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Restoring Freedom In America, Florida Style

I filled out my Florida resident voter's ballot today and was impressed by three of the ballot initiatives that are to be voted on by Florida residents in November. The first two initiatives are concerned about the historical gerrymandering of F...

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What Are The Requirements To Apply For U.S. Citizenship Based On Service In The Armed Forces?

Anyone who is serving currently in the U.S. armed forces or has served in the U.S. armed forces has the eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenship based on certain special provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act or INA. According to U.S. ...

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Pakistan Earth Quake Donation Appeal

Hindu Kush Mountains of Pakistan hit by an earth quake which had a magnitude of 7.6 on Sunday, October 9, 2005, sending tremors across South Asia. The worst ever earth quake witness by Pakistan. The origin of earth quake was 80 km (50 miles) E of M...

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Our taxes going down the drain...

High steel prices have led to an increase in manhole and drain cover theft across the UK. In fact, metals in general are high on the priority list for thieves with white vans and scrap metal establishments of ill repute. It is not unknown for large b...

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2010 - Memorable and Forgettable Political Quotes From Our Politcians

As the year draws to an end I thought it would be a good idea to review some of the mostly inane quotes that our political class graced us with this past year. They are either memorable or forgettable but most of them are a sad commentary about the i...

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Damn Right I'm A Libertarian

As the march toward November 2nd, 2010 continues, it really turns my stomach to see more and more political rhetoric where candidates are now claiming to be MORE "constitutional" than their opponent. For example, during the primaries in Utah's U...

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The Ever Growing and Ever More Dangerous National Government Debt

Another distressing Associated Press article on October 15, 2010 reviewed the latest and depressing news on out of control government spending. According to the article, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is estimating that the Federal government ...

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Will Corruption Continue to Hold Back Brazil

Corruption has, for a long time, been an unfortunate characteristic of Brazil and a concern of international investors and business people. With the most prominent forms appearing in the country's political system, below are some short descripti...

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Hemp and Legal Implications

In 1619 Jamestown Colony, Virginia enacted laws ordering farmers to grow hemp. Similar laws were enacted in Massachusetts in 1631, Connecticut in 1632 and the Chesapeake Colonies in the mid-1700's. Even though the U.S. government encouraged Ame...

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Al-Sadr And Ahmadinejad Hope Nobody Notices Their Clever Teamwork

The political landscape in the Middle East is ever-changing, and one of the latest developments has been the strategic alliance between two unlikely partners - Moqtada al-Sadr and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Al-Sadr, a Shia cleric and the leader of the Sad...

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