Archive for May, 2005
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
Who Needs Memorial Day?
It is important that we remember our soldiers, but I don't need a special day or a sticker on my car to remember them.
I think about soldiers all the time. I lost a friend in Desert Storm. He was in the Special Forces, so ...
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Saturday, May 28th, 2005
Letter to The Argus Press, published May 28, 2005.
You voted for it ....
Supply-side. Top-Down. Reaganomics. Nuances aside, these terms describe current US economic policy. Care for the wealthy, they say, and the wealth will trickle-down. This is the principle that drives the Republican legislative agenda. ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
Senator Barbara Boxer's other website has been updated ... check it out ... http://www.barbaraboxer.com/. Nice graphics, nice layout, and Senator Stabenow is in the Candidate Spotlight.
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
http://www.musicforamerica.org/bushjoke
What a sick joke. But coming from the guy who mocks the people he executes, it's no surprise.
Are there even words for this piece of trash?
No, just one letter.
W
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Saturday, May 14th, 2005
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Saturday, May 14th, 2005
Given on the floor of the Senate, on Thursday, May 12, 2005.
Mr President, on January 31, 1963, I gave my maiden speech in the United States Senate. That's over 40 years ago. 42 years ago. At that moment, the Senate was embroiled in a very heated debate ...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2005
..that ought to really get some folks riled up.
Seriously, with only 65 days left to go before HBP hits the shelves (and my hot little hands) I'm revisiting all things Harry. My google-fu brought me to this ---
From The American Prospect
Paranormal Progressivism
The eerie similarities between Harry Potter's politics ...
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Saturday, May 7th, 2005
An old-time sea Captain wrote in his log:
"The First Mate drunk all day."
When that officer read the record, he expostulated vehemently.
"Why," he exclaimed, "It was the first and only time that happened in a year, and your entry implies that I am a common sot."
"Isn't it true that you were ...
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
To hear Owosso resident Sandy Roberts tell it, you'd think there was an open war against Christians in this country. May 5, National Prayer Day, is when Christians "can openly gather together as Christians and pray for our nation without repercussion."
As opposed to all of those other times when ...
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
These people are on a different planet ...
From http://www.washingtonpost.com
The Shoot-First State
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Sunday, May 1, 2005; B06
LET'S SAY that you're behind the wheel and think someone wants to carjack your automobile and cause you bodily harm. Or suppose you get into a dispute with another shopper over a place in the supermarket's ...
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Monday, May 2nd, 2005
5-2-05 -- Activity In Michigan's 4th Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes -
Senate: Budget Resolution, FY2006
House: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
House: Amending the Rules of the House
House: Budget Resolution, FY2006
Upcoming Congressional Bills -
House: Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005
House: Vocational and Technical Education for the ...
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