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Death Toll of Contractors in Iraq Sets Record 2007-05-20 08:56:22 The official death toll for government contractors in Iraq
has spiked to record setting highs during the first three months of this year, according to statistics released by the Department of Labor. These figures place the total number of contractors killed at 917, with 146 of those deaths occurring in January, February, and March of [...]
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Blogger News Network 2007-05-19 01:10:02 I was searching through different blog resources the other day and I came across an excellent online community that I felt I should share with you all. The Blogger
News Network is a not for profit blogging and news community that I recently applied to and was accepted. BNN (as it is known) registers upwards of 100,000 [...]
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Race Riots Revisited 2007-05-21 18:10:50 I was bored at work the other day so I picked up a copy of the local paper. There was an article that caught my eye, so I began reading. The story covered the race riots that occurred in Newark, New Jersey in the 60’s. After the beating of a cab driver by police officers, [...]
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Defending a Murdering Rapist? 2007-05-25 17:18:02 I was recently chatting with someone about my dreams of becoming a defense attorney, and a subject came up that I have been forced to reflect on many times before. The person asked me, “Would you be able to defend a rapist murderer or a serial killer?” Now let me start off by saying that [...]
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Minimum Wage Increase Helps Middle Class Americans? 2007-05-24 19:39:20 With the new minimum wage increase almost guaranteed to pass, there are many people in America who feel as though this a victory for everyone. Liberals, especially, believe that this is a great change. The problem is that minimum wage increases hurt more people than they help. In fact, only 4% of America’s workers are [...]
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The Insufficient Vegan Diet 2007-05-24 17:43:16 Vegetarian and Vegan diets are becoming more and more popular by the day. Some would call this trend positive, while many others would call it negative. While I tend to believe that human beings are natural omnivores and should maintain that natural diet, I didn’t see any harm in pursuing the vegetarian or vegan diet. [...]
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The Fall of Bipartisanship 2007-05-24 17:22:48 Since the house and senate shifted to the left with the last election, it seems as though bipartisanship is dead in our country. The two most important elements in our government never see eye to eye. With congress fighting the White House on every issue under the sun, we see that a government that does [...]
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Dr. Death Released 2007-06-01 19:26:04 Early this morning, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released from prison after an 8 year term. I am pretty sure we all remember just who Dr. Kevorkian was, so I’ll spare the background information for now. Kevorkian was charged with 2nd degree murder in after he helped numerous terminally ill patients to commit suicide. Given the [...]
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Gates vs. Jobs 2007-05-31 12:49:28 Last night, Bill Gates
and Steve Jobs appeared at an interview together for the first time in 20 years. The two have been competing in the computer market since before I was born, and despite the friendly performance they put on last night, they can’t possibly like each other much. However, the thing I noticed [...]
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IQ Test for Gastric Bypass Patients? 2007-05-30 16:04:31 I stumbled across this article about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee’s decision to require all morbidly obese people under their coverage to take an IQ test before being covered for a gastric bypass surgery. After reading the article, I found myself asking two questions: 1. Is it right to require that patients have a [...]
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The Iraqi Permanent Fund 2007-05-30 11:37:45 I was waiting in the doctor’s office yesterday and I happened to pick up an issue of Forbes from November of ‘06. It was a little outdated, but that didn’t stop me from finding a great editorial written by Steve Forbes himself. As I have said in the past, I am a strong supporter of [...]
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Old Grudges Die Hard 2007-06-04 12:57:35 It’s funny how sometimes we think grudges are dead because they haven’t surfaced for a few years, or even decades. Throughout my education, we had always been taught about the Cold War and how it was laid to rest with the break up of the USSR. Despite calm and peace of the last 15 years, [...]
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Remembering… 2007-06-05 14:54:55 Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War of 1967. The war between Israel and its Arab neighbors has had lasting political and social effects that still divide the region today. The Six Day War was the result of a large arms build up by Egypt, Jordan, and the other Middle East countries. Israel, [...]
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Recipes as Intellectual Property 2007-06-27 12:30:53 As a business law student, I am always quick to take note of interesting lawsuits and cases that I can analyze. Today was no exception, as I picked out an intellectual property suit that I read about in the New York Times. In a country where people tend to sue over just about anything, we [...]
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Back in Business! 2007-06-27 12:10:23 After a 22 day hiatus, I am finally back to blogging on a reguloar basis. I apologize for taking off like that, but life got busy as I am sure most of you understand. Blogging has always been a pleasure to me, but life off the computer always comes first.
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College Education Might Just Be The Answer 2007-07-11 17:22:47 Today was a hectic day to say the least. I have been up for close to 48 hours after pulling an all nighter last night in an attempt to catch up on all the reading for my Business Law exam today. Since it’s an online course, I had to take the written exam with a [...]
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Patriotism 2007-07-25 13:48:23 The term Patriotism
is defined as “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty” (dictionary.com). In other words, caring enough about one’s country to take action in times of need. Each of us has a responsibility to our country, a “contract” we enter into when we decide that we want to live here. [...]
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Betrayal from the Top 2007-07-23 17:34:54 There are certain boundaries that are not meant to be crossed in life. We all recognize them without giving them a second glance, strictly because our common sense, ethics, morals, and sense of right and wrong alert us to the fact that these acts are just plain wrong. Many times these boundaries are crossed accidently, [...]
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Stolen Content 2007-07-23 16:25:27 I just arrived back from my vacation a few hours ago and was shocked to find that someone stole one of blog entries! A new linkback led me to a site called LifeTechnology.org. The article in question is one I wrote a while back about I-Doser. It has since been the most popular entry on [...]
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The Blame Game at Virginia Tech 2007-08-30 17:36:37 I just finished reading through an article in the New York Times about the sudden backlash that Virginia
Tech is experiencing over the mass shooting that occured earlier this year, and I find myself (once again) wondering why people feel the need to point the finger when things like this happen. Virginia Tech
is a subject [...]
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Will the Next President Act? 2007-08-28 15:46:51 It is painfully obvious that Americans are looking for a change in leadership. Whether you vote Democrat or Republican, chances are you have found yourself anxiously awaiting the next election. I admit that I am excited to see how this election turns out, but at the same time I am extremely concerned. I feel that [...]
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The Swing Voter Up and Running! 2007-09-05 15:56:12 I finally got my new blog up and running! It’s called the Swing Voter
and I will doing all of my writing on there from now on. It is a dedicated moderate/independent blog serving up politics, news, and opinion. So far I have only had time to transfer some of my favorite articles from here [...]
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Upcoming Changes 2007-09-03 11:36:00 I have decided too create a new blog to replace the College Critic. Since most of what I write involves politics and current events, I am thinking about creating a page that looks at news stories with a moderate, independent view. It will most likely be called the Swing Vote and I have been working [...]
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The Return 2007-11-15 03:17:31 It’s late. Almost 4am to be exact. I’ve been sitting in bed trying to focus on tomorrow’s accounting exam for hours, but I can’t seem to find the right mindset to study a subject that I find to be completely commonsense. I began to look through my favorites, and on a whim I decided to [...]
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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? 2007-12-04 21:50:30 I came across an interesting article today in the Times. I tend to gravitate more towards legal articles because, as of now, that seems to be the avenue I am going down career-wise. The article used the scenario of a young man named Ryan Holley to expose a serious flaw in the justice system. According [...]
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