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Siblings
When the promised and much-touted GI Bill of Rights proved logistically inadequate to my college ambitions and my father was opposed and unhelpful to them; I turned in desperation for help from my then grown siblings. I’d done the math … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Economics, Personal History, Plain English, The Twentieth Man, Veterans
Tagged Ambition, Brothers, College, College Tuition, Competition, education, Family, Family Dynamics, Fathers, Finance, GI Bill, GI Bill of Rights, Hope, Siblings, Sisters, Truth, Veterans
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American Graffiti
Some time ago a neighbor was interrupted in an attempted suicide. His intent was to blow himself up. Fortunately his grandson came home unexpectedly and found the house filled with gas. The police were called and he was taken into … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Human Sacrifice, Uncategorized, Veterans
Tagged Bus Shelter, Children, Culture, Despair, Economics, Government Policy, Graffiti, History, Hope, Humanity, MCTS, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County Transit System, Politics, Religion, Society, State of the Union, State of the Union Address, Suicide, Surplus labor, The Kingdom of Heaven, Truth, U.S. Constitution Article II - Section 3, United States of America, Youth
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