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WOW! What a great piece.<br><br>Oh, but Gena - watch your back. You now have the "distinct privilege" of being on Dougie-Boy's hit list. I'd start talking to your employers now and checking your business connections to make them aware of the above - take it to the bank they WILL be contacted sometime in immediate future and your good name will be attacked. <br><br>Not by Dougie (he never sullies his pretty little hands with such mundane tasks) but by his many minions that he likes to dispatch for this type of thing.<br><br>J :]<br><br><br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:11:44 -0800<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] The Wizard of Blogz<br>> <br>> >From today's (November 10, 2007) edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News<br>> with thanks to Gene Rosa -<br>> <br>> -----------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> The Wizard of Blogz<br>> <br>> Who could ever forget that penultimate scene in the "Wizard of Oz," where<br>> the tempestuous Wizard - thanks to the dog, Toto - is found practicing his<br>> bombast behind a curtain?<br>> <br>> Peaking behind the curtain, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion<br>> discover the Wizard to be nothing more than an ordinary, avuncular man who,<br>> like Dorothy, had arrived in Oz from Kansas. Despite the deception the<br>> "wizard" is able to solve the problems of Dorothy and her friends, not with<br>> magic but with a little common sense and some effective double talk. The key<br>> joy of the scene is the realization that one's goals, however difficult, can<br>> be achieved with belief and commitment. But, is there a larger message in<br>> the story's denouement? I was never certain. Never certain, that is, until<br>> now. <br>> <br>> Thanks to a striking photo on the front page of the Daily News last week,<br>> where some protestors affiliated with Christ Church are claiming that<br>> certain candidates for City Council are bigots, we find that the curtain<br>> lives on. In modern times it apparently lives on in electronic form. For<br>> Moscow apparently has its own "wizard" in a Christ Church pastor (from the<br>> Latin for shepherd) who in his blog refers to the same candidates for Moscow<br>> City Council as religious bigots who should be voted out of office. So,<br>> there is a man behind the curtain after all. However, he doesn't appear to<br>> have the avuncular style of the original wizard, but has instead a penchant<br>> for finding repugnant epithets to hurl at devoted public servants who enact<br>> policies he opposes.<br>> <br>> Wizardry, indeed.<br>> <br>> Gene Rosa, Moscow<br>> <br>> -----------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> ******************************************<br>> <br>> "People walking up to you<br>> Singing glory hallelujah<br>> And they're trying to sock it to you<br>> In the name of the Lord."<br>> <br>> - Joe South (from "Games People Play")<br>> <br>> ******************************************<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! <a href='http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us' target='_new'>Get 'em!</a></body>
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