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I just received an e-mail from a friend stating that I didn’t make any predictions for Super Tuesday, or at least not direct ones that can be pointed to and laughed at later. Being a Celt, it goes without saying that there’s no point in being interested in a sport if you don’t know how to handicap it for betting purposes. So here is not only my prediction but my handy guide to watching the results roll in tonight.
Make popcorn.
I never wanted to tell the world my opinion of Britney Spears. Far too many people have written about her in a way that clearly violates the basic privacy that decency demands. Her recent brief committal as a ward of the State of California changes that to at least some extent.
One week ago, I wrote that it was Bill Clinton’s world and we were only livin’ in it. We haven’t seen him since. Granted, on that day, just about every pundit in the world weighed in on what the Hell was wrong with Bill, and after South Carolina most of Hillary’s people were ready to take action. But I like to think I had something to do with Bill finally getting leashed.
The Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis touch each other, and their Downtowns are just 9 miles apart. The reason that they formed separately is due to the changing needs through their early history as they drew their identities from Mother Mississippi. Saint Paul was located where there was an easy steamboat landing, vital to bringing European people up to the rich land. Once this careful toehold was placed on the rugged land, the powerful falls further upstream were vital to developing industry in what became Minneapolis. Each city went its own way, joined to the other.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I get a lot of mail when I write about spirituality and the economy. Funny pair, that is. Do I get a lot of mail because it’s something everyone is interested in, or because my take on them is a bit odd? It has to be the former, since these are the hot issues in public debate these days. Oh well, it’s not all about me. Tuesday is mail day, so let me go at ’em all the same:
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