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POPSWe need parasite repellent Jarod Diamond, in his study of failed societies, found that many collapsed because a few enriched themselves at the expense of the society as a whole, gobbling up vital resources until the whole system failed
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POPSObama Friends Call Character into Question A wise friend once said that "we learn from whom we are yoked". I believe that is so true. Whether a spouse, a business partner, a pastor, or friend. There's a reason why we are drawn to them and allow them to influence us....for good or bad. These associations speak volumes to me about the ideals, opinions, world-view, values of Obama...regardless of what he says. Words are easy & cheap. History reveals the inner man.
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POPSIllinois, The State That Lags Economically
As a resident of Illinois, I have seen first hand what the effects of Obama's "change" have been. In 2003, Obama voted to raise the state corporate income tax by $59 million for industries that use heavy machinery. The tax hit consumers of oil, coal, other natural resources Voted for a property tax hike to increase patronage employees' pay. The bill, costing taxpayers $31 million per year, was vetoed only to be overridden by the senate and house. In 2004, Obama voted for yet another state income-tax increase that hit Illinois businesses for an additional $29 million per year. In addition, Obama also voted for increased real estate sales taxes and a computer software sales tax hike that cost Illinois consumers and home buyers a combined $95 Million. Obama also supported a 33% increase in licensing fees on Illinois Residents. In a single massive bill in 2004, Obama voted to increase over 300 TAXES AND FEES Assessed on professionals and businesses operating under state license
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POPSSaturn in Taurus these people have difficulty with finances and indicate those who need discipline and hard work if they are to acquire material success.
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POPSSwift Satire gores both sides I think Jon Swift is one of the funnies guys in the blogosphere. He goes on to say: "But some conservative “intellectuals” like David Brooks subscribe to the canard that the conservative movement was defined by pointy-headed eastern elites like William Buckley, whose “entire life,” Brooks recently wrote, “was a celebration of urbane values, sophistication and the rigorous and constant application of intellect.....Brooks even goes so far as to claim that conservatives once valued “constant reading, historical understanding and sophisticated thinking.” We did? Since when? Does he honestly believe that the conservative movement was based on people who read books? Reagan wasn’t elected by the Harvard faculty. It was an angry mob tired of welfare queens and pinko fellow travelers selling us out to the Soviet Union that put him in office."
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POPSA critical look at democracy and values Although written during the height of the Cold War, Solzhenitsyn provides a useful perspective on ideology and values. The gulf between democratic values and principles and reality is still relevant to today.
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POPSNow Obama a Big Spender; Baby Killer
Divide & Conquer; Divide & Conquer...after the apparently failed effort to link Obama to Arabs, Muslims and "domestic terrorism," the new McCain-Palin pitch is on the sensitive and difficult topic of abortion, appealing to their evangelical Christian moralist base. Again and again I've been reminded of the words of an American writer, way back in the 1930's -- "When fascism comes to America, it will come carrying the flag and the cross." (Sinclair Lewis) It's a sad, sad issue; it's not something anybody really wants, like saying: "Wow, I want to go out today and have an abortion!" No,-- the Average Person -- the average person wants to do something like go out and buy a car, go out and have a nice meal, go out and get high, go out to the movies or a concert, go out and meet some cool people or cool person. IMO, it comes down to this: We should not be making laws to enforce our religious views on others. Using this as another "social values" issue is the real horror he
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POPSNo Aid just threats to kill gays and other non-islamists These mentally ill people are coming for you America! Their stated goal is world supremacy and your indifference is helping. No aid here, only propaganda against freedom. Don't think that they'll allow Christianity to remain after the gays are gone. You're next!
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POPSShake Down The unapproved loans were not based on race. They were based on the fact that they were were requested for areas with declining property values. Banks were being forced to supply these loans against their business judgement. And who was doing the enforcing? Plaintiff's Lawyers Obama, Barack H. (Illinois)
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POPSWhere is my money?
"It's in people's minds," Shiller explains. "We're just recording a measure of what people think the stock market is worth. What the people who are willing to trade today — who are very, very few people — are actually trading at. So we're just extrapolating that and thinking, well, maybe that's what everyone thinks it's worth." Shiller uses the example of an appraiser who values a house at $350,000, a week after saying it was worth $400,000. "In a sense, $50,000 just disappeared when he said that," he said. "But it's all in the mind." While the money in your pocket is unlikely to just vanish into thin air, the money you could have had, if only you'd sold your house or drained your stock-heavy mutual funds a year ago, most certainly can. "You can't enjoy the benefits of your 401(k) if it's disappeared," Jorgenson explains. "If you had it all in financial stocks and they've all gone down by 80 percent — sorry! That is a permanent loss because those folks aren't coming back.
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POPSHonor Won and Lost "Although voters have probably heard little lately that they did not already know about Sen. Barack Obama, they have learned something very important about Sen. John McCain"
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POPSThe End of America? During a question-and-answer period after the speech, Natasha Cohen (CAS’12) asked Bacevich how internal change might be brought about. “We need to live within our means, as individuals in our households and in terms of the services provided for by government at various levels,” he answered. “I’m no economist, but I do believe there is no free lunch. Everything has to be paid for.”
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POPSFish Picker From Alaska This is about Sarah Palin. I'm not American, I'm Australian, but I still have this grotesquely huge distain for the woman. Especially what she said about abortions. Don't get me started on it. x_x
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POPSHow to recession-proof your family EXACTLY! 'Why does Suze Orman say people first, then money, then things?'" she says. "It means if we cared about people more than we cared about money, we would not be having what happened today, because the people who run the corporations, if they had cared about all of you, they wouldn't have created loans that you couldn't afford."
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POPSRepublicans attack minority voter registration drive. Part of the success of ongoing ceaseless Republican lies, distortions and corruption of American values is that this news story was reported by most media as: Democrats guilty of Voter Fraud. The clip here, though, explains yesterday's raid by Navada officials on the offices of a poor and minority activist group. Republicans paint this group as a collection of malcontent radical communist. This is another success of their malicious assaults. This group actually lobbies for higher minimum wage, fair housing laws and landlord's living up to requires standards for plumbing, etc. ACORN also registers voters -- which is a very good thing to do -- showing that they want change through democracy. At most, the charges point to ONE worker being lazy and faking registrations to meet quotas. At most, the accusation indicates 300 false registrations out of 80,000 -- that's less than .004% And some of these are "duplicates," which: #1 > Could never work and #2 happens all the t
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