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"Yarns of a Professional Gongoozler"
by
R J Adams.
NOW AVAILABLE - IN PAPERBACK!
Subtitled "Tales of English Canal Life at Dixie's Marina", this book highlights both the touching and absurd aspects of living and working around the boating fraternity on England's inland waterways. Available from the publisher and leading bookstores, the work can also be purchased in eBook (.pdf) or AudioBook (.mp3) format for immediate download.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway.
We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat.
We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.
This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."
Republican US President
Dwight D Eisenhower ~ April 16th, 1953
Thanks to Al Devito at "Vineyard Views" for the information.
BRING ME THE HEAD OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
The works of Ben Turnbull take a satirical look at the lengths America's political elites go to in order to control and manipulate the way we think, from our first days of play to the last time we cast our vote. Turnbull is a passionate critic of the contemporary American political system, and explains why toys are central to his work: "Force fed on violence, abused by a controlling superpower and blackmailed through patriotism, the public are ultimately as disposable as the toys they once played with".
More works by Ben Turnbull can be found HERE
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DON'T BE FOOLED!
There is no such thing as "Clean Coal"
"Clean coal: Never was there an oxymoron more insidious, or more dangerous to our public health. Invoked as often by the Democratic presidential candidates as by the Republicans and by liberals and conservatives alike, this slogan has blindsided any meaningful progress toward a sustainable energy policy."[1]
Clean Coal Technology means taking the carbon dioxide from coalburning power stations and storing it underground. To date, that technology does not exist. It cannot be done. Even if sometime in the future it became possible, CO2 stored under the soil will eventually find a way to the surface and prove a legacy for our descendents we should not wish on them.
"Toxins from coal-fired power plants are spewed into our air and leach into our water, causing asthma, cancer and over 24,000 premature deaths each year. And just recently, in Tennessee, we all saw the catastrophic effects from the failure of one coal-ash impoundment on surrounding watersheds and communities."[2]
Think the 'War on Drugs' is a good thing? This book may convince you otherwise.
Highly Recommended! Click the Book.
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Sometimes, we just need a little peace........
Photo: Fall Colors .....and tranquility.
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by R J Adams July 24, 2011 at 10:37pm
I’m sorry posting is still sparse. It’s a busy time. Find out more at the “100-Acre Wood House” blog.
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Tote that barge, etc
R J Adams July 24, 2011 at 10:37pm
Please note Sparrow Chat will be unavailable on February 25th, from 12:01am to 4:00am EST (UTC-05) due to routine server maintenance
"Sparrow Chat" is the website/blog of R.J.Adams, a British writer living in America. The name derives from my first book "Even Little Sparrows", an autobio of my years with the British RSPCA. Some may disagree with my views on certain subjects. Comments are welcome, provided they are of an intellectual and constructive nature. No obscenities, please - unless necessary to the description of certain politicians and others of that ilk.
The Seedy, Scandalous History of Valentine's Day
Imagine half-naked men running through the streets, whipping young women with bloodied thongs made from freshly cut goat skins. Although it might sound like some sort of perverted sado-masochistic ritual, this is what the Romans did until 496 A.D.
Indeed, mid-February was Lupercalia (Wolf Festival) time. Celebrated on Feb. 15 at the foot of the Palatine Hill beside the cave where, according to tradition, the she-wolf had suckled Romulus and Remus, the festival was essentially a purification and fertility rite.
Directed by the Luperci, or "brothers of the wolf," the festival began with the sacrifice of two male goats and a dog, their blood smeared on the faces of Luperci initiates and then wiped off with wool dipped in milk.
As thongs were cut from the sacrificed goats, the initiates would run around in the streets flagellating women to promote fertility.
Read more at:-
LiveScience, February 14th 2012
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"Should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly. Therefore, you need to continue to make the lack of scientific certainty a primary issue in the debate."
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Frank Luntz, consultant to the Republican Party, 2002.
Straight Talk, The Environment: a cleaner, safer, healthier America. pp131-146 The Luntz Research Companies.
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Religious freedom is an absolute right and so is freedom from religion.
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The world consumes around 86 million barrels of oil every day. When the price of a barrel rises by $3, it generates an additional $94 billion dollars per year for.......someone?
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Roughly a fifth of the earth's oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforest, or "one breath in five".
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In 1842, following a visit to America, Charles Dickens wrote of the capital, Washington:
"Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; and cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers".
Nothing changes, it seems.
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Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 142 146 wars, or more than two a year.
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"Even Little Sparrows"
by
R J Adams.
Recalling life as an animal welfare inspector in 1970's England, Even Little Sparrows is now available for immediate download as a revised and updated eBook, while still obtainable from the publisher and leading bookstores in its original paperback format. Over 300 pages of heart-rending, yet often hilarious anecdotes weave a poignant love story around the lives of characters dedicated to caring for the sick and unwanted of the animal kingdom.
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by TWILIGHT
Twilight July 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Will comment here – habit y’know. Thanks for the interesting update and pics of your new abode. Looks lovely. I envy your new mailbox – we need one, but are too skinflint to cough up the necessary!
What’s a “yooper” (is that you?)
R J Adams July 25, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Twilight – Does it look like me? I ask you, does it look like me????? (Was it the legs that gave it away?)
A “Yooper’ is a ‘U.P.-er’ or long-standing resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It’s occasionally used derisively to describe old, possibly senile, members of the community.
Twilight July 28, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Well then….it cannot possibly be you – on either count.
Herby December 15, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Thank you for the visite
liz December 16, 2011 at 1:03 am
just wanted to say thanks for the visit. hope you have a great day ahead of you.