Newsletter
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
Although it only contains about 8000 words, the United States Constitution is probably the most misunderstood document, we have. It is often misquoted and misinterpreted. The most annoying words I hear from posters, politicians, and others that misinterpret our constitution ...
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
President Obama spoke for 10 minutes last night to tell the nation what most of us already knew; he would order 10,000 troops to be withdrawn from up from Afghanistan by the end of this year and about 23,000 by ...
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
This past Monday, the House of Representatives passed an amendment attached to the military appropriations' bill, which will defund the war in Libya by a vote of the 248-163. The bipartisan amendment was submitted by Rep. Sherman (D-CA). In hindsight, ...
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
I can no longer ignore the rumor that the Houston Astros might be going to the American League Western Division... I first read about it, in an article written by Buster Olney for ESPN, then Richard Justice wrote a positive ...
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Myths and our economic recovery
By Mike in Politcs Plus
I'm still disappointed because we don't have answers for our current economic situation. The proposals we hear are 180°opposite of one another. Since they are that far apart, it makes it nearly impossible to come up with a compromise. The ...
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
It's been two years since Theodore died but for some strange reason we always find little things here and there that remind us of a cat we called "Theo" for short, but I'm pretty sure he would've preferred Theodore; he ...
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
As I was waiting for the jobs report this morning; I had to listen to what pundits thought was the compelling news of the day. In no special order, they went on to report about the mystery of congressman Weiner's ...
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Who's afraid of Elizabeth Warren?
By Mike in Politcs Plus
Elizabeth Warren is a Harvard law professor who is currently serving as Assistant to the President and Special Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She used to be the chair of the Congressional ...
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By Mike in Politcs Plus
I've been going to the same family of barbers for 50 years. The father (who has since retired) started his practice in the Village Shopping Center across from Crain Junior High. Back then it was a matter of convenience because ...
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Remembering my (5)cotton picking days
By Mike in Politcs Plus
I'm not going to lie and say that I grew up working hard and knowing the value of a dollar. It was about this time of the year when I started counting down the days until that final school bell ...