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Without Respect, Firefighters May Soon Be Gone With the Wind
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 I bet the last time the Yankees came through, citizens of Atlanta wished their firefighters received the same pay as their soldiers. I have no qualms against police officers and feel that a 3.5% raise for them is more than fair, particularly at their current salary. But to imply that firefi...
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Quid-pro-quo : India's Dilemma in Iran
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Scholars of International Relations often develop various sets of conceptual tools in order to make sense of the International system. It is assumed that there is some sort of pattern in the world and that the international system is not just a description of events one after another. Interpretati...
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Known by Their Fruit
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For the last three years, Americans have refused time after time to acknowledge the bad faith of their leaders. The press is complicit in its failure to make the public aware of the human cost of the war. On one hand, there is American idealism that refuses to admit that George Bush, Dick Cheney and Cond...
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William Jefferson - Liberals Sacrificial Lamb
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Liberal Democrats are trying very hard to look "tough" on Congressional misconduct. After all, one of their major political platforms this fall in an attempt to regain Congress has been the "culture of corruption" which they claim surrounds only the Republican Party. Too bad it seems like every ti...
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WeeklyPlanet.com Profiles Janet Long's Excellent Chance for Victory in Florida House Seat District 51
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There has been too much partisan politics in Florida according to Janet Long. Janet is adamant that the issues facing District 51 must rise above the party line votes and address real issues from affordable housing to education.
A profile of Long's chances of victory are detailed in the WeeklyPla...
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Unmarried Gays in Wisconsin
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Wisconsin legislators - Republican, I presume - have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in this state. I've been kind of wondering: is this really necessary? On my list of thing that I would like them to handle, this one has never made it to the top hundred. I don't care...
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Challenge from a Right Wing Nut Job
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Let's try something new shall we? I got this idea after spending a weekend with my wife's family. The Andersons are great group of folks who I enjoy spending time with, however, they are about as politically divided a family as I have ever seen. This is not just your standard "this is my view, this is your...
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What Do You Know About Richard M. Nixon?
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Depending on who we are, how old we are, and where we come from, associations with Richard M. Nixon vary greatly. The best is the SEINFELD episode wherein Elaine tricked into dating a guy because he has the perfect come-on.
He makes bets with total strangers (women he is attracted to) about trivia to...
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Yet Another War to Stop: Iran
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Yet Another War to Stop: Iran
The current number one international dispute is that of the heated exchange taking place between the United States and Iran. The US has accused Iran of pursuing a nuclear program for the purposes of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has denied this, instead claiming t...
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George Bush Has Made America Terror Free
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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001 nearly 5 years ago there has not been one single act of terrorism carried out on American soil. President Bush has kept America terror free for 5 years. This is no small accomplishment. We will never know how many innocent American men, women and children Presid...
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