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Communism in 1984 and In the Time of the Butterflies

Communism has been a very controversial issue since 1917 when Russia started its communist regime.1984 is a fiction book that shows some of the ideals of a communist based government, and how the daily...

0 comments    government corruption communism
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Simple facts about the Cold War

The causes Ideology Both countries at the time were strong and powerful superpower nations that influenced the world in a way, but also both governments thought that their political ideologies were...

4 comments    education america government
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Dressed for Success

In the Spring of my 48th year, I returned to school. Fifteen pounds, one husband and a career lighter, I was starting over. It took only ten minutes and three hefty bags to rid myself of clothing that...

2 comments    shopping writing school
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Community Organizing Another Name For Socialism

Socialism is rearing its ugly head again in this country. Don’t we remember what we have fought for? We are all conveniently missing the point, and avoiding the obvious, because it is a politically messy...

0 comments    government socialism liberal
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Two Very Different Education Systems

For a very long time now, all politicians running for office have emphasized the need for more and better education. We hear about our students not being able to compete in the new and ever growing...

5 comments    college high school
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Mark to Market Vigilantes

Mark to Market was imposed upon the United States banking system in the midst of the credit crisis. That was bad timing. While the investor needs transparency, it appears that M2M could have been and was set...

0 comments    finance politics real estate
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The Notorious Umbrella Assassination of Georgi Markov: The Silence Coup

The fall of the Berlin Wall would have seemed to mark the beginning of the end of the secrets of the Cold War. But we know this to be untrue, in the case of Georgi Markov, one of the most notorious real life...

6 comments    politics death paris
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Giving The Finger to North Korea

Recently (April 5, 2009) North Korea again attempted to flex its military muscle launching a long range missile. The test failed causing some embarassment for the crowd running the show in Pyongyang, North...

4 comments    politics history united states
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First They Came .... poem by Martin Niemöller

"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade...

3 comments    education people history
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US Taxpayer GM Bailout Money Paying Salary Of German Opel Workers - Part 2

What possible logic is operating there? No commercial logic at all. Only the logic of the Marxist command economy, where industries are told to produce one million widgets this year and they don't care what...

4 comments    obama economy recession
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