March 19th, 2010
Arizona sheriff launches immigration sweep
2010-03-19 16:40:00
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona has launched a two-day, countywide crime and immigration sweep that authorities say will focus on drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.
Four hundred deputies and volunteer posse members are taking part in the patrols. The sweep, which began Thursday, [...]
Tags: Immigration
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March 18th, 2010
Capitalism, free markets, democracy. All supposedly good things… but here’s the truth about it.
When corporations or anyone for that matter, accumulates wealth, that removes “ownable” money from circulation. Sure it can re-enter circulation as debt (e.g. you take out a mortgage) but that only further reduces the amount [...]
Tags: wealth disparity
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March 17th, 2010
Copy and paste the following letter below into a word document and insert your address only at the bottom and print it out and send it with your census… Show “big brother” they are violating our privacy by asking for names and personal information of each member of your household.
To Whom [...]
Tags: trust our government?
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March 17th, 2010
MODERN VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to [...]
Tags: wealth disparity
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March 16th, 2010
Freedom Concerts, Sean Hannity’s scholarship charity for the children of fallen soldiers, has violated its charitable tax status, according to a Washington advocacy group.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington alleges that Hannity’s Freedom Concerts has “engaged in deceptive and illegal marketing practices by suggesting that all concert ticket sale revenue [...]
Tags: corporate ethics
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March 16th, 2010
For over 150 years, blacks were the victims of terrorist attacks by the Democrats and their Klan supporters, including lynching, beating, rapes and mutilations; it’s documented that from 1877 to 1977 there were over 1000 Democratic Congressmen, Representatives, Governors, and mayors that all enacted, or defended Jim Crow Laws in [...]
Tags: Politics, Racism
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March 15th, 2010
As a society…
Have we lost the ability to approach important issues honestly?
Are we no longer able to learn from one another in open discussion?
Have ambition, greed, and defiance replaced thought, logic, and reason?
At one time our country, not that long ago, during dining room discussions, classroom debates, and public forums, people were expected to present [...]
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March 14th, 2010
Healing our sick + educating our children = a healthier, happier, and smarter America
If health was improved and all our children had a equal chance at education, our country wouldn’t need to outsource jobs to foreign countries. We wouldn’t need to donate money to the poor because our poor would be [...]
Tags: healthcare reform
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March 13th, 2010
Here’s an interesting article about recycling and what the numbers mean. As for #4 plastic bags, they’re good for keeping things dry. use it for storage. Put used cat kitter in it or find a secondary use for it. You can also reuse these bags if you have a vacuum sealer (non [...]
Tags: conservation, Recycle, The Environment
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March 12th, 2010
I am trying to figure out how someone would think that teachers are raising my children. On average, my son has 7 teachers, they spend less than 5 hours a week with him. My youngest son spends considerably more time with the same teacher but again it is not 24/7. [...]
Tags: education
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