4 days ago by Just Between Friends

Over the past few days when we were all supposed to be counting our blessings, I was sitting here wondering if perhaps the civilized world as we know it isn't on its last legs. The first warning sign came a couple of weeks ago when a teenage girl here in South Florida shot and killed a classmate, re ...

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38 days ago by Doug

The following highlights weaknesses in John McCain's personality: 1) his habit of insinuation, 2) his incivility, 3) his fighting instinct. Closing with an overall assessment of the man. Issue Number One: The habit of insinuation Insinuations are like dandelion seeds launched into the wind. McCain’s ...

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60 days ago by K. W. Patten

As our presidential election draws near I thought I would say a few things about our two party system. Watching the "debates," and every other opportunistic event designed to showcase ones accomplishments, and badger one's opponents, I've come to one conclusion. We're not smart enough for democracy. ...

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77 days ago by woody45

From The Canadian Press: Cellphones, BlackBerrys and MP3 players have for many become indispensable everyday tools expanding the ability to communicate and even entertain. But have these newfangled devices come saddled with an added cost: fewer meaningful social interactions and a less-than-kind wor ...

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104 days ago by melanieakabo

Chapter 1 Brooke Gonzalez sat up in her bed and pulled on her clothes. It was the second day of school and she needed to make an entrance. Yesterday didn’t go well; first, Brooke’s friend Amber broke her mom’s favorite cheetah print heels on the edge of a locker (I know, what the hell?), and then Te ...

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134 days ago by Alverad

There’s nothing in this world I detest more than needless belligerence. Especially when ignorant thugs feel they have a right to be rude and violent. I found this article yesterday. At an amusement park a father was brutally beaten and kicked in the head for having the gall to chastise a couple of m ...

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143 days ago by Pinko Punko

I’m too much of a crotchety pants to care two bits about college basketball, or anything in the world for that matter, right now. But my inner, different, secret self thinks that this is the best news of the day. Kevin Drum doing color commentary would be more exciting and lively than Billy Packer, ...

143 days ago by Pinko Punko

I’m too much of a crotchety pants to care two bits about college basketball, or anything in the world for that matter, right now. But my inner, different, secret self thinks that this is the best news of the day. Kevin Drum doing color commentary would be more exciting and lively than Billy Packer, ...

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149 days ago by 50-82-34-121-hut

Forwarded by my friend Kevin. A California group submitted a proposal Monday to rename a sewage treatment plant after President Bush, calling the initiative a fitting tribute to the outgoing chief executive and the “mess” he’ll leave behind. If you’re looking for a single example of what’s wrong in ...

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151 days ago by Pinko Punko

It is too obvious, and needs only fictional support for the obviousness to be even more apparent than is already deeply obvious. I think we’re toast. Observe the Conservapedia identifying the clotheslessness of the American Liberal, né Progressive. Quoth Conservapedia: The style of a liberal often i ...