Archive for ‘October 26th, 2006’

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Oct26

Should we as taxpayers foot the bill for New Orleans?

by Duane on October 26th, 2006 at 3:46 am
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(USAToday.com) The definition of insanity, according to Benjamin Franklin, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.Ben, welcome to New Orleans.
(New Orleans: How will these hurricane-hit homes be rebuilt? Will they? / By Alex Brandon, AP)
Nearly three-quarters of 14,534 New Orleanians who’ve applied for federal grants say they’ll rebuild their Hurricane [...]

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Oct26

They couldn’t have made it any plainer

by Duane on October 26th, 2006 at 3:22 am
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Found on the same page in The Baltimore Sun:
[article 1]
More than 100 members of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County lobbied the county school board yesterday to increase salaries, maintain health care benefit levels, raise tuition reimbursement and decrease paperwork for teachers.Contract negotiations are set to begin in November.
Teachers “are burning out, becoming frustrated and [...]

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Oct26

Another example of how MSM misleads the unread masses

by Duane on October 26th, 2006 at 3:01 am
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I think that it is fair to say that MANY people draw their conclusions about an issue based on the title and/or the first few lines of an article. Here is an example:
AP: Whites Got Better Katrina Insurance Payouts
This title set the tone for me by leading me to believe that once again RACISM was [...]

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Oct26

Ladies, that woman next to you in the bathroom might be a man

by Duane on October 26th, 2006 at 2:52 am
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(nydailynews.com) The line for the girls’ room just got longer.
Men who live as women can now legally use women’s rest rooms in New York’s transit system under an unprecedented deal revealed yesterday.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed to allow riders to use MTA rest rooms “consistent with their gender expression,” the Transgender Legal Defense and Education [...]

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