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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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July 1st, 2008 •
Richard Cochrane
- Roborant (ROB-uhr-uhnt) adjective: Strengthening. noun: A tonic. From Latin roborare (to strengthen), from robor- (oak, hardness). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reudh- (red) that also gave us red, rouge, ruby, ruddy, rubella, robust, corroborate, and rambunctious
- General Wesley Clark’s and Senator Jay Rockefeller (D) WV joint attacks on Senator John McCain’s military service and judgment on Sunday and Money respectively were simply stupid provoking another Barack Obama Sgt Shultz-like “I Know Nothing, I See Nothing” disclaimer was again disingenuous. Clark tried to save any chance for an Obama VP slot on GMA Tuesday morning but failed.
- UTAH Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) last week ordered several state agencies to go to a 10-hour, four-day work week to cut costs and save commuting expense. Bureaucrats will work Monday through Thursday from 7AM to 7PM.
- An obscure group called Reform MICHIGAN Government could collect sufficient signatures by Fall to: cut lawmakers pay by 25 percent, reduce the number of state senators from 38 to 28 and the number of representatives from 110 to 82, and eliminate two seats on the Supreme Court and seven seats on the Court of Appeals. People are cranky there after being dissed by the Democrats and being beaten again by Ohio State’s football team.
- On July 14, the NEVADA Supreme Court will take up the issue of whether the state’s 12-year term limit for state and local officials is constitutional. If the court over turns it a group has already declared it will pass a new term limit amendment.
- Whackadoodle Minister Jeremiah Wright calls Thomas Jefferson a pedophile because he impregnated a 15-year old black slave girl which admittedly is a pretty good argument for that title.
- Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch says about the state of politics in New York. We are a national disgrace and laughingstock. Our state legislature has been called the most dysfunctional in the country. Newly-re-elected state comptroller, Alan Hevesi, for using state resources to provide assistance for his wife. State senate majority leader, Joe Bruno quit to stop law enforcement from investigating his business practices, and more. Koch calls it a zoo-like atmosphere.
- A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage.
- Mississippi’s Jackson State University tried to buy her 800 square foot bungalow for $8,000 and she said “No, thanks.” But, when she returned to her home she found it razed to the ground including antique furniture, handmade quilts and everything else. School officials blames pranksters for the mistaken demolition. She’s not laughing and wants $30,000.
- A London meat company has been branded Dickensian after forcing its employees to clock-off every time they go to the toilet, and angering the labor union.
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Comment by Dizzy Dezzi on 1 July 2008:
Very…umm…thought provoking
Number 6 and Number 9 definitely gave me a snicker…And, if we couldn’t have a snicker at some of this nonsense we would soon need to be fitted for little white jackets with the nifty backwards buckles. Sadly, only the crazy people seem to be running our country.
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