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Archive for October, 2007

30 Oct

A Natural Disaster without Blame

 
Who would have thought after Hurricane Katrina that a natural disaster could occur that cannot be blamed on President George W. Bush? Believe it or not, it just happened in Southern California. The wildfires between Malibu and the Mexican border have caused

26 Oct

Invoke Congressional Term Limits

As a career, a seat in Congress becomes a conflict of interest. 
An incumbent who seeks re-election cannot freely vote his conscience, or his principles, for fear that he is going to offend some slice of the electorate, reducing his chances of re-election. 

25 Oct

Twisting the true meaning of Hate Crimes

 
Hate crimes have been around for thousands of years. Infamous examples are among many others the Roman persecution of Christians, the Nazi “final solution” for the Jews and in recent times, the “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia and the genocide in Rwanda. These bias motivated crimes targeted

19 Oct

The Demise of NCLB

 
The five-year old education reform law called ‘No Child Left Behind, a.k.a. NCLB, is for some stupid reason expiring this year and requires re-authorization to continue. Anybody who is vaguely familiar

14 Oct

The Dilemma of Senator Craig

 
Senator Larry Craig, a Republican from the State of Idaho made headlines in late August of this year when it was revealed that he had pled guilty to misdemeanor charges against him for his behavior in a men’s room at the International airport in Minneapolis-St. Paul some time in June. Without going into

10 Oct

The ‘Phony Soldiers’ Brouhaha

 
The best description of this story is probably: ”Much to do about nothing!” While it is truly laughable for those of us who are smart enough to check out the facts, it is equally sad to

05 Oct

Our ‘heartless’ President

 
President Bush has just been given another attribute: He is heartless! The list of previously stated unflattering descriptions of him is long but now he is heartless too. The reason for

01 Oct

More on Global Warming, part 2 of 2

 
It has to be said that the topic of Global Warming has been brought to the attention of almost everybody who has access to news, regardless of where they live on this planet. It has been debated ad infinitum for several years now and the main reason it is still on the front burner on [...]

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