One of the toughest jobs, in my opinion, is being a good parent. It can also be one of the most rewarding… but it’s not easy for the physically or mentally weak. In fact, it’s not easy for the strong of mind and body!
Before I had children, I could never understand child abuse. It just […]
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I’m of the opinion that the majority of our elected officials are politicians first and representatives second. They are very good at saying they are there to serve you (and me) but their actions speak otherwise… they are really there to serve themselves (or their party). That old saying is true: actions speak louder than […]
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I’ve watched many episodes of a TV showed called The Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel. While it’s interesting to see the many situations the fishermen deal with to catch crabs in the Bering Sea off of the Alaskan coast, I am fascinated by the huge investment of time, effort, and money it takes to […]
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A few days ago, I was making a quick purchase and handed the clerk a ten dollar bill. Despite the cash register doing the calculation and displaying the amount of change I had coming, this young man - perhaps 18 or 19 years old - had considerable difficulty counting out my change. Unfortunately, it is […]
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We all know politicians are fast to promise great things in their effort to become/remain popular and win elections… and generally slow to actually, if ever, deliver on those promises.
When politicians fail to fulfill their promises, why do people STILL vote for them?
When politicians take a stand on certain issues and cite their reasons why… […]
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A friend sent me a link to an article which accentuates many good points about our economy and improvements in lifestyle over the past 25 years… things you seldom hear in the news. Why not? Does the mainstream mass media have an agenda? Do they just not see the good news? Are they trying to […]
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Not so many years from now, some say, the oil will stop flowing. When that happens, here are my predictions:
— Saudi Arabia - despite having a commanding role in the world economy for many years, the Saudis failed to leverage their huge financial advantage into an economy that would survive AFTER oil. While […]
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The sub-prime mortgage melt-down has wreaked havoc in financial markets, local communities, and the economy in general. Headlines have blared about the abuses in the industry and search for those who caused it. I suspect there is plenty of blame to go around. Most fingers in the media point toward the mortgage companies.
You don’t hear […]
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POP QUIZ:
According to the 2005 Census, how many U.S. companies employed 10,000 or more workers?
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1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
In 2005, over 116 million people were employed by almost six million companies. This does not include people who run their own companies but don’t employ anyone… so-called “one man operations”… they are counted separately. The number of companies […]
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After noting the recent increase in unemployment and how it can easily be explained by the government-mandated increases in the minimum wage AND the flood of high school and college students looking for summer employment, it dawned on me that the most logical solution for those youths is to go into business for themselves!
By starting […]
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The challenge in this great republic is to ensure that our representatives (and those in the government bureaucracy who report to them) respect the majority... and for the majority to respect the minority... and for all to respect the law.
