Mark Podolner
Again I want to thank Andy and Michael for joining me in the inexpensive way to end the ads on this site for a year. And thanks to Margie for facilitating it all. If anyone actually read the Ron Paul ads they lead to an interesting place, which is not political. If you followed the ad to the video it was a very long presentation by Paul on how the U.S. economy and our government is doomed because of X, Y, and Z. But rather than argue what can be done to change our politics to prevent this collapse, Paul was using this infomercial to argue that nothing can be done to save the country as a whole but that if you buy this book he was peddling you can learn not only how to survive the apocalypse but to profit from it. So, in a way, it was more commercial than political but I am certainly happy that it is gone. And you can count on the fact that I will never bring up a political or commerical idea or position on this forum.
However, several 1965 graduates of SSHS have have become my facebook friends and I would welcome others. I do talk about politics but also, philosophy, interpersonal relationships, psychological dynamics, art, early childhood education, science, technology and more. Frankly, I'm not very nostalgic so I don't participate much on this site. In addition my memory is shot and I just can't remember alot of what when on 51 years ago. None-the-less I support this site and will continue to do so. I also have met in person, for lunch, participants on the "I grew up in Chicago (South Shore Web site) and I've really enjoyed it since we tend to talk about the present (which I can sometimes remember). Most of the people are a few years younger than me but it's hard to tell at this age. They were more in my younger brother's year. So if you're interested in that group let me know. A special incentive is that we often eat at the incomparable Manny's in Chicago.
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