Episode 20171225 - The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field

"The Symbol and the Saint," from "Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse," by Eugene Field, published in 1912.

A very pretty story I found, and recorded on this date back in 2008, as Hiber-Nation 45.  Still makes a good audio Christmas card, not perfect, but heartfelt.

Best wishes for a joyous holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate!  And here's to better times in the coming year.

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Hiber-Nation 20171221 - Federalist # 8 - The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States

Some dangers we avoided early, but encountered later.

And what I didn't know, but didn't want to spoil the surprise.

The original text from Congress.gov

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Episode 20171215 - The FCC Killed The Internet!

OH MY GOD THE FCC JUST DESTROYED THE INTERNET AND MADE IT NOT NEUTRAL ANYMORE!!!  Well, no.

A brief quote at the end from "The Desiderata."

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Hiber-Nation 20171214 - Federalist # 7 - The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States

Reference to a shared YouTube clip from "The Newsroom" which is sadly on-point for this episode, and which you can see on my Podbusker.com blog.

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Why America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore.

This didn't quite bring me to tears, but I sure felt like it.  It's from an Aaron Sorkin series called "Newsroom."  It starts slow, and gets rough to listen to in the middle, but sadly hopeful at the end.  Or that's what I heard, anyway.



It ends on a sad note.  But, to quote from another Aaron Sorkin show, we need to write "the next ten words."