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Week in Review

Following the State of the Union Address and the Face to Face with Republican Representatives

January 31, 2010

Most of us have now had time to digest the State of the Union Address and have watched the Baltimore Belting between the President and the Republican Representatives from the House.  I thought the State of the Union was a nice laundry list, hopefully giving those who hide in the halls of the Capitol an [...]

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January 8, 2010: Week in Review

January 8, 2010

This has been a week of terrorist talk. The President came forward on Thursday to tell the American people that there was systemic failure that allowed The Christmas Day Terrorist to board Flight 253 in Amsterdam. According to the President the agencies responsible for our nation’s safety had collected all the dots but apparently had [...]

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The First Week of Change: A Review

January 24, 2009

This first partial week of the new administration has set a precedent.  From the Oval Office:

A halt was called to the military tribunals for 120 days while the process is under review.
We will not torture.
We will close Guantanamo within a year.
We will follow the Army Field Manual during interrogations.
CIA secret prisons will be closed.
Discussion of [...]

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The Great Divide in America Today

December 14, 2008

The past week was perhaps the splash of cold water that sobered up many of us who watch U.S. politics and our national status in the world. It is embarrassing on one level and enough to wake up those of us who prefer to sleep through the political and economic debates raging through our [...]

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Week in Review: October 3, 2008 Rock, Paper, Scissors

October 3, 2008

Talk about a week long roller coaster ride! This has been it. Quite honestly, I doubt anyone has ever seen anything like it… and let’s hope none of us will take this ride again, although it isn’t over for Main Street by a long shot.
So… we woke up on Monday morning, still trying [...]

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September 19, 2008: The Week in Review

September 19, 2008

Lehman Brothers got kicked out of bed.
By Monday night, Lehman was dead.
On Tuesday morning, AIG stumbled and fell.
The national economy was going to hell.
What should we do? They cried in fear.
Make the taxpayers pay. That much is clear.
The government asked, “How much do you need?”
“Eighty Billion Dollars should feed our greed.”
The corporations were [...]

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September 6, 2008: Week in Review

September 6, 2008

It is best to review the past two weeks, I suppose.  As everyone knows the Democratic Convention was held in Denver and all went well.  While the smoke was still rising from the hoopla of the Dems’ celebration, John McCain dashed the fire by selecting Sarah Palin as his Vice-Presidential running mate.  By Friday afternoon, [...]

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July 11: Week in Review

July 11, 2008

Talk about a week of ups and downs.  We’ve had another one.  So, what happened this week?
The FDA has warned us about eating certain types of tomatoes.  And, we took heed.  The tomato farmers have plowed under fields of tomatoes, acre after acre.  Now the FDA isn’t sure that the salmonella poisoning is a result [...]

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June 7: The Week in Review

June 7, 2008

This week has had its ups and downs. 
It all began last Sunday when things were looking up for Hillary Clinton… sorta.  She won Puerto Rico by a landslide.  Unfortunately, it mostly went without notice across the country.  There was commentary, of course, but none of the pundits seemed to put much stock in the win [...]

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May 17: Week in Review… And What a Week It Was!

May 17, 2008

These times are a’ changing…. Barack Obama has made “Change” the central theme of his campaign and for months we have all chanted the word over and over again, feeling a slight rush of adrenaline as we repeated the word in unison and held our “Change” signs above our heads.  But, in the past week we have [...]

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