Tag: society
member name: mark b.
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January 22, 2009 12:07 PM EST --
One side says this law in important to protect women's freedom of choice. The other side says this will eliminate all restrictions on abortion, from allowing partial birth abortions to be done right . . .
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January 02, 2009 11:05 AM EST --
The current label for when a television program takes a sharp downhill turn, is the episode where they jumped the shark. Of course referring to the episode of Happy Day's where Fonzie jumps . . .
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March 12, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
I heard a news report last night that said that gas prices have hit an all time high, while at the same time supplies have reached a record high level. What part of that makes any sense at all. I understand . . .
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March 25, 2008 10:48 AM EDT --
Tonight is the "final" episode of Jericho. For those of you who haven't seen it, Jericho is a show about a small town in Kansas, and how they cope with a terrorist attack on the US that . . .
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July 04, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
I named this part 1 because I think I can make a regular posting out of this. Basically what I want to do here is point out the obvious ways advertisers think we are complete idiots. So here goes with . . .
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November 28, 2008 10:21 AM EST --
I hope I'm not the only one who fell into the holiday trap of eating way more than I needed. It doesn't help having two different Thanksgiving celebrations at two different places, in the same . . .
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November 28, 2008 10:52 AM EST --
Growing up in the 60's and 70's before the fast food invasion, I have fond memories of going out to a restaurant to eat, as being a real treat. It was something you did every once and a while, . . .
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December 26, 2008 11:22 AM EST --
It's the day after Christmas and now the trek back to the store to return every not so perfect gift begins. Most people think stores offer huge sales on everything in the store the day after . . .
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January 02, 2009 11:09 AM EST --
How many of you dated something 2008 today?
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January 08, 2009 09:56 AM EST --
I think it's interesting that a lot of the people who have no hesitation to send our troops into battle and to start wars, have children that are of age to be in the armed forces, but aren't. . . .
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January 27, 2009 12:08 PM EST --
I've noticed it here on Gather and it seems to be an epidemic spreading across the world. The labeling of people as being one side or another. If you state an opinion on a subject you are labled . . .
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May 27, 2009 01:49 PM EDT --
It's the strangest thing, but what I've observed is that people who work in jobs where they have to constantly deal with the public, will split into one of two groups. The first understand what they have . . .
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November 21, 2008 10:30 AM EST --
I remember one Christmas my brother got my dad one of those keychain fobs that beeped when you clapped to help locate lost keys. My dad was terrible at misplacing his keys, gloves, hat, etc, so my brother . . .
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December 10, 2008 02:15 PM EST --
I was watching the CBS news last night and they closed the newscast with a filler piece about adults playing video games. Katie Couric acted really surprised that adults play almost as many video games . . .
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May 28, 2009 10:21 AM EDT --
First let me say it is my firm belief that all people should have equal opportunity to rise as far as their talents can take them. It's wrong to make any decision based on a person's race, sex, religion, . . .
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March 06, 2008 09:28 AM EST --
With the latest announcement that Ms. Clinton is considering Obama as a possible running mate, a long running trend of hypocrisy continues. After every primary the winner will usually pick the 2nd runner . . .
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March 18, 2008 01:35 PM EDT --
In the fall and the spring we are treated to the sight of the migratory geese that fly south in the fall and back north in the spring. Every time I look up to see a flight of birds, I remember a . . .
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May 02, 2008 11:21 AM EDT --
Looking at last nights local paper, the front page proclaims "Lawmakers in line for another pay raise". Reading the article I find that the state legislators here in Illinois voted themselves . . .
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June 10, 2008 10:22 AM EDT --
We can't catch a break. As fathers we are supposed to get one day a year to enjoy. Now the retail world is trying to muscle us out of that or at least make us share our day. A majority of the sale . . .
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December 09, 2008 02:23 PM EST --
Since I first saw Guitar Hero, I have refused to play it as my way of taking a stand on a matter of principle. I see Guitar Hero/ Rock Band, as being a metaphor of the biggest problem with the younger . . .
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