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Good news!

Just a quick note of thanks to everyone (including those quiet readers who don't write comments!) for their continued support in light of our major change after a several week absence.

Some people thought I was nuts, and have said as much.

With my refusal to be used as a pawn of three or four people, not only have we not lost subscribers, we've had a net gain of 48 in the last week alone.

In Blogdom, this is good, especially in light of the three who decided to go elsewhere. 

So we had an actual gain of 51, but with 3 people ...<< MORE >>

A beautiful boy now sits next to God

When it comes to issues impacting our daily lives, I have no shortage of thoughts on a variety of matters.

I care about Southbridge, the health of it's people, the direction that the town is headed in, etc.

However, I don't even want to think about any of those things because there's something much more important that has happened.

Below, I'm providing a link to a beautiful little boy, Eli James Hoy, who was involved in a very sad accident last week.

If you have a moment, perhaps you could say a prayer for him and his family, and sign his guestbook?

Very few people ...<< MORE >>

Today

I woke up this morning, looked out the window, and saw this very unusual, yellow object up in the sky.

When I checked on the Internet, it described it as "the sun".

How nice to wake up for once and not think that we're living in Seattle!

Please don't forget the Aislen Cipro Wiffle Ball Tournament coming up on August 9th:
 
Southbridge Little League Benefit .

For things to do this weekend or next, you can check out:

Dick Whitney's Calendar of Events

The Vienna

Mill Street Brews

85th Annual Romanian Festival w/Wally the Green Monster!

12 Crane

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Positive Quote of the Day

"Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but

they die young."

 

- A.W. Pinero
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The View from the Left

In response to Mr. Jaynes’ manifesto, I will respond that it typifies the four archetypes of neo-conservative propagandist drivel:

1. Distortion and misrepresentation of fact;


2. Ethical turpitude;


3. Magnification of trivialities; and


4. Lack of an alternative. 


As regards the first, distortion and misrepresentation of fact;


Examine the fourth of and fifth paragraphs of this diatribe. They are peppered with obfuscatory phrases like “widely believed”, “seemed to think” and “considered the action inappropriate”. The referendum is referred to as an “illegal election”. In fact, what was proposed was a non-binding referendum. Unless Mr. Jaynes wants to argue that a non-binding ...<< MORE >>

The View From the Right

Is President Obama on the right side of the Honduras argument?


President Manuel Zelaya was exiled to Costa Rica on June 28, 2009.


Zelaya belongs to the Liberal Party. His opponent, Lobo Sosa belongs to the National Party, and led in the polls prior to the election. Controversy erupted when the president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Aristides Mejia, also a member of the Liberal Party declared Zelaya “the clear winner”. Results had only been determined from less than 3% of the polling stations at the time. Sosa took 11 days before conceded defeat following a manual recount. Final results ...<< MORE >>

QCC coming to Southbridge!

Great news!

QCC set to open satellite ...<< MORE >>

Positive Quote of the Day

"Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's

superiority to all that befalls him."

 

- Romain Gary (1914-1980) French Writer
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A Message From the White House

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New Feature!

Beginning today, SpeakOutSouthbridge will be deploying a new feature.

A view from the Left, a view from the Right.

Representing the view from the Left will be Ken O'Brien, and from the Right, Mike Jaynes.

Mike won the virtual coin toss, so he was able to select the topic, which can something local, at the state level, national or international.

Ken will then respond with his view from the Left.

We will then let the comments go back and forth for 36 hours, at which point, Mike will have a final say on the issue, followed by Ken O'Brien.

And with each successive writing, we'll reverse ...<< MORE >>