883 articles on "government"

The Lies and Conflicts Of Interest That Are Our Political Class and Banks

Consider the sleazy, conflict of interest behavior of our political class that has occurred over the past year or so: - In the middle of the TARP bank bailout discussion and debate, the Associated Press reported that Congresswoman Ginny Waite Brown ...

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The Main Stream Media And the Void It Leaves Behind

There has been a lot of discussion recently about media bias. Liberals point to the fact that the media has become consolidated among a relatively few big corporations and therefore, has a bias to the right. Conservatives point to the fact that most ...

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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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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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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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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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What Good Is Your Blackberry, Mr. President, If You Never Use It?

Just days after becoming President, I recall a picture of President Obama at the White House, using his Blackberry smart phone. The accompanying article swooned over how tech savvy this President was. Great, but it seems that the President rarely use...

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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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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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Immigration Amnesty Law - Green Card

The very last time there was a law that several regarded as amnesty was initially in 2000. On December 21, 2000, President Clinton signed The Legal Immigration and Household Equity Act of 2000 (Existence Act) into law. This law, typically known as th...

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