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Archive for April 28th, 2008

Mandate, Referendum, What-Ever

Posted in Politics on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »

House Democrats work on huge Iraq money bill
Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau
House Democratic leaders are putting together the largest Iraq war spending bill yet, a measure that is expected to fund the war through the end of the Bush presidency and for nearly six months into the next president’s term.
The bill, which could be unveiled [...]

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Attack Of The Doll People

Posted in World on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion
TEHRAN: Iran’s toy market is being inundated by models of Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the young must be protected from their harmful cultural effects, the prosecutor general was quoted as saying on Sunday.
“Promoting figures like Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the uncontrolled import of [...]

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Still Making Some Changes

Posted in admin on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

If you have not noticed by now, much of the blogroll for this site is either missing or has been moved to its own separate page. The process is still ongoing as I am sifting out dead links and replacing them with better ones.
Another thing, when I upgraded my version of WordPress, I lost all [...]

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I am REALLY starting to hate the word “green”

Posted in Just "Why?" on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

All the “green” rhetoric has really increased in the last couple of weeks.
I am down with taking care of the environment, but sheesh! Do we have to hear about it at every turn?
While it may be easy to lay most of the blame on greedy marketing firms, I don’t see folks who legitimately preach the [...]

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The Latest Craze

Posted in Just "Why?" on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »

Walking away from your current mortgage because you know it is about to reset (or already has) and getting a BIGGER house with a smaller mortgage payment.

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