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Monthly Archives: October 2008

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Me on Free Minds TV

By Varrin Swearingen | October 31, 2008 - 9:56 AM |May 21, 2014 Freedom
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Airing tonight on Channel 8, I’m a guest on Free Minds TV. The link has the video of the episode. I’m on for roughly the first half. It focuses a bit more on personal freedom issues than I typically would, however, those issues happen to appeal here in ‘lefty’ Keene … Continue reading →

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Cancer claims another

By Varrin Swearingen | October 31, 2008 - 9:07 AM |October 31, 2008 Uncategorized
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Thanks to any of you who have prayed for my friend at work. The time has come to shift your prayers towards helping his family cope with life without him. He passed away last night during the night, less than three months after his diagnosis… V-

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Great closing line

By Varrin Swearingen | October 30, 2008 - 10:59 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom
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This whole video is good, but the closing line is fantastic V-

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The power of patience

By Varrin Swearingen | October 29, 2008 - 9:12 AM |October 29, 2008 Uncategorized
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Unsolicited, in an IM conversation with a friend this morning came this report of the result of wisdom applied: “My life has been filled with good things ever since I decided to be more patient.” There you have it… 🙂 V-

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Dishonest journalism

By Varrin Swearingen | October 27, 2008 - 9:57 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom
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This article was a great read. Here’s the text: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? By Orson Scott Card Editor’s note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of … Continue reading →

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Redistribute the Wealth

By Varrin Swearingen | October 27, 2008 - 2:22 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom
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This came across my email and I thought it is a good enough illustration to pass along… Redistribute the Wealth Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed. Once in the restaurant my server … Continue reading →

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Blaming Liberty for the State’s Depredations

By Varrin Swearingen | October 24, 2008 - 4:44 AM |May 21, 2014 Freedom
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I won’t past the text, but I’d encourage you to read this article on Lew Rockwell. It’s an excellent response to an article that appeared in Newsweek blaming the financial collapse on libertarianism. Both trade barbs (the statists started it, mind you), but both present clearly contrasting views of the … Continue reading →

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Cancer updates

By Varrin Swearingen | October 20, 2008 - 9:12 PM |October 20, 2008 Uncategorized
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For those of you who pray, this would be a good time to kick it into high gear. A couple months ago I mentioned a guy at work with colon cancer. Just got another update on him that’s not good. This past week he suffered a stroke and is also … Continue reading →

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The last week’s ups and downs

By Varrin Swearingen | October 15, 2008 - 2:36 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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I came out on this trip on Monday the 6th. It’s roughly half over now. Normally, I could say it’s had more ups and downs than the stock market, but the Dow set its biggest single day point gain ever while I’ve been on this trip, and it followed several … Continue reading →

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Bidding and schedule reliability

By Varrin Swearingen | October 15, 2008 - 12:56 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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A lot happens before I ever jump in an airplane and go flying. I linked to some videos in a previous blog entry that a guy here at World made. The first one talks about sales, aircraft scheduling and so on. My involvement comes much later. But between sales and … Continue reading →

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