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The USA

AND FOR WHAT?

For THIS, we’re raping the planet?! For meat-flavored dog water in single-use plastic bottles and pubic hair coloring? For Betty Beauty and Molli’s Choice we’re trying to take over the world? For Botox injections and Hummers, we’re robbing future generations of the right to peace and clean water? Give me a break!

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Politics

THE SMELL OF SULFUR

Our latest hero, Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, came out with a whopper of a speech in his address to the United Nations yesterday. I mean, Wow! And every word of it true, except perhaps for the bit about the scent of sulfur still wafting from the podium where Bush had given his address earlier. […]

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War and Peace

WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION

Last week I saw this bumper sticker on a car belonging to a retired science teacher:         Great idea, but where would we get the money? Well, if the U. S. Congress re-appropriated 7% (or $30 billion) of the $419 billion Defense Budget for Education, we could cover tuition and fees for […]

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Observations

BAD NEWS NEVER DIES

Just scanning the headlines with my morning coffee while the blue jays scream outside and seeing the same ole, same ole. The top stories today are the sensationalized resurrection of an sordid murder that happened 10 years ago, endless death and destrruction in Baghdad and this little item: “A six-month Associated Press investigation found that […]

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Our Life

THE MORNING NEWS

Every morning I get a cup of coffee and read the news on the Internet. The best thing about this arrangement is that I can browse the stories from dozens of online newspapers – from the China Daily to the South African Post and no trees have to die. My favorite source for quick access […]