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Dr. Michael Moore: Drug Trafficker or Modern American Hero?

by Barry Liss on November 17th, 2007 • 5 Comments »

Dr. Michael Moore:  Drug Trafficker or Modern American Hero?

The right to nonviolently protest in peaceable assembly for redress of grievance is a cardinal guarantee so primary that the founding fathers placed this privilege in the American Constitution’s First Amendment.   We ought recognize this with due homage to our Veterans this past week.

Out of respect for the holiday, I suggest you read the Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.  Reverend King’s I Have A Dream speech given late August of 1963 is widely recognized as one of the great rhetorical performances of the Twentieth Century.  The Letter …

Local News, Motivation, Progress, Veterans, Wausau

A Veterans Day Type of Experience

by Dino Corvino on November 12th, 2007 • 2 Comments »

It has been a strange two weeks for me, both work and Citizen Wausau have been a bit overwhelming.  The transition to winter, and my new Doctor stuff are sure to be an exciting thing, but I wanted to sit down and write about something else.

A while ago we talked about giving me the title of Community Builder, or whatever we came up with.  I suggested, Over-Sentimentalist.  I am prone to cry, and prone to giant swings of passionate discourse or lack thereof.  Last week though I learned a lesson in the true meaning of community.

Community, Veterans, Wausau, Wisconsin