Tag: america
member name: George McNaughton
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August 07, 2006 10:58 PM EDT --
This evening took on a surreal air. I drove my foster son up to meet with an army recruiter who has him basically talked into joining up despite every argument that I or my wife . . .
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February 19, 2007 07:47 PM EST --
I am sure someone has asked this question before, but it is a reasonable question. Why has fantasy become increasingly popular over the last thirty years?
You can understand why science fiction . . .
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April 10, 2007 06:23 PM EDT --
Just as when we watch a film based on a book, we substitute the action in the film for the writing in the book (at least when the film is well done,) so do we from time to time substitute myths for religion. . . .
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July 10, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
Please don't get me wrong. I am opposed to the war in Iraq and favor immediate withdrawal of all American troops. Having said that, I do not understand attempts to mandate stationing troops . . .
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July 22, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
There was a time in America where consumption was almost a patriotic duty -- the economy depended upon it, it was the glue that made this country work. That is not quite . . .
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March 18, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
It is odd about two of America' greatest generals -- they both were traitors. In my mind there are no greater generals in American history than Bennedict Arnold and Robert E. Lee. Clearly, . . .
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March 23, 2007 07:47 PM EDT --
I suspect that everyone at Church has heard a member wax rhapsodic at a Fast and Testimony meaning, or other meeting about the evils of socialism or communism, etc. And it is a foregone conclusion . . .
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January 25, 2007 12:45 PM EST --
I just might change my mind about this kid. He might just be the one to lead us out of this morass. At this point I am fairly certain that the majority of America would support Universal Health . . .
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September 13, 2006 10:47 PM EDT --
As expected, Bernie Saunders won the Democratic Primary race for the Senate Seat to be vacated by Sen. Jeffords who is retiring. That in and of itself is not much news since . . .
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February 13, 2007 04:03 PM EST --
Okay, we have our beloved President backing at the urging of the car manufacturers research into hydrogen fuel. This despite the fact that it is a technology at least a decade off and unlikely to . . .
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August 21, 2006 06:58 PM EDT --
At the outset I wish to make it clear that I support universal health care coverage and a ban on public advertisement of prescription drugs. But, there is an issue which I rarely hear discussed and . . .
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November 01, 2006 08:18 PM EST --
It has become almost a cliche to talk about the fact that we are running at top speed to pay for gadgets we do not need and to take time off at places where we could probably live if we did . . .
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February 22, 2007 11:36 PM EST --
I have split my life between Indiana (an entrenched red state) and Vermont (a dependable blue state.) Because of that I have been immersed in two cultures within the United States. Its more . . .
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October 17, 2007 04:44 PM EDT --
Foreign Policy: America leads by example, not by prodding via a bayonet. We need to regain the respect of other sovereign nations by respecting their rights to govern their people according . . .
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December 03, 2007 01:15 PM EST --
Despite American rhetorical attacks on Chavez, he unlike some of our "close" allies regarding the "War" on Terror -- reacted to the Constitutional defeat in a very statesmanlike manner. . . .
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June 23, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
The trouble with trickle down economics is that it is trickle down economics. As Reagan theorized if the wealthy have more money, they will invest that money more wisely than the government. . . .
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September 12, 2006 09:13 PM EDT --
There is a long standing tension in American society which develops in cycles. In the 1890's William Jennings Bryan was unafraid to declare class warfare in America. . . .
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September 23, 2006 09:26 PM EDT --
True to their modus operandi the Bush Administration will now try to isolate and destroy Chavez by internal insurgency groups and economic harassment. Chavez has broken the fundamental rule of American . . .
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November 13, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Somehow it just doesn't make sense to me that our new furnace which burns corn is cheaper than fuel oil, propane and even wood pellets. It just does not make sense. Its true, but not logical. . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Where are this generation's counter-culture and revolutionaries? How is it that they are standing quiet while their country's principles are trodden in the dust. Where is their protest . . .
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