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Naive American General in Iraq |
Today
General Ray Ordierno, Commanding General,United States
Forces - Iraq, announced that our Army killed Al Qaeda's #1 & #2
leader in Iraq. Big deal! 4 years ago, in ...
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Vague Tea Party |
The Tea Party continues to gain momentum. Today, at a Tea Party rally radio personality, Eric “Mad Dog” Muller asserted that, “It isn’t left versus ...
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Happy Easter!
Jesus is coming. Look busy! |
Was Jesus Real? Who Cares?!In February of 2007, there were press accounts of a purported discovery of an ossuary that held the remains of Jesus ...
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NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT |
Oh, boy! Russia
and the US just agreed to reduce their nuclear warheads from roughly 2,600 and
2,900 respectively down to 1,500 and 800 bombers. Gee now ...
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National Healthcare and National Defense
Hypocritical Congress? |
How is it that Congress can spend so much time and money studying, debating and fighting about the cost of healthcare – our collective health ...
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LOBBYING THAT'S GOOD FOR US! |
The recent Supreme Court
First Amendment decision to permit unlimited expenditures on lobbying our
elected leaders shocked most Americans. It shouldn’t have. As distasteful as it
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A Nonpartisan Look Into the Future of American Government |
Wish I could make this
shorter but the state of our nation is so dire and the challenges so great that
their solution cannot be put into ...
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WHAT WOULD REAGAN DO? |
If he were leading in this turbulent time, "What would Reagan do?" Tell us what you think.
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HEALTHCARE part IV
Wiley Fox, Barack |
Monitoring the healthcare "rumble in the Congressional jungle" I kept asking myself, "How could President Obama and his Administration be so inept and fumble the ...
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Healthcare part III
Drivers Licenses for Doctors & Lawyers |
As stated in "Healthcare part II" bad doctors and dishonest lawyers are not the primary reason for sky rocketing medical costs, but they still cost us ...
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GUN CONTROL |
Hollywood; video games;
the breakdown of the institution of marriage and concomitant weakening (if not
total destruction) of the traditional family structure and parental authority
have led to ...
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Healthcare part II The Myth of Malpractice |
Two mentions of healthcare in the same week! It seems fitting with all the partisan nonsense and fear mongering emanating from Congress. I'm reminded of Will ...
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Healthcare |
In 2006 I wrote in "ResoNation," that healthcare could very well contribute to the demise of General Motors. It didn't take a genius to make ...
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Powder Keg |
Yesterday I wrote that we are sitting on a social “powder keg” that could explode at any time. Fear, anger, feelings of hopelessness and inability ...
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They are meant to stimulate vigorous conversation and debate with a goal of
reaching consensus on what can make us a better, safer, more productive nation.
"No nation is
more than 3 square meals from a revolution."
"No nation is more than 3 square meals from a revolution" |
Responding to yesterday’s
blog, “DayLight’s Back On!” a Friend of DayLight from Arizona asked:
“My take on the pulse of things right now is that people are ...
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The comments and opinions found on GregO’s Blog are not hard positions
so much as they are intended to stir up conversation among us
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back on!
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After a long hiatus from
blogging for a better, safer, America I’m back at it and hoping to hear from
you! There is a lot to catch ...
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Was Jesus Real? Who Cares?!
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This week there have
been press accounts of a purported discovery of an ossuary that held
the remains of Jesus Christ ("Crypt Held Bodies of Jesus and ...
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Important "p.s." to
Save NPR and PBS |
Recent press reports
chronicle the Bush Administration's move to further strip National
Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service of their already
meager budgets.
The greatest country
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Lobbyists: Where There's a Will There's a Way
Buying Influence Over Your Life, Safety and Money |
$1,000-a-lobbyist
martini and margarita parties; $5,000 hunting and fishing trips; $2,500
for two tickets to Bob Seger and The Who concerts; $2,500 tickets for
two to “Mary Poppins” ...
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President Ronald Wilson Reagan
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Yesterday (February
6th) was President Ronald Reagan's birthday. He was born 96 years ago.
Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, any other party affiliation or
lack thereof, he ...
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Mindset for Peace
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Oscar Wilde is reported to have once said, "I can resist anything but temptation."
A quotation that has served me well in countless challenges over the
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Minimum Wage = Racial Discrimination?
Who's Right? |
The Minimum Wage issue is a classic example of the adage, "Both God and the devil are in the details."
Conservative political talk show
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State of the Union
Great Speech! |
As jaded as I am about George W. Bush and the course that he and his
"2,000 rich white donors" have America on, I grudgingly tuned ...
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At Ease, Lieutenant
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I was an Artillery
officer during the Viet Nam conflict. As a young, inexperienced, man I
thought it my patriotic duty to "fight for my country" only ...
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One more "Belated Happy Birthday" wish, Dr. King
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Martin Luther King
Jr.'s birthday was celebrated on Monday January 15th. You might have
missed it if you were reading my favorite national newspaper: The New York ...
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Hillary in the Hunt |
This weekend, Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her widely expected entrance into the
race for President of the United States. Whatever we may think of
the "carpet ...
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Free Forbes, Ebbers and Skilling |
This past week's news
reports about former CUC Chief Executive Officer Walter Forbes'
conviction and sentencing to prison for 12 years and 7 months reprises
recognition of a ...
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Tom Friedman's "Favorite Green Lump"
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New York Times Opinion
Columnist, Thomas L. Friedman offered a provocative piece on the green
potential of coal as a fuel for the future ("My Favorite Green ...
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"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Iraq?”
George Bush Doubles Down With Your Money
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Tonight spoiled bully
George W. Bush (I can no longer bring myself to call him “President”)
will, in classic dry drunk fashion, lay down another “double or
nothing” ...
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Universal Health Care
an Immigration Enforcement Tool?
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California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger has proposed a universal health plan for all of
California. Over 1 million illegal aliens (a ridiculously low
government estimate in a state where ...
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Raising Cain About Raising the Minimum Wage
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Next week, our new House of Representative will vote on whether to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.
Much
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New Day for America on a "Razor's Edge"
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Today, January 4, 2007, the Democratic Party took control of the United States Congress.
Damocles was a legendary courtier who
extravagantly praised the happiness of Dionysius I, ...
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Crying Out Into the Online Wilderness
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When I embarked on a
mission to make the world a better, safer, place I was advised that
even the best-conceived Website would take some time to ...
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Global Slurpees and a Fond Wish for the New Year
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Just 4 hours from the New Year, it's safe to say that Connecticut and a
good part of the Northeast will be snow-free through December, 2006. ...
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Saddam's Gone, So What?
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Today, Saddam Hussein
was rightfully put to death but in a needlessly botched manner. I doubt
if anyone in their right mind would disagree that he deserved ...
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Amended: Free Saddam!!! (no, really) |
Yesterday's
open letter to Iraq's President elicited a number of thoughtful
comments both here and via e-mail. Being that the purpose of the
DayLightForum is to encourage vigorous ...
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Merry Christmas? |
Among the stories in
the news, this past week, there was one about a school bus driver who, for the
past 20 years, has worn a simple ...
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Vietnam All Over Again or Bust! |
Headlines from this week's New York Times
"Bush concedes Iraq War More Difficult Than He Expected"
"Saudis Say They Might Back Sunnis if U.S. Leaves Iraq"
"President Wants ...
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Peace on earth starts here. A solution to the turmoil in the Middle East |
When I started writing, today, I planned to decry George W. Bush’s obstinate, obdurate, response to the “Iraq Study Group Report” which was co-chaired by ...
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2 down and 2 to Go |
72 hours after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death, Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, was booted by a boss who recently proclaimed that he would ...
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"1 down and 3 to go." |
Saddam Hussein was tried and sentenced for human atrocities committed in Iraq. He is reported to have killed as many as 1.2 million people.The troika ...
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Just Vote |
Today is decision day. A chance to send a strong message to those in power, and those who aspire to that power, about what we ...
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Barack, you almost had me |
Excellent November 6th interview of Barack Obama by ABC's Terry Moran. I'd heard a lot about the senator but never really focused on his "who, ...
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GregO's Blog |
My name is Gregory Olinyk. As we are, I hope, embarking on a long mission together I encourage you to call me GregO; it’s a ...
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