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Is This Election "About Obama" or About Obama's Skin Color?
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john adkisson
The question of Obama's race is starting to haunt this campaign. Fortunately for Obama, he has the organization in place to counter it--supercharged young ...
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The Conundrum...
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...which Walmart's top executives face is quite well stated here. Walmart aims at the working and lower middle classes for its sales, thus prosperity for ...
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The 911 "truth" movement
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Dear Mr. Manjoo, Regarding your statement that "I've spoken to many members of the the 9/11 'truth' movement, and aside from the supposed evidence they ...
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Overstating Stalin and Understating Putin
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Kaplan makes the claim that it is a mistake to confuse the nastiness of Putin with the excesses of Stalin. This is a mistake, Russia fundamentally has ...
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He attributed the source...
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daneyul
...many times in other speeches. Shafer admits that (although if you blink you'll miss it). So for the speech at least, it's not intentional plagiarism--otherwise ...
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As someone who works in an academic library, I find the comments in the Fray dismissing Biden's conduct as insignificant and a distant memory to be really, ...
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LifeChurch.tv
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LifeChurch.tv came to my town a couple of years ago. They built a big building on the outskirts of town. It stands alone in what was a cow pasture. The ...
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more moral questions?
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unhappybirthday
One thought that I had, and it is merely speculation on my part, is that some of the moral questions that accompany casualties are not as easily dismissed ...
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'circle of friends'
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Wrenn
Okay, I too, am a 'member' of a circle of friends and acquaintances that is 'ever expanding'. This has been so for 20+ years. SOME of this circle are close ...
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Bury the important one
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Rosseau
I'm just wondering why a letter of real, serious substance that deserves to be given full attention is sandwiched between letters from two scaredy-cats ...
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To Irked and Her Clueless In-Laws
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nolan00
Get Rich Quick Schemes Do Not Work!!!!! Flip this House is a fake Read the Headlines-No One is Buying but Investors Prudie; In July, my mother passed away. ...
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Thanks for the help
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This letter could've been written by my boyfriend (we both own our respective houses). Prudie, I was married for 24 years to a male whore so I have not ...
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What happens when Prudie is right?
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marcparis
On the whole, some real questions and some good advice. For LW1, I would take issue a bit with Prudie's attack on the daughter. In my reading of the letter, ...
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OCD/PPD Woman
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guin
Please, please, CALL YOUR DOCTOR (your ob/gyn) and say: "I am overwhelmed. I think everyone would be better off without me. Please help me." You will be ...
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unwedded bliss
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ohlamb
I could very well be the GF in question because it is hard to imagine there is possibly another who fits the description so well with such a needy, spoiled ...
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Why only cognitive therapy? Strange.
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wts
Once again Prudie recommends cognitive therapy and the Beck institute as though this is the only option for people seeking psychological treatment. Does ...
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Dear Crabby: "It's a wonderful life - for me!" edition
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Dear Crabby, I'm a late 50s widower. I don't want to marry again, or even share an apartment. But my GF of 3 years is hinting at marriage. I like that ...
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It was a strange and dorky night
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BOTF: Bulwer-Lytton On The Fray Foreword In which the author expounds on his inspiration This post is dedicated to Arch, who reminded me about Bulwer-Lytton ...
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LW#1: You can't continue the "status quo" because your girlfriend wants more than what she's got. Look, I get that you want your freedom, which apparently ...
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5 stars, 2 thumbs up!
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Best speech ever by a pro and a great woman! ...
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At least one statistic in the article is blatantly wrong
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The Slate article specifically says "New Zealand lowered the drinking age from 20 to 18, and fatal crashes soared ". However, the reference linked says ...
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Bring back Prohibition, for SAFETY!
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Alcohol is a hard drug, and is intimately connected to nearly every type of crime. Every year hundreds, possibly over a thousand, die from alcohol poisoning ...
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Can't help but note the obvious
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Isn't it precious how respectful right wingers have become of Hillary Clinton? "Gosh, she should really be the nominee, she deserves it...." "What were ...
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how about the s.i. pictures?
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Pictures 5 & 6 seem to establish pretty clearly that ...
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