This weekend we celebrate Ronald Reagan’s 99th birthday.  The 40th President of the United States would no doubt be aghast at the gymnastics in Washington: Democrats stepping over each other to make government bigger. Twenty years after Reagan left office, America has seen diametric reversal of the philosophy he held dear, that smaller […]

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This is a guest post by author Jay Rankin. His debut book Under The Neon Sky takes us behind the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas. You can read my review here - Simon 

By Jay Rankin
To be honest, sex was everywhere. I was surrounded by all its possibilities. There were topless clubs, all […]

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What should be the very pinnacle of Yacht racing, the Americas Cup, has lost its luster for many sailing fans. In fact I find it hard to believe that this travesty is being permitted to go ahead.
The ‘Deed Of Gift’ that governs this wonderful event has been watered down again and again. Misinterpreted, various factions […]

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As I recall it was four months ago that Jose Baez and his team tried to explain to judge Strickland that his client Casey Anthony was completely innocent. In fact Casey should be released immediately. The Judge offered some sage advice, provide this compelling information, and indeed an innocent young lady can walk free if […]

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There are toxic people in every environment – toxic family, toxic friends, toxic lovers and toxic coworkers.  If you don’t recognize and respond effectively to toxic, bullying coworkers they can make your life miserable, harass you, turn the rest of your team against you, scapegoat you and even get you fired.
For example, Jane is known […]

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This is a guest post by author Jay Rankin. His debut book Under The Neon Sky takes us behind the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas. You can read my review here - Simon

Be True to Your Desires and Needs.
As the doorman to the largest hotel in the world, I could open just […]

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Even if Rifqa never goes back to live with her parents, she, as a Christian, needs to honor them. She needs to treat them with love and respect. That’s just a fact.

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Obama certainly looks down his nose in a condescending manner. Why do I hear “KNEEELLLLLLLLL BEFORE ZOD!!!” from Superman II in my ear?
In opening the State of Union, Obama mentioned the Speaker of the House, the Vice President and the American people. What, no acknowledgement of illegal aliens? Obama apparently is not as tolerant as […]

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Tim Miller has been fighting tooth and nail to prevent the Caylee Anthony defense from obtaining any of Texas Equusearch’s records. That battle is still raging. It seems likely that nothing will be resolved anytime soon. I have my own theories about Jose Baez, Andrea (I have never lost a capital case) Lyons, and the […]

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This is a guest post by author Jay Rankin. His debut book Under The Neon Sky takes us behind the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas. You can read my review here - Simon

I wrote a book titled, Under the Neon Sky, about my job at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. I […]

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My last post focused on children, teenagers and adults facing moments of choice when they’re targets of or bystanders-witnesses to harassment, bullying and abuse.  People who repeatedly turn away from that call to step up usually develop terrible long-term consequences including increased stress, insecurity, discouragement and depression; increased blame, shame, guilt and negative self-talk; and […]

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Those still not convinced should ask themselves before they run off and join such groups how much control they want to cede over their lives to the beneficence of the collective.  For once one signs over the very right to ownership to one’s dwelling and possessions, where does it end?
Willing to relinquish rights to the […]

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Now that the dust has settled a little bit, it is possible to take a step back and look at the events that have unfolded in the past 72 hours. The one thing that I am certain of is that Putnam County are not the bunch of ‘losers’ that so many commenter’s have remarked about.
They […]

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OK by now we all know that there was a lot of excitement in Putnam County or should I say the whole area between three Florida counties.
The then 17 year old babysitter/girlfriend/then bride/now divorced Misty Croslin, Ron Cummings (father of missing Haleigh Cummings from Putnam County), Hank Croslin Jr., Donna Brock, and Hope Sykes were […]

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I cannot claim this to be an in-depth review, because it is not. My comments are merely based on some conversations with a couple of zealots from Websafety.com.
I guess a good place to start would be a description of what this service supposedly offers. In this wonderfully connected society we live in every parent has […]

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There are moments of choice in all our lives when we are called upon to stand up for our best dreams and aspirations.  Sometimes we recognize and seize these opportunities, sometimes we ignore these moments and sometimes we don’t ever hear their call to our spirits.  Each of these moments and our responses create long-lasting […]

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For decades, American motorists have been subjected to propaganda insisting that they either need to drive less or give up safe, comfortable automobiles in favor of what amount to motorized coffins in order to preserve natural resources and environmental quality.  Now that this policy goal is pretty much on the road to being implemented, the […]

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It is becoming sadly accepted that if something isn’t broken, give it to Congress and they will break it; and if something is broken, Congress will return it unfixable.  It doesn’t seem to matter which of the two parties is in power, which is why we are witnessing the rise of populist movements like tea […]

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Imagine that you have a new boyfriend who seems wonderful and you’re looking forward to a romantic Valentine’s Day.  But in your past relationships you were harassed, bullied, controlled and abused.  You finally realize you have a tendency to pick the wrong guys.  What should you look for with this new one and what should […]

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Some may claim that this headline is a little strong.  But if one goes back and studies history, one finds that Hitler also deemphasized the religious aspects of Christmas in deference to a generalized “winter holiday”.
This was only […]

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Pacifism
–noun
1. Opposition to war or violence of any kind.
2. Refusal to engage in military activity because of one’s principles or beliefs.
3. The principle or policy that all differences among nations should be adjusted without recourse to war.
In my post yesterday I mentioned that a so-called conservative friend on my facebook page had posted a video […]

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In my daily attempt to shed light on the liberal’s statist agenda that seeks to convert our fine republic into a socialist doormat for the world, I come across a great many characters with quite a few interesting viewpoints.
Throughout 2009, as President Obama and the liberal congress made it increasingly obvious that the oath they […]

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Phoenix–Sounding like the candidate who inspired more than half the electorate to vote him into office the President took responsibility today for the failure of a system established by George Bush to prevent terrorists from entering the United States.
In a theme reminiscent of Truman or JFK , the commander and chief took ownership of his […]

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Phoenix-psburton- Republican strategists making the rounds of cable shows seem in a particularly good one might say gleeful mood this week. The November elections may be months away, but if the first week of 2010 is an augury of things to come. The GOP may be in sight of a path back from the political wastelands.
The […]

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Any religious expression, it seems.  A commentator can’t say anything remotely religious without getting lambasted by the Left.  (And, no doubt, with exclamations like "Jesus Christ!" thrown in for good measure.)  While commenting on the Tiger Woods situation, former Fox News anchor Brit Hume dared dig deeper into the story and commented on one of […]

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Well, up to a point, but it’s not the bugaboo that many people make of it.
Young children spanked by their parents may grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit, a study has found.
According to the research, children spanked up to the age of 6 were likely as […]

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TedLipien.com, SAN FRANCISCO — One group of U.S. Government employees that has not received much media scrutiny in the aftermath of the failed terrorist attack are U.S. diplomats who had issued and failed to cancel Mr. Abdulmutallab’s U.S. visa.
U.S. Consular Officers at the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Robin […]

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PHOENIX (psburton) — a civil rights advocate is using text messages to alert residents when the local Sheriff conducts one of his infamous immigration sweeps. Lydia Guzman, the director of a nonprofit immigrant advocacy group, is the trunk of a grass roots texting tree designed to alert thousands of people within minutes of sheriff Joe […]

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Phoenix psburton—Most decent, law abiding Americans are expressing shock and outrage over the release of some rouge Blackwater agents who opened fire on innocent civilians in Iraq in 2007. But Federal Judge Ricardo Urbina did the right thing when he dismissed all charges stemming from the slaughter in Baghdad’s Nisoor square in 2007.
Because of policies […]

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It took a year for President Barack Obama to do it, but in his weekly address to the nation today (1/2/10) he finally got mad enough to get his teleprompter to use the word “terrorism.”
 
“All those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on Christmas must know you, too, will be held to account.”
(OK! The […]

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