Monthly Archives: January 2011

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By Frank Paynter | Published: January 13, 2011

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Damn Sure Right

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 10, 2011

Intention is the core of all conscious life. It is our intentions that create karma, our intentions that help others, our intentions that lead us away from the delusions of individuality toward the immutable verities of enlightened awareness. Conscious intention colors and moves everything. – Hsing Yun From 2002 until her death in the spring [...]

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Jesse Kelly

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2011

At this point, the last man standing in Arizona’s eighth congressional district is a loser named Jesse Kelly. His victorious opponent, three term congresswoman and astronaut’s wife Gabby Giffords is in critical condition in a Tucson hospital. Like me, Jesse is a US government trained killer. Unlike me, he’s unconscionably proud of it. I hope [...]

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The Arizona Massacre

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2011

In February, when U.S. District Judge John Roll presided over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher, the Marshals Service was anticipating the fallout. When Roll ruled the case could go forward, Gonzales said talk-radio shows cranked up the controversy and spurred audiences into making threats. In one afternoon, [...]

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Twenty-three degrees Fahrenheit

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 6, 2011

It was so cold… The horses on the carousel refused to budge. Notes of music froze and shattered with prismatic finality… The mimes couldn’t change their expressions. When a bread truck overturned and baguettes were suspended in mid-air pigeons were afraid to leave their roosts for the feast. Women in expensive fur hats could not [...]

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