America

It’s not a pretty site and not the way that I thought it would end. I have always enjoyed each season of American Idol. That is until now. This year Paula Abdul is missing. In her place Ellen DeGeneres, a talented lady, but not enough to fill Paula’s shoes. Simon Cowell is leaving so that...
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This is one piece of journalism destined to be a classic. Kind of brings a lump to your through and makes your chest stick out ….. just a little mind you…
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In the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression and while involved in two wars in far off lands, the United States once again shows the leadership and compassion it has been know for. The tiny, impoverished country of Haiti certainly did not need or deserve a natural disaster, especially one of...
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I can’t help but feel that Gordon Sinclair’s 1973 speech on “The Americans” can still be relevant to the happenings of today. Am I Pro-American? You tell me! On June 5, 1973, Gordon Sinclair sat up in bed in Toronto and turned on his TV set. The United States had just pulled out of the...
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In case anyone doesn’t know, I have been in Arizona for the past month or so. This will be our third winter down here and I can’t imagine giving up the trek for many years to come. We drove down in two days again. We had told ourselves last year that making the trip...
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The Health care debate in the US rages on without rest. The Republicans and the “Tea-Party” bunch are reeking havoc at meetings across the land spouting logic that just doesn’t fit. Democrats on the other hand have enough power in congress to pass the bill and be done with it. But unfortunately that is not...
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I enjoy getting up early in the morning and watching Heidi Collins tell me what has happened over night. I enjoy watching Kyra Phillips, Don Lemon, T.J. Homes, Betty Nguyen, Fredricka Whitfield and Rick Sanchez keep me up to date with all the latest happenings through out the day.And then, when folks are starting...
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Is it my imagination or has the popular TV show turned into a two hour crying contest to see which unfortunate looser in life can be forced to grovel the most in front of three pompous judges?   I have always been a fan of America’s Got Talent as well as American Idol, but for the...
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I get really upset when I hear people twisting facts, using buzz words that fool people and trying to scaring these same people into thinking the Canadian style of health care is a bad thing. Hell they even have some Canadians in their ads telling of horrendous treatment (or lack of treatment) received under...
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If you took $700,000,000,000 in thousand dollar bills and laid them end for end, they would stretch from Los Angeles to Washington DC and back 12.4 times or 66,288 miles. Just something I thought you should know.
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