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President Obama, Stimulus Package, and The Decline of the United States of America
Well in less then two weeks, President Obama, the Democratic controlled house of representatives and senate, and weak republican members will unfortunately vote in the biggest tax and spending bill ever passed in the United States. This is the first ...
Sarah Palin, Charles Gibson, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and The Future of The United States
I was watching the interview of Sarah Palin by Charles Gibson of ABC News and it took a lot of restraint for me not to kick the television. I am generally open to most points of views but I guess when someone is getting grilled like Sarah Palin was i...
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John McCain, President George W. Bush, Fred Thompson, Bill Clinton and What change do we need?
I always find it funny when we get close to a presidential election all the call for change. President Bush is on his way out. No Vice President to run for his seat and everyone is very unhappy about how things are. Now I don’t know about you b...
Rush Limbaugh, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Barack Obama, Freedom of Speech and Abuse of Power
Having listened to Rush Limbaugh from the time his radio show has been syndicated so many years ago, I was never appalled more than hearing that the democratic senators sent a letter to the company Clear Channel Communications president in an attempt...
Coach Mike Gundy, Media, Sports, How the mass media gets their revenues
My hats off to Coach Mike Gundy for his recent rant about the media. The one thing we have to remember about the media, whether it’s TV, Newspaper and for some of the Internet Portals, is that they receive their income from advertisers and thei...
O.J. Simpson, Las Vegas, Brentwood, Nicole, Ron Goldman, Robbery and Why does this continue to happen?
According to MSNBC, O.J Simpson has been arrested for allegedly stealing come of his sports memorabilia that was to go on to auction in Las Vegas. One of his entourage supposedly pulled a gun and it was an ugly scene. It is amazing to me that this ty...
Michael Vick, NFL, Dog Fighting, and Plea Deal
According to MSNBC, Michael Vick has entered a plea deal with the courts but the language of the plea deal skirt the issue that he was directly involved. Cut the Crap! The NFL also suspended him without pay indefinitely! Excellent! I guess he in his...
Michael Vick, Dog Fighting, Cruelty to Animals and the NFL
I’ve been delaying my posting on this matter, for a little while as I internalize the subject matter and then it occured to me when I read MSNBC’s update this morning. How can someone in their right mind pit two animals together with the...
Update: Chris Benoit, WWE, Steroids, Vince McMahon, MSNBC, and Suicide
This is an update to a news opinion story I wrote a couple of weeks ago . Apparently according the sources at MSNBC, steroids were found in the toxicology reports done on Chris Benoit, along with Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug. Chris Benoit was driven,...
John McCain’s campaign manager, strategist leave: The Noise that keeps holding you back!
With everything that is going on around us, it’s no wonder that we can’t concentrate. Everywhere you look, online or on TV, there is news about who did what to who and whose fault is it and so forth. The fact is until we have our lives in...
Made in China, Immigration Laws, Import and Export, Made in USA, and Wal Mart
I just got done reading an article on MSNBC called “Is 'Made in China' avoidable?” , and it got me to thinking about why does it seem to be more economically sound for a company to import goods to the US to sell and market to the American...
Chris Benoit, WWE, Steroids, Vince McMahon, MSNBC, and Suicide
It was a sad announcement on Monday when it was revealed that a well liked wrestler, Chris Benoit, had killed both his wife and son and then took his own life. As a former fan of wrestling, I haven't been out of the loop long enough not to have known...
Is it OK to get RICH?, Personal Development, Mark Victor Hansen, Sham
I thought this was a very interesting video! Please check it out and let me know what your thoughts on the subject are. What side do you stand on? And is it OK to be rich? I don't know I think I would rather be addicted to personal development tha...
Paris Hilton, NBC News Interview, Jail, Spoiled Brat?, More Grateful?, ABC News Interview
Reportedly on MSNBC, NBC News is denying that they are paying $1,000,000 for a Paris Hilton Interview. If they are reportedly denying that they are paying $1,000,000 for this interview, I'm sure there is some amount of money being paid for the inte...
Rosie O'Donnell, Donald Trump, The View, Elizabeth Hasslebeck and Why this is a Big Win for ABC and Disney
Commercial TV has scored another win with the exit of Rosie O'Donnell. Now don't get me wrong, I do not agree with most of Rosie's views. But this is big in the news and again the commercial TV wins again because it's like watching a car wreck and th...
Alec Baldwin, Kim Bassinger, Child Abuse, and Excuses
I had a young lady comment to me about how I don't know about being alienated and I have no right to say what I said and that has been gnawing at me a little bit since yesterday. As I have to admit, I certainly do not know what it is like to be alien...
Racism, Traffic Stops, Minorities, Blacks, Latinos, Whites and Arrests
In my daily surfing I came across this headline on MSNBC, Black, Latino drivers fare worse in traffic stops Study: Minorities searched, jailed more often than whites when pulled over Now you need to understand this is on the front page of the MSNBC,...
