The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Theodore Roosevelt

My New Gay Bar

Seeded on Mon Aug 9, 2010 8:34 PM EDT ()

So, the Muslim investors championing the construction of the new mosque near Ground Zero claim it's all about strengthening the relationship between the Muslim and non-Muslim world.

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What, Me Study? Why so many colleges are education-free zones.

Seeded on Mon Aug 9, 2010 10:23 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

If you have a child in college, or are planning to send one there soon, Craig Brandon has a message for you: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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Why I'm Not Hiring

Seeded on Mon Aug 9, 2010 9:52 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits.

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Across Texas, 60,000 babies of noncitizens get U.S. birthright

Seeded on Sun Aug 8, 2010 10:25 AM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

As Republican members of Congress press for changes to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, preventing automatic citizenship for babies born to illegal immigrants, opponents insist the debate is not really about babies.

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Why Soaking The Rich Won't Work

Seeded on Wed Aug 4, 2010 9:17 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Anyone who is familiar with the historical data available from the IRS knows full well that raising income tax rates on the top 1% of income earners will most likely reduce the direct tax receipts from the now higher taxed income—even without considering the secondary tax reven …

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Fox News to move to front-row White House briefing room seat

Seeded on Sun Aug 1, 2010 7:53 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

The White House Correspondents Association voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to move Fox News to the front row of the White House briefing room. The seating change was prompted by the resignation of veteran UPI reporter Helen Thomas.

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The Volt: G.M.'s Electric Lemon

Seeded on Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:30 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Three and a half years — and one government-assisted bankruptcy later — G.M.

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Man walks away from mortgage, takes kids to Disneyland

Seeded on Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:40 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

The more he thought about the money he was losing, the more it stressed him out. Finally, Ronzio enlisted the help of a firm called You Walk Away and did exactly that from the remaining $319,000 on his condo mortgage. When the bank foreclosed, he says he felt a sense of relief.

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Fired USDA employee Sherrod to sue conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:42 AM EDT (USA Today)

She doesn't have a case.

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Exxon Mobil quarterly profit up 91%

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:32 AM EDT ()

Exxon Mobil reported a 91 percent jump in quarterly profit, based on strong performance in its crude oil and chemical segments, and profit margins on refined products.

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42% Say Government Would Have Done Worse Job Than BP Responding To Oil Leak

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:13 AM EDT ()

BP has replaced its CEO as fallout from the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico continues, but 42% believe the government would have done a worse job responding to the leak if it has been in charge of the oil company.

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Glenn Beck: "I may be going blind."

Seeded on Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:48 AM EDT (Politics Daily)

During a tearful and passionate speech at his "American Revival" meeting in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Fox News host Glenn Beck revealed that he may be going blind. During his speech (video below), Beck told the audience, "I can't focus my eyes."

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Money DOES buy happiness--but only to a point.

Seeded on Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:40 AM EDT (Yahoo!)

"Does money make people happy? We must say it increases the likelihood that they will be satisfied a lot," says study co-author and psychologist Ed Diener of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in a statement.

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The cost of not sending men to prison

Seeded on Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:31 AM EDT ()

The cost of not sending men to prison

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Payrolls fall, private hiring below forecasts

Seeded on Fri Jul 2, 2010 8:56 AM EDT (Yahoo!)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employment fell for the first this year in June as thousands of temporary census jobs ended and private hiring grew less than expected, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama who has identified job creation as a key priority.

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Loss of Jobless Benefits Could Lower Unemployment Rate

Seeded on Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:44 PM EDT (CNBC Top News and Analysis)

Nearly 1.1 million people were classified as "discouraged workers" in May who were not actively trying to find a job, just below the all-time high of 1.2 million in February...."The labor force participation rate and the duration of unemployment are both unusually high for many s …

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World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur

Seeded on Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:45 PM EDT (US News & World Report)

The president is well-intentioned but can't walk the walk on the world stage

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In a Welfare State, How Much is 'Enough'?

Seeded on Sat Jun 5, 2010 12:50 PM EDT ()

The flames from Greece's debt crisis protests have cast new light on the perils of our own overspending and overborrowing. You know the litany. California is imploding. Public sector unions there, and across the country, are swallowing budgets.

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$750 Million For Blackmail?

Seeded on Mon May 24, 2010 2:15 PM EDT ()

Should Elin Nordegren settle with Tiger Woods for $750 million if it includes "a lifetime 'confidentiality clause' that would prevent her from writing a book or doing any interviews about the split"? Some opinions: JG said...

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How Dare You Teach Conservatism!

Seeded on Sun May 23, 2010 10:43 AM EDT (The American Spectator)

Other board-prescribed changes concern the perceived liberal tilt in the teaching and explication of history. The board majority wanted to ensure treatment of the late 20th-century conservative movement that produced the Reagan revolution.

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Teacher uses 'assassination' of Obama to demonstrate geometry problem.

Seeded on Tue May 18, 2010 12:19 PM EDT ()

A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as­sassinating President Bar­ack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geome­try students.

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Transgenders 1, Employer Rights 0

Seeded on Thu May 13, 2010 12:03 PM EDT (NY Daily News)

It just got a little easier for a transgender person to work at American Eagle Outfitters - at least on paper.

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Playboy 'Readers' Get 3-D Centerfold in June Issue

Seeded on Wed May 12, 2010 8:45 AM EDT (ABC News)

Playboy readers who can only imagine what it would look like if a centerfold jumped right off the page are getting new specs to help them see into Hef's world. The magazine's June edition hits newsstands Friday equipped with 3-D glasses.

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Are Ugly Girls Better In Bed?

Seeded on Sun May 9, 2010 12:19 PM EDT ()

"we homely holmeses are better in bed -- because we have to be. This is just Science Fact."

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Tea Partyers in Europe!

Seeded on Thu May 6, 2010 10:16 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

But Tea Parties? Not in Europe. Never. The pitchfork-toting crowd is a peculiar byproduct of the misinformed, disturbed politics of the United States, where Lindberghs, Limbaughs, and Levins have always proliferated.

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