The Hazards Of Street Performing -
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Ron ODaniels
A couple of years ago I was street performing in Miami Beach Florida and found out just what a dangerous way to make a living this can be. I was beat to the ground by the Police and spent 26 days in the County Jail. Unlike the song by the Clash, I fought the law and I won, but it didn't feel like I won when it was all said and done....
1984 In The 21st Century -
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George Lunt
Every year more cameras pop up on our city streets. The newer cameras are smaller and more efficient. Progress is being made in other, less visible but extremely powerful, technologies as well. These include GPS (Global Positioning System), RFID ...
NAFTA Highway in Three Pieces -
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Mary Riggs
Part and parcel! If our legislators can not pass the NAFTA Highway bill as one piece of legislation they will simply divided in small pieces, stick those pieces in unrelated bills and get it to pass!Where is the ...
Car Free? -
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Jeff Guerrero
Cars suck. Mine is broken again—most likely the clutch. Being that I’m no automotive whiz, I’ll attribute it to one of two things; it’s in a state of atrophy from neglect or Toyota sold GM their reject Corollas to ...
Death And Dignity For The Sick And Terminally Ill -
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Michael Carvell
Some where between life and death there has to dignity and honor to let our terminally ill people. Some times it is hard to let go of a family member that is terminally ill . Think about what ...
Judge Not So As To Be Not Judged -
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Jim Livingston
A most remarkable new ethic is put into play and is gaining extraordinary effectiveness by causing widespread personal release from advocating common decencies of self and society and when violated destroys those who so commit. We ...
Journalism, Fiction or Propaganda? -
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Joseph Malek
Journalism becomes fiction when the writer has no facts to support his or her point of view. The writer takes what might be true and then adds a whole lot of things that might also be true, and then ...
Equalization or Protectionism? -
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Joseph Malek
We can all agree that the United States of America and its people are under attack on many fronts. Terrorists are killing our soldiers. Contaminated food from abroad is poisoning our citizens and pets. Products from abroad that contain ...
Impeachment Rally Sept. 15 - What Will Your Sign Say? -
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Gita Smith
There are only six weeks left before the major Peace and Impeachment rally on September 15, 2007 in Washington. The following three months, September 15 to December 15, 2007 will probably determine whether Bush escapes the judgment of the ...
Military Veteran's Who Abuse The System -
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Nona Nixon
Military Veterans are guilty of abusing the medical system. They are creating backlogs as well as wasted time spent aiding them. This is a dilemma most do not understand unless you are closely associated with the system from within. The Veteran Affairs is not fair more times to none in their treatment of our military veterans, but compile this obvious problem with military veterans who constantly abuse the system, you have a loss on both sides of the coin. Who suffers due to these actions on both ends? The military veterans who truly deserve the care....
Trip This -
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Vernon Lee
Use of words seperate mankind from animal. The word trip is defined as a journey of relatively short duration, especially to a place and back again, usually for a specific purpose such as a vacation or business meeting. This ...
Why You Should Care About the Firings of US Prosecutors -
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Gita Smith
One of the jobs that television, radio and print reporters MUST do over the coming weeks is to tell the public why it should CARE about the Justice Department probe. Most of our fellow commuters and neighbors probably do ...
Read The Label -
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Vernon Lee
New reports are coming out to show that heat problems can arise for those who drank regular and diet colas. The problem comes when after a high fat, salt and processed foods meal it is all washed down with ...
Non-Governmental Organisations In Mauritus -
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Morinn Chamilall
This article tries to find out why non-governmental organisations in Mauritius often do not succeed in attaining their goal......
Luck -
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Vernon Lee
Are you lucky. Have you seen a lucky person. Luck is work. Find a penny pick it up all the day you will have good luck....
The American Dream - Now a Nighmare -
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Arleen Kaptur
The American Dream is not lost completely - the right choices and the motivation can make a difference between a brilliant sunset and a devastating storm....
The Old School -
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Vernon Lee
A simple life was the order of the day. Times have changed. Today children are growing up in a dangerous world. We could learn a thing or two from the old school....
Minimum Wage Hike -
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Nona Nixon
Our nation wants the poor population of our country to believe that raising the minimum wage is aiding the poor, in all actuality, raising the minimum wage is only enabling citizens to further their dependence upon the system....
Copper Dollars -
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Vernon Lee
The high prices paid for copper has made thieves brave and uncaring......
It Will Never Be The Time -
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Arleen Kaptur
Whilte the military leaders are changing the time from September to November - the people of the U.S. can make a "time" demand and that time is "now". It is after all a govenrment of the people, by the people, and for the people and time has not changed this but the administration has tried....