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Notes from Lucky Lake
Ray Smilor
Notes From Lucky Lake
Blog by Ray Smilor
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Feb 13, 20213 min read
Requiem for a Party
The Smilor Post Fort Worth, Texas February 14, 2021 The Capital police announced from the Capital Building in Washington DC that the...
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Jan 27, 20213 min read
Of Spines and Oaths
The Smilor Post Fort Worth, TX January 29, 2021 Reports from the Capital Building in Washington DC indicate that dozens of MedStar...
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Jan 7, 20213 min read
Today's Scorpions
There is a telling fable that seems relevant to the sad, shocking and distressing attack on our Capital building. The tale of the frog...
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Dec 29, 20201 min read
Goodbye 2020
Goodbye to the Prez, to the chieftain of lies, To his screeds, to his beefs all in endless supplies. To oblivion soon Let him fade in a...
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Nov 3, 20202 min read
If We Can Keep It
As Benjamin Franklin was leaving Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a passerby supposedly asked him what kind...
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Oct 26, 20204 min read
A False Dilemma
In the spring of 1968, I had dinner with a person who became a hero of mine. I was a junior in college when Eugene McCarthy, the U.S....
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Oct 14, 20202 min read
My Unusual Vote
I voted in my first presidential election in 1968. I have voted in every presidential and off-year election since. I have voted for...
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Sep 30, 20203 min read
On Fatherhood and Decency
I am a father and a grandfather. My two boys (yes, I still think of them as my boys) have grown to be fine young men. My two...
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Sep 27, 20205 min read
Trump's New Book
The Smilor Post Fort Worth, Texas September 27, 2020 The White House today released a detailed media kit announcing the publication of...
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Sep 11, 20203 min read
The Trump Memorial
The Smilor Post Fort Worth, Texas September 12, 2020 The White House today announced formal plans to establish the Trump Memorial. White...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
Trump's Fight Song
The Committee to Re-elect President Trump excitedly announced today the new fight song for the President's re-election campaign. The...
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Aug 19, 20203 min read
Don the Weatherman
One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day. You know the story. Phil the Weatherman, played by Bill Murray, is trapped in the nightmare...
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Jun 7, 20204 min read
Reverend Mr. President
Trump becomes minister; sells bibles Breaking News The Smilor Post Fort Worth, Texas June 8, 2020 The White House announced today that...
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Apr 8, 20202 min read
A Question in Verse
I wonder whether there is a chance that President Trump's core base of support might begin to show signs of cracking in the midst of the...
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Apr 1, 20203 min read
Trump Resigns!
I wanted to get this breaking news to you as quickly as possible. TRUMP RESIGNS! Washington D. C. In a shocking development from the...
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