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Second-Hand Smoke Tax, Fart Fee: Revenue Sources to Relieve Deficit - - Mogama
Tea Party Republicans have gone to Washington with a pledge to cut no less than $100 billion from the federal budget as a starting point. However, climbing out of the fiscal abyss may require more than budget cuts. It requires additional revenue. Here are two new sources of revenue to kick off... Submitted 1 year 36 days ago.

The Conundrum of Hyphenated Names - Terry Mitchell
While watching the Washington Redskins play the Jacksonville Jaguars a few weeks ago, I started thinking about something that I had not previously considered. Two of the more prominent Jacksonville players, Maurice Jones-Drew and Mike Sims-Walker, have hyphenated surnames. Such names seem to be a... Submitted 1 year 37 days ago.

Deer Hunter Shot to Death - Jack H. Schick
I’ve always said that if I had a chance to decide how I was to die, I would choose being shot through the chest with a high powered rifle. That might seem odd to many people (painlessly, while sleeping, seems to be the most popular answer), but I’ve been a hunter all of my life.... Submitted 1 year 41 days ago.

Do the Limbo Rock - You'll Be a Limbo Star - Teresa Ortiz
"Don't move that limbo bar, you'll be a limbo star, how low can you go?" Remember this song? This, like most other ramblings of mine, begin as a repeated thought. Although in this case it would be a song. So, please welcome Chubby Checker as he joins me in this little diddy. "Every limbo boy... Submitted 1 year 41 days ago.

What Were We Thinking? The Decade in Review - Gregory Lewis
THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN – We launched the Millennium with an around the world media extravaganza. The excerpts you are about to read were culled from various sources. They are not meant to be comprehensive, and certainly many newsworthy events will have been left out. Bill Clinton was... Submitted 1 year 58 days ago.

From Brooklyn to Texas: Culture Shock (part 1) - - Paul Schroeder
Dog should rhyme with log, not be pronounced, "dawg".... I had moved to Flower Mound Texas a small town of 3,500 souls from one of the largest city municipalities in the United States, Brooklyn, New York, during the Abe Beame mayoral "crunch" when city jobs were scarce and teachers, firemen and... Submitted 1 year 59 days ago.

The Beatification of Victims - Terry Mitchell
Is Elizabeth Smart on the verge of achieving sainthood? Maybe not, but one might be led to believe such a thing by the way in which the media is covering the trial of her kidnapper right now. In addition, one might suppose that people like Natalee Holloway, Nicole Brown Simpson, Ronald Goldman... Submitted 1 year 86 days ago.

The Value of Friendship-Facebook Friends vs. Real Friends & How To Find Friends - - Steve Kovacs
Is friendship an important aspect of life? A quote by C.S. Lewis regarding friendship is on target, "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...it has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." How true, who really needs friendship. We can survive... Submitted 1 year 90 days ago.

Do Judges Sentence Paedophiles Ultra Vires? - Jill Lennon
Ultra Vires , of or referring to an action taken within an organisation's or persons scope of authority, (conferred by a statute or a constitution or vesting document) The Ministry Of Justice sets out the guidelines for judges and magistrates to follow, so , ' if a defendant in a court case is... Submitted 1 year 95 days ago.

When You Hitch Your Wagon to Someone Else’s Star - Terry Mitchell
Too many times in my life, I've had the painful experience of being left twisting in the wind. That's because I made the mistake of hitching my wagon to someone else's star, so to speak. One of the problems with this, of course, is that while I can be sure of what I'm going to do (at least in... Submitted 1 year 102 days ago.

Should We Legalize Prostitution - - Dixie Bull
For millennia where there have been people, there has been the offering of sex for compensation. Whether the bartered recompense is in money, goods or property, paying for the "pleasure" of sexual gratification is nothing new. There are those that sell their bodies for their next drug fix and... Submitted 1 year 129 days ago.

Our Obsession with Now Or Then: Narrow Views of Music, Film and Television. - - Connor Davidson
I suspect that you have probably noticed that the majority of people (yourself a possible inclusion) tend to watch films and television that are only a few years old. Younger people tend to listen to new music and older people tend to fall hopelessly behind by listening to the music of their... Submitted 1 year 183 days ago.

After Armageddon - - e
When we look back through the smoke filled skies of a nuclear winter where all is gone except the few of us that happened to be vacationing in New Zealand, we may wonder how this ever came about. It may occur to us that America was hamstrung. No changes could be enacted anymore because the... Submitted 1 year 191 days ago.

Stressful Vacations - Terry Mitchell
I saw a news story the other night that indicated something I've suspected for a long time vacations can be stressful for many people. For various reasons, including the anxiety about being away from their jobs too long and the guilt over leaving their co-workers in the lurch, people sometimes... Submitted 1 year 220 days ago.

Why Criticize the Duggars? - Terry Mitchell
Many people are familiar with the Duggar family of reality TV fame. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar head up this super-sized family of 21, to which the 19th child was recently born. Of course, along with this child came the customary criticism that also followed the births of child number 18, number... Submitted 1 year 225 days ago.

Funny Happy Fathers Day Card - My dad is bigger than your dad! - LeahG Artist
I designed this funny Fathers Day cartoon card yesterday when I was trying to think of what makes a dad special. I was reminded of how as children the words my dad is bigger than your dad were very often said when children were squabbling. On the surface this appears to be a daft... Submitted 1 year 239 days ago.

Inconsistent Libertarian Ideals - Terry Mitchell
I recently read a column in my local newspaper in which the writer tried to make a case for ending the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy against admitting people that are openly homosexual. He referred to this policy and similar ones as "codified prejudice." However, the trouble... Submitted 1 year 241 days ago.

Limbaugh Wedding Irks Extremists - Terry Mitchell
Rush Limbaugh's wedding this past weekend has irked extremists on both sides of the political aisle. Admittedly, this wasn't the typical Saturday afternoon wedding in June. It was Limbaugh's fourth go at tying the knot (and I use that word loosely), this time to a woman who is 26 years his... Submitted 1 year 247 days ago.

Hollywood's Religious Double Standard - Terry Mitchell
Claudia Puig, a film critic for USA Today , recently criticized the new film Sex and the City 2 for being "an affront to Muslims." However, I don't ever recall hearing her or other critics complain about Christianity being insulted. And it's not because they don't have plenty of opportunities. ... Submitted 1 year 248 days ago.

Why I Refuse to Give Back - Terry Mitchell
I've never felt the need to give back. Why should I? It may just be a matter of semantics or parsing words, but to say that one should "give back" is to imply one has taken something away that does not rightly belong to him or her. I've never cheated anyone or taken anything that wasn't mine. ... Submitted 1 year 259 days ago.

What If the Mayans Are Right? - - Joyce Dunn
We've all heard the predictions; the Mayan calendar ends at 2012. Some speculate that this means the world as we know it ends then. Some believe the writings of Nostradamus and the Hopi Indians indicate the same thing. In the past year or two we have seen a significant increase in severe... Submitted 1 year 270 days ago.

When Does Parental Obligation End? - Terry Mitchell
The other day, a gentleman wrote a letter to the editor of my local newspaper, complaining about the new healthcare law. It seems that he cannot find anyone who will enforce the provision in this legislation that allows parents to keep their children on their health insurance policies until they... Submitted 1 year 287 days ago.

It Just Doesn't Pass the Bully Deterrent Test - Terry Mitchell
Among the world's biggest lies that I have not addressed yet is the notion that hurtful words are just as harmful as physical violence. This has become a fashionable thing to say over the last decade, but it is simply not true. How I can be so sure? Well, it just doesn't pass what I call the... Submitted 1 year 329 days ago.

Beware of Weasel Words - Terry Mitchell
"Weasel words" have commonly come to be known as words and phrases which might seem to be meaningful on the surface, but can be shown to have no real meaning at all, after closer scrutiny. The intent of a user of weasel words is for the listener or reader to hear or read something that they never... Submitted 1 year 332 days ago.

Just the Ticket for Haiti - Terry Mitchell
The big celebration in New Orleans following the Saints' Super Bowl victory has provided me with inspiration for what we can do to help ease the pain in Haiti. We should put an NFL franchise in Haiti to help its citizens get their minds off the catastrophic earthquake that struck there recently.... Submitted 2 years 1 day ago.