Tag: life
group name: armchairactivism
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May 07, 2006 01:06 PM EDT --
She had to go to a meeting. The company she worked for had several offices downtown, some of which were connected through underground tunnels. Unfortunately, her office was not connected. . . . more
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April 08, 2006 08:26 AM EDT --
The setting was Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. The day was February 1, 1960.
Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond were four young men who attended Agriculture . . . more
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April 18, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
I have a piece of the Berlin Wall on my refrigerator. This is from 1989, when a friend joined hundreds of thousands, who helped to tear it down.
The piece of the wall is thick concrete, and you can imagine . . . more
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April 22, 2006 08:27 AM EDT --
On April 14, 1962, a Cuban military tribunal convicted 1,179 American Cuban exiles who had participated in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 17, 1961, exactly one year earlier.
(See "The . . . more
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April 06, 2006 01:29 AM EDT --
I don't often agree with Phyllis Schlafly, but she is right on target this time.
Like millions of American's, I refused to consent to the "long version" of the last US census, finding . . . more
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April 10, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
I was going to write an article today about all of the political scandals that have come before and the outcry of the American Public's response to said scandals. Then I realized that I do not . . . more
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April 05, 2006 12:14 AM EDT --
In all honesty, I can say that I have tried to come across open-minded and fair, no matter what my personal feelings may be on a subject. I feel that we all have to cooperate and try to reach a middle . . . more
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October 25, 2006 06:11 PM EDT --
I know from speaking to people in the gay community, that most of us do not understand why laws, such as the Federal Marriage Amendment, or the state equivalents get passed so easily, and why we do not . . . more
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April 19, 2006 03:22 AM EDT --
In 1952, Eisenhower was in the White House, ranches and bungalows sprung up everywhere, men wore Hawaiian shirts on Fridays and gave barbecues on Sunday afternoons. In 1952, women stayed home to mind the . . . more
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April 21, 2006 12:05 AM EDT --
On February 7, 1962 and continuing, President John F. Kennedy announced a trade embargo against Cuban exports into the U.S., making it the longest continuous trade embargo in modern times. . . . more
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April 22, 2006 05:30 PM EDT --
No doubt, current questions notwithstanding, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the one time in history when the U.S. came within a hair's breadth of nuclear war.
The Cold War was the paranoia . . . more
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August 31, 2006 12:04 PM EDT --
Hypocrite - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
I have sat here recently, and published an article . . . more
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August 27, 2006 11:10 AM EDT --
Nigger. Kike. Chink. Spick. These are all considered to be unacceptable words in our society today, and there is few out there who would actually disagree with this. However, . . . more
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January 13, 2007 09:18 PM EST --
Just seeing the term "checks and balances" in print makes me want to cry these days. The official 'check' our government has to prevent a fascist dictator from taking over the Presidency . . . more
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June 08, 2006 09:58 AM EDT --
Civility is dead. This is not a pessimistic point of view, trust me, it is the cold hard facts. If you do not believe me, take a look at any article on the site that is a hot button issue, and watch the . . . more
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April 22, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
The question of what happens with Cuba after Castro relates more to the economy of Cuba than it does to the politics.
The Rand Corporation published a 150-page report that examined this question. . . . more
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July 09, 2006 02:49 AM EDT --
"Being right is a form of violence," says Eckhardt Tolle, author of "The Power of Now." An interesting idea, no? From Tolle's perspective, our need to be right . . . more
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April 19, 2006 09:52 AM EDT --
Anyone who is observant has noticed that prices are constantly fluctuating. The biggest example of this would be the gas prices over the last few years. For awhile, the companies in charge of these prices . . . more
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April 12, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
Time and time again, new information is leaked to us about the wrong doings of this joke of an administration in Washington D.C., and yet I hear the same old rhetoric from the conservatives. What . . . more
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October 25, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
We are on the threshold of a huge change in our country. The entire nation is starting to go further into an ego driven society, mostly plagued by our own insecurities. The main problem is, . . . more
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