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676. You're Fired!
     You’re Fired!by Sheldon ReiffensteinThe scene opens in a boardroom with three men, two seated on one side of a large rosewood table, the third seated on the opposite side facing them. The third man is speaking:'George, Dick, you’ve had four years to run this business - four years! I’m looking at the balance sheet, and, frankly, I’m disappointed. Just looking at the numbers here freaks me out. When you took over, the business had a surplus of $200 billion and today we have a deficit of over $400 …



677. Self Segregation and Division in America By Lance Winslow
     Why do we keep hearing about race in the United States, why do we keep hearing about the race card being played? We are all in this together, yet we are all to blame as well. We need to put this behind us, we need to stop self-segregating, we need to celebrate unique-ness. There should not be any more issues of Black Americans VS White Americans, it is time to get over these things and move the ball forward.You know in sports it never mattered what color your skin was, only your ability. I re…



678. Beware of Over Deployment to New Orleans By Lance Winslow
     Today we have now 41,000 troops in the Battle Zone in the Gulf Coast, this is the biggest response ever to a natural disaster in our history and we will see Hurricane Katrina in the end cost us about $155 Billion including rebuilding of the 350-mile New Orleans Levee systems. We have deployed an intensive team of support for the victims and devastated areas in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast. In addition to this thanks to the leadership of Dr. Condoleezza Rice we have received on…



679. Is This All There Is? By Lance Winslow
     In today’s Rants from Lance session I address the question many American’s are asking them selves? Is this all there is? I myself have a number of questions along this theme? I believed it, when I was told of the American Dream and when I found out it was a lie; I wanted to scream. I worked hard, did every thing right tried the best I could and was able to sleep at night. But alas the game is rigged. So you ask is this all there is?Do you ever wonder why the greatest nation ever created in the…



680. TSA Missteps at Our Airports By Lance Winslow
     The TSA seems to have completely missed the ball at our airports. This is not to say that the Federal Government is completely and utterly incompetent, for that is a whole other debate possibly spanning a thousand agencies? It is also not an immediate call for privatization, as we have already seen the abuses in private police forces and prisons. Local Police Forces have consistently violated our right to free travel under the auspice of homeland security. Some conspiracy theorists claim the c…



681. What if the Taxation System in America Were Simplified? By Lance Winslow
     What if the tax system were simplified for the taxpayer’s in America? Would there be less jobs for the accountants? Certainly not, as there are so many rules, so much disclosure and so many regulations for transparency that the accountants would indeed continue to be gainfully employed. Sarbanes Oxley Act will indeed, provide years of over time for accountants and financial consultants for decades and decades.If we simplify the tax code the government will stand to gain much and it also means …



682. How Governments Seek To Get Back Control
     So the UK Government has had its way on banning smoking in all enclosed public places and places of work. This ban was carried through on the grounds of ensuring a safe working environment for all employees across the country. This ban applies everywhere except of course the House of Commons itself. One would presume that this is because it is not open to the public and nobody works there! This is just another example of the hypocrisy of our government; 'Don't do as I do, do as I say'. 'You do n…



683. Fundamentalist: Fascist or Common-Sense? By Eddie Blass
     Is the only way to fight Fundamentalist Extremists becoming one yourself? Having grown up in a liberal democracy, being educated in the ideals of freedom of speech and expression, diversity, multi-culturalism and the political correctness that stems from such a comprehensive education, I find myself questioning whether I am a closet fascist when it comes to the way in which the British Judiciary are referring to the whole issue surrounding the London suicide bombers of 7 July and the related …



684. WAS PAKISTAN A BRITISH CREATION?
     Was Pakistan a British creation?In 1947, India was not expected to survive as a nation The furore in the BJP camp in India, triggered by L K Advani’s recent remarks about Jinnah being a secular person and yet the founder of Pakistan, seems to have subsided. What is the real, historical truth? Recently unsealed British top-secret archives provide a stunningly different version of what really happened during the cataclysmic partition, in 1947, of India into three separate and distinct entities. Pr…



685. The Principles of Anarcho-Communism
     The Principles of Anarcho-Communism A Few Words To My Fellow Squatters, Homeless Folk, and Brothers and Sisters in Revolution By Punkerslut Communism In the economy of any nation, of any region, of any place on the globe, there is one creator of wealth: labor. It is the blood, sweat, and tears that make the products of the world. Every bushel of corn, every ton of steel, every article of clothing exists only because the workers offered their labor to create it. And yet, the business owners thin…



686. US Social Security - Is President Bush A Robin Hood After All? By Angelique Van Engelen
     The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development issued a report Monday that pointed out that even though the US proposals will yield a system that reaches the poor in a more redistributive way than many other countries, the average pay outs of the government pensions are rather low at around 51% of a retiree's previously earned salary as compared to over 70% in other OECD countries.Only New Zealand and Ireland outperform the US in reaching its poorest nationals because they have simp…



687. Ideas Concerning Reform of the Disability System By Timothy Moore
     There's an excellent website online published by a Dr. Holden, a former Disability Determination Services medical consultant. I couldn't help but comment on one of the good doctor's recent writings in which he makes several suggestions for disability evaluation reform. To get right to the point, Dr. Holden's reform ideas seem to strongly revolve around the notions of upgrading the salaries of disability examiners and instituting a better medical training regimen for these workhorses of the dis…



688. Accessibility Requirements for Fair Housing By Neda Dabestani-Ryba
     PolicyFederal Fair Housing accessibility requirements for new multifamily buildings should be written in building code language certified as Fair Housing compliant by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD should be vigilant in compliance education and assistance as is NAHB. Use of Fair Housing Initiatives Program funding for enforcement actions should be curtailed. Any enforcement actions should be reasonable and reflect the lack of clear guidance available for complying w…



689. Slavery Was Useful
     BRITAIN AND BOOTY: The bulk of this chapter will be taken from a book about the War of 1812. I must deconstruct the generalities and interpret the meaning as it relates to our investigation of hegemony and cronyism or Synarchy. Officers in the wars of these times got a percentage of the booty their underlings took. They also were frequently aligned with the enemy or other side as you can see in the movie Braveheart. The Black Market in modern wars has a lot of the same kind of thing. This incen…



690. Who is the best qualified candidate for the job?
     What happened to the days when you voted for candidates because of their “abilities”, and not because of their party affiliation, or the popularity they enjoy as a result of expensive media exposure? Have you ever noticed that most Government offices are being held by individuals who are independently wealthy, or who enjoy very strong financial support? This applies to all levels of government, whether it be Federal, State or Local.Individuals may be extremely well-qualified, but their name may…



691. NATIONAL FIGURE A VIGILANTE OR A PATRIOT?
     President Bush has referred to Jim Gilchrist as a 'Vigilante.' Many American citizens have an opposite view, calling him a Patriot. The vast majority of Republican voters want the problem of a tidal wave of illegal aliens pouring across our borders solved, not swept under the rug! Their reasons for concern range from potential terrorist threats, and fears of the importation of vicious gang violence, as well as the adverse economic impact on wages and employment opportunities of illegal immigrati…



692. I'm conservative, s/he's liberal
     Ah, politics- my favorite topic to see other people discuss. It's just so full of juicy issues, the only problem being that most of the time it creates some serious beef (that's hatred, for you non-hip people) among people with opposite points of view. Here we're going to try to gain a working knowledge of how to deal with differing political points of views among two close people (best friends, couples, etc). It isn't easy, but you can do itFirst thing to realize when in a heated political deba…



693. Environmentalism and Roads in Our Forests By Lance Winslow
     Many environmentalists are against roads through the forest because it could disrupt wildlife, hunting areas for other mammals. They also worry about the affect on all the species living there. Mankind generally from a historical perspective has not been all that kind to the natural surroundings. We have seen this even in Indian Cultures, which had been thought to take care of the land, yet on further scrutiny used the land and left debris and litter from their activities. Archeologists have s…



694. Colonel Boyd on Limited War and Iraq Victory By Lance Winslow
     In discussing the OODA Loop theory on Limited War by Colonel Boyd with in the context and patterns of conflict, it appears that we as a nation have forgotten the other options dictated by previous conflicts in the works of von Clauswitz “On War” in that we are disregarding such options and scenarios entirely. In our attempt to move the human race into a different space we are also changing the theory of war in order to do so. Yet at the same time not admitting that we are not so good at it, as…



695. Socialist Public Schools In America By Joel Turtel
     Many parents might think it a bit farfetched to compare our public schools to schools in socialist or communist countries. However, if we look closer, we will see striking similarities between the two systems.In the former socialist-communist Soviet Union, for example, the government owned all property and all the schools. In America, public schools are also government property, controlled by local government officials. In Soviet Russia, the government forced all parents to send their children…



696. ANYONE AWAKE OUT THERE?
     As we reel from the news of the recent bombings in London, England, it is incumbent upon all of us to examine, seriously, why such attacks by Islamic Extremists are occurring. We cannot combat what we do not understand, let alone try to wage an effective war against such an insidious enemy. First of all, it must be pointed out that this terrorist war against the West is not simply the random acts of extremist thugs. Rather, we are dealing with a well-orchestrated jihad that has clearly defined p…



697. Local Government - Solving Problems
     Copyright 2006 Al Arnold 'Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.' John Kenneth Galbraith Oh, how true! When you have a problem in your personal life, does your options for solving that problem come down to the 'lesser of two evils?' Probably so. If your options for solving your problem are good or excellent choices, you don't have a problem, you have an opportunity. Same in local government. When local government has a 'proble…



698. Domestic Terrorism Versus National Militarism
     Domestic Terrorism Versus National MilitarismBy PunkerslutWhen a person commits an act today that relies on force or violence, without being condoned by a government or established rule, itis commonly call a 'terrorist act,' committed by 'terrorists' or 'militants.' When a person commits a forceful or violent act, though, under the rule and order of a government or established rule, condoned by the leaders of that government, it is called a 'militaristic act.' Prior to the election of the Nation…



699. CA Proposition 74 -- Teacher Tenure Initiative, An Analysis
     California Proposition 74, the teacher tenure initiative proposes to change the California education code (i.e., CA law) to make it easier to fire K-12 public school teachers. It is being touted in California as a reform in that it claims teachers need to work for a full five years (as opposed to 2 years) before K-12 public school teacher supposedly get 'tenure' and thereby have a 'job for life' wherein K-12 public school teachers cannot be fired, even if they are unprofessional and poor teacher…



700. Wartime Britain & Things Look Bleak By David Carter
     This is the second of a series of four articles about life in Britain in the 1940's. My uncle the late Mr Gordon Bessant is talking to Mr Joe Hieatt-Smith. The recordings were made in 1996.The average daily life for myself during that particular time was usually to get ready for work, I was usually out by quarter past six in the morning, although I might have been out of bed all night through the air raids, but at quarter past you got yourself ready to go to your job and you usually talked abo…



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