I really have nothing today. I can't write another blog trying to convince people that the tax 'deal' is better than doing nothing. So, having said that-- let's allow the voices of others to give it a go. Continue reading...
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Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec
Date: 12/14/2010 11:48:21
Well folks, like Brett Favre, my ironman streak is over. For the first time ever, "Ask a Vet" is posting an open forum. I've been battling computer issues all morning (on my 3rd reboot), and I finally typed something up in Firefox, but the browser ate it and I don't have the time to rebuild anything. So there you have it. I am rather peeved this morning.
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Open Forum
Author: wickedpam
Date: 2012-02-03 06:07:54
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Sometimes an idea comes along that changes life the way we know it. Sometimes two different ideas come along that are both smart in their own right, but when combined become brilliant. Sometimes that change is driven by the commercial sector. Here in America, that kind of revolutionary change is often propelled or buried, depending on who profits and who lobbies the government the hardest. Electric cars are once again being considered by many Americans, with the greatest stumbling block being the time and difficulty required for charging them when away from home. Who wants to buy an electric car that can only be "safely" driven 50-100 miles? Most people don't want that kind of virtual leash. But what if you could drive an electric car from coast to coast without ever even stopping to recharge it?... and you knew that it was being charged with solar power the whole way? It's feasible, if you combine two separate ideas being proposed.
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The (Tea) Party of ME!
Author: velveeta jones
Date: 12/12/2010 15:35:03
Soooo, the Tea Party want to take away my Social Security? Why, I haven't even been able to tap into it yet and I've been paying into it since my first job at 16. Sure, admittedly, there were a few years that I did not pay in, but still..... I don't really know much about this socialist program, so I went to America's leading source of information, Fox News. There, I put "social security" into my Fox News search and found some sound advice from one of the fine business advisers over at Fox News Business (tag line: The Power to Prosper).
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Yep, it's true. The fallout from the election, the way the President has been acting, even the snit that some of the members have been in the past few days. This has all rubbed me the wrong way. In short, I just about stopped feeling that I belonged here and could make any kind of useful contribution anymore. I had posted earlier in the week something that Abraham Lincoln had said..."The world will little note nor long remember what we say here." Increasingly, it sure feels like there's an air of futility around here.
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I know it seems that we (collectively, as a blog) have been doing a lot of these "open thread" blogs recently, but I personally have not, so I guess I am cashing in my Get Out Of Jail Free Card for this one. We were out yesterday from lunch time until nearly bedtime at the White House Tree Lighting ceremony, so I didn't have any time to prepare anything. The tree lighting was an amazing experience. We got to see some amazing performances, including BB King, and both President Obama and Michelle in person (albeit at a distance). It was friggin' cold, though.
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Thursday Afternoon
Author: TriSec
Date: 12/09/2010 18:21:30
Hey folks. I can't see today's entry, so I thought I'd throw a stublet out there just to see what was going on. If it's me, you may ignore this and I'll delete it an some point. Otherwise....what just happened here?
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Anonarchy
Author: Raine
Date: 12/09/2010 14:03:54
MLK once said that the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice. We are here. We are your friends, co-workers, family members, and neighbors. We have no political affiliation. We have no national affiliation. We are the sum of the world's intellectual capacity made manifest in the desire for liberty. We are Anonymous.
Julian Assange's only crime is in turning on the kitchen lights to watch the cockroaches scatter. Now those same cockroaches have made him a prisoner of concience. This is unacceptable to Anonymous. All information, be it secret or public, sacred or profane is the right of every seeker in pursuit of truth. This pursuit was left to the roadside when the United States imposed it's self inflicted wound on the rest of the world as an excuse to crush free thought.
We do not want your corporate spoon fed talking points from your official 'news' outlets. They have no credibility with us any more. All of those who have a desire for truth have a friend in us. Julian Assange is one such friend. And for him we make this stand today by slapping you in the most painful pressure point you have....your money.
Unlike the misguided, misinformed, and under educated modern "tea party" movement in the United States, we are here in the name of liberty, freedom of thought, freedom of information, and governments that are beholden to their people and not the those who buy their elections.
We are Anonymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget.
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We've all enjoyed the James Bond (and Austin Powers) movies, telling ourselves that while there is a certain amount of cloak and dagger going on in the real world, for the most part there are no "super villains" nor "super spies" and the world of international espionage is fairly humdrum and plodding. The current WikiLeaks melodrama, however, seems to be a case of life imitating art imitating life. The stolen documents - published on WikiLeaks - and the man behind the site has all the makings of a blockbuster movie.
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