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Tunnel Vision on Airplane Terrorists

January 10, 2010

Granted, among the most well known incidents that have been labeled as terrorists threats the occurrences have been on airplanes.  We are all well aware that 9-11 was accomplished by airplanes.  To date those times when we have been put at risk for terrorist attacks the means of accomplishment has been on an airliner.
Since Christmas [...]

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Gov. Mark Sanford Not Hanging Loose in Mtns., Hanging with Mistress in Argentina

June 24, 2009

It just never ends.  We have tried to overlook this last Republican disgrace, but it is just too good to let it go.  It seems that the conservative water walker Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, has discovered that confession is good for the soul.
After going missing for several days, being reported to be on [...]

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John Edwards Out of Limelight, Under Spotlight

May 4, 2009

John Edwards, the disgraced man who ran for a while in the Democratic presidential primary race, has long since fallen from the limelight.  Today his is under scrutiny and the spotlight of an investigation.  As a previously ardent supporter of John Edwards and feeling betrayed by his early withdrawal from the race, not to mention [...]

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Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right

March 22, 2009

The Democratic Party is acting like the ass that represents them.  Who could have imagined that Congress, both the House and the Senate, could squander the opportunity to lead our nation into a better place?
Well, this week we have seen the heavily Democratic dominated Congress act like the ringmasters of their own three ring circus.  [...]

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Ruth Madoff: Co-conspirator or Another Victim?

February 11, 2009

All along Bernard L. Madoff has said that he acted alone.  Perhaps, his statement is an example of his ego at work, trying to protect his wife and family from prosecution or perhaps Bernie has begun to believe the lies he told others.  To date, Ruth Madoff has not been implicated although among many suspicion [...]

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Bailout Bonuses Angers America

January 29, 2009

Wall Street needs a reality check, not another bonus check.  It has often been said, “The wife is always the last to know.”  In this case Wall Street seems to be among the last to get the message.  Wall Street is not king… not any more.  The American taxpayer who has never set foot on [...]

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Dick Cheney: Clueless

January 8, 2009

If one needs more proof that the Bush administration and the Decider-in-Chief are clueless, according to Dick:
Cheney defended the administration’s performance on an economy that is growing weaker daily and that recently collapsed in spectacular fashion. Cheney said that “nobody anywhere was smart enough to figure it out.”
He said Bush doesn’t need to apologize because [...]

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FDA Approves Melamine Levels for U.S. Babies

December 2, 2008

Following all the uproar in China over melamine in infant formula and in light of U.S. pets dying by the thousands a couple of year ago due to melamine in pet food, it would seem that the FDA would have alerted Americans to melamine in infant formula. Well, that’s how it would seem to [...]

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Timothy Geithner or Anyone But Henry Paulson?

November 21, 2008

Stocks have been in a downward spiral for the past few weeks, seemingly being sucked into one of the universe’s black holes. These events have come primarily since Congress handed the $700 Billion check to Henry Paulson.
Today the stock market seemed to see a glimmer of the hope the rest of us [...]

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Elizabeth Dole is a Disgrace and Not Representative of NC

October 30, 2008

Elizabeth Dole’s campaign has fallen down the rabbit hole and with a little luck will be consumed by a black hole.
There are some points I feel compelled to make. First of all as a native of North Carolina and a former resident of Salisbury, Elizabeth Dole’s home town, I am terribly distressed [...]

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