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Norma Sherry: Skewed Vision
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 6:10 pm | Norma Sherry
Is Kerry the answer? I suspect you would agree that he is not, but he is the best chance we have of ridding ourselves of the cancer in the White House. Clearly, there is a great divide in our country. More >>
Marlon Brando, A Man of Our Times
Saturday, 3 July 2004, 7:56 pm | Norma Sherry
Marlon Brando is dead. He was born in my parent's time yet he was the actor of our time. For many of us he defined our time. As an actor, he epitomized excellence, as a citizen, he was ruled by his conscience. I find myself with a knot in my throat ... More >>
Norma Sherry: One For The Gipper
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 12:31 am | Norma Sherry
We're inclined in this country to glamorize and idolize those that have passed on. A marriage may have been horrible for the last twenty-five years, but the surviving spouse will undoubtedly remember only the good times - even if they were thirty years ... More >>
Jobs, Jobs Everywhere And Not A Job To Find
Sunday, 6 June 2004, 1:16 pm | Norma Sherry
If you've listened to Conservative Radio or Fox News lately then you already know the good news. Jobs are aplenty! In fact, according to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and President Bush, we are in the midst of a huge boom! According to the spin, more ... More >>
Norma Sherry: Is There Life After Death?
Monday, 22 March 2004, 11:38 am | Norma Sherry
Is there a Hereafter? Is it a place of perfection and transcendent peace? Does one float or merely walk, yet never get tired? More >>
Norma Sherry: Slamming Entitlement
Friday, 27 February 2004, 2:03 pm | Norma Sherry
Franklin Delano Roosevelt must be turning in his grave. Entitlement programs, hogwash. Medicare, phooey. Medicaid, who the hell cares? After-school programs, let them take care of themselves. Social Security, let 'em cake. The New Deal is a dead deal, who ... More >>
Norma Sherry: Never Again
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 10:56 am | Norma Sherry
Calling someone, "Jew Devil" is far different from saying, "I detest Israel's treatment of the Palestinians'". One is blatantly Anti-Semitic; the other is a disagreement with the politics of Israel's decision-makers. More >>
Where, Oh Where Have All The Jobs Gone?
Monday, 23 February 2004, 12:27 am | Norma Sherry
Say so long to the plumber's crack. So long Roto Rooter Man. To be precise, so long to the Roto Rooter man you used to know. But, the plumber you used to know is not the only worker you soon won't be able to recognize. More >>
Norma Sherry: . . . And God Said
Monday, 9 February 2004, 10:53 am | Norma Sherry
It would appear that the messages Pat Robertson has been hearing from God are not God at all, but a cruel, conniving imposter. More >>
Norma Sherry: Not So Gay Times
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 12:55 am | Norma Sherry
We are living in frightening times. We're in a war without an end. We're in Iraq on a lie. We have a runaway deficit that promises to get worse if we don't alter our course. We have more Americans out of work than in anytime in previous history. ... More >>
Norma Sherry: What Are We To Do?
Monday, 26 January 2004, 2:21 pm | Norma Sherry
(FLORIDA) - We need to stop singing to the choir. We've already got it. We know all too well what's wrong and what needs fixing. Now we need to reach the other side. We need to put aside our frustration, our anger, and start doing something productive. More >>
Norma Sherry: What Price Glory?
Wednesday, 21 January 2004, 2:43 pm | Norma Sherry
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Do you feel safer? Is your job more secure or are you among the more than three million workers without a job and without any hope of a job? Have you lost your pension or 401K due to corporate malfeasance? More >>
Norma Sherry: I Believe
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 2:17 pm | Norma Sherry
It's a new year: 2004. A time to reflect on all that's past and a time to be filled with the hope of all that's new. Try as I might, though, I find it very difficult to imagine that this new year, this the fourth year in the new millennium holds any ... More >>
Norma Sherry: Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 1:55 pm | Norma Sherry
Art often imitates life. If you happened to watch a recent episode of 'The Practice', than you got a fair dose of reality. I could feign superiority and tell you it was quite by accident that I tuned in, but the truth is since Sharon Stone opened the ... More >>
Norma Sherry: Once Upon a Time in America
Monday, 24 November 2003, 1:07 pm | Norma Sherry
What a conundrum we find ourselves in and depending on who's talking and who's listening, it would appear we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. One thing is for certain, there's only one winner.and it isn't us, you, me, and the rest of us working folk. More >>
Norma Sherry: A Letter To America’s Workers
Friday, 14 November 2003, 1:44 pm | Norma Sherry
I apologize for my ignorance and that of many of my fellow Americans. I apologize, too, for my short-sighted eagerness to get the best buy I could, and for my silly desire to save a few extra pennies, or a few more dollars. In my ignorance and naiveté, ... More >>
Norma Sherry: Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Friday, 7 November 2003, 10:49 am | Norma Sherry
I'm just going to blurt it out; tell it like it is. In the words of the venerable, Walter Cronkite, "and that's the way it is"; here it is folks; outsourcing is tantamount to legalized slave labor. More >>
Norma Sherry: My Candidate
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 10:29 am | Norma Sherry
Whenever I say who my candidate is, I'm either greeted with, "What? Have you lost it?" or "He's my choice, too!" More >>
Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More
Friday, 24 October 2003, 7:55 am | Norma Sherry
Are American workers at risk of losing their jobs? Damn right they are. Particularly if they pursued what they thought were safe jobs in today's commerce. More >>
Norma Sherry: I'm Mad as Hell, How About You?
Wednesday, 22 October 2003, 10:32 am | Norma Sherry
Are you as frustrated as I am when you call the company that sold you your expensive computer and your call is answered in India or Timbuktu? Or you call the software company because the dang thing doesn't work and you get a foreign voice reading from ... More >>
