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American Culture

Bargaining universal

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, June 10, 2004. The small business community continues to make itself extinct. It’s so easy to hit Wal-Mart as it’s such a big target (pun intended) but it’s what we truly want. Bargaining is a basic human need as food and sex, if you think about it. Bargaining is […]

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Technical Difficulties

Bricks are mud

Bricks are mud (tech diff) Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Wednesday 9 June 2004. These Bricks, are not coming out as I planned. I intended humor and brevity, not to mention frequency. What they are appears to be like most other blogs. Is the form dictating the message? I’ll continue to work on them. Brick […]

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Technical Difficulties

14 people

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Thursday 9 June 2004. A terrific quote I’ve recently found and logged in my Commonplace Book (filed on the home and work computers) is: “Art is not art if only 14 people know about it,” said by Joni Mitchell, quoted by Jacquelyn Mitchard. (Mitchard is a former syndicated, family style, […]

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News, Spin

Nader’s nadir

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, June 1, 2004. Ralph Nader won’t hurt John Kerry, and if he does, the tall Brahmin will deserve the loss. Just like Al Gore. I don’t believe Nader cost Gore the election. Nevermind the numbers and the Electoral College; the number indicate damage. But that’s not the point. If […]