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Commenter: Bob DanforthI had decided to go back to school and was given a great pep talk told I could definitely get in and handed a batch of papers to sign that would commit me to paying the school what would eventually cost about $50,000 and lay out a great career. Before I signed committing to pay the money, I asked what loans grants etc were available as I do not have that sort of money. I was told that they would help me get what was represented to be mostly grants but I would have to actually commit to paying the Tuition first, before I could apply for the Grants. They did such a good job of convincing me that I actually signed the papers, but after thinking it over realized that all their promises were talk and all mine were on paper. There was a 24hour escape clause and I took it just in time. It is easy to think that a starry eyed student of lesser years would not have had the second thoughts soon enough. I am self taught in Engineering and Design and get paid half what those who have degrees get and often find myself doing their work in any case, and have a harder time finding that work. That the many Vampires sucking our society dry might finally be pushed back in Health, Education, Military, Banking, and the myriad other ways more subtle was the Change I was hoping for. Unfortunately I see more Audacity than Hope.

Is America becoming more civilized? Certainly, according to the definition, there has been a mass exodus from the country to the city. The percentage of people who make a living off the land continues to decline. And the stigma of being less civilized still applies to farmers, lumberjacks, fishermen, hunters, miners, ranchers and cowboys. Those whose jobs require exposure to the elements, manual labor and physical risk. This stigma is a benign prejudice that allows opportunists to manipulate urban opinion to our disadvantage. “Stop the mining, curtail the drilling, up their grazing fee, steal their water, condemn their land, cripple their dirty little towns. After all, they’re only peasants. Not really civilized, you know.”

"Michael." She started to feel herself getting irritated. "The word ‘peasant’ connotes being ignorant and unsophisticated."

Anybody who really appreciates authentic rocknroll, I mean, the classic Flash-Rock-NYC-TRASH owes it to their self to track down the WALDO’S The Sweet Things. Soul trio from Washington D.C. Francine Barker a.k.a. Francine Hurd formed the group with Dyanne Stewart and Nancy J. Johnson in the mid 60′s and debuted at Mira Records, a subsidiary of los Angeles’ Mirwood. They released just one single with the name The Darlettes before they named themselves The Sweet Things and signed a contract in 1965 with Columbia’s Date.

We’ll come back to visit, but let’s cross Higgins Avenue to the Florence Hotel “complex." There’s a shopper’s special at the Travelers Rest Lounge — steak sandwich, fries, salad and a beverage for $1.75. Sigh. The suggested beverage: a Tom & Jerry, to “brace against the cold.”

It was a fairly nice day for Cut Bank in early April. A little breeze blowin’ off the reservation, the sun about the color of skimmed milk and the creek startin’ to show the runoff.

Now we need to make abundantly clear that once you start this next step, it will spawn an endless wave of zombies. Your current round will not come to an end until you either complete or fail the step. So make sure you’ve got everything you need ready, then go down to the Cargo Hold.

The Funkiest All-Star Tribute In Show Business Feat. Multiple Members of The James Brown Band, The Roots, Kool & the Gang and more Plus special guests The Fritz The James Brown Dance Party is a rotating All-Star cast of musicians that keeps the amazing music of James Brown alive and well by combining the old school players that shared the stage with James Brown with more contemporary musicians. Led by The Chase Brothers, The James Brown Dance Party has included members of The James Brown Band, Bootsy Collins Band, The JB’s, Snarky Puppy, Vulfpeck, Trombone Shorty, Trey Anastasio Band, Turkuaz, Galactic, Lettuce, SNL Band, Victor Wooten Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sly And The Family Stone, Meghan Trainer Band, Jazz Is PHSH, and more!

This fall, Stepp went public with his plans to get all this equipment up and running. The news brought reporters from the Wall Street Journal to town.

Heroics and the lifeboat men were no strangers, and two crew members, Antonia Costa and Vito Loscocco, had previously been awarded the first gold medals for bravery in NSW for their actions in rescuing passengers of the steam ship New England when it was stranded at the entrance to the Clarence River.

As with the Australian doctor who would x-ray me, years later, there was a lot I could have said in reply, but didn’t. At the time, I got up off the couch, my back feeling kneaded and almost bruised, and went back to work.