I filled out my Florida resident voter's ballot today and was impressed by three of the ballot initiatives that are to be voted on by Florida residents in November. The first two initiatives are concerned about the historical gerrymandering of Florida state legislative districts and Florida Congressional districts that gives incumbent politicians and their respective parties unfair advantages when it comes to dividing up voter blocks and boundaries. The wording for each is identical with the ...
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Millions of people tune in to news stations to find out about what is going on around the world each and every day. Late-breaking reports are likely to affect your life in one way or another, so it is important to be in the loop. Information on potentially destructive weather systems, for example, helps you prepare accordingly. Houston residents can now add a new dimension to their news-watching experience with HD local channels alongside the national ones.
As much as the internet has ...
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I am constantly amazed at the amount of corruption that tends to follow our political class around, both on our domestic shores and overseas. Consider a story that appeared in the September 24, 2010 issue of The Week Magazine entitled, "The Fight Against Corruption In Afghanistan." According to the article:
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has recently blocked several investigations of graft in his administration.
- There have been ongoing complaints of corruption related to members of his ...
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Nowadays media in Pakistan is working hard on propagating the concept of change in government. President Zardari is the target of media and judiciary. The charges, which were not proved in ten years, are again brought to court. On one side media is blaming government for Afia case and on the other hand, the same media is supporting the opening of cases against Zardari in foreign courts. Is it logical that a government should open cases against its own elected president during its own rule? The ...
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The true measure of a man is how he or she is remembered. Among the great people of history, a few of our world leaders will be remembered for their actions-not positive, but negative. Some will be remembered with horror for the things they caused to happen, the deaths that they caused to take place, the economic woes they caused, or for their vast and outstanding attack on human rights.Others will be remembered for the wars they began or the questions surrounding their policies and leadership. ...
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Just days after becoming President, I recall a picture of President Obama at the White House, using his Blackberry smart phone. The accompanying article swooned over how tech savvy this President was. Great, but it seems that the President rarely uses his Blackberry when it comes to governing and, more importantly, leadership. How much different would life be if he had picked up his Blackberry and made the following calls:
- Several months ago, a flotilla of ships headed for the Gaza Strip from
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The phrase "don't drink the water" might often be used as a punchline--Woody Allen even wrote a comic play called "Don't Drink the Water"--but bad drinking water is a huge and horrific problem on our planet. Bad drinking water and the diseases it inflicts--among them hepatitis, cholera and typhoid fever--are the top causes of child deaths in developing countries. In many regions of sub-Saharan Africa there are simply no pipes and therefore no hope for clean water; even well water is ...
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One of the main contributing factors to modern day stress in constant exposure to media, the main thing being an abundance of bad news, you are far from having any peace of mind. Yet many of us find it impossible to stop watching television.
If go go back in history we are going to find that news were not instant, it took weeks or even months to travel from place to place. When they invented the printing press they changed all that forever, as did transportation and telecommunication. When ...
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U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan 9 years in many places and the death toll is climbing.
As fighting intensifies, the Ministry of Defense and the White House and hoped that the political support for the war could be held at least until year's end, Gen. David Petraeus, the time to make progress.
Petraeus said progress in Afghanistan began in the spring of this year alone, and need time to take root in remarks aired on Sunday that aims to mobilize American support for the war.
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Jake answers the Liberty Candidate questions below:1. Re. the U.S. Financial System:1a. What is your view of the monetary system in the U.S. today?I believe that the
Federal Reserve and fractional reserve banking are directly responsible for the current credit crisis. As such, the Federal Reserve system should be audited, dismantled, and its remains scattered to the winds. I will legislate vigorously toward this end.1b. What is primarily responsible for a large percentage of our nation's ...
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