Archive for ‘January 30th, 2008’

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Jan30

Why the ‘Z’?

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
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Word of advice: Stay away from any business that intentionally misspells its name by ending it with a ‘Z’ unless you realize that you might get what you paid for (ex. Playaz, Stylez, Jewelz, etc.)
R&B Singer Ruben Studdard Takes Peachez to Court
Singersroom News
Ruben Studdard can’t catch a break. The R&B singer and former American Idol [...]

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Jan30

She naked! She naked!

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
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TV chat queen Oprah gets a less than flattering tubby bronze statue cast in her honour
thisislondon.co.uk
She has famously battled with her weight – but according to this tribute to the queen of daytime television, it appears to be a battle lost.
Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work ‘The Oprah Sarcophagus’, is a very full-figured [...]

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Jan30

Flashback (1/30/08)

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
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Who said the following?
“The ’sistah’ vote is paying off handsomely for Hillary Clinton,..It’s not only getting her the women’s vote. It’s also getting her the black vote.”

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Jan30

Alan Keys on the economy

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
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Taken from the website alankeyes.com
Taxation / government spending
Tyrannical taxation, and excessive government spending and borrowing, are not only threats to our economy — they erode the resource base of our freedom and our moral responsibility.
The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 85 [...]

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Jan30

I am actually okay with this

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
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Lou Dobbs alert: Illegal immigrants may get rebates
politico.com
In their bipartisan zeal to quickly cut a deal on an economic stimulus bill, GOP lawmakers overlooked something that will certainly inflame the conservative base _ illegal immigrants could receive a tax rebate check from the government.
The text of the House passed bill contains language making “non resident [...]

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Jan30

On NPR today

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 7:55 am
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I will be on NPR’s ‘News & Notes’ today talking about the Presidential race among other things. I will be joined with Gina McCauley of the website ‘What About Our Daughters‘.
It’s going to be a very busy morning for me, so blogging will be light for the first half of the day.

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Jan30

Moving back the goal post

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 7:47 am
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I thought Cobb brought up a very good point regarding the recent Florida primary and the fact that their delegates currently do not count:

“So what does it mean? It means that the Democrats have 210 delegates in its pocket which it can arbitrarily use at its convention without any regard for the way people actually [...]

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Jan30

Not going, but coming

by Duane on January 30th, 2008 at 1:18 am
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Empty nesters flocking to inner city
National trend toward urban living is resettling downtown
By PAULA WOLF
LANCASTER, Pa – Jane Phillips is a grandmother five times over, but you won’t find her living at Homestead Village or Willow Valley.
The retired president of Family Service is perfectly content in her East Frederick Street row house in Lancaster.
“I consciously [...]

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