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Month: January 2009

2008 – Family and Friends Holiday Shopping Errors and Problems

2008 – Family and Friends Holiday Shopping Errors and Problems

(Previously posted on News page) This is a personalized accounting of holiday purchases that did not go so well.  As time goes on and our family and friends encounter any shopping problems, they will be posted here. 11/29/08: Daughter purchased a World of Warcraft Game Card at Target.  The game card pays for 60 days of WOW playing on the Internet, a subscription fee, and sells for $29.99.  The package was sealed properly but when she opened it up –…

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President Johnson and President Elect Obama

President Johnson and President Elect Obama

January 4th CSPAN ran an interview of a author by the name of Robert Caro.  (http://www.robertcaro.com/ )  Mr. Caro described how he was reading the correspondence of former President Linden Johnson when he was a junior senator as part of his research.  The notes read deferential toward any congressional committee chairman that Johnson needed to deal with.   Then, all of a sudden, the tone of the correspondence changed.  Instead of Johnson asking a certain senator for a moment of this…

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