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From The Onion for August 1, under the headline “Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self:”
WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.
“As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president,” Bush said during a televised address from the East Room of the White House shortly after signing his executive order. “I promise the American people that I will not abuse this new power, unless it becomes necessary to grant myself the power to do so at a later time.”
The Presidential Empowerment Act, which the president hand-drafted on his own Oval Office stationery and promptly signed into law, provides Bush with full authority to permit himself to authorize increased jurisdiction over the three branches of the federal government, provided that the president considers it in his best interest to do so.
“In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision to grant himself even more power,” Bush said. “To do otherwise would be playing into the hands of our enemies.”
Added Bush: “And it’s all under due process of the law as I see it.”
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A message from Walt Mates, owner of Odyssey Books in Midway:
Odyssey Books is closing at the end of August. While I appreciate so much your patronage and support over the last two years, the volume of sales has just not been adequate to sustain the business.
This Saturday from Noon till 9pm and Sunday from Noon till 4pm (August 5th and 6th) there will be an inventory liquidation sale. All in-stock books will be 50% off the list price. Special orders, previously discounted books and consigned books will be excluded, as will art and jewelry. Book Club Bucks will not apply. All sales will be final–no returns, exchanges, or refunds.
I regret that Odyssey Books must close because I still believe that the greater Midway community deserves its own bookshop. I have enjoyed meeting and getting to know so many of you. Bookselling is first and foremost a people business. That has been the best part of this journey and what I will miss the most.
Sincerely,
Walt Mates
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Odyssey Books Inc
129 East Main Street (downstairs)
P.O. Box 4451
Midway, Kentucky 40347
859.846.4504
Open Tuesday through Saturday from 1pm till 9pm Sunday from 1pm till 4pm
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It’s lines like these, from the poem “Landscape,” that keep me coming back to Louise Glück’s new collection, Averno (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006):
On a path through the bare chestnut trees,
a little dog trails its master.The little dog—didn’t he used to rush ahead,
straining the leash, as though to show his master
what he sees there, there in the future—the future, the path, call it what you will.
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