Tag: social issues
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December 07, 2009 01:06 PM EST --
After the recent setback in New York , where gay marriage legislation was defeated in the state Senate, hopes for supporters of gay rights shift to the Garden State . Today in New Jersey, a bill that . . .
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January 28, 2009 12:05 AM EST --
At dinner with my friends Jennifer and Sarah a couple of weekends ago, a most unfortunate revelation came to light. I am curious how you would have handled the situation?
My girlfriends and . . .
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January 10, 2009 03:56 PM EST --
Has anyone noticed that certain social behaviors are going the way of the dinosaur? They are becoming extinct.
One of the most beautiful forms of communicating (at least for me) was the written . . .
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June 02, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Several people have asked what I want for my birthday. After giving the matter a considerable amount of thought I've come to the realization that there isn't anything I really want . . .
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April 24, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
I grew up in the ghetto. It is hard to admit how much impact my early life had on me for even . . .
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December 02, 2008 09:20 PM EST --
I have always help women friends that were in a bad situation. This time I have encountered a situation, and have not the funds to do as I have in the past, nor the network.
Brief . . .
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January 18, 2009 01:22 PM EST --
I chose Reverend Stanton for this week’s Resurrection Sunday entry for several reasons.
Homelessness has been one of my top issues for as long as I can remember (since age 3, . . .
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May 21, 2006 10:08 AM EDT --
He stands on the corner,
holding up a sign;
"I will work for food,"
is the only design;
Busy people stop,
but look the other way;
"He is just a panhandler,
it's probably . . .
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January 24, 2009 10:31 PM EST --
Cold and Wet
The hardest nights are
the ones that are cold and wet.
The cold alone is bad,
but bearable.
Your joints ache and stiffen . . .
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July 19, 2009 01:18 AM EDT --
I have observed beggars and panhandlers seem to be widespread here in the city the past couple of years. There was a time I can recall; when one never saw so many drifters on the street corners or in . . .
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September 03, 2009 09:02 PM EDT --
I got to thinking today, after a situation I experienced. I had gone to the doctor, and stopped at the pharmacy on my way home. I dropped off my perscription, and was told it would be 15 minutes; so . . .
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October 30, 2009 01:26 AM EDT --
I've read several posts this evening that revolve around the domestic violence that is becoming an everyday event all over the world. It's a sad statement to the decline of humanity and an . . .
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November 05, 2008 06:22 PM EST --
In 1848, the founder of Commun ism-Karl Marx-wrote in his infamous Manifest of the Communist Party about the "crying inequalities in the distribution of wealth." Then, in 1867, in what has been . . .
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November 09, 2008 05:35 AM EST --
Is reality sinking in yet? Oppps seems like many that helped Obama, are now screaming at him, and he is not even in Office yet.
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December 01, 2008 06:33 PM EST --
Now I know I am about to get slammed again by those who only read a few lines like this got the fist time I posted it.
I know this sounds like a "Big Brother" type of question, . . .
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February 14, 2009 01:45 AM EST --
To Obama, Pelosi, Reed, and the Idiots that passed the Stimulus Bill
Animals Cats Comments And Graphics
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November 30, 2009 12:19 PM EST --
Ok now, if you run a business or you manage a business, and something goes wrong that you should have controlled, whose fault is it?
Well according to the left here on Gather, if . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:57 PM EDT --
Suppose your religion forbids seeking medical attention for yourself. But you also have a seriously ill child whose illness has gotten worse and worse in spite of all the nonmedical treatment - including . . .
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October 26, 2008 10:23 PM EDT --
As sweet as the morning dew
She had a cheery word or two
As bright as the morning lark
So sad to see her part
Sadness creeps from her parting
A hole in our hearts will be left . . .
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December 19, 2005 09:01 PM EST --
Back to the wall and eyes fixed on the door, Lori shook an oily strand of hair from her face and ignored her bladder's scream for relief. With the bathroom at the end of the hall, she had no way out . . .
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