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Obama 2008 vs Obama 2009
“Yes we can!” – Barack Obama, 2008 “I believe it makes more sense to build on what works and fix what doesn’t, rather than try to build an entirely new system from scratch.” – Barack Obama, 2009 Obama...
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America Overrun by Muslims in 20 Years?
Last week the New York Times shared Diana Serafin’s justification for banning a mosque in Tennessee: As a mother and a grandmother, I worry. I learned that in 20 years with the rate of the birth...
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Was The Guard All That Obama Should Have Changed?
Yesterday, President Barack Obama was faced with protesters angry about his failure to keep most of the promises of change that he made during the last election. He asserted that change had taken...
View ArticleGovernment is Corrupt. What Would you Have People Do?
That’s what Tom said and asked last night. He’s right: government is corrupt. So would I have people do? I would have people strain and stretch and TRY, and not just through voting, but through...
View ArticleIn Roll Call Votes, Who Switched on the Patriot Act from Feb-May 2011?
In February of 2011, the House and Senate voted to reauthorize Patriot Act surveillance powers for three months without making any reforms. At the end of May 2011, the House and Senate voted to...
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Are You Ready To Stop Hoping Yet?
At first it seems like a defeatist thing to say that it’s time to stop hoping, but the quality of hope depends upon the context. When liberal author David Swanson quotes Friedrich Nietzsche as calling...
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On the Roadside, Changing Times
Even out of full context, this sign by the side of the road in rural inland Maine is historically striking to me. In full context, the shift it represents is even more striking:
View ArticleAfter Arrival of Somali Immigrants, was Lewiston a Crime Outlier for Maine?
Up here in Maine, if you ask a bunch of people on the street which is the most dangerous, crime-ridden town in the state, more than half will name Lewiston. Lewiston, Maine has a reputation for crime...
View ArticleMoral Mondays Return in North Carolina: Assemble in Raleigh on April 29
The Moral Monday movement in North Carolina is still rolling. With a nod of the hat to DocDawg for the tip, here’s an announcement of the latest demonstration: WHEN: April 29, 2015 at 5pm – 6pm WHERE:...
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When your Corportion tells you it Can’t Afford A Raise for your Crummy Retail...
In retail industry after retail industry, labor productivity (output per hour of labor) has increased at a rate outpacing increases in workers’ compensation for their labor, measured per unit of...
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