The “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations have endured a couple of months of hardship, and now the ire of communities that are tired of the campsites. What do they ‘really’ want? We hear a lot of gibberish, calls for anarchy and the drum beats of revolution, but what do they really expect?
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I have remained mostly silent on the mid-term election campaigns. The rhetoric was highly abusive, the misinformation was rampant, the personal character attacks disingenuous, and rallying humorous. I watched, listened and remembered what I wrote here on Norm’s Corner two years ago.
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For as long as I can remember the big country that was our nemesis was called Russia. But it was really the USSR, or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Maybe it’s time to change our name from USA to USSA; the United Socialist Sates of America.
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As the Superbowl hype moves out of our minds and half the US population is shoveling out of “snowmageden”, what will our federal government do next? With so many things on our minds just to survive the day-to-day challenges, not many average citizens really pay attention to our elected officials and what they are doing (or not doing).
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As the Senate (Harry Reid) and House (Nancy Pelosi) democrats “negotiate” furiously behind closed doors to urgently pass some kind of Obama Health Bill, the news media is filled with tragic reports and graphic scenes from Haiti. Do we know what we are in for?
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We probably never should have gone to Iraq or Afghanistan in the first place. But we are the world’s cops and the premier “super power”. And we are a bit overly arrogant about it. And the Bush Administration are war hawks so the defense industry stays active and profitable. So what’s next?
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