<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 2.8pt 22.6pt 56.6pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 127.5pt 141.7pt 155.85pt 170.0pt 181.35pt 198.4pt 212.55pt 226.7pt 240.9pt 255.05pt 272.1pt 283.4pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="font-family: Shruti;" lang="EN-US">Sounding Off </span></em><span style="font-family: Shruti;" lang="EN-US">is the author</span><span style="font-family: Shruti;" lang="EN-US">s chosen term for expressing his personal opinions and observations on whatever comes to mind without claiming any expertise or even knowledge on the subject matter discussed. The author states that at best, his book is a form of expression for those who do not have the chutzpah to stand on a box in the street and, at worst, it is an exercise in futility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If the book does not teach you anything it will at least make you think</span><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols';">Y</span></span><span style="font-family: Shruti;" lang="EN-US">or laugh</span></span></p>