Tag: crisis
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August 22, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
The world is rapidly becoming a more dangerous place and the orchestrated hoopla associated with our ponderous election process has all but hidden the significant events that are unfolding right now in . . . more
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March 20, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
Many years ago I volunteered at a women's crisis center. This was an essential part of my healing from childhood abuse. I was also a rape victim. I found comfort and shelter there and talked with many . . . more
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June 10, 2007 01:24 PM EDT --
When there's a crisis happening, everyone says, "Man, that's terrible." It's what is said next that defines the difference between conservatives and liberals. The conservatives will . . . more
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June 09, 2008 09:51 AM EDT --
Have you heard about the Japenese man that went on a killing spree the other day? He ran over innocent people on the road and then went on stabbing spree. Even though it only lasted 3 minutes, it will . . . more
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September 01, 2008 05:54 PM EDT --
I heard it on NPR, then I went to the blog-o-syphere for confirmation and SURE ENOUGH, much to my wonder, (I thought it was some hurtful rumor from the nasty liberal left) IT'S TRUE!!! Not only is . . . more
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August 11, 2008 08:02 AM EDT --
And it was us.
As we sit helpless and watch in horror as the Russians bomb Georgia, our staunchest supporter in the former Soviet Union, driving thousands from their homes. It was Georgia who . . . more
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April 12, 2007 02:28 PM EDT --
A serious crisis has occurred in my life and I have to withdraw from Gather for an unknown time.
May I thank all you wonderful people who have supported me and have taught me how to write.
I will . . . more
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February 01, 2008 12:27 PM EST --
Kenya's Crossroads: What You Can Do
by Ida Wahlstrom, OneWorld U.S.
"No Raila, No Peace," in reference to Raila Odinga, the opposition . . . more
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February 11, 2008 01:49 AM EST --
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood . . . more
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April 15, 2008 12:22 AM EDT --
So we are what if we don't work? Do we go by what we did before we worked or can we go by what we do after we stopped working? I was a teacher but I became disabled and now I feel like . . . more
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August 09, 2008 04:06 AM EDT --
55 Saves Lives
How many of you are old enough to remember that slogan from the 70's?
As I recall, Jimmy Carter came up with the idea of reducing the speed limit on our national highways . . . more
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August 05, 2008 09:18 AM EDT --
Apparently the most important thing at stake for Richard F. Syron, the CEO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, is his reputation. He said so in today's NYTimes. Forget the thousands of people who are losing . . . more
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March 15, 2007 10:10 PM EDT --
This has been a couple busy weeks! One afternoon last week, I got a hysterical call from my son’s fiancée. Fortunately, I don’t go to pieces as easily as I used to. What had seemed to . . . more
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February 03, 2008 07:51 PM EST --
Current questions not withstanding, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the one time in history when the U.S. came within a hair's breadth of nuclear war.
The Cold War was the paranoia that fueled . . . more
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March 16, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
Stinking substance stuck on the sole of my shoes had lit a fuse in me of intolerant compassion and somehow increased my olfactory senses seventy fold. I could tell when someone had not used a pooper scooper . . . more
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April 22, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
Today marks a milestone for me, the first time I have ever paid $50.00 for a tank of gas. "That's not much," some people might say - particularly those who drive SUVs or other fuel-inefficient . . . more
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May 29, 2008 01:39 PM EDT --
The honey bee crisis is a serious matter today. Over a quarter of the honey bees are disappearing, all over the world, and no one knows why, although excessive levels of CO2 are at least partly . . . more
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March 09, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
The current massive lending/mortgage/credit crisis has spawned a new, but quite understandable, response on the part of the financially crunched hone owners: just locate a new place to live you . . . more
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April 19, 2008 06:59 PM EDT --
After being married for 40 years, I took a careful look at my wife one
day and said, 'Honey, 40 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap
car, slept on a sofa bed and watched . . . more
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June 22, 2008 11:17 AM EDT --
An article in the latest online edition of Time magazine notes that nearly 9% of all U.S. mortgages--or 4.8 million loans--are past due or in some stage of foreclosure. If you are a member of one of those . . . more
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