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Hurrah! Congress Finally Solved a Problem...Or A Sign The Apocalypse Is Upon Us

We can rest easy now. According to a December 3, 2010 Associated Press article, our political class and the Congress they run have finally com together in a momentous manner to solve an issue facing all Americans. Would could it be, you say: - Did t...

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Political Debate - A Means For Different Opponents To State Their Standpoint

Just what is a political debate? It is a means for different oppositions to state their viewpoint with the aim of converting the audience or reader to their viewpoint. There are various types of conundrums depending on the event. You will have public...

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Feisty Candidates Spar for Vote

Accusations, finger pointing and mudslinging would be welcome gestures compared to the new lows two rival candidates have stooped to this election year. The pair are on the campaign trail desperately pulling out all stops to secure your vote and qui...

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When the Levee Breaks, How Many More Fuel Increases Can We Take

The aftermath of Katrina has affected more that just New Orleans and the surrounding gulf coast. There are huge financial implications associated with the catastrophe, from the initial humanitarian aid to the rebuilding and repairing needed to get th...

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World Federation of Trade Unions Calls for April 1st Action

Unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) met in Lisbon in December to discuss the world financial crisis and advance a set of demands. The assembled WFTU affiliates set Wednesday, April 1, 2009 as an international date for wor...

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The President Obama Complaining, "They Talk About Me Like A Dog"

"Wag the Dog" is a euphemism for when a politician in trouble wages a war or does some other diversion to get the heat off his back. President Obama, it appears to me, is doing a "Wag the Mosque" as a smokescreen for a tanking deflation economy durin...

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State Governments: Immobile, Going Broke and High On Wine

Many state and local governments are heading towards financial insolvency as a result of their state employee pension and retiree medical liabilities. Consider an article from the October 18, 2010 issue of Businessweek magazine: - According to a stu...

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Federal Agent and Intelligence Agency Analyst Jobs Move Toward a Southern Border Focus

Recent media reports have brought attention to the U.S. border with Mexico and the crisis brought about by an exploding and increasingly dangerous drug trade. Examples of this crisis include countless reports of local Mexican officials being murdered...

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Middle East Peace Is An Oxymoron

The phrase Middle East and the word peace are so contradictory that when put together they become an oxymoron. An oxymoron, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combin...

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Making Government and The Political Class Subservient to Freedom Again

The following is based on a email that has been zipping around the email word recently. The email laid out some interesting changes some Americans would like to see made to the broken political and governmental processes we currently have in this cou...

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