A GIFTED WRITER

Linden thinks that he would like to be such a writer. Some 25 years ago, in an effort to provide amusement for himself (not necessairily for those who care most about him,) in his future retirement years, he wrote and published his first book. Five more books have followed and about three months ago, posting this blog became a reality. During all this time, the word "masterpiece" has never been associated with his name. Linden blames his parents. But, since his Dad has been gone for over 40 years and his Mother close to 60 years, it is probably too late for them to further his education.
Linden has never been much of a hero worshipper. Of course, there has always been his Dad; Jack Elam, the actor in Westerns came along in 1953 and Ronald Reagan joined the group in about 1975. There have been no inductees since Reagan. Now, there is another, in the gifted writer category, who is becoming most worthy of consideration.
Kyle-Anne Shiver (Linden has previously mentioned her) contributed "War? What War?" to American Thinker January 21. It calls attention to the media's selective coverage (or non-coverage) of current events. Within the article are links to her "Living Room Warriors" of 4-3-07 and "Anti-War Protestors" of 8-25-07 - both great products of an active mind. Here, I may as well also recommend "Saving the Trees and Killing the Children" which was posted today.
Linden knew his Dad quite well, had one conversation with Ronald Reagan and never met Jack Elam. Since he will probably never meet Kyle-Anne, it is fortunate that it has already been estalished that meeting in person is not a requirement for achieving hero status in his mind.
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PLEASE SCAN THE ITEMS BELOW: YOU MAY FIND AN INEXPENSIVE GIFT, A WORTHWHILE POLITICAL ENDEAVOR OR A MEANS OF HAVING FUN WITH THE MEDIA.
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BUY ME?

“LETTERS TO GOD” is a group of over 50 individual prayer requests made to God. The answer, if known, to the individual prayers is also shown. Author: Linden Swift. Available locally at Uncommon Corner in downtown Plainfield, IN or Secondhand Stories on Raceway road. Also online:

http://stores.ebay.com/secondhand-stories

www.alibris.com/bookstore/secondha
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HELP WANTED

It appears that in the last general election there were no Republican candidates in 39 districts scattered across 15 states. These positions offer much more than just good pay. Some of these districts are listed below in State, District and general location sequence. Please help find a Republican candidate in these districts. Even if these districts can reasonably be considered “lost causes,” the effected taxpayers need to have a choice.

California 20 Fresno general area
California 31 Part of Los Angeles County
California 33 Part of Los Angeles County

Georgia 5 Atlanta area

Maryland 5 Calvert, Charles & St. Mary’s Counties
Maryland 7 Baltimore & adjacent Counties

Michigan 13 Wayne County area
Michigan 15 Detroit area

In recent ratings, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste considered 32 of the present officeholders (democrats) to be hostile, 6 unfriendly, and 1 lukewarm to taxpayers. The National Taxpayers Union granted a grade of “F” to 36 of this group while 3 of them rose to a “D”.

WHAT IF?

Surely you believe that the liberal dominated news media is very, very selective in what “news” they will print or report. Have you noticed the absence of reporting about the improved situation in Iraq? There are, of course, other examples but Linden will assume that you can think. WHAT IF, you complained to the lackluster “news” provider and, if satisfaction is not obtained you then call those who advertise in that medium? Your message could be something like: “ I am disappointed that you choose to advertise in or on …. Who will not report…. Perhaps this approach would pay dividends in the form of less biased news coverage.
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