Archive for January 3rd, 2013

Memo to: San Antonio Express Op-Ed Board: Stop the Boring Payday Loan Op-Eds!

Posted on January 3rd, 2013

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The San Antonio Express News has published 3 opinion editorials and one letter to the editor in the past month, and they are all negative about payday loans.Â This leads me to two thoughts.Â The first is how slow must the news in San Antonio be to do this many opinions editorials on payday loans?Â [...]

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Some Senators Voted for Welfare of Russian Kids while turning backs on U.S. Kids

Posted on January 3rd, 2013

by Lisa in Civil Rights, Congressional News, Op-ed, Russia News, Society and Culture, US News, World Politics

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…while ALL the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs members voted for this resolution preventing adoption of Russian children – several members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs continue to uphold similar ‘Putin-like’ legislation preventing adoption of American children.

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Repeal of Smith-Mundt is good for media freedom, but Americans must be wary of government bureaucrats

Posted on January 3rd, 2013

by ted in All News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Congressional News, Country News, Government News, Presidential News, Russia News, US Government News, US News

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BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the defense authorization bill that President Obama signed last night, which includes a provision that reduces restrictions of the Smith-Mundt Act on the dissemination of materials within the United States that were originally intended for audiences overseas, former Broadcasting Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Voice of America (VOA) official [...]

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Destroy the Constitution? No: Joe for President

Posted on January 3rd, 2013

by Nancy Reyes in All News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, Congressional News, Country News, Economic News, Government News, History News, North American News, Presidential News, Regional News, Science News, Stock Market News, US Government News, US News

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Living outside the USA, I wonder if I would recognize my birthland if I return someday. We now see the NYTimes proposing that “we” get rid of the US constitution, which is standing in the way of what “we” want to do. AS the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching [...]

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