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Column - Syndicated in 80 newspapers "Letters
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by Peary Perry Comments
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Week
Medicare
Fraud 8-13-08
Last month I read a report that
stated that the good old US government had paid out more than ninety two million
of our hard earned dollars to Medicare fraud. It seems so called medical suppliers
have been billing the government for wheelchairs and other pieces of home equipment
for people who had already died. Not only had the patients died, but so had a
large number of doctors who had originally prescribed whatever was needed... |
Letters
from North America |
Columns
Are
You Ready for the Country? 8-6-08Energy
Policy 7-30-08Being
Parents 7-24-08A
Letter to Her Majesty 7-17-08Ghost
Voting 7-10-08Dumbing
Down of America 7-3-08Malpractice
Insurance 6-26-08Campaign
Fund Disclosure 6-19-08Some
things are better left alone 6-12-08
Winks and Nods at the Law 6-5-08Campaign
Funds 5-29-08It
gets worse 5-26-08Of
the people, by the people and for whom 5-12-08Graduation
Day 5-8-08A
pit of quicksand 5-1-08Doesn’t
character count for anything? 4-24-08Vegetable
Abuse 4-17-08Trash
as Art 4-10-08PSA
4-3-08Divided
We Fall 3-27-08Congress
3-20-08Promotional
Mini-Vacation 3-13-08How
to Fix Our Government 3-6-08Whose
Fault? Who Pays? 2-28-08Enough
is Enough 2-21-08Pass
Port and Green Cards 2-14-08Robots
2-7-08Public
Servant 1-31-08Where
are you Benny Goodenberger 1-23-08Insurance
1-16-08A
Pregnant Pause for Reflection 1-9-08Vote
1-3-08How
was your Christmas 12-27-07Rejection
at Yuletide 12-19-07The
Homeless 12-12-07Healthcare
12-5-07Justice
and Mercy 11-28-07Is
it time for the holidays already? 11-20-07An
Inspirational Story 11-14-07Stupidity
exists at all levels 11-7-07Germany
in the late 30’s? Iraq while Saddam was in power? Or... 11-1-07Let
Kids Be Kids 10-24-07Press
One for English 10-17-07A
billion here, a billion there... 10-10-07Catching
a Problem 9-26-07Grand
Hotel 9-19-07Conspiracy
Theory 9-12-07Enough
Already 9-6-07The
Gym 8-29-07Falsely
Accused 8-22-07Rent-A-Pet
8-16-07Airport
Security. Not! 8-8-07Feeding
Frenzy 8-3-07TxDOT
Recommends 7-31-07If
you volunteer, put on a uniform and march off to war 7-17-07Be
afraid….be truly afraid 7-11-07Your
Voice Makes a Difference 7-3-07Dear
Gunter 6-27-07Dear
Mayor Bloomberg 6-20-07 Dear
Miss Paris Hilton 6-13-07The
United States Postal Service 6-6-07I’m
Packing Up 5-30-07Getting
Old 5-22-07Small
Bananas 5-8-07Cataloged
5-2-07Brotherhood
of Motherhood 4-25-07Word
Police 4-17-07It
Happened in Norwich 4-10-07Easter
4-4-07The
Most Frustrating Time of the Year 3-07Spammed
Again 3-27-07Fashion
2-16-07Where
Has Humor Gone? 2-7-07
Children's
Health 1-30-07
Report
from Planet Earth 1-24-07"Those
who ignore history are doomed to repeat it." 1-23-07Political
Campaign Ethics 1-11-07Onward
and upward for 2007 1-4-07Christmas
Gifts I Can't Use 12-27-06A
Wonderful Time of the Year 12-14-06Christ
at Christmas Time 12-7-06Heartburn
12-1-06Giving
Thanks 11-23-06Election
Over, What Now? 11-16-06Veterans
Day 11-9-06In
the Moment 11-2-06Lost
in Translation 10-26-06Laws
Dumb and Dumber 10-12-06News
of the Day 10-5-06The
Same Old Face 9-28-06Changes
9-13-06Cowboys,
Pirates, and Robin Hood 9-7-06Free
Advice over German Beer 8-30-06How
to Make a Million and Retire Early 8-24-06Eating
Out 8-17-06Stop
the Presses 8-10-06Man
Should Not Live Alone 8-3-06Frivolous
Lawsuits 7-27-06What
Bugs Me 7-20-06Government
Logic 7-13-06Superman
7-6-06 Pet
Rock 6-29-06Let
Them Eat Cake 6-22-06Grandkids
6-15-06Information
Overload 6-8-06Parallel
Universe 6-1-06Alligators
5-24-06Green
Card and Undocumented Workers 5-18-06Why
Does Life Seem So Hard Sometimes? 5-12-06Small
Town Election 5-5-05Point
Misery - North Dakota 4-27-06New
Classics Getting Old 4-21-06Dear
God 4-15-06Hair
4-11-06 Memory
Loss 3-30-06Lifetime
Memberships 3-22-06There
Ain't No Free Lunch 3-16-06Gadgets
3-8-06Congressional
Roman Holiday 3-1-06Winter
Olympics 2-21-06I
Need a Vacation 2-15-06Global
Decline in Math and Science 2-8-06Bank
Statement Blues 2-1-06Vacation
Homes 1-25-06Ultimate
Ineptitude 1-18-06Lives
of the Rich and Famous 1-10-06Mr.
Ethics Man 1-2-06Bountiful
Fountain 12-28-05The
Agony of Voice Mail 12-21-05Merry
PC Christmas 12-13-05Skin
Care and Father Time 12-7-05Turkeys
Gone Wild 11-30-05Thanksgiving
11-23-05 Telephone
Tax and Powdered Milk 11-18-05Progress
11-9-05Simple
Mathematics 10-26-05
Hurricane Disaster Relief Nothing
You Can Do 10-19-05Flag
Burning 10-11-05How
I have abused my cheese all of my life 9-29-05
Proper
Planning 9-14-05Katrina
9-2-05 Rising
Gas Prices 8-31-05Illegal
and Unjust 8-24-05
"..A court in Arizona decided that a rancher who
had mistreated a couple of illegal aliens he caught on his ranch back in 2003
had to forfeit his ranch to the couple..."
Cushy
Jobs 8-18-05“March
of the Penguins” 8-10-05Revolting
Development 8-2-05Life
without a Washer 7-26-05Remodeling
Your House 7-22-05
Follow-up
Visits 7-13-05Eliminate
the Cuss Words, Car Crashes and Murders, and it would be a Silent Movie 7-5-05When
your child's teacher needs to consult Dr. Phil 6-27-05Smelling
the Roses 6-22-05
Men
and Melon 6-15-05
The
Good Old US of A 6-8-05Kids
with Scalpels 6-2-05
Get
a Life 5-26-05
This
Week 5-16-05A
Nation of Fools 5-10-05
The
Missed Wife 5-2-05
Einstein
and Luggage 4-26-05Herding
Cats 4-20-05
Women
Want Details, Men Cut to the Chase 4-17-05
Grandparenting
4-8-05Old
Dogs, New Tricks 4-1-05Trade
Deficit 3-23-05
Numbers
3-16-05
Greenies
3-9-05
An
adventure to remember 3-2-05
"Peary
Perry’s Guide to Riches and Miracle Diet Plan" 2-22-05Going
the Distance 2-16-05
Moral
Decay 2-16-05
Where
are you Benny Goodenberger? 2-2-05 Reading
vs Television 1-25-05Pet
Peeves: Coffee, Stereos and Thermostat 1-25-05Inaugural
Packages 1-16-05 Professor
Perry on Time 1-1-05
Food
and Diet 12-23-04"Pardon
me, is that your luggage ticking?" 12-15-04Sports
and Competition 12-9-04Happy
PC Day 12-1-04
‘Reality’
Shows 11-25-04‘Harmful
to Marriage' Questions 11-17-04Surrendering
to the Holidays 11-10-04Salve
for Election Bruises 11-4-04
Baseball Moms10-27-04Tidal
Wave of Crime 10-21-04Extending
Expiration Dates 10-16-04Gender
Differences, Directions and Dishwashers 10-6-04Caveat
Emptor 10-3-04When
News Becomes Drama 9-24-04Gasoline
Prices 9-15-04 Bipartisan
Follies 9-7-04Circle
of Life 9-1-04Olympic
Events 8-10-04 Convention(al)
Silliness 8-5-04AARP
for Astronauts, Black Holes and Peanut Butter 7-29-04The
Nitty Gritty of Camelot 7-22-04Horrors
of Grandfatherhood 7-14-04Air
Fresheners: Use at Your Own Risk 7-7-04Disposable
Nation 6-26-04Flowers
and the oil cartels 6-16-04 Murphy's
Law 6-9-04 Ponder
Points 5-27-04 Hard
Times in Good Old Days 5-19-04 Firsts
5-12-04
Timbuktu
Places Its Trust in Peary Perry 5-7-0450-50
VS 110% 4-28-04
Clocks
and Time Change 4-27-04Men
and Tools 4-21-04Sensitivity
Training for Newly Weds 4-11-04
Greetings for Wives 4-1-04Study
on Prisoner Re-entry in Texas 3-17-04Presidential
Candidates 3-17-04The
semi-retired-must-keep-working-to-live limboVoice
mail, Taxes, Politics, Television and Diet Awards
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Peary PerryFirst
off, I was born during the war and according to my parents, names were being rationed.
My Mom was kind of slow and by the time she got down to the Federal Bureau of
Names, all of the Johns, Jims, and Davids were gone. So, according to what I've
been told…she just settled on two names that were the same, but weren't. As in
Peary Perry. As you can imagine, I've heard every kind of comment that can be
made on this matter since I was born. "Peary Perry…quite contrary…." and so on
and so on. Some people think I'm kidding them. I have contemplated using an alias,
but then it kinds of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
I always wanted
to write about life in general. I like people and think that we need to see the
bright side of just about everything, if we can. Some years ago, a friend started
a newspaper and asked me to write a weekly humor column for him. I goofed around
and didn't really put out much effort. I ended up in a creative writing course
in a local college. The instructor asked if any of us had been published. I raised
my hand. He asked how often I wrote…and I told him whenever I got the time….He
then asked me "If you have an opportunity to write and you don't… why are you
in this course?" I didn't have an answer, so I went back, sat down and have been
knocking these out for the past 6 years or so.
My columns are about
life and it's many mysteries. I try to blend humor, satire, sadness and laughter
to everything I write and I am always looking for sources of another story. Writing
is a great hobby for me, but is therapeutic as well. If I can write something
that you agree with or that makes you smile and have a better day…then all of
my efforts are certainly worthwhile. I'll keep on cranking these out as long as
you keep reading.
More of Peary Perry can be read on his personal website, www.pearyperry.com
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