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So, there's a deal.
Author: Raine    Date: 08/01/2011 12:41:50

I'm still processing this one, to be quite honest. I'm not sure I am in the mood to try to win people over this morning regarding the deal, because I just don't know enough about it.
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74 comments (Latest Comment: 08/01/2011 23:17:37 by Scoopster)

Marketing
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 07/31/2011 14:27:17

The other day I found myself in the chip aisle of the grocery store. I decided I needed to buy a bag of chips. But wait, Velveeta doesn't really eat chips on a regular basis, so what's going on? Why, I was only in this aisle because I was cutting through to the other side of the store to shop for dairy products; the chip aisle was just a handy pass-through. I could have used the cleaning aisle or the pet food aisle or the pharmacy aisle that is also laden with auto parts. (I sometimes confuse my night cream with Synthetic Transmission fluid since I'm at that age where I must endure the extreme heavy stuff). But I chose the chip aisle and found myself feeling the need for Jalapeno flavored Cheetos and Cool Ranch Ruffles.
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11 comments (Latest Comment: 08/01/2011 03:52:53 by Raine)

Why not a fee?
Author: TriSec    Date: 07/30/2011 11:10:10

Good Morning!

After a rainy night, the sun is breaking out, and it's looking like a beautiful day over on Spot Pond. For a modest fee, I'll even take you out on a kayak today.

Ah, but let's talk a little bit about fees today. Lost in all the debt ceiling debate is the fact that all non-essential FAA services have been shut down for over a week now. While planes aren't falling out of the sky, all construction, minor airport operations, and tax collection has stopped.
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5 comments (Latest Comment: 07/31/2011 00:11:31 by TriSec)

The House of Nero
Author: BobR    Date: 07/29/2011 12:55:54

With the clock ticking away, and the country watching with grim pessimism, the U.S. House of Representatives continues to lock horns within itself, resulting in a deadlock of paralysis. Only a couple days remain for some sort of resolution to the debt ceiling problem, and a solution seems even further away than earlier in the week. At a time when pragmatism and compromise is required for the good of the country (and even the world), ideology seems to be trumping common sense, and even patriotism.
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77 comments (Latest Comment: 07/30/2011 01:00:09 by TriSec)

For the 14th time.
Author: Raine    Date: 07/28/2011 14:26:10

There are many people quoting a portion of the 14th Amendment as a way for the POTUS to circumvent the GOP-created Debt Ceiling crisis, specifically this portion:
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
I'm not convinced that this idea is legal. It's easy to pick one or 2 sentences to bolster an opinion from the Constitution. That doesn't make it a bad thing, but I believe it is important to go beyond one or 2 sentences.

This is the entire section 4 of the 14th:
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Before I continue, I want to make it clear that I am not by any means shape or form, a constitutional scholar.
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98 comments (Latest Comment: 07/29/2011 02:48:14 by Raine)

Voice of the People
Author: BobR    Date: 07/27/2011 12:44:45

Ask anyone what they think their greatest right is for having a voice in our country. Some may quote the First Amendment, saying its "freedom of speech", or "freedom of the press", or the right "peaceably to assemble" or "petition the government for a redress of grievances" (whether via phone, mail, or direct protest). I submit that the greatest right we have for speaking our voices is the right to vote.

What is both sad alarming, though, is the capriciousness with which that right is treated. How is it that states can deny someone this most basic right after being convicted of a felony, even after "paying their debt to society"? Where is that in the Constitution?
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62 comments (Latest Comment: 07/28/2011 00:54:38 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 07/26/2011 10:31:35

Good Morning.

Today is our 3,051st day in Iraq and our 3,579th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4474
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4335
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3615
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 246
Since Operation New Dawn: 46

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,680
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 927
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq : 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 226, 120, 275, 000. 00

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95 comments (Latest Comment: 07/27/2011 02:11:47 by livingonli)

Crabs in a Pot.
Author: Raine    Date: 07/25/2011 13:00:49

I am reposting this from a friend's Facebook Note, she has given me permission to repost. I have removed her name for privacy pruposes. I have found the original blog it is sourced from.
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66 comments (Latest Comment: 07/25/2011 20:32:24 by Raine)

The Candidates, Part 6
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 2011-07-24 11:44:55

Yes, when we last left, Velveeta had skipped part 6 because we had to save that number for our favorite GOP/Tea candidate, Mrs. Marcus Bachmann. Six, because of course, as she has said behind closed doors, that is the circle of Hell reserved for those that did not vote for her Senate seat in the 6th district of Minnesota. Heretics all of them! Don’t they know that Michele has a direct line to her God? Oh, did you think is was because of the district she served? Silly you.
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 07/25/2011 00:21:46 by TriSec)

Hey everybody, watch this!
Author: TriSec    Date: 07/23/2011 10:28:28

Good Morning!

Well, if it's an early Saturday blog, that can only mean one thing; I'm off to donate platelets! I missed my last appointment after Woodbadge, being deathly ill and all, so here's the makeup. If you've never donated before, why not give it a try? Especially on a weekend like this; you'll get to recline in air-conditioned splendor, watch a movie, and be tended by friendly Red Cross staff. Did I mention the air conditioning?
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 07/23/2011 16:38:16 by livingonli)

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