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Was the Civil War Worth the Cost?

620,000 Americans died in the United States’ only Civil War, and another 400,000 were wounded. These numbers in themselves are difficult for Americans to wrap their minds around. But when you consider the fact that there were approximately 32...

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Klimt and Art Nouveau

Gustav Klimt and Art Nouveau

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From the People Who Brought You the Death and Destruction of the Salem Witchcraft Trials--Michele Bachmann

I just finished reading one of the most terrifying articles of all time. In the current issue of New Yorker magazine, writer Ryan Lizza’s “Leap of Faith” exposes Republican presidential frontrunner Michele Bachmann as a politician so ensconced...

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The Art of Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter born in 1862 and a figure in the Vienna Secession movement. He most well-known for his paintings of the female body, which during his time were often deemed to be obscene...

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Turn Out The Lights, The Party Is Over For Rick Perry

After turning in two consecutive embarrassingly poor performances in the GOP presidential nominee debates, in which, at times, Rick Perry seemed to have trouble completing a sentence or formulating a simple thought, Perry aggressively attacked his...

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The Old and New Civil War

 The Civil War of 1860 was not originally over Slavery.  It was over the Morrill Tax, which was a huge tax on the Southerners.  only approximately 6-12% of the people in the South were Slave Owners.  When people were realizing the truth, Lincoln...

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The ALMS Initiative

We The People, having organized to exercise our right of secession, do so with the knowledge that the United States Government has lost focus of its stated purpose and has continuously exceeded its authority...

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ALMS 2011 CD2S

It is time that the people of this country who are truly tired of all the government BS step up, stand together, and take this country back or move upwards and onwards. Look around you. The signs are all...

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Sudan may Disintegrate Further

It seems Sudan and its people have not learnt any lesson from its disintegration. Again the Muslims are trying to enforce their writ on the Christian community living in the Southern part of Sudan.

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Reuniting The States of America

A government that foments or aggrandizes a rapidly incipient sense of disparity among any class of it's citizens is inadvertently providing a breeding ground for gang violence and radical domestic...

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