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One Young Woman's Aggressive Fight Against A Ravaging Disease - And Time
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One Young Woman's Aggressive Fight Against A Ravaging Disease - And Time
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Part Two Of 'Bulletin' Exclusive: Q-And-A With The Pres. Candidate
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Planet Earth to Brian Westbrook: "Have we met?" |
"We're the Republican Senate...welcome to Saudia Arabia!"
That might as well be the message of our esteemed upper chamber after their latest end-run around democracy. |
And no, it's not because we love freedom and they abhor it.
It's much more basic.
We have fun. |
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The gulf continues to widen in America. |
The "Jena Six" situation in Louisiana, in which six black high school students were arrested and charged for beating a white student unconscious |
In an incomprehensible move, the four so-called "top tier" candidates purposely skipped last week's debate at historically black Morgan State University |
Second in a two-part interview with the Republican presidential candidate. |
The first of a two-part interview with the Republican presidential candidate, Tom Tancredo. |
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit was met with fierce opposition, culminating in large protests during his speech at Columbia University. |
People can protest all they want. That's their right in this country, and Ahmadinejad has certainly given the world enough material. But a distinction has to be made as to what is being protested. |
A confluence of events is shaping up that promises to expose America as the racist nation that it is. |
The saddest part of this? The people of Jena are too scared to go on record and chastise criminal behavior---regardless of skin color. |
If Donovan McNabb spent half as much time playing football as he does making excuses, the Eagles would be Super Bowl champs. |
The unique character of our country - the best in the history of the world - is being ripped away on a continual basis. |
McCann supporters have asked me if I sympathize with the parents of a missing child. Of course I do. My heart always goes out to any parent who suffers the loss of a child. But that doesn't absolve Gerry and Kate from their crimes. |
Did the 9/11 attacks actually happen? Did one of the most recognizable icons in the world really disappear in the blink of an eye? |
According to CNN, the recent naming of Kate and Gerry McCann as suspects in their daughter's disappearance was a "surprising twist." This should have been a surprise only to those whose heads were buried in the sand or who were blindly, and foolishly, loyal to the McCanns. |
So let's get this straight. After a dismal four years in Iraq, the president pushed hard for - and received - more troops. Now that his perceived panacea has met with some "success," he and Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, want to do the next logical thing: start bringing them home. |
This should have been a surprise only to those whose heads were buried in the sand or who were blindly, and foolishly, loyal to the McCanns. |
"Philadelphia's school system is in shambles. We have the highest violence and murder rate of any city in the United States - and the highest poverty rate. The city is filthy and dirty. There are homeless and beggars everywhere. Parking is a huge problem. And yet what is the city spending its time on?"
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I just found out why America is not as productive as it should be: 88 percent of the workforce is retired. |
Everyone loves a good story. And what a whopper U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has given us. |
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Rutgers University women’s basketball player’ Kia Vaughn sued Don Imus and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the radio personality’s sexist and racist comments about the team on April 4 damaged her reputation. | |
I'm suing my seventh-grade teacher for defamation of character, libel, slander and anything else I can think of that affected the well-being of my psyche. After all, she had the audacity to reprimand me in front of the entire class. |
However, he wasn't just any illegal alien. Jose Carranza had been indicted by grand juries twice already this year. Twice! And we're not talking misdemeanors. |
Call helmet-less riding what you will - freedom, exhilaration, or stupidity - but it should always remain the choice of the individual, not the government, to decide what is best. |
Gov. Ed Rendell and a Commonwealth Court judge have finally figured out a way to attract more people to Pennsylvania. They made liquor and gambling "essential." |
It is ironic that, at a time when Americans are celebrating their unique freedoms, a war still rages in this country concerning illegal immigration. |
Can it really be that the "leaders" in the state willingly place more emphasis and resources on controlling sparklers than they do preventing people from getting shot? |
Currently, cigars are subject to the 6 percent sales tax. House Bill 1476 seeks to add one more tax to the equation. Not anything huge, mind you.
Just 59.2 percent. |
While the list is long of those who salivated over this situation as another forum in which to promote themselves and their agenda, it was you who had the golden opportunity to do the right thing from the beginning. You could have upheld the proud tradition of Duke being an esteemed institution known for its fairness and equality.
Instead, you chose to join the mudslingers. |
The issue all boils down to lifestyle, even though 99 percent of overweight people love to blame it on a faulty thyroid. Kellogg wimped out and abdicated the chance to defend its fair and legal business practices. In doing so, they sent the message that it's okay to make excuses for gluttonous behavior and unwittingly caused themselves a much bigger headache down the road as the next lawsuit looms. |
Chris Freind brings the hammer dawn on the unethical prosecutor and his partner in crime, the Duke University president who perpetuated the situation. Freindly fire points out their deserved panic.
Does anyone else see the irony? A man who willfully tried to put innocent citizens behind bars solely to advance his own political career is now soiling his trousers over the prospect of picking up the soap in the slammer. The difference? He's actually guilty. |
Every so often it's good to look back and analyze prior Freindly Fire viewpoints to see if we're on the right track. And it's fun to gloat when, after a barrage is unleashed on a deserving target, you're proven correct.
In that vein, let's take a look at several recent developments that occurred after the respective columns were printed. |
The only thing worse than a celebrity getting "special treatment" in a positive way is getting singled out in an overly harsh manner for simply being famous.
Such is the case with Paris Hilton. |
Bottom line regarding foie gras: no skin off my back. It will always be available somewhere. More to the point, perhaps the cowardly restaurant owners and chefs who cave in to such pressure tactics should be more concerned about their own guts than those of a duck. |
The responsibility to overturn this travesty rests squarely on our shoulders. Failure to do so will be to the detriment of free society and an end to the privilege that we all aspire to achieve. |
Unless and until Philadelphia's business leaders take their collective heads out of the sand and make the decision to wage war against oppressive governmental policies that stifle growth, nothing will change.
Correct that. Things will get worse, and that's saying something. |
While not foolproof, these suggestions are grounded in reality and take into account the emotions, history and culture of the volatile region. America can turn the tide in this war, both on the battlefield and in the hearts and minds of Americans and Iraqis alike. There is great strife in Iraq but also great promise for a people with a storied history to once again show the world that peace and civilized order can be embraced - and achieved. |
Crucial mistakes were: 1) insisting on Iraq becoming a democracy, 2) disbanding the Iraqi army, 3) having absolutely no knowledge of Middle Eastern history and Arab culture, and 4) executing perhaps the worst post-war policy in history, from utilizing too few soldiers (Rumsfeld's arrogance) to the Abu Ghraib scandal (the prison should have been immediately razed to garner Iraqi goodwill), to the vast underestimation of the insurgency, or that such an insurgency would even exist. The result? Over 3,400 dead Americans and $500 billion of the treasury squandered. |
By the look of things, the situation is getting worse, not better.
The time for face-saving charades and "negotiations" is over. The president and Congress are playing an unwinnable game with American troops serving as their pawns, and that must end. Immediately. Part one of a three-part series about Iraq. |
Great. Now everything makes perfect sense. At least in Bizarro World.
Under the proposed system, illegals will be allowed to stay in America indefinitely, and they would be eligible to receive Medicare and Social Security benefits (even though they have paid no taxes into the system).
Oh, and of course, they would be immune from deportation, since they would be here - let me stress this - legally. |
The majority of respondents from the United Kingdom defend the actions of the McCann parents, namely leaving their three children in a hotel room alone while they went out to dinner. What is fascinating, indeed incomprehensible, are the reasons given defending the McCanns. |
If that's not bad enough, the church to this day refuses to come clean about its complicity in the matter, and in many cases, mounts aggressive challenges to lawsuits, fights to keep records sealed and defends its past actions.
That's not exactly a stellar record when it comes to breaking the law for a cause. |
This wasn't a situation where Madeleine was snatched at gunpoint out of their unsuspecting hands, or that they were carjacked. No, it's much simpler. The McCann's decided to go to dinner and leave their three year old little girl back in the hotel room. But at least she wasn't alone - she had the company of her twin siblings.
They are 2 years old. |
I finally figured it out. I now know why SEPTA is constantly whining about its budget shortfall (a complaint which is always followed by extorting the state with threats of service cuts). |
The government assures us we are safer by ripping grandma out of the airport line and taking away her nail clippers, but that is an illusion. We rationalize our safety when told to take our shoes off, yet the vast majority of airline freight - present on almost every commercial flight - is never X-rayed. And our port security? It's a joke. |
The problem Paris faces is that, based on this conviction, she will be tainted as one who has not gotten past the last hurdle in her storied life - the jump from celebrity to star. |
On the off chance that a deranged individual does indeed make it by the security net (I didn't mention the mine field in "no man's land," because that's a secret), there should be metal detectors around each first floor window, just in case said individual is working with a partner on the "inside" and hands a gun through the window. |
The threat is so immense that armed state officials felt it necessary to raid a farm that produced such a product. Rightly so, since the incidence of bovine malfeasance and violence has obviously surpassed that of drug dealers, rapists, child predators and election-stealing Republicans. What is this threat? The production and voluntary consumption of raw milk.
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Being President of the United States is a far cry from appointing commissions and ordering flags flown at half staff, which pretty much encompasses the duties of the Texas governor. Sure, having your father be a former president helps get elected, but it cannot do the job of actually leading. |
America is in uncharted territory, fighting multiple wars in an ever-increasingly globalized world. It has been decades since there was no clear front-runner or incumbent in either party, and as such, the field is wide open. |
Into the wild red yonder: The next president will be in uncharted territory, and as such, will wield enormous influence in determining the course America takes in an ever-increasingly globalized world. |
Before the ink was even dry on my April 4 column suggesting that it might be wise not to oppose Arlen Specter in the 2010 primary election, the assault began from my fellow conservatives. They disagreed with my opinion, which is fair game, and questioned my motives - that I "sold out" and was "bought off"- which is totally counterproductive and completely inaccurate. |
While executive-privilege speeding is justified in extremely limited cases, such as a terrorist strike, high-tailing it to his mansion to meet with the Rutgers women's basketball team and Don Imus doesn't exactly rate as the most pressing of state business. |
Public enemy: The same public airwaves that carried Imus' comments spew vitriolic and hateful songs on a daily basis, which, common sense tells us, are a thousand-fold more hurtful. In fact, ask any police officer and they will tell you that such lyrics can be downright dangerous to public safety.
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Driving drunk and illegal: In the immediate aftermath, there was virtually no national media coverage of the event, which in and of itself is a tragedy. It wasn't until talk show hosts Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera almost came to blows on the subject that the story began to garner national attention. |
The Heimlich mentality: America cannot continue to prosper, and indeed survive, if it is continually choked by the politically correct garbage increasingly prevalent in every aspect of its society. |
Dropping a bomb: The bottom line with the Imus situation is simple: Get over it. America faces serious problems both at home and abroad. The fact that this "story" is garnering nonstop coverage is ridiculous. We have bigger things to concern ourselves with at the moment.
Like the newly announced father of Anna Nicole's baby. |
Seeing into the future: Specter will be 80 years old at election time, but the adage "age is in the eye of the beholder" most definitely applies here. |
While the decision to run or withdraw from the campaign is obviously a personal choice that only the Edwardses could make, it is nonetheless an issue that on its merits is fair game to discuss and debate.
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The proverbial trash can for ballots: For those of you wondering why voter apathy and disgust is at an all-time high, and why politicians are viewed as the devil incarnate, there is a relatively simple explanation. |
Land of the free, home of the craven: In no way is Freindly Fire ridiculing those who have committed innocent acts of foot-in-mouth disease and simply made a mistake while in the glare of the public eye. However, it is fair game to criticize those in "leadership" positions who purposely deceive and outright lie in order to serve an agenda, even if that agenda makes no sense. |
Flying the Freindly skies: By the time that readers and Freindly Fire are done with them, U.S. Airways is going to be jet-lagged, airsick and full of turbulance. |
'Friendly Fire' actually earns it's pet name today. A loving tribute to Chris Freind's most devoted fan. |
Seething on a jet plane: Chris Freind unloads the negative baggage one passenger has been carrying around from U.S. Airways. Why does it seem like the airline has taken off without an explanation? |
Quite simply, I look for logic and consistency in America's laws, regulations, policies and, ultimately, its leaders. My objective is to provide thought-provoking insight on issues such as these so that public policy is truly decided by the public. |
It would make sense to think that in the wake of national news coverage of the massive baggage disaster during Christmas of 2004, when some bags arrived weeks late, the baggage system would have been overhauled and fixed by now. But the baggage problems have persisted, and customer complaints continue to pile up. US Airways was rated 19 out of 19 in that category in 2005, and 15 out of 19 in mishandled bags, while continuing to see their market presence decline in Philadelphia. |
Chris Freind gets fired-up by the empassioned readership who voiced sentiments about his "Ann Coulter" commentary. Sir, I challenge you to a duel. (Insert glove slap here.) |
Chris Friend heard this "joke" before: She is not Kramer from Seinfeld.
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Chris Freind takes aim at the crowning glory of President Bush's reign, better known as the decrepit conditions in our Veterans Hosipital. |
She is a shameless self-promoter, and thrives on making "blonde bombshell" remarks to generate publicity - and increase ratings and book sales. Whether taking on widows of Sept. 11 victims or releasing a book about a godless America on June 6, 2006 (a ridiculous reference to 666, the devil's number), Coulter always strives to be the center of attention. |
She is a shameless self-promoter, and thrives on making "blonde bombshell" remarks to generate publicity - and increase ratings and book sales. Whether taking on widows of Sept. 11 victims or releasing a book about a godless America on June 6, 2006 (a ridiculous reference to 666, the devil's number), Coulter always strives to be the center of attention. |
Do people really seek the nonstop coverage of the kind we are witnessing? Or does the news media, and the cable networks in particular, shove down our throats the issues that they deem important, without regard for viewer preference? |
Nearly 1 in 5 believe that Taco Bell food is "not safe." The future looks grim for the fast food chain after recent E. coli breakouts and Manhattan rat infestation videos. Taco Bell's official statement is that they believe their brand has "the highest restaurant quality standards and they are being followed." |
The annual Academy Awards ceremony continued its descent into the morass because of its self-aggrandizement, political overtones, freak show appearance and lack of any consideration whatsoever for the viewers. These are the same viewers, mind you, who are looked upon with an air of condescension, yet who make the films, and their stars, millions of dollars.
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"Terabithia" was marketed solely as a "fantasy" adventure, along the lines of "Chronicles of Narnia," "Harry Potter," or even a watered-down "Lord of the Rings." There is only one small problem. Fans expecting to see a fantasy world, replete with goblins, trolls and magic, will be grossly disappointed. |
Check out all the wild hubris on the new American electoral scene. The first in a series analyzing the political theater of swinging voters, fighting Republicans, and Democrats in disarray. |
The Republicans - the same party that was in charge of, and passed, immensely over-bloated budgets and never saw a pork project it didn't like during its time in power - are now complaining about "excessive government spending by the Democrats," in particular the Pelosi airplane flap, even though the speaker of the House had been authorized by Congress to use an Air Force plane after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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There is a word for completely efficient government: dictatorship. Have we finally reached the point in America whereby all of the intelligent, forthright and honest people have become so disgusted with politics that we are left with sheer incompetents to run the show? Sadly, there seems to be no other explanation.
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In the age of 24/7 news coverage and millions of video camera cell phones ready in an instant to capture a speaker's mistake, I commend those individuals who face the risks and put their name and reputation on the line for what they believe is right. We are all human, and leaders will have miscues, missteps and, at times, commit hyperbole.
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The president faces long odds to accomplish his major policy initiatives, in no small part because he must now work with a hostile Congress. What's most disturbing, though, is that he seems to be engaged in a kind of "go it alone" decision-making process, without the benefit of objective counsel from trusted advisors. President Bush seems to not have a team in place that can competently provide accurate, reliable and objective advice to him on a daily basis.
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The title of this column is taken from the legendary Voltaire, who had the foresight to see that human nature would not change, and that a good dose of simple, common sense often times seems to be in short supply.
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Our last true political hero was Ronald Reagan, but not because of his politics. He was a likable, affable and genuinely decent man who cared deeply about his country and its people. He never backed away from fighting for what he believed was right, regardless of the political fallout. You might not have always agreed with Reagan, but you always knew where he stood. |
--President Bush
--Saddam Hussein
--The Republican Party
--Donovan McNabb
--Britney Spears |
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America has illustrated that no matter how much one side doesn't like the outcome of an election, no matter how much people may disagree with a particular policy, the American people are content to settle their differences with a ballot box, not an ammunition box. Our system of government is far from perfect, but it is, and always has been, the best the world has ever known.
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The most profound difference in the policies of Presidents Bush and Reagan is that Bush carries a big megaphone but a little stick, while Reagan spoke firmly and wielded a massive hammer.
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The real point here is that for all the tough talk that the president spews forth on an almost daily basis regarding our resolve and determination to defeat the terrorists and beat back the rouge "Axis of Evil" nations, it is just that - talk. It is the same tired, boring and ultimately ineffective rhetoric that even his hard-core base is now rejecting. |
The most important thing that must be done is to eliminate the word "democracy" from the Administration's vernacular. It cannot, and will not, happen, at least not for an extremely long time - much more time than the American people are willing to give. |
Some view crisis management as just a form of insurance, which it is. But it can also be a living, breathing and vibrant part of any organization, one in which objective, insightful and dynamic counsel is provided. Given the stakes of losing reputations, jobs and prestige, it is amazing that more entities do not retain such a valuable service.
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Why the huge Republican losses? Actually, by the numbers, the irony is that the losses are not huge at all. Historical losses for mid-term elections during the second-term of a President average 25 House seats and six Senate seats, and that is virtually the result of Tuesday's contest. What is truly monumental in the shift of power is how and why it happened in the manner that it did.
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Senator Santorum's expected loss is a combination of factors, including a very weak Republican gubernatorial ticket and a number of his positions being taken out of context, quite effectively portraying Santorum as an extremist. Santorum's own arrogance hasn't helped, but perhaps the most interesting note here is that The New York Times recently stated that, should Santorum be defeated, the underprivileged will lose their best champion. Recent polls have Santorum trailing by sixteen, but the race will be a 10-point margin.
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The Republicans' arrogance, hubris and greed have resulted in the complete loss of their vision, their conviction and their courage. They got sucked into the corrupt "inside the beltway" mentality, and ultimately became part of the very problem that many of them went to Washington to solve.
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At the core, it isn't about economic issues or job security. It isn't about the perceived increase in crime (even though we are inundated with 24/7 news coverage). And it's not about material things, either. It is much deeper, much more fundamental. It is about the loss of common decency, and the disappearance of dignity and respect. We no longer have healthy disagreements over substantive issues. We engage in all-out verbal war via mean-spirited thirty-second sound bites and ruthless, disingenuous ad campaigns. Rudeness, shouting, blaming and personal slander are the orders of the day. |
What the Republican leadership has forgotten is a relatively simple point: When Republicans speak on the issues, they win. Period. But the opposite is also true. When they get off-topic and digress about extraneous issues, they lose.
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That is how free markets are supposed to work: individuals pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps and not looking to an overarching, paternalistic Big Government to solve their problems. While there will always be a disparity between "haves" and "have-nots", the best way to remedy this is to ensure that our government stops interfering with the free-market climate so critical for economic growth, accumulation of personal wealth, and access to first-class health care.
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"I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help you", or so the joke goes.
What those on the Left have simply never grasped is the fact that once Government takes away the people's rights, whether by force, regulation or the citizenry voluntarily surrendering them, the door will never shut. It is the nature of humans, and by extension Government, to always want more power.
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I have always advocated "truth and accuracy" over "fair and balanced," because if you present an accurate portrayal of the truth, then there is no need to be artificially "fair." The truth is reality, plain and simple. The problem arises when certain segments of our society choose not to acknowledge the white elephant in the room, and in turn, pander to people's innate fears to gain more power.
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Perhaps I am naïve, but it still amazes me that there are an ever-increasing number of situations where you just shake your head in utter amazement at the sheer ineptitude and, in many cases, pure incompetence of certain "respected" people and organizations. It's one thing if Uncle Cletus keeps a gallon of "Dehydrated H2O" in his refrigerator - that is not surprising. But when otherwise intelligent people make illogical decisions - well, they deserve to get roundly chastised.
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I am simply advocating truth and accuracy. Domestic violence is a heinous crime which must be dealt with quickly and substantially. If Myers is found guilty, then he needs to pay the consequences and seek treatment. If he is found to be innocent, then he is owed an apology from many of his detractors. But the last time I checked, the Constitution had not changed, and he is innocent until proven guilty.
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The Phillies star pitcher, Brett Myers, was arrested late Friday night in Boston for alleging hitting his wife on a street corner. She later posted his $200 bail. He has pleaded not guilty, and his hearing is scheduled for early August ... a proceeding in which he is not required to attend. He was scheduled to pitch against the Red Sox the next night, and did so, putting forth a decent outing.
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Too many of our state's problems, including the crisis caused by soaring malpractice rates and a pattern of jury awards that resembles a lottery, are rooted in our constitution for any other solution to be realistic.
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I was recently a guest speaker at the annual Pennsylvanians for Effective Government (PEG) seminar in Harrisburg, discussing government reform. It is an event always well-attended by the Harrisburg powerbrokers - politicians, reformers, business executives, lobbyists and pollsters.
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A quick reminder on these issues. Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom of all fifty states in job creation, favorable business climate and SAT test scores. We have the 47th worst legal system, and one of the most onerous tax structures of any state in the nation. Healthcare costs are skyrocketing, our manufacturing base is decimated, and doctors continue to flee Pennsylvania. And on top of all that, these incumbents decided to give themselves a whopping midnight pay raise, which just so happened to be unconstitutional. |
The biggest question that will be answered on Tuesday is whether voter disgust will result in action at the polls, or whether apathy will rule the day because of the cynical mentality that "we can't change the system".
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So what can be done? The business community and the various pro-business organizations that supposedly advocate a business-friendly agenda have been asleep at the switch for decades. The result is that the political Establishment has passed disastrous measures that do a wonderful job of discouraging and destroying business growth, job creation, innovation and creativity... |
So what can be done? The business community and the various pro-business organizations that supposedly advocate a business-friendly agenda have been asleep at the switch for decades. The result is that the political Establishment has passed disastrous measures that do a wonderful job of discouraging and destroying business growth, job creation, innovation and creativity... |
Because the Commonwealth has no caps on jury awards, (caps are expressly prohibited by the state constitution, rectifiable only through a Constitutional Convention), what happens if a "jackpot jury" hands down a grossly unfair verdict against the company? |
John McCain and his campaign are finished - better yet, they never got started in the first place. |
Philadelphia did it again. The city, incomprehensibly, managed to bungle the pinnacle of its Fourth of July celebration, instead setting off fireworks of a vastly different sort. |
Discrimination: According to New Webster's Dictionary, it means "discernment, judgement, distinction." While some have tried to tie the word into race, gender and victimhood issues, it simply means to make a choice. |
With the quality of play getting worse, the dilution of talent by expansion, and the antics on and off the court by so-called "role models," the NBA continues to deteriorate. |
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