Category: Politics
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Which are they, voter-owned or tax-payer-extorted elections?
CHAPEL HILL CALLS its "clean-elections" local ordinance "Voter-Owned Elections." Who could be against that? Somebody? Anybody? OK, if none of you will volunteer, I guess that leaves me. Advocates of…
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How a gracious Jeff Saturday found the light
LIKE "THE PURLOINED LETTER" in the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, offensive linemen like Jeff Saturday are hidden in plain sight. Every snap of the football that goes to…
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Renewed McCarthy, revived Bergen back in limelight
DECATUR, Mich. – For years fans have wondered what happened to Charlie McCarthy, the mischievous dummy who paired with ventriloquist Edgar Bergen in a long and successful career on stage…
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Happy birthday, America! Happy birthday to you.
There are many ways to celebrate freedom, but none more appropriate than a list of great quotes enunciating a number of viewpoints on what true freedom is and of what…
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Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics: Facts that speak for themselves
EVER WONDER WHY THE RECOVERY from this current recession is taking so long? Historically, sharp economic declines are followed by steep bounces back up. But not this time. The other…
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Extemporizing on temporary taxes, North Carolina edition
THE LAST TAX, THE LATEST TAX, the next proposed tax, is, as always, "just." (By "just" I don't mean justified or righteous, I mean "mere" as in "just one cent.")…
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Viagra and blue M&M’s in unprecedented joint recall
McLEAN, Va. — In an unprecedented joint-recall announcement Mars and Pfizer Incorporated have requested that consumers return to the place of purchase all blue M&M's and Viagra® tablets bought between…
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Puff (the Magic Dragon) busted on possession charges
LONDON — Puff (the Magic Dragon), who had disappeared from the public eye following the last Peter, Paul and Mary Reunion Tour, re-appeared in a London courtroom today. Puffy, as…
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When you’ve said “Wisconsin!” — you’ve said it all
PLEASE UNDERSTAND that the state of Wisconsin is, and has been, in a state of confusion. This is the state that brought us both Joseph McCarthy and Frank P. Zeidler.…
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What’s new in the news: The bottom eight for 2010
News you may have missed in 2010. You tell me which are fact and which are fiction. Playmate "overexposed" by TSA LOS ANGELES — Former Playboy Playmate Donna D'Errico —…
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