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Opinion
Column - Syndicated in 80 newspapers
"Letters
from North America"
by Peary Perry
Comments
go to pperry@austin.rr.com
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This
Week
Of the people,
by the people and for whom 5-12-08
Somewhere I’ve read that we have a government ‘Of the people, by the
people and FOR the people’. However I am beginning to believe that
some of those IN the government believe it should be… ‘Of the people,
by the people and for US.’.. |
Letters
from North America
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Columns
Graduation
Day 5-8-08
A
pit of quicksand 5-1-08
Doesn’t
character count for anything? 4-24-08
Vegetable
Abuse 4-17-08
Trash
as Art 4-10-08
PSA
4-3-08
Divided
We Fall 3-27-08
Congress
3-20-08
Promotional
Mini-Vacation 3-13-08
How
to Fix Our Government 3-6-08
Whose
Fault? Who Pays? 2-28-08
Enough
is Enough 2-21-08
Pass
Port and Green Cards 2-14-08
Robots
2-7-08
Public
Servant 1-31-08
Where
are you Benny Goodenberger 1-23-08
Insurance
1-16-08
A
Pregnant Pause for Reflection 1-9-08
Vote
1-3-08
How
was your Christmas 12-27-07
Rejection
at Yuletide 12-19-07
The
Homeless 12-12-07
Healthcare
12-5-07
Justice
and Mercy 11-28-07
Is
it time for the holidays already? 11-20-07
An
Inspirational Story 11-14-07
Stupidity
exists at all levels 11-7-07
Germany
in the late 30’s? Iraq while Saddam was in power? Or... 11-1-07
Let
Kids Be Kids 10-24-07
Press
One for English 10-17-07
A
billion here, a billion there... 10-10-07
Catching
a Problem 9-26-07
Grand
Hotel 9-19-07
Conspiracy
Theory 9-12-07
Enough
Already 9-6-07
The
Gym 8-29-07
Falsely
Accused 8-22-07
Rent-A-Pet
8-16-07
Airport
Security. Not! 8-8-07
Feeding
Frenzy 8-3-07
TxDOT
Recommends 7-31-07
If
you volunteer, put on a uniform and march off to war 7-17-07
Be
afraid….be truly afraid 7-11-07
Your
Voice Makes a Difference 7-3-07
Dear
Gunter 6-27-07
Dear
Mayor Bloomberg 6-20-07
Dear
Miss Paris Hilton 6-13-07
The
United States Postal Service 6-6-07
I’m
Packing Up 5-30-07
Getting
Old 5-22-07
Small
Bananas 5-8-07
Cataloged
5-2-07
Brotherhood
of Motherhood 4-25-07
Word
Police 4-17-07
It
Happened in Norwich 4-10-07
Easter
4-4-07
The
Most Frustrating Time of the Year 3-07
Spammed
Again 3-27-07
Fashion
2-16-07
Where
Has Humor Gone? 2-7-07
Children's
Health 1-30-07
Report
from Planet Earth 1-24-07
"Those
who ignore history are doomed to repeat it." 1-23-07
Political
Campaign Ethics 1-11-07
Onward
and upward for 2007 1-4-07
Christmas
Gifts I Can't Use 12-27-06
A
Wonderful Time of the Year 12-14-06
Christ
at Christmas Time 12-7-06
Heartburn
12-1-06
Giving
Thanks 11-23-06
Election
Over, What Now? 11-16-06
Veterans
Day 11-9-06
In
the Moment 11-2-06
Lost
in Translation 10-26-06
Laws
Dumb and Dumber 10-12-06
News
of the Day 10-5-06
The
Same Old Face 9-28-06
Changes
9-13-06
Cowboys,
Pirates, and Robin Hood 9-7-06
Free
Advice over German Beer 8-30-06
How
to Make a Million and Retire Early 8-24-06
Eating
Out 8-17-06
Stop
the Presses 8-10-06
Man
Should Not Live Alone 8-3-06
Frivolous
Lawsuits 7-27-06
What
Bugs Me 7-20-06
Government
Logic 7-13-06
Superman
7-6-06
Pet
Rock 6-29-06
Let
Them Eat Cake 6-22-06
Grandkids
6-15-06
Information
Overload 6-8-06
Parallel
Universe 6-1-06
Alligators
5-24-06
Green
Card and Undocumented Workers 5-18-06
Why
Does Life Seem So Hard Sometimes? 5-12-06
Small
Town Election 5-5-05
Point
Misery - North Dakota 4-27-06
New
Classics Getting Old 4-21-06
Dear
God 4-15-06
Hair
4-11-06
Memory
Loss 3-30-06
Lifetime
Memberships 3-22-06
There
Ain't No Free Lunch 3-16-06
Gadgets
3-8-06
Congressional
Roman Holiday 3-1-06
Winter
Olympics 2-21-06
I
Need a Vacation 2-15-06
Global
Decline in Math and Science 2-8-06
Bank
Statement Blues 2-1-06
Vacation
Homes 1-25-06
Ultimate
Ineptitude 1-18-06
Lives
of the Rich and Famous 1-10-06
Mr.
Ethics Man 1-2-06
Bountiful
Fountain 12-28-05
The
Agony of Voice Mail 12-21-05
Merry
PC Christmas 12-13-05
Skin
Care and Father Time 12-7-05
Turkeys
Gone Wild 11-30-05
Thanksgiving
11-23-05
Telephone
Tax and Powdered Milk 11-18-05
Progress
11-9-05
Simple
Mathematics 10-26-05
Hurricane Disaster Relief
Nothing
You Can Do 10-19-05
Flag
Burning 10-11-05
How
I have abused my cheese all of my life 9-29-05
Proper
Planning 9-14-05
Katrina
9-2-05
Rising
Gas Prices 8-31-05
Illegal
and Unjust 8-24-05
"..A court in Arizona decided that a rancher who had mistreated
a couple of illegal aliens he caught on his ranch back in 2003 had
to forfeit his ranch to the couple..."
Cushy
Jobs 8-18-05
“March
of the Penguins” 8-10-05
Revolting
Development 8-2-05
Life
without a Washer 7-26-05
Remodeling
Your House 7-22-05
Follow-up
Visits 7-13-05
Eliminate
the Cuss Words, Car Crashes and Murders, and it would be a Silent
Movie 7-5-05
When
your child's teacher needs to consult Dr. Phil 6-27-05
Smelling
the Roses 6-22-05
Men
and Melon 6-15-05
The
Good Old US of A 6-8-05
Kids
with Scalpels 6-2-05
Get
a Life 5-26-05
This
Week 5-16-05
A
Nation of Fools 5-10-05
The
Missed Wife 5-2-05
Einstein
and Luggage 4-26-05
Herding
Cats 4-20-05
Women
Want Details, Men Cut to the Chase 4-17-05
Grandparenting
4-8-05
Old
Dogs, New Tricks 4-1-05
Trade
Deficit 3-23-05
Numbers
3-16-05
Greenies
3-9-05
An
adventure to remember 3-2-05
"Peary
Perry’s Guide to Riches and Miracle Diet Plan" 2-22-05
Going
the Distance 2-16-05
Moral
Decay 2-16-05
Where
are you Benny Goodenberger? 2-2-05
Reading
vs Television 1-25-05
Pet
Peeves: Coffee, Stereos and Thermostat 1-25-05
Inaugural
Packages 1-16-05
Professor
Perry on Time 1-1-05
Food
and Diet 12-23-04
"Pardon
me, is that your luggage ticking?" 12-15-04
Sports
and Competition 12-9-04
Happy
PC Day 12-1-04
‘Reality’
Shows 11-25-04
‘Harmful
to Marriage' Questions 11-17-04
Surrendering
to the Holidays 11-10-04
Salve
for Election Bruises 11-4-04
Baseball Moms10-27-04
Tidal
Wave of Crime 10-21-04
Extending
Expiration Dates 10-16-04
Gender
Differences, Directions and Dishwashers 10-6-04
Caveat
Emptor 10-3-04
When
News Becomes Drama 9-24-04
Gasoline
Prices 9-15-04
Bipartisan
Follies 9-7-04
Circle
of Life 9-1-04
Olympic
Events 8-10-04
Convention(al)
Silliness 8-5-04
AARP
for Astronauts, Black Holes and Peanut Butter 7-29-04
The
Nitty Gritty of Camelot 7-22-04
Horrors
of Grandfatherhood 7-14-04
Air
Fresheners: Use at Your Own Risk 7-7-04
Disposable
Nation 6-26-04
Flowers
and the oil cartels 6-16-04
Murphy's
Law 6-9-04
Ponder
Points 5-27-04
Hard
Times in Good Old Days 5-19-04
Firsts
5-12-04
Timbuktu
Places Its Trust in Peary Perry 5-7-04
50-50
VS 110% 4-28-04
Clocks
and Time Change 4-27-04
Men
and Tools 4-21-04
Sensitivity
Training for Newly Weds 4-11-04
Greetings for Wives 4-1-04
Study
on Prisoner Re-entry in Texas 3-17-04
Presidential
Candidates 3-17-04
The
semi-retired-must-keep-working-to-live limbo
Voice
mail, Taxes, Politics, Television and Diet
Awards
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Peary Perry
First
off, I was born during the war and according to my parents, names
were being rationed. My Mom was kind of slow and by the time she got
down to the Federal Bureau of Names, all of the Johns, Jims, and Davids
were gone. So, according to what I've been told…she just settled on
two names that were the same, but weren't. As in Peary Perry. As you
can imagine, I've heard every kind of comment that can be made on
this matter since I was born. "Peary Perry…quite contrary…." and so
on and so on. Some people think I'm kidding them. I have contemplated
using an alias, but then it kinds of defeats the purpose, doesn't
it?
I always wanted to write about life in general. I like people and
think that we need to see the bright side of just about everything,
if we can. Some years ago, a friend started a newspaper and asked
me to write a weekly humor column for him. I goofed around and didn't
really put out much effort. I ended up in a creative writing course
in a local college. The instructor asked if any of us had been published.
I raised my hand. He asked how often I wrote…and I told him whenever
I got the time….He then asked me "If you have an opportunity to write
and you don't… why are you in this course?" I didn't have an answer,
so I went back, sat down and have been knocking these out for the
past 6 years or so.
My columns are about life and it's many mysteries. I try to blend
humor, satire, sadness and laughter to everything I write and I am
always looking for sources of another story. Writing is a great hobby
for me, but is therapeutic as well. If I can write something that
you agree with or that makes you smile and have a better day…then
all of my efforts are certainly worthwhile. I'll keep on cranking
these out as long as you keep reading.
More of Peary
Perry can be read on his personal website, www.pearyperry.com
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[My]
first novel…'Manuel Muldoon' has just been published and is available
on Amazon.com. My second one is about finished as well. This has been
a long hard process for me and if you happen to buy it and read it,
I'd appreciate any comments you might make…good or bad.
Thanks again…. Comments
go to pperry@austin.rr.com
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