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Benefits and sacrifice: The needs of the many
Since the turn of the last century, since the advances in electricity and what it can do, the U.S. and other countries have concentrated on getting the benefits of electricity to more and more people....
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The people own all the land
Not to sound communistic, but, in many countries, all the land is owned by the people who live in that country. This is true in the U.S.To use the U.S. as an example, land is obtained in several ways,...
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Vote early. And, if in Chicago, vote often. It's tradition.
The political ads are almost at an end.If you can legally vote, please do so.I urge you to vote for the best candidate - Gary Johnson - but vote, one way or the other..Myself, I have long since given...
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Kids explain how to cook a turkey
From local newspaper. 2nd - 5th grade school kids from area elementary schools write in:Kill it...First kill a turkey. Then take all the fethers out. Next get a big bowl and put the turkey in the bowl...
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11/22/63
I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving yesterday.I hope some of you remembered it was also the day JFK was killed in Dallas.I am currently reading two new books on the subject, one real and one...
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On community organizing
A People's Organization is a conflict group, [and] this must be openly and fully recognized. Its sole reason in coming into being is to wage war against all evils which cause suffering and unhappiness....
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Community organizing, part deux
I was looking up previous occupations for U.S. Presidents, don't remember why, and I found that our present occupant of the White House shows on his resumé college professor and community organizer. I...
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Identifying the enemy
I have been resisting the urge to blog about the recent events in Connecticut, in the school shooting. You've heard more than enough by now without my two cents. But, since the gun control issue has...
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A burning
(NEWSER) - A Connecticut town is getting ready to burn violent video games to protest their "desensitizing" influence on children, the GUARDIAN reports. A group based in Southington, which sits a...
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I stand corrected about violent movies being ok
I bow to Arnold.You may be sure there is no bias in the below news story.LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger may be one of the world's biggest action stars but the former governor of...
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I think we've been through this before...
"No, you can't secede."(NEWSER) – White House to Texas: You're staying in America. The Obama administration has officially rejected a petition signed by more than 125,000 people demanding that the Lone...
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Tornadoes: happenstance atmospheric confluences, or God punching you in the gut?
Everything is a subject for analysis for me.Obama's inaugural speech Monday will be analyzed by me. Monday is also Martin Luther King's holiday in the U.S., and his methods have already been analyzed...
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Take one, the original, I think:Take two, not the original. (But I like Miss Li's enthusiasm):
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The invasion of Japan. Two versions.
With the surrender of Nazi Germany in May, 1945, the Allies turned their full attention to the Pacific theater. The U.S. began transferring troops from Europe.The war in the Pacific, for the U.S., had...
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Rights and Misconceptions
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk with a lawyer..."Or a reasonable variation thereof.Is there anyone...
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Mo' Rights
Rights, needs, desires.I don't think I am much of an original thinker, unprompted. I've noticed that sad fact about myself more and more lately. Mostly, I have to read or listen to what someone else...
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Unless you don't agree with the verdict
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it...
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Article 6
Waiting to check out in the ever-longer lines at Walmart today, I perused the headlines of the tabloid rack and amongst the mostly Trayvon shills saw a full page picture of a sad and bloated OJ Simpson...
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Are you smarter than an eighth grader?
There is a TV show (or at least there used to be one) called, "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" I watched it a few times. I did pretty well - better than a lot of the contestants who had to get help...
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"Founding Father" observation
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."—Benjamin Franklin
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Red Lines and Morality
As I write this post, the situation in Syria is in the news.If you read this a few days after it was written, there may be a U.S. involvement in that civil war by then. I hope not.Since an attack...
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Racism anyone? LA not ready yet?
New advertising billboards in Los Angeles are causing a stir. Angelenos are not liking the Billboards, say the newspapers. Chicago is next and then New York. An American GI and his Muslim wife are...
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CLEP-ing out
From an online advertisement by the College Board, the fine folks who bring you the ACT and SAT testing:"CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) helps you earn college credit for knowledge you've...
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