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Burying my Baba from afar

May 19th, 2009 · 9 Comments

By John M Zurak
Last Sunday afternoon,  Australian time,  my Baba, (my Grandmother) died peacefully, after wrestling heroically with the bear that is Alzheimer’s.
In fact as I complete this little note in her honor they are laying her body to rest.
And all I can say is; I miss her deeply.

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Tags: By JMZ · my family

Whose the racist?

April 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By J.M Zurak
Dearest wife of mine.
I am writing this email as a result of learning something about you today because of actress Janeane Garofalo
My dear, you are a racist.
Funny thing, according to her so am I.
Why, you might ask?
Well because we went to the Charlotte, NC tea party.

Now according to Ms. Garofalo, and this [...]

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Tags: By JMZ · media · national · politics · race

The Real deal on FDR’s NEW Deal.

April 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

by JMZ
If I could kill one piece of political rhetoric that continues to get spouted as biblical truth, it would be that FDR’s “New Deal” is a heroic bill of genius that pulled us out of the deep cascade that was the Great Depression.
I hear it time and time again. The economic crisis we have [...]

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Tags: By JMZ · Obama · historical perspective · international

An email sent to the Speaker to the House, Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco, CA 8th District on Saturday February 14th, 2009

February 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Madam Speaker,
As I write this note to you, I suspect that you are on your way to Italy, doing the people’s bidding in your capacity as Speaker of the House.  And though I do share your respect for the Pontiff and would generally share your eagerness to own an audience with His Eminence, I do [...]

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Tags: By JMZ · national · politics

The fast is over, so what did I miss?

January 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

By JMZ

After the crushingly easy victory for the new socialist front in the November federal elections I decided to follow in one of my heroes sandals and head of in the political wasteland. What do I mean?
Well, for forty days and nights I went on on a complete political fast. That’s right people, since the [...]

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Tags: By JMZ · Election '08 · adoption · movies · my family · national · politics

if…because

January 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

by jmz
If you must cry,
let them be because they’re tears of joy

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Tags: By JMZ · my family