Tag: government
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October 09, 2008 06:55 PM EDT --
“If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, there’d be a shortage of sand within 5 years.”
—Milton Friedman
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October 09, 2008 04:21 PM EDT --
CNN reports today an 83 year old man living in a big Condo Complex in South Florida has been told he can no longer ride his Segway around the complex. One destination is to visit his girlfriend.
Other . . . more
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November 30, 2007 11:55 AM EST --
I really liked an article Berf wrote and all the many ways people responded. I found it very thought provoking!! To see the article, it is at : http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977189452. . . . more
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October 01, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writers 5 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second . . . more
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October 08, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
http://www.plnewsforum.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/41216/
On August, 21, 2008, prominent lawyer, Hillary supporter, former Pennsylvania Democratic Party official and former Pennsylvania Deputy . . . more
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August 22, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
The truth may not be as bad as the title suggests. You’re probably not an embarrassed “I cheated on my spouse” liar. Nor are you likely a “nobody told me about that stock and now I have to go . . . more
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September 30, 2008 02:52 PM EDT --
"We average Joe Blow Americans have been carrying the load for this country and staggering under the weight for years now, but let the "High Rollers" start . . . more
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September 25, 2008 10:05 AM EDT --
This is part of the recent Couric/Palin interview.
Couric : You’ve said, quote, “John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business.” Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie . . . more
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June 09, 2008 02:26 AM EDT --
This is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual nner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' . . . more
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July 15, 2008 03:44 PM EDT --
http://belowgroundsurface.org:80/below
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//belowgroundsurface.org/belowgroundsurface
/Comments.aspx?StoryURL=%20803
Bush Pardons . . . more
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August 16, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
http://www.slate.com/id/2197517/?from=rss
I have nothing to hide except maybe my ugly face, but I'm getting a little paranoid, here.
I was reading an article about the governement putting . . . more
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October 08, 2008 08:58 AM EDT --
As we all know, many companies are going through hard times right now. Well, AIG was one of the first companies that had the Government step in, and bail them out. How did they celebrate? By throwing . . . more
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September 05, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) has proposed to increase federal gas taxes 5 cents a gallon. Meanwhile in the Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep John . . . more
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April 10, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
In February of 1933 the German Parliament Reichstag building is set on fire and blamed on a Dutch man, then later admitted by Germany that they themselves set the building ablaze and blamed it on the communist . . . more
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June 22, 2008 10:04 PM EDT --
In this country we have heard a lot about the separation of church and state. But what about the separation of religion and state? Is such a thing even desirable?
We Americans pride ourselves . . . more
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August 29, 2008 06:31 PM EDT --
This week I read a book, Leisureville , by Andy Blechman that raises an issue that will engage the majority on Gather. The focus of the book is The Villages, arguably the premiere “over 55” community . . . more
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September 09, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
This is a very personal story that has taken a while for me to put together. It is personal because at the beginning, it may have been the end.
On April 2, the day after April Fools Day, . . . more
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September 28, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
The following provides a transcription of David Kirby's presentation to members of the Senate and Congress at Representative Carolyn Maloney's meeting on Wednesday, September 24, . . . more
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October 03, 2008 06:41 PM EDT --
FYI, From Ken Dolan:
Hidden Horrors in the Bailout Bill
Wednesday night, the Senate passed the latest permutation of the $700 billion "bailout bill" that morphed from the Administration's . . . more
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August 05, 2008 08:23 AM EDT --
The flaw in that logic is that it equates voting with horse racing in that the goal is to "pick the winner". I'm not voting to pick the winner. I guess I'm just naieve, but . . . more
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