Tag: random musings
member name: Mario A.
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February 09, 2007 03:39 PM EST --
In the heady days after 9/11, the United States went recklessly out into the world in search of its enemy; ironically, our greatest enemy was ourselves.
The Iraq war has become too easy . . .
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March 09, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Crime is on the rise again in major U.S. cities, according to a Washington-based law enforcement think tank, the Police Executive Research Forum. Dozens of large cities show a 10 percent jump in . . .
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February 13, 2007 12:22 AM EST --
The rules of war changed after 9/11; unfortunately, Bush’s insistence on sending more conventional troops into Iraq to fight insurgents reveals that he still hasn’t gotten the message. . . .
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February 16, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
Will Rudolph Giuliani be the next President of the United States? Like global warming, are the signs inescapable?
A national USA Today/Gallup poll shows that Giuliani is viewed . . .
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February 26, 2007 03:57 PM EST --
“For the want of a nail…the kingdom was lost.” – Nursery Rhyme
Many wars and major human conflicts have their origins in disagreements over a single word. . . .
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April 21, 2008 10:33 AM EDT --
With Pope Benedict XVI ending his visit to the U.S., the biggest question will be whether his very public efforts to address the Catholic priest sex scandal that has rocked the Church . . .
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April 25, 2008 02:31 AM EDT --
A New York City columnist has ignited a firestorm of controversy with the proud revelation that she lets her nine-year-old son ride the New York City subway alone. Currently featured in Newsweek . . .
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March 05, 2007 11:54 AM EST --
“Freight train, freight train, goin’ so fast…” Elizabeth Cotten
Make no mistake. Gay marriages will one day be legal . . .
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March 13, 2007 12:45 AM EDT --
"Corporate greed at its worst" - Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt)
The most cited contractor for fraud, bribery, over-billing, and shoddy service to the U.S. soldiers in Iraq, oil . . .
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March 15, 2007 09:53 PM EDT --
The biggest tragedy of the Iraq war is no longer the thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians that are dying, but that, here at home, it has become a political issue, rather . . .
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April 10, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
In the latest verbal exchange between President Bush and Democratic leaders on the Iraq war-spending bill, Bush has invited Democrats to sit at the table with him and top Republicans to discuss their impasse. . . .
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April 24, 2007 07:42 AM EDT --
“This war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything.” - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
One would think that Reid’s comments last week about the status of . . .
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February 02, 2007 11:12 PM EST --
The Top Ten Pivotal Moments in Politics that Destroyed Promising Political Careers
Our families love us forever and usually give us a second chance in life, no matter how much . . .
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April 19, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
An Australian scientist has a suggestion for those of us interested in doing our part to reduce global warming. He suggests that instead of cremating our bodies, we should bury ourselves in cardboard . . .
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April 17, 2007 11:32 PM EDT --
The 32 victims killed at Virginia Tech are a tragedy of immense proportion, but a bigger tragedy is now being played out in the media, with journalists tripping all over themselves to corner the families . . .
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June 29, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
With reports today that a record number of U.S. troops have died in the past three months, President Bush is about to find out how low is low.
His approval ratings at rock bottom, increasing . . .
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March 21, 2007 02:36 AM EDT --
It’s like peeling an onion. President George W. Bush sits at the core of layers upon layers of advisers and loyalists, who are being peeled away from him through scandals, corruption . . .
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April 01, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
She’s the presidential frontrunner a lot of people love to hate, but apparently she’s loved by enough people who are willing to put their money where their mouths are. Hillary Clinton . . .
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April 08, 2007 08:52 PM EDT --
The presidential dreams of Al Gore have been marked by a series of unfortunate events, and an even worse series of fatal political decisions.
Somewhere in the world last week, midway through . . .
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June 06, 2007 02:07 AM EDT --
The Grand Old Party’s third presidential debate last night in Manchester, NH, finally saw the presidential hopefuls abandoning all hope that President Bush will ever pull out of the death spiral . . .
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