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The former Gov. George Ryan conviction in the bribes-for-licenses case was a state of Illinois story with national implications. Although it would be insulting to the point of obscene to portray it as closure for the parents of the six children killed in Wisconsin by a truck driver who didn't speak English, it arguably served as vindication for the most tragic victims of Ryan's careless injustice.
On the day after the verdict, the editorial cartoonist for ash's local paper drew a moving tribute to the children depicting the words "Thank you" emanating from six small gravestones. ash expressed her gratitude as well:
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The origin of the following manifesto (indicated in black type, with ash's retorts interspersed in blue) is not quite clear. It was sent to ash by a friend who began a response (in red type) but soon grew weary and requested ash's participation. ash traced it as far back as summer, 2004 before losing the trail and becoming too nauseous to reread it in each subsequent incarnation.
It is reported to be a hypothetical exercise imagining General Patton as our modern-day President. In ash's best judgment, it is intended to be taken quite seriously. However, if it reads like satire (before the obvious satire was added) to you, you just might be a liberal.
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On the day before Easter, the guest columnist in ash's local paper was a minister from central casting. While it can be argued that Christians wouldn't be Christian without feeling compelled to convert all human inhabitants of the planet, ash felt assaulted by the bunny statistics morphing into threats of damnation homily in the wrongest possible forum and made her sentiments known:
For a striking demonstration of bait and switch as a rhetorical device, look no further than the most recent “In My Opinion” column. What begins as a harmless excursion through Easter bunny-related factoids and trivia soon diverges into the most absolutist and scathing diatribe outside the walls of a Pentecostal church.
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Can't you just hear the exasperated tone in this brief paraphrase of what ash has been declaring for years? There is simply no convincing life-at-any-costers that microscopic organisms occupy not the same status as captives, but the women forced to carry them against their will.
Apparently there is a parallel between slavery and abortion, in that one is the antithesis of the other.