806 articles related to "government"

Serfs had it better

With our present taxation, you and I control less than 50 percent of what we earn, while a mere majority of our local, state and federal representatives – about 360 people – control more than 50 percent of our earnings. We are quantifiably less t...

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STOP Telemarketers Dead In Their Tracks

Picture this: you're sitting down to a quiet meal withyour family one evening. Just as you reach for the mashed potatoes the phone rings. It might be your mother calling with news on the upcomingfamily reunion, so you make a mad dash for the pho...

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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bemoaning The American Political Class

Recently we celebrated the birthday of a great American, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an individual that probably did as much for civil rights and equality in this country than any other American in our history. His courage and foresight were instrum...

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Who Is Planting Your Garden?

Your mind is a garden. It is comfortable to think that you are the only gardener of your mind, but in reality, there are thousands of people, organizations, programs, and companies scrambling to plant seeds in it. Ultimately though, you decide which ...

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What's Holding China Back?

We have added many new words to our regular vocabulary in recent years and a lot of them have come from the Internet. However probably the most used of them all is Google as a substitute work for search. It can be taken for granted that you can find ...

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The Leo Wanta Saga, Pt. 32: Average Americans Speak Out About Wanta Trillions

Thousands of emails have flooded into the Arctic Beacon about the Leo Wanta story, making one wonder if everybody is silently thinking: "I want a piece of the trillion dollar action, too!" Well, that's not so far fetched since the$4.5 trillion ...

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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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The Public Sector, Our Grandkids and Our Failed Political Class

An article by Mark Shields entitled, "The Public Sector And My Grandchildren," appeared in the December 26, 2010 issue of the St. Petersburg Times. In the article, Mr. Shields tries to make the case that government at all levels has and will make sur...

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America

United we stand, divided we fall is a saying that can be spoken and understood even by a child. In America it has a different connotation, here with our two party system the saying could be altered to, United we stand but divided we rule. Is this wha...

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Misuse of Statistics in Media: Political Motivation

The preparation for this short Project revealed the growing concern on how a statistical survey may be or is being misused to support the vested interest of the funding agencies. To find a political article a search was conducted online and the choi...

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