Crunchy Cons: Birkenstocked Burkeans and Those Who Love Them

Interesting label for a semi-paradoxical sort of person.

A local man who probably qualifies as a crunchy con is Caleb Stegall, resident of Perry, Douglas County, Kansas. Stegall is editor of The New Pantagruel . Thanks to my professor ("S.B.") at Johnson County Community College for putting me onto the site.

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"Homeland Security": Is the cure worse than the disease?

The people we are hiring to inspect our bags are stealing valuables from them. If so, they are LESS trustworthy than the typical person and arguably MORE likely to plant bombs in our luggage than the passengers are. Might we better improve homeland security by planting boobytrapped jewelry cases in our luggage? By using ink-filled devices such as on garments on stores, we could catch these thieves red-handed.

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