Burt Constable
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Just call it the pothole tire shopFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - At least for these folks there will be no debates about what to buy with those government-issued tax rebate checks -- new tires and rims to replace the ones ravaged by p...
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A behind-the-scenes look from the eye of a media stormFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Digging out from a few inches of snow is nothing compared to being buried in a blizzard of media. Many of us 500 reporters covering Barack Obama's Super Tuesday party at...
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Obama candidacy spurs activismFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - This ethereal dream floats on a higher plane than the mundane analysis of Super Tuesday states won and delegates gained. "Our time has come. Our time has come. Our movem...
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A matter of taste: Geneva residents prepare to go 'soft'Feb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - In a political climate where voters are thirsty for change, the city of Geneva is about to become a big softy and give the people what they want. After a lifetime of pum...
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Reader wants countdown to end of Burt administrationFeb 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Random thoughts -- some mine, some yours. • • • It's funny how we often view race in this nation as a black-and-white issue. I know people, including a relative, who wo...
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It might seem as if the sky is falling, but it's just space junkJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Not to sound too Chicken Little-like, but a flaming spy satellite bigger than a Hummer is about to come crashing back to Earth in a month -- potentially falling in the U...
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Whatever you want to call it, only 356 more days of BushJan 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Seven years ago, an energetic, jocular, new President George W. Bush gave his debut speech before a joint session of Congress. "We're off to a good start," a playful Bus...
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When going gets tough, 'time-share' a LamborghiniJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Foreclosure attorneys and board-up services aren't the only ones thriving during these uncertain economic times. "We just had a one-hour staff meeting about the economy,...
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The end is nigh! (But pay your mortgage just in case)Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm reading another doom-and-gloom online story about recession, world stock market plunges and the Dow Jones roller-coaster when the "Ads by Google" link in the corner ...
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Political game on road to President XLIV far from superJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - America has a wonderful method of winnowing the field of hopefuls until we are left with two football teams that will play in the Super Bowl. We're not nearly as efficie...