Map courtesy of Main and Central website This post is an observation of the previous post on this site and on the situation that may have prompted it. Please read the President’s message first. Even though there have been and there are differing opinions about the justification for the war effort in Iraq, Americans have […]
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The following is President Bush‘s radio address to the nation on December 15, 2007: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. In a time of war, America’s top priority should be to ensure that our troops on the front lines get the funding they need. So beginning in February, I submitted detailed funding requests to Congress to fund
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Photo courtesy of Logos School website Something that seems irritating to me is that some people refuse to accept historical events and get on with their lives. What am I talking about? Well…take the war in Iraq, for example. By the way, regardless whether you have Republican or Democratic (political party) leanings, it appears that
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Diagram courtesy of Teachers vs. Union website Even though this post is not a description of an historical event, it does remind me of some similarities with current life in the U.S.A. Thursday this past week, our national holiday of Thanksgiving was celebrated across the land. This day may also be thought of the early
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If you go into a coffee shop and ask for a coffee, you’ll most likely be bombarded with a slew of questions as the barista tries to figure out exactly what type of beverage you have in mind. In order to get exactly what you want without wasting anyone’s time, you need to know the
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Bumbo International, has announced a voluntary recall of the Bumbo Baby Sitter seats. If the seat is placed on a table, countertop, chair, or other elevated surface, young children can arch their backs, flip out of the Bumbo seat, and fall onto the floor, posing a
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Since Halloween is coming soon, and pirates are so popular now, I thought I would put together a list of my favorite pirate Halloween costumes. And if you are going to be a pirate, you had better make sure that you have a sword and a hat and a bunch of other pirate accessories to
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The United States General Services Administration (aka GSA), has launched their own blog in order to further citizen access to official government information and services. Now available at GovGab.gov, this new blog features daily posts from a GSA team of five managers. Each of these people will supposedly draw on his or her professional experience
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The Americas Majority Foundation has released the results of a study that involved 145 precincts and 175,000 votes. Americas Majority Foundation analyzed actual vote shifts in Hispanic portions of six congressional districts in the 2004 and 2006 elections. The study found that in Latino areas where candidates advocated a variant of “enforcement only”, support for
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Do you love to gamble online? What about online betting? Do you spend too much time in an online casino? Well, here’s your chance to “feel good” about your addiction and compete with others to raise money for your favorite charity. NewsFutures, a prediction market pioneer, just launched a new site called Bet2Give that lets
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