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I am again reminded, by this, of a tale from the Great Depression era (soon to be called "GD One").
A popular magazine, which name escapes me, ran a cash prize contest
which were all the rage during those bleak times. Readers were
asked to submit their solution to how a Tom Swiftian character, perhaps
Tom himself?, escapes from this dilemma. My concoction is faithful in substance to the original.
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"Tom has fallen into arch-enemy Andy Foger's trap, a nearly bottomless
pit with sheer walls. He has no rope, no tools, and his only clothing
, his underpants, got snagged and were ripped off as he fell. A cursory
examination reveals that the walls contain no crevices with which to gain
purchase, and are studded with razor blades anyway. A green noxious,
heavier-than-air gas, which Tom recognizes as deadly, seeps from below,
and is now at waist level. Etc. Etc."
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The prize was a generous $100, and elicited thousands of responses,
some several dozen pages long. The winning entry, however,
contained but six words.
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In a Flash, Tom was out!
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Now that the Administration is losing support from one of the triumvirate groups comprising the Donk's "Axis of Schlecht" (with Blacks and unions), they are scrambling to get out of that hole in this election season. On
Thursday Rahm Emanuel told a group of rabbis, "We screwed up." The Obama administration has “screwed up the messaging” about its support for Israel over the past 14 months.
"Messaging?" For 14 months?"
In a flash? Probably.
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