tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31401345707942036702012-02-14T09:08:33.344-06:00"You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out, and by the Eternal, I will rout you out!" - President Andrew Jackson 1834Samuel Sloanhttps://profiles.google.com/106331642766377155441noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140134570794203670.post-67850155507028372952012-02-08T13:38:00.000-06:002012-02-08T13:38:37.239-06:00

There's an old adage that says you can make numbers mean whatever you want them to. Numbers can be a bit like a religious text, they can take on any meaning if not presented properly and in the correct order. There is a new set of numbers out there as it relates to the growing dependency of Americans on government for their everyday subsistence and no matter how you cut it these numbers are not

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As an avid student of history for over 50 years the one thing I try never to do is be a modern revisionist, as is the case with many who espouse a historical viewpoint today. I stand by my statements concerning the original definition of Liberalism. In the last half of the 19th Century and for the first 60 years of of the 20th Century liberalism was defined as an ideology that generally favoured

Samuel Sloanhttps://profiles.google.com/106331642766377155441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140134570794203670.post-28299541968605540422012-01-28T22:52:00.004-06:002012-01-28T22:55:51.416-06:00

Former Speaker of the House and now candidate for President of the United States Newt Gingrich said in a speech on the stump in Florida that by the end of his second term American presence on the Moon would again be realized with a permanent lunar base. The Speaker was lambasted by fellow Republicans like Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and even Rick Santorum for having big, unrealizable ideas and

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Our freedoms have been trampled on over the years since our Republic was founded. I'm no fool to the sad reality of our current state of eroding liberties in this country. To those who think otherwise, what I'm saying is that, in my humble opinion, Ron Paul is not the answer to staving off those eroding values and freedoms. If he were then his 24 years of public service in Congress (the law

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Regarding Mitt's tax return: While I'm not gaga over Romney as the likely Republican nominee - I prefer rough & gruff Newt - I think it is unwise for Mitt to reveal his tax return at this time. Traditionally, candidates don't make their tax records known until sometime after the April 15th tax deadline of the voting year, and for my guy Newt and others to try and pressure him to do so is pure

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Is Herman Cain a womanizer? It's not likely. Did he cheat on his wife? I suppose that depends on how low or high you set the bar for what is considered infidelity. Is Herman Cain a good business executive? I think his 35+ year career in the business arena has proven him to be a man of great business accomplishment. Is Herman Cain a viable presidential candidate? After this latest revelation of a

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The author of an editorial in The Jewish Forward declares that Mr. Herman Cain is both arrogant and playing the victim with his efforts to clear his name and reputation as a result of the allegations brought forth in recent days by several different women, all but one choosing to remain annonymous. What the author of the TJF piece fails to respect is the fact that if Herman Cain is innocent of

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One of the unnamed women who is responsible for the allegations against Herman Cain which accused him of an ill-defined sexual abuse charge toward her says, through her opportunistic lawyer, that she now wants free from her 15 year old confidentially agreement so she can speak up. Anyone even remotely familiar with how the ole' political game is played is aware of how timely this is. Her ex-boss

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I will make this blog posting short and to the point. Obama steps over an impotent Congress & uses the hellish executive order to help those with mortgage problems. Thank you Mr. President for using the executive order to override the constitutional responsibility of the Congress Thank you Congress for, again, allowing a President to usurp your constitutional mandate, law and duty to perform

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In the late 1970's and early 1980's times were pretty tough. Economically the United States was hip deep in double digit inflation and smack in the middle of one of America's worst recessionary periods. Unemployment percentages were in the teens, interest rates on home purchases was around 12% and credit card interest rates were about 22%. OPEC was putting the squeeze on the West causing severe

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I get it. Many in America are frustrated, angry, confused and just plain pissed-off. I understand that when this happens people want to lash-out at those perceived to be the haves because they perceive themselves as the have-nots; and hey, everyone wants a piece of the American pie, a share in the American dream. What I don't get is why 'they' are marching and protesting on Wall Street, or what

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If you listen to or read the pundits and spin doctors you will be left believing that President Obama really wants to create private sector jobs and get a real handle on the deficit. You may even be one of those wishful thinkers who believe the President's newly announced so-called deficit plan and "Buffett Tax" will force Republicans and a miniscule number of Democrats in the House and Senate

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I have become thoroughly convinced that the United States and European press is either blind, stupid, errant, ignorant or deliberately keeping a closed eye on what is really happening in Israel. We hear more than we need to know when it comes to Libya or the so-called "Arab Spring" in Egypt and Syria, but we hear very little, or it gets buried on page 10 of the newspaper or far down the bottom

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No matter how much time goes by everything seems to remain the same. This is certainly the case with this new batch of Presidential hopefuls running for the big office in 2012. I have to say I'm not holding out much hope that things will improve in the D.C. scene regardless who gets elected next year. I won't bother with periphery characters in the race but will limit my comments to the

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Who knew that all along President Obama, the Congress and Senate had an immigration policy? I sure didn't but now that it has been revealed it should get a special look-see. The Sacramento Bee City News reported today that illegal immigrants are returning south of the border to Mexico because of the better economic picture now being presented in that country. The unemployment rate in Mexico is

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Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman gives the basics for the secret to keeping a State economically sound. The Fed needs to sit up and take notice. This stuff can work anywhere. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com [Video courtesy of Fox Business]

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I will keep this posting short and sweet in celebration of America's most important day. Those idiots at Time "Rag"azine asked if the Constitution is still relevant. What a bunch of rhetorical bullshit. Is Time even relevant anymore. As long as there are Americans & world citizens who love the idea of personal freedom, the U.S. Constitution will always be the most relevant man-made document ever

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On CBS's "Face the Nation", House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) stated that tornado victims in Missouri and Alabama would be getting the federal monies needed to try and piece back the threads of their lives but those disaster relief funds will come at the cost of less important government projects. He stated that "it will be offset, however, "Congress will find the money." The liberal

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Remember in my last blog-posting I wrote how this particular President loves speaking out of both sides of his mouth? Well, it appears he has now risen to new heights of duplicity. Not even a full week after making that disastrous Middle East policy speech at the U.S. State Department where he signaled his stance for the need to have Israel retreat to its 1967 border situation he does what

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For those who may have missed today's State Department speech by President Obama and are supporters of Israel it may come as a shock to hear that he called for Israel to retire back to its 1967 defenseless border alignment as a step in the right direction for a lasting peace with the so-called Palestinians. I think, except for the self-hating American Jews with fat pocket books, the President

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For now I am remaining reserved as to the significant outcome of this momentous event in Egypt and the uprising it has sparked in various other Arab dictatorships throughout the Middle East. While I am very happy for the every-man in Egypt, Libya, Iran, Jordan, Bahrain and Yemen I have to wonder if this could end up being a double-edged sword for the region instead of the hoped for insurgence of

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Congress will be busy this week finalizing our nation's fiscal year 2011 funding. One of the most important pieces of budgetary line items is a request to both houses of Congress from President Obama to approve his asking for $3 billion in security assistance to Israel (first promised by President Bush in the U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding) and another $205 million to help Israel

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Reagan saw that 'we are all patriots' Written by: Barack Obama Ronald Wilson Reagan was a believer. As a husband, a father, an entertainer, a governor and a president, he recognized that each of us has the power — as individuals and as a nation — to shape our own destiny. He had faith in the American promise; in the importance of reaffirming values like hard work and personal responsibility; and

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The tragic shooting this week in Tuscon, Arizona of Representative Gabrielle Gifford and many others attending her townhall meeting has caused a flurry of comments from irresponsible political pundits and so-called news people calling to task and blaming several on the political right for the actions of a crazed gunman. This maniac didn't need an excuse for shooting those people? He was

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Truth in advertising is a rare commodity. However, this latest TV pitch is about as truthful as anything one will ever see in television or any other media these days. Why is this ad upsetting both those on the right and left? Could it be the truth hurts? This doesn't have to be the future of the capitalist free world. You decide!

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Since posting the thoughts of Senator McConnell on the last entry went over so well, I've gotten permission from a good web friend of mine and someone I have worked with for several years on a different website to share his thoughts concerning Gun Control and protection of the 2nd Admendment. While Emilio and I don't necessarily politically agree on everything out there in the verse, we

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I generally don't like posting other people's speeches on this blog but today the Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell delivered a compelling speech that was designed to address the upcoming Defense Authorization Bill. However, Senator McConnell took this time to remind all Americans what is really at stake in the November elections and again in 2012. I think this smart mind-tweek

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I find myself in the unfamiliar position of defending President Obama against many of my fellow conservatives on the issue of the rights of those who wish to build a mosque complex on the site near the 9/11 tragedy in New York City. As a Jew one of the things I am most sensitive to is the liberty of religious freedom and expression. As a people, we Jews have witnessed and been made victim to

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Samuel Sloanhttps://profiles.google.com/106331642766377155441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3140134570794203670.post-55595328517749065962010-07-27T11:55:00.000-05:002010-07-27T11:55:18.070-05:00

On July 26, 2010 Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska introduced legislation that, if passed, would prevent cap-and-trade (or as it is commonly called "cap-and-tax") from being stealthly slipped into law without any or little debate on the Senate floor. One of Congress' past tried and true methods of getting unpopular legislation passed has been to wait until after the fall's elections so there is

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If anyone reading this owns any shares in BP, then you own it. I have shares (plenty of them) in BP, so I also own it, and like any honorable business owner, I too must also OWN UP to having some responsibility for the spill. It is my investment in the company and everyone else around the globe with shares in it and who receives dividends off those shares, as well as, every citizen of every

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Not all of this can be laid at the doorstep of BP or any other oil company, nor does it all fall into the government's aisle or those citizens around the world who insist on continuing to drive their fossil fuel cars. Those ultra-crazy left-winged uber-liberal rabid environmental groups must also take some of the blame as well. It was their radical agenda of demanding that government force oil

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No electronic prompter, no external notes, just the heart and mind of an 11 year old American. click on the title of this post to watch the video.

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Can we spend more than any other generation that has come before us and leave our children and grandchildren so deep in a financial hole that they will never see the light of day? "YES WE CAN!" Can we pretend that 9/11 never happen and mirandize terrorists, botch questioning of a known underwear bomber and lawyer him up to silence just as he was about to give details of other bombings getting

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I've been reading (laboriously) a book by M.D. & Ph.D. David R. Hawkins titled "Truth vs Falsehood -- How to Tell the Difference." It is quite a compelling 500 page thesis on Truth and Reality, the science of the evolution of consciousness (a.k.a enlightened awareness) and how to distinguish between fact and fiction in a world in which the paradigm is proving unreliable. The desire of the author

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I have been getting some flack from several of my European friends across the pond about my assessment concerning the new post of EU President that I wrote about in the blog previous to this one, which has prompted me to explain my reasons for the first entry. Do you know why all the great minds within the intelligence community failed to prevent 9/11 or the most recent Fort Hood terror attack?

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The European Union (EU) has done something unprecedented. It has quietly elected a President of Europe, not by a general election, but by quiet ballot amongst its own leadership. The two top contenders for the job were well-known former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and a virtually unknown political player, Belgium Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy. Blair lost big-time. Just how unknown is

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Republican conservatives won big on Tuesday night's elections in Virginia and New Jersey, while Bloomberg barely held on to the Mayor's office in New York City, but managed to outspend and get enough votes to keep the seat in the Republican side of the tally. The big question, however, is exactly what does this shift to the right mean? Is it a reflection on President Obama, the man? Or, is it

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It looks like President Obama and his administration headed up by Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel may have bitten-off more than they could chew when they decided it was a good thing to take on one of the most successful American news outlets on television today. Obama and Emanuel put the Fox News cable channel directly in its sites and began a relentless campaign to cut-off the highly rated news

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I have only one question: WHY? There have only been two sitting Presidents to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. What has this one person done, not only in the last 9 months since taking office as President of the United States, but over the course of his entire life that would qualify him for such an honored and well respected prize? I'd just about lost

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Afghanistan! It's a hard place, a stark environment, a rugged, ancient land that seems almost religious in its desire to remain in the dark days of antiquity and ignorance. Over the last two decades it has become the seat of terrorism and the basecamp for the West's most feared and hated terrorists group called Al'Queda, the people responsible for the devastation of 9/11. There are others in

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the gathering of UN delegates today in New York City and accomplished in his speech the one thing U.S. President Obama failed to do when he took center stage at the General Assembly just yesterday. Netanyahu simply told the sitting delegates the hard truth with deep sincerity and honesty. The Prime Minister verbally backed the UN members into a

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President Obama has found his niche'. He has the perfect platform for getting his message out and if the recent polls are any indication, he should stick to that strategy. What is it? Appearing on entertainment talk shows. The President's appearance on David Letterman's "Late Night" this week gave the leader of the free world a much needed boost in his poll numbers that have been slipping

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What should be of upmost concern to Americans in these early days of the 21st Century? I am of the opinion that all our current problems and concerns should be wrapped in a whole-cloth made of keeping a watchful eye on increased government instrusion in the personal and business life of its citizens, excessive and overbearing Federal, State and Local government regulation, the ongoing threat of

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Today the United States Congress did something unique. They overwhelmingly voted to strip the exceptionally scandalized ACORN from receiving any taxpayer federal funds. Only 75 congress members voted to keep this shoddy organization funded, while 11 Senators stayed the course for the corrupt institution. Unless those 86 represent very pro-ACORN constituents in their districts then they better

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I've been down and out for a few days with a cold/flu (not H1N1) so will make this next entry a short one. It still deals with Rep. Wilson's outburst and response to a lying President. Those who have been supporting Wilson's nailing Obama as a liar have been getting flack. Those in support of calling for Wilson's censure or discipline state his remark was rude, unproffessional and one past

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During President Obama's speech last night (09/09/09) before the full Congress one emotionally charged representative shouted out "You Lie," during a poignant moment in the speech that dealt with Obama's health care proposal, how it would be paid for and the status of illegal aliens as it pertains to the bill. The discontented comment could be distinctly heard as it came during a lull in the

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Today President Obama delivered a speech via a classroom in Virginia, through the internet and Live TV to school students from kindergarten through 12th grade of high school. It was probably his most memorable speech and a truly Presidential moment since coming to office nearly 9 months ago. It wasn't political or partisan in nature, but given from the heart of a father who has his own

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Some filmmakers are brilliant, others ordinary and some just plain crazy or deluded. However, the so-called documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is not crazy, but I do think he is nuts and evil in the extreme. In the beginning I believe Mr. Moore really did intend to simply expose some of the rot that was festering within the roots of the American culture. His first big success was as a writer

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The other day I was driving along a road I generally take home located just outside of town less than a mile. I went by the same field I have gone past for several years but that day I actually paid attention to everything around me. The field is several thousands of acres of rich farmland and it was sown to the hilt with corn. The stalks were tall, plump, full of corn. The other thing I

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U.S. President Obama is about to step into that dubious Middle East ring and act as referee between Israel and the Palestinians. My hope is he will succeed where every other U.S. President for the last 60 years has failed -- bring about an actual, working, fair and equitable, long-lasting peace between these two rivals for the holy ground they both claim as their own.As much as I want to see

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Most thinking folk have always realized that oil is one of the main barganing chips in almost all international negotiations, especially when dealing with the Middle East. Wars have been fought over its possession and countries have gone broke because of it while others have attained great financial wealth due to it; while all the time the entire world's population has been killing themselves

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It is said we are not to speak ill of the dead so I'll just say -- R.I.P. Teddy and say hi to Mary Jo for me.

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I generally get grief from some of the folks I know from Canada and other countries that live under a government controlled or sponsored health care system. Those of my friends in Canada are especially touchy on the subject when I get their system in my sites. Most claim that since I have never been under their system I am in no position to judge it...and, in large part that is true, but the

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According to Debka.com, an Israeli open-source intelligence paper based in Jerusalem, President Obama is about to do something that could turn out to be the turning point, and quite possibly, the spell of doom on his presidency. Debka and One Jerusalem are claiming that the President is getting ready to put on a tremendous amount of pressure on Israel to turn over their sovereignty of Jerusalem,

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In his first real challenge to the man's obvious political savvy and personal charisma President Obama is finally learning the difference between campaigning for the office of President and being President of the United States.Except for some early trailing in the polls against the then Senator Clinton, Obama's track to the Presidency was a wide open trail-blazing precedent-setting historical

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Political journalist Robert Novak has died at the age of 78 after a year long hard fought battle with brain cancer.Robert was a fixture for years on CNN's The Capital Gang, Inside Politics and Crossfire, as well as Meet the Press and Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields, and for the last few years special political commentator for Fox News.Ostensibly a conservative, what made Robert unique was his

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In what follows it should be understood that one thing I would never want to do is purposefully destroy someone's faith. However, I do challenge everyone to intelligently look at their faith, whatever it may be, and examine it with an unjaundiced eye. After all, faith in a real truth has nothing to fear. I believe it was Jesus himself who said that He came to bring truth and "you shall know the

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Purusing HB3300; America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, just off the cuff I notice one thing contained in the bill that shows just how much this bad boy will cost (and it's only a projection of how much). The bill states that an initial $2 billion will be needed to cover 90 days worth of claims. That's approx $8 billion a year just for year one. The bill stays in effect for 10 years, so

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Why do we need universal healthcare? Why not just have a government program like Medicare for citizens who can't get insurance for whatever reason. Why make it open to those who already have and are happy with their current plans.Any employer in his/her right mind will not spend the thousands and millions on healthcare coverage for their employees if there is a government run universal plan

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Our representatives in Washington, D.C. haven’t been this out of touch with their constituency since the days of English rule and the Boston Tea Party.If anyone really think those showing up at the recent town hall meetings being critical of the current House health care coverage plan don’t speak for America as a whole then it is time for the likes of Senator Specter to change parties yet once

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Socialism isn't evil, it simply isn't American. Nazism, Fascism and Communism are evil.The simple fact is that in the United States pure socialism doesn't really exist any more than pure capitalism does. Most Americans, when pressed into a corner, admit that the current mixture and balance of socialism/capitalism works just fine in the United States.What frightens most is when that balance gets

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It might be too soon to equate the 8-year Bush presidency as a failure as many are wont to do. During the last year of his administration he sat center seat during one of America's worst economic downturns since the horrendous days of the late Ford and entire Carter years. This, and what many saw as his trampling of constitutional rights in the name of national security didn't make him well liked

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No one living in the United States can be denied healthcare regardless of their insurance status, citizenship or anything else. I have worked as a healthcare worker since 1972 and have never, ever seen anyone turned away. For one thing, it is completely illegal to do so, especially for any hospital, Urgent Care or Emergency Room that is tax exempt, inspected by any government agency such as CMS,

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The main reason you see so much partisanship in the media today, more so than say 30 years ago, can be pinpointed to one specific event in human history. The day journalism died. That day happen on June 1, 1980. That was the day that Ted Turner launched his brainchild called CNN and the birth of 24 hour cable news began. That was the very moment that news died as a journalistic field of integrity

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