What’s Gotta Go

Today I was reading this article by Glenn Beck, and frankly it just outlines a few things looming in our not that distant economic future that really scare me.  Give it a read, then come back here and share your thoughts.
Let’s be clear, I am not an alarmist, extremist, or any kind of -ist for […]

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Unless you are completely avoiding news coverage of politics lately, for which I can’t completely blame you, you are aware of Gov. Mitt Romney’s speech last night. The coverage is front page material and having comparisons drawn to the famous speech given by John Kennedy years ago under similar circumstances.
As I checked out the various […]

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Like most everyone I hate paying taxes.  It’s not that I don’t believe in paying to a government to provide the services and protections our country needs; really I do.  What I don’t believe is that our taxes are being used wisely and that I feel like we are being way over taxed because of […]

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First we get a movie about a tragic event that a small group did in Utah history tied to Mormon’s on the whole.  I haven’t seen the whole movie, but the trailer shows an obvious slant towards positioning all Mormons, old and new, as fanatics akin to Islamic radicals.  Then we get CNN jumping on […]

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Mitt Romney’s religion continues to get slapped around by rival campaigns, and it really is no surprise.  Politics in general seems to bring out the worst in people, doing whatever they think is necessary to propel their candidate ahead of others.  Problem is, Mitt really is a good guy with great values and a sincere […]

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The top headline on CNN today made me feel the need to revisit my comments about how statistics are creatively used, primarily in popular news reporting.
First, I need to ask you to put aside your feelings about the war in Iraq - this is not a discussion on whether we should be there or whether […]

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The next presidential elections seemingly around the corner, at least with all the coverage of the current crop of possible and declared candidates.  This next election proves to be a very interesting one with the current choices.  As I have stated many times, I hate politics in general, and I have been very apathetic when […]

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Now first let me say my family is all from New Jersey…my folks were from there…my sister and I are the first non-Jersey born off spring. That being said…I am now wondering if the New Jersey folks have been breathing too much of those paper mill fumes? I saw in my local paper the other […]

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We all learn at a young age that it isn’t good manners to double dip. If you put that chip back in the salsa after you have taken a bit, you are going to spread germs. For me at least, that principle carries out into regular life. It just isn’t good to […]

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This likely is more noticeable when you are on one side of the opinion than the other. It is no secret that I simply don’t like politics. I generally don’t agree with the national media on most opinion, so I hate the bias and general pushing of opinion that we are bombarded with […]

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