yellowstone's Grand Canyon

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Del, Claire, Jack, and Keelin hiking near Artist Point, along the rim of Yellowstone's Grand Canyon, at about 8,700 feet above sea level.
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Old Faithful

As far as sights and images in Yellowstone, Old Faithful was cool, but a bit of a snoozer compared to the Canyon and the many animals we saw. The other geothermal features like the bubbling paint pots and the sapphire pools were pretty stunning, but again, did not compare to the seismic and geothermal wonders of Yellowstone's "Grand Canyon."













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