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Day 2 of the Bob Blog-A-Thon

Well, you have to hand it to the Repubs. Today they just gave Comcast and all the other internet providers the right to see whatever information they can pull from your online traffic. That urinary tract infection you just had? Now you'll get ads from antibiotics makers and Depends. Look at the weather? Well Umbrellas-Are-Us will be your new best friend. It's all about money. It's all about greed. Why Narcissism, Greed and Power Go Hand in Hand Business requires that you pay close attention to sales and net income. Those are two of the key measures that allow you to track your business and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Income is something we all need to survive and making a healthy income is both a sign that you can provide for your family and that you have success. Nothing wrong with that either. But every successful person knows that there is a point when income no longer matters. It them becomes nothing but keeping score. It's is about po
The last 2 years has made a mess of my mind. I have been absorbed by politics since I hit college back in 1970. Just a few days before my High School graduation in May of 1970, students peacefully protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio were attacked by the Ohio National Guard and four were killed. Students were the soldiers on the front lines at home. Things got very real. I entered college as a Physics major and, like so many, college opened my eyes in a way that I never expected. It was exciting; new. Options abounded around me and I was free to choose my own way. Like today, the news was full of protest, war and a severely divided country under President Nixon. By my sophomore year I had changed majors to Political Science Here we are, some 47 years later and I see a country in much the same position. Nixon now looks pretty good when compared to Donald J. Trump, and my old roomie agrees. And that is a HELL of a thing to say. When Trump announced his cand