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As to the newsletters-read the culprit lines, then read his books and listen to some of his speeches, debates and interviews, and tell me that he's "racist." Or that the same person wrote those suspect lines.

I worked for him in N.H.-great crowds, great time, what a great man! And you're right-I didn't hear anyone advocate using drugs, hard or soft, or expressing racist sentiments. A very diverse crowd, and great energy. We ought to win this, don't you think?

I wouldn't be too concerned. We have the best armed citizenry in the world after Switzerland. Mexico has.........gun control.

The SPLC does a lot of fundraising on the basis of scaring folks about "right wing" militias. He doesn't suppose, does he, that this phenomenon might be the result of legislation like Indefinite Detention?

It's nice to see that Ron Paul has some company in Congress. We need a lot more people like this in the halls of Congress.

Everyone who reads this needs to contact the Ron Paul 2012 campaign and urge them to set up a news conference with Rep. Paul and Nelson Linder, and put this ridiculous (but potentially damaging) issue to bed once and for all. And shut up the fools at CNN and folks like Sean Hannity once and for all.

One of the most intelligent discourses on Dr. Paul's views on racial issues I've seen so far. Whoever you are, you and Dr. Paul represent the America I hope to be able to pass on to my son and his generation.

The big mistake here is partisanship; Bush was just as much a part of this, as was Clinton, as was Bush Sr., etc. etc. How do you think Jimmy Carter-a peanut farmer and governor of what at the time was a fairly backward state-went from obscurity to the White House, and brought with him such dang...

@adamxy3

Ending the insanity of the "war on drugs" would improve the nation beyond belief. For that and other great reasons, we must elect the only President who will actually address legalization-Dr. Ron Paul.

I hope this clown's parents didn't waste too much on his education. Evidently he doesn't realize that Paul has raised more money than most of the other candidates strictly from the voters. He also has raised more money from active-duty military than all the other candidates combined. Evidently...

No ship of that vintage could be economically operated today, even if converted from coal to oil-firing. All but very few of today's (ugly) cruise ships are Diesel-electric powered; even the Queen Elizabeth 2 had her steam turbines and boilers removed in the '80's and replaced by 9 Diesel genera...

The unusually facile (for that period) trombone solo was one of the unsung greats of the instrument-Fred Lee Becket, who was an important influence on J.J. Johnson. He performed with Leonard and later with Lionel Hampton. He died in his 20's of t.b. before he could achieve any degree of well-de...

My trombone teacher is in the section here-Jim Martin, on bass trombone. Fantastic player, great guy. Performing and teaching in the St. Louis area ever since Buddy passed. Jim is an asset to any band or orchestra he's in, and music students in the 'Lou are lucky to have him.

@wfd53 P.S. Think back on your note if you should ever need the services of the police....

Let's try that url again: it is online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576530520471­223268. htm

Actually, Roy didn't write it-it was done in the '40's by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson.

@sosforever

And the great Duke Ellington & orchestra-as if Horne isn't class enough by herself!

My dad had one of those in a Mariner 47 ketch. Excellent engine-and it could idle so low you could play a record on it!

@mswini

Probably an online search would turn something up-I need to find some too. Who was your granddad? I used to play w/a trombonist named Zalman "Porky" Cohen, one of two or three white musicians who performed with Lucky. He was a great musician, and also played with Charlie Barnet and Be...

@machinehead5760

Also, we brought electricity, education and health care to our own rural areas, back in the day. Our foreign aid (when it wasn't used to prop up corrupt rulers) brought the same things to other lands. And, all without the help of firing squads! Just sayin'.....

The Justin Biebers, Lady Gagas, and other posers will be forgotten in spades within a few years-Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington et al. will be remembered for generations to come. True musicianship and the discipline it requires speaks for itself.

@usafjohnson

When the music "industry" stops promoting the "get rich quick with a minimum of hard work" mentality and the "American Idol"" mindset. Music like this clip requires musicianship-that means dedicated practice with no guarantee of financial success-concepts increasingly foreign to us.

Who are these foolsl, and whose money are they planning to spend? Europe has been fooling around with this for well over half a century-notice how well it's working now? Greece.....France.....England.....on and on...running out of OTHER PEOPLE'S money to spend.

Using a household vacuum cleaner (or even a shop-vac type) is a very poor idea, and you are likely to spread soot throughout the home, especially if the boiler or furnace is badly sooted. There's a reason technicians use Mastercraft Soot-Master vacuums-mainly, triple filtration. I wouldn't want...

If you're going for a new one, go with the Buderus GB-125. That's a boiler/burner package using Buderus' own blue-flame burner. I took the Buderus qualification course to get authorized to sell and service it. So far no takers-they're more expensive than a standard boiler, including the Buderu...

I qualified on the Buderus GB125, a boiler/burner package with a Buderus-made honest-to-goodness blue flame burner. Even the non-condensing model gets 90 pct. efficiency. I figure, if you're going to go to the trouble of stocking Riello parts, might as well stock Buderus parts instead and get b...

Check the rpm's before changing the motor. Old burners (pre-1968-70) ran at 1725 rpm's. Most burners made since then run at 3450.