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Elect2Care by Jan janstone@mac.com 7/10/2013 4:07:32 AM
The United States survived an ugly presidential re-election where bigotry, racism, narrow-mindedness, deceit and bullying remain commonplace. It’s embarrassing for those who are passionate about democracy but mortified about how the belligerence cont... more
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Israel Did Too Little Too Late by Edward w Saint-Ivan 6/14/2013 2:08:57 PM
I am responding to news that a high level Nazi war criminal was found in Minnesota.... more
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The Streets Belongs to You! by Christopher L Bennett 5/30/2013 8:27:51 AM
Have it ever crossed your mind that you could be charged to park on a street that you are already paying for with your tax paying dollars?... more
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Australia's new homeless: the working poor by Ann Massey 5/25/2013 12:40:35 PM
Today in Western Australia there are people working hard, sometimes at several jobs, often long past retirementage, making little money who can no longer afford even the most basic housing.
People with minimal education and abilities have al... more
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An American Hero by Edward w Saint-Ivan 5/3/2013 3:34:53 PM
Now that Chechnya is back in the news, does anyone remember Fred Cuny?... more
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USPS by Robert A. Mills 4/27/2013 5:38:33 AM
What are we going to do about the Post Office? I do not know. Just let it go? Why not?
Back in the fall of 2012, they said Saturday delivery would come to an end by Memorial Day, 2013. Congress, in its infinite wisdom, recently decreed th... more
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Politricks In Order to Move Forward Key Players Needed to be Removed by Christopher L Bennett 4/25/2013 12:29:41 PM
Now that Obama faces no opposition from members of his own party, business of unfulfilled promises can continue as usual. ... more
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TAXES by Robert A. Mills 4/20/2013 6:48:21 AM
No matter what your political frame of mind, if you are an American you either lately (or for many years) have had to contend with the IRS. And no matter under whose administration you claim you were better off, you have always had to submit on bent... more
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Our New Unhappy Lords by Ian R Thorpe 2/16/2013 10:50:31 AM
Another one to make the New World Order's useful idiots shout conspiracy theory. Unfortunately this article deals with something that is absolutely true.... more
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American Politician Attacks Globalisation by Ian R Thorpe 2/15/2013 11:48:07 AM
It's rare to hear of an American politician atacking globaliation but Bernie Sanders is a rare American politician.... more
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Survival Or Extinction -- a looming choice by Bennett Kremen 1/15/2013 1:47:12 PM
If we're to survive an ominous future, how do we do it?... more
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ASSASSINATION by Robert A. Mills 11/17/2012 6:37:12 AM
Today is great nephew Jack Burke’s 4th B-day celebration, and we are joining in-laws and outlaws this evening for ice cream and cake at the home of one of our favorite niece and nephew’s. Neither Jack nor his parents, however, was born nearly a half... more
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OBAMA IS STILL THE ONE by Uriah J. Fields 11/17/2012 4:56:25 AM
After all they did Obama is still the one.... more
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POLL by Robert A. Mills 11/10/2012 6:43:06 AM
I decided to vote in the Presidential Election after all. It is not that I was ever afraid that Barack Obama would lose, nor did I think he was not entitled to a 2nd term — it was, more to the point, that I did not think I should cast a vote in oppo... more
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YOGI by Robert A. Mills 11/7/2012 6:22:58 AM
As fully expected, Barack Obama will serve a second term as President of the United States of America. Blame me, if you want to — I voted for him.
My good wife was abhorred that I had previously stated in this space I would not vote in the ... more
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CIVIC DUTY? by Linda Lange 11/5/2012 1:35:51 PM
A different viewpoint on voting.... more
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VOTE by Robert A. Mills 11/3/2012 5:16:00 AM
What does it all mean, Alfie? Having earned less than $250,000 so far in 2012, I apparently have not given the tax break extension the consideration I should. Even President Obama’s heartfelt plea to Congress to leave the middle class unscathed whil... more
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REVIST by Robert A. Mills 10/4/2012 6:45:24 AM
REVISIT – October 4
(This is the final op-ed “bonus” column this week. My regular column called WACKO is scheduled for Saturday, October 6.)
There was no clear winner in last night’s TV Presidential Debate. Both candidates fulfill... more
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DEBATE - An addendum by Robert A. Mills 10/3/2012 10:43:09 AM
DEBATE - An addendum
(This is a one-time bonus op-ed column. My regular weekly column will appear Saturday. October 6. 2012)
We are literally hours away from the first of three Presidential Debates on TV, and the thought occurs the... more
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VEEP by Robert A. Mills 9/22/2012 5:07:21 AM
Alben Barkley, Harry Truman’s vice president, was the first person to be called “Veep”; the word was coined by Barkley’s nine-year-old grandson and later picked up by NBC News, where it became part of the title for a short-lived (thank God) TV show.
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