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Just talking to my friend, Mike; he was in the area doing lawns and he stopped to chat. I allowed as how my daughter(s) would continue to live here even after I'd retired and move to Santa Barbara or somewhere. That got me wondering what the world will be like for them. Is there any truth to the Al... Sign in to see full entry.

"We have deployed units to defend our sovereignty in case of an aggression — air defense units, air units, infantry units, special operations," Chavez said. He said those deployments were unannounced "because we don't want to harm anyone, nor do we want to cause alarm." Chavez said a Colombian... Sign in to see full entry.

The following is a clipping from the online media outlet (sourced below). It represents a little of what outgoing White House Finance Directer Peter Orszag said while speaking at the National Press Club in Washington. I am putting it here as the best Democratic response to the GOP "Road Map" that I... Sign in to see full entry.

Here is the Congressional Budget Office analyzing the "Road Map" regarding Health Care. Like the Social Security plan, the GOP goes a long ways toward protecting the future of the poor. Health Care. The Roadmap as modified for CBO’s analysis addresses three aspects of the government’s involvement in... Sign in to see full entry.

If the GOP reaps the rewards this year in an off-year landslide, and regains control of the Congress, this is the likely "Road Map". It is the brain child of Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, himself a likely figure to run for president in 2012. That is, if the vacuum of leadership is not filled... Sign in to see full entry.

I could quit this boring job Walk off and be free today If I wanted to... Tell my boss I'm worth more than that Say I'm out the door, toss me my hat Drive up to the mountain and don't look back If I wanted to... I could quit these nasty cigarettes Crush the last one out take on all bets Breathe free... Sign in to see full entry.

The Tea Party now has an official congressioal caucus. Michelle Bachman stated in her comments to the press,...We are also not here to vouch for the Tea Party or to vouch for any Tea Party organizations or to vouch for any individual people or actions, or billboards or signs or anything of the Tea... Sign in to see full entry.

A year after President Barack Obama's political honeymoon ended, his job approval rating has dropped to a negative 44 - 48 percent, his worst net score ever, and American voters say by a narrow 39 - 36 percent margin that they would vote for an unnamed Republican rather than President Obama in 2012,... Sign in to see full entry.

There was a time when two children could be playing in the yard, Air as crisp as autumn, an evening as dry as August, Fall out among one another; that is: Fall to quarreling, for one reason or another, And one go home crying to papa. Who appears on the lawn of the other; But the white man on his... Sign in to see full entry.

A DIFFERENT VIEW OF AMERICA We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn’t appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known. When asked whether he believed in American exceptionalism, President Obama... Sign in to see full entry.