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Donald Rumsfeld: The Last of The Old, Cold, Warriors? -
Robert Dailey (12)     Robert Dailey   Becoming an anachronism is difficult. Being part of an anachronistic philosophy is equally as difficult. Rumsfeld’s resignation is the demarcation line between the “big brother, big policeman," attitudes and government functionaries that have existed since the end of World War II. These... ( added 1 year 236 days ago.) |
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From the Sidelines, On the Draft -
Patrice Lauren (63)  Patrice Lauren  War begets death and destruction: Somebody's mom, Somebody's dad Somebody's son Comes home in a bag. In this war, biotoxic death, Remains may become memories, With nothing else left. As the United States continues armed military conflict, this summer of 2006, a new... ( added 2 years 11 days ago.) |
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Real Issues and the Dismantling of America. -
Robert Melaccio, Sr. (3,932)    Robert Melaccio, Sr. More fluff and no substance from these two presidential candidates. Obama said today " At a time when we're fighting two wars, when millions of Americans can't afford their medical bills, when we're paying more then $4.00 a gallon for gas" etc . referring to McCain's comments on a tax break for... ( added 22 days 20 hours ago.) |
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The Preachers and Candidates Wars of 2008 -
Rev M Bresciani (1,600)   Rev M Bresciani Pastors Wright, Hagee and Parsley have been thrown under the bus and Dr. Dobson is still under scrutiny as he continues to size up the presidential candidates. Who is a casualty and who is the victor in this war between pastors and presidential hopefuls? When the evangelicals felt they got... ( added 22 days 21 hours ago.) |
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Obama and McCain: Economic Philosophies -
 - Missing Link (828)   Missing Link On my ride home from church this morning my satellite radio was playing a discussion about the differences in economic philosophies between Barack Obama and John McCain. Perhaps their economic philosophies shed light on why they would want to be president, or perhaps the reasons that they want to... ( added 23 days 10 hours ago.) |
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US Senate Operates Its Food Services in the Red, Votes to Privatize Its Restaurants -
Alf Gordon (240)  Alf Gordon If a person ran a business for over 40 years, provided lousy services and goods, and turned a profit in only seven of those years, one would wonder how much business sense that individual had, and if he should be running a business in the first place. Well, guess what? That's exactly what the... ( added 23 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Vietnam, Iraq, Politics and Death -
Robert Melaccio, Sr. (3,932) Robert Melaccio, Sr. As I was sitting reading an article about Vietnam this came to mind concerning the plight of America today. If it wasn't so blatantly clear I would have brushed by it. aside, yet something drove me to put my thoughts into words. Now many of us "old timers" Baby Boomers and some that followed a... ( added 24 days 18 hours ago.) |
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U.S. Economy: Fear of Falling -
Missing Link (828) Missing Link OK so let's try to unravel where the economy is going together shall we? According to Investorwords.com the definition of a Recession is, "a period of general economic decline: specifically, a decline in the GDP (gross domestic product) for two or more consecutive quarters." Well according to... ( added 26 days 18 hours ago.) |
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Hero as a Brand: What a Racket! -
Missing Link (828) Missing Link So I'm watching the local Sacramento news on Channel 3 (NBC) last night. A dramatic video is shown in which some firefighters are working on the roof of a burning building. Suddenly the roof caves in and the three guys have to run for the walls to save their lives. Pretty incredible stuff right?... ( added 27 days 12 hours ago.) |
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They’d Rather Sell Your Foreclosed Home For Half Than Help You. -
Robert Melaccio, Sr. (3,932) Robert Melaccio, Sr. Yes that is right they'd rather sell your Foreclosed home to another than help you. Why, well a couple of things. First you are an average American and in many cases you are no longer "Credit Worthy" or "responsible" right Mr McCain, President Bush and Mr. Obama? Did that matter when they gave... ( added 27 days 20 hours ago.) |
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A Struggle of Class: Obama vs. McCain -
Missing Link (828) Missing Link Two symbolic ends of the social spectrum are embodied in the men running for President. In big picture terms we have the culmination of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, Mr. Obama, seen as a Black man of modest birth, running against Mr. McCain, the archetypal white Republican candidate, a senior... ( added 28 days 10 hours ago.) |
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In America, Georgia, Not Every Vote Gets Counted -
- Patricia Barbee (96)  Patricia Barbee I was a precocious child. I learned to read and write at age two. I always thought that what the big kids did I could do. I remember a visit in Georgia to Mom's friend. Within the city limits in a sylvan neighborhood was a small stream. All the neighborhood children loved to play "fishing"... ( added 29 days 15 hours ago.) |
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We're Just Talkin' Here -
Missing Link (828) Missing Link Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. It's official. Let the national campaign begin. It seems to me that John McCain will have to do better than to attack Barack's willingness to meet with foreign leaders who disagree with US policy. It is a pathetic and windless tack. What will John... ( added 30 days 6 hours ago.) |
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Obama, McCain, What’s New? That’s Right, Nothing. -
Robert Melaccio, Sr. (3,932) Robert Melaccio, Sr. We've suspected for weeks and most likely tonight it will be official. Oh, the excitement is in the air for those who vote and who follow this "historic" election campaign. Historic alright, but in my opinion not because a black man is running for office. No, historic because we got exactly what... ( added 30 days 12 hours ago.) |
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Failed Leadership and Democratic Super Cronies -
- Missing Link (828) Missing Link I'm sitting down to write and not sure I have anything to say. I'm sure every writer has had a morning like that. I'm well-rested and ate my breakfast so there isn't anything physical interfering with my literacy. There's a fire outside and it's close. I can smell the acrid smoke of a structure... ( added 33 days 14 hours ago.) |
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Poisonous Plutocracy Pushes Economic Inequality -
Joel Hirschhorn (555)  Joel Hirschhorn The biggest political issue receiving no attention by the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates is the powerful plutocracy that has captured the government to produce rising economic inequality. Both major parties have enabled, promoted and supported this Upper Class plutocracy.... ( added 36 days 14 hours ago.) |
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The Domino Effect Continues -
Robert Melaccio, Sr. (3,932) Robert Melaccio, Sr. Yes 1 billion less miles driven this year by Americans so far means impacts to the Big Amusements Parks, vacation resorts and small time businesses that cater to vacationers. Will this impact state revenue like Florida is now experiencing? Yes a decline in miles driven, car pooling, use of public... ( added 37 days 13 hours ago.) |
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What Are We Waiting For? -
Joel Hirschhorn (555) Joel Hirschhorn Long before the disastrous George W. Bush administration, I had been waiting for profound, systemic changes in our political system. Perversely, I saw the upside of Bush as motivating more Americans to demand political change. And that happened. But the national yearning for change was co-opted... ( added 44 days 21 hours ago.) |
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Fire Them All!! Impeach the Rest!! -
Rich Smith (301)  Rich Smith This is ridiculus, 85% of our offshore oil we can't drill, Alaska has pools of oil enough to last us 200 years or more and we have capped oil wells all over the USA. And we are paying $4 plus for gas/ and diesel fuel. We are hip deep in oil and its time we fired every government energy... ( added 45 days 18 hours ago.) |
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Soft Hope in Hard Times -
Rob Lafferty (159)  Rob Lafferty Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe (This column was originally published in the Haleakala Times weekly newspaper on Maui) If you've been reading this column lately, you'll have noticed that it usually has bad news to... ( added 49 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Irs Penalties -
Jay Allen Finn (76) The IRS just made a huge statement by cracking down on the well known actor Wesley Snipes. Mr. Snipes was accused of felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy as well as three misdemeanor accounts of failing to file tax returns. The actor was acquitted of the federal tax fraud and conspiracy... ( added 49 days 17 hours ago.) |
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Children Of Poverty - Lesser Known Challenge -
- Manu Tandon (36) The struggle to live a day without dying and even struggle harder to see their loved ones live too. Every day, poverty kills 30,000 children in Africa alone. Over half a million women die each year (that's one every 60 seconds). Close to eight million people die every year because of poverty.... ( added 50 days 22 hours ago.) |
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Nominal Breakthroughs: Beating corruption -
Shan-ul-Hai (277)  Shan-ul-Hai This is the first post in the "Nominal Breakthroughs" series, which will talk about news that is farcically touted as groundbreaking. The fight against political corruption is one of the most important tasks confronting many of today's developing countries; for instance, many... ( added 51 days 3 hours ago.) |
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Politics and Semantics: “Working Class” -
Shan-ul-Hai (277) Shan-ul-Hai Isn't it about time that we stop getting angry at people for stating the obvious? After "Bittergate," I think I might have lost hope in our ability to ever recover from our tendency to make a big deal every time somebody says something rational that might just be politically... ( added 52 days 14 hours ago.) |
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Mom And Pop Shops Almost Gone But Not Forgotten -
- Joel Hendon (4,035)  Joel Hendon What Happened? What has happened to change the world so? I celebrated my 20th birthday in 1950, shortly after my Dad passed away on his 60th birthday from leukemia. The town of Piedmont, Alabama had grown from a rural crossroads community called "Hollow Stump" in the early 1840's to be... ( added 55 days 10 hours ago.) |
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