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$2 Trillion Can Buy A Lot Of Stuff70

$2 Trillion Can Buy A Lot Of Stuff

It’s hard to comprehend what 2 trillion dollars can buy. I tried it this morning and developed my list. Do it yourself on the back of an envelope and see what you come up with. Two trillion, that’s 12...

3 comments    politics war in iraq
Mission Accomplished:Five Years later59

Mission Accomplished:Five Years later

“Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country…..President...

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Of War and Peace56

Of War and Peace

If there had not been a December 7th 1941, it is said, there would never have been an August 6th 1945. What began in the South Pacific on a beautiful placid Sunday morning ended on the Pacific Rim in the hell...

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What Do 33 Million Canadians Have That 300 Million Americans Do Not?74

What Do 33 Million Canadians Have That 300 Million Americans Do Not?

The population of Canada is about the same as California but its area is roughly that of the continental U.S. They have a lot of room up there We share a common border and except for Quebec, a common language. We are, after all,...

8 comments    health health care
First Prize Winner 2009 Non-Fiction Tennessee Mountain Writers Inc.57

First Prize Winner 2009 Non-Fiction Tennessee Mountain Writers Inc.

All We Have To Fear Shortly after a series of articles I wrote in the fall of 2007 on the subject of Nuclear Weapons and their potential use by terrorists appeared in my local newspaper, The Oak...

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The Gold Standard For Leading A Nation To War56

The Gold Standard For Leading A Nation To War

At 3:00 in the afternoon of August 3rd 1914, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey took the floor of the British Parliament, the oldest and most practiced parliamentary body in the world. His purpose was to...

2 comments    politics history
Same Story-Different General55

Same Story-Different General

Last week retired Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez joined a growing number of former military brass in throwing the Bush Administration under the bus when it comes to the war in Iraq. He cited a lack of leadership...

2 comments    diplomacy war in iraq
Pan-Middle Eastern Initiative To End The War In Iraq59

Pan-Middle Eastern Initiative To End The War In Iraq

Lord Esher of England declared “The consequences of commercial disaster, financial ruin, and individual suffering would be so pregnant with restraining forces as to make war unthinkable”. Within a...

0 comments    peace plan
The Coming War In Iran59

The Coming War In Iran

My favorite web site is “howstuffworks.com”. You can learn almost everything you need to know there. Fixing your car for example, or how to grow roses. Those answers are just a point and click...

2 comments    world war iii war with iran
What Would Jesus Do?57

What Would Jesus Do?

Thinking as I do, while living in a part of the country that is renowned as the buckle of the Bible belt, you would think that at some point the idea that people may find my views at best somewhat off-putting and at worst down right damnable, just...

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