Opinions - Entries from October 2011

Opinions - Topics from October, 2011

Heed the 99 percent

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Wednesday, October 26. 2011

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Far from the street theater and lefty ravings of the Occupy Wall Street protest, ordinary people are posting dispatches about their economic struggles at the “We Are the 99 Percent” Web page. If you put aside the political rants, the stories are a stark pointillist portrayal of the grinding misery of the Great Recession. [Full Story »]

USA’s financial position

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Marshall Miller

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Wednesday, October 26. 2011

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From TheoSpark.net by Filippo who lives in The Philippines:

This below states the USA financial position succinctly:

U.S. Tax Revenue: $2,170,000,000,000

Fed Budget: $3,820,000,000,000

New Debt: $1,650,000,000,000

National Debt: $14,271,000,000,000

Recent Budget cut: $38,500,000,000

Now just remove 8 zeroes and pretend it is a household budget:

Annual Family Income: $21,700

Money the family spent: $38,200

New debt on the credit card: $16,500

Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710

Total budget cuts: $385 [Full Story »]

Letter To The Editor

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Wednesday, October 26. 2011

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Dear editor,
Rose Coffee, born November 1921, and Ida Coffee, born November 1922, both from Rhine, are the daughters of Bessie Coffee, granddaughter of Simon Coffee who was born October 28, 1828. Coffee was known to have had a large family from Rhine and the Sheffield Plantation, located in Pondtown. [Full Story »]

Letter To The Editor

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Wednesday, October 26. 2011

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Dear editor,
My name is Allen McKean. I need assistance in finding Harold Barr. He will be in his early to mid 70s. He was from a hog farm in Eastman area. [Full Story »]

The businessman canard

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Wednesday, October 19. 2011

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There is no better testament to the marketing prowess of Herman Cain than that he gets applause when he tells audiences he’s not a politician -- in the course of seeking their votes for the highest political office in the land. [Full Story »]

Random thoughts

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Wednesday, October 19. 2011

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Another faulty poll: “In August of 1994, a year when Republicans made historic electoral gains, Democrats were actually ahead in Gallup’s generic poll.”
Mark Hemingway [Full Story »]

Sorry we let you down

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Wednesday, October 19. 2011

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In the beginning it was the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and they were all one. It was here when you came and it will be here when you leave the world. It doesn’t matter how you came into this world, but how you live in it. [Full Story »]

The ubiquitous scourge

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Rich Lowry

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Wednesday, October 12. 2011

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There are few things more inescapable in American life than the TV screen.

Sitting at the lounge at the airport, there is CNN Headline News overhead, invariably blaring. In the back of New York City cabs, there is a little screen playing stale TV news clips. In waiting rooms, in elevators, in the back of people’s cars and in practically every room in the American home, there it is -- insistent, noisy, the background track to our lives. [Full Story »]

Random thoughts

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Wednesday, October 12. 2011

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Radio talk host Martha Holler is running for North Georgia’s new Congressional seat. I’ve learned a lot from listening to her show. She is very fair to callers with all points of view - never mean to anyone. Good luck Martha! [Full Story »]

Perry’s border problem

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Rich Lowry

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Wednesday, October 5. 2011

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Rick Perry stumbled through much of the last Republican debate, but not when speaking about immigration. He issued a clarion condemnation of critics of his state’s policy of giving the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition to college. Such naysayers, Perry declared, lack “a heart.” [Full Story »]