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As Barack Obama Heads To Denmark to Campaign for Olympics to Come to Chicago, 16 Yr Old Teen is Beaten To Death In Chicago Gang Violence

I grew up in the inner city of Brooklyn NY and witnessed some horrific street violence. I've seen people shot, stabbed, and beaten.

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Heart Procedure Results in Shocking Hospital Charge!

My first significant exposure to the health care system in over 30 years started with a routine physical exam only a few short weeks ago.

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Did Joe Wilson (Pub-SC) plan this whole little political escapade from the get-go?

Wilson doesn't seem smart enough to have devised all this political scenario in advance. Not deep enough to have sussed out all the moves and countermoves. But you never know what clever lurks in the brain of a back-bencher.

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Jody Powell dead...

One of Jimmy Carter's best buds and closest advisors in the White House, died Monday of a heart attack. A WH press secretary under Carter and founding member of the Georgia Mafia, Powell was 65.

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Will college football (temporarily) cut down on political passions?

Already seems to be the case around here (talking about these here physical parts). Folks are home glued to the telly now that football is back on the air...and in the air. There seems to be less traffic on the road, more empties in the trash bins.

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Larry Gelbart dead...

The man who helped turned the feeling against the war (Vietnam and Korea) by proxy into a product. Gelbart was 81.

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Why does stuff that should unite us... divide us?

I'm thinking there's just one big answer. One simple answer that explains the rift in almost everything in our lives today.

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What Republican Rep. Joe Wilson (SC) meant to say instead of "You lie!"

I'm guessing, "You lie like a rug!" Probably meant as a bit of light-hearted humor, like most of Wilson's statements.

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So, are news junkies inherently superior to sports junkies?

May depend on what year time of year it is. I suppose I should do a poll, but it just seems too sporty. Or too newsie. Or both.

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"Strike the tent." Funeral cortege of Edward M. Kennedy 29 August 2009

The quotation above represents the last words of General Robert Edward Lee spoken by him at his death on 12 October 1870.

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