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US Marine Kills Unarmed Iraqi

Recent photos from NBC showed a US Marine shooting and killing an unarmed man in Falluja on November 13th. The US Marine had reported to be shot in the face the night before, but was able to continue fighting until the siege was over.The action is no...

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What Is Deflation?

Everyone is wondering, What is Deflation? Are we going to have inflation or deflation? President Obama's rhetoric and actions bashing business continues even when the statistics show the deflation economy getting worse at every turn. The 9.6 une...

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The Bitch: For Better or Worse?

Well Darlings, Providing a decent safety net is maintained for those people who genuinely need it, I think the UK government's reforms to the welfare state make a lot of sense. However implementing the changes in a country where for so many, bo...

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The Bitch Chews Fat!

Well Darlings, Another week, another article, and (I'm afraid) another one of my many locutions: "When we could laugh at fat people, we found we hardly had any. Since those days political correctness has created a nation of them." However, you ...

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America: Police State Incorporated

Dedication... To my street crew... Jeff Stewart, Pockets, Humble, Twitch, Stray, Skittles, Bear, Beast, and Johnny and Heather... Introduction Unlike many of my other works, this piece is not about theory or ideology. It does not discuss evidence...

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The Environment: A Global Overview

It is not difficult to become a believer in global warming. According to the U.S. National Climatic Data Center 2001 was the second warmest year on record and it was the 23rd consecutive year of above normal temperatures. Perhaps most troubling is th...

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Democrats Versus Republicans, The Battle Is Almost Over

The following are the opinions of the author and although I believe them to be true I am not stating them as anything other than my opinions. Ever since the time of Abe Lincoln, Democrats and Republicans have been fighting for control of the United...

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21st Century Criminals

This seemingly faceless and non-violent from of criminal activity has hit home for many of us in the community in recent months with the child pornography scandal. Many people have been taken into custody and many computers confiscated. Regardless of...

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I Saw a Dead Child Today

Today as I was driving, I saw a dead child lying next to a road in Odawara, Japan. It was on the local news. I had never seen a dead body before. I'm sure that in Iraq many people have seen one, but I never had until today. He was a boy about f...

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Facts About the Management of American Ports

The last two weeks there has been an uproar over who manages our ports. The uproar began when it became public that the British company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., who manages terminal at 6 US ports was being bought out by Dubai Por...

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