Archive for June, 2008

Michael’s Graduation

Posted: Thursday, June 5th, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in Personal
Michael’s Graduation

Michael graduated from Middle School today. Next stop, High School.

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Sharon Stone learns the definition of Karma

Posted: Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 comments: 2
Posted in Entertainment, General, Politics, World
Sharon Stone learns the definition of Karma

Proof Stone in not as enlightened as she thinks.

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Poverty and the Working Class

Posted: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 comments: 2
Posted in Featured, Money, Personal Finance
Poverty and the Working Class

More and more working class slipping to poverty levels.

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Lying to the end

Posted: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in Politics
Lying to the end

Hillary Clinton is not an honest woman.  But no one can accuse her of being a flip-flopper.  Okay, maybe she flip-fops on issues like Iraq by voting for the war, voting to not fund the war, disagreeing with the war she voted for, but never admitting she made a bad vote.  And maybe she flip-flopped [...]

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What I Like About Torchwood

Posted: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in Entertainment, Film
What I Like About Torchwood

For months my girlfriend has been bugging me about Torchwood.  At least twice a week I had to hear pleas for me to watch the BBC show so that we could talk about.  This coming from someone who doesn’t even watch The Office.  But I finally gave in when I saw that Apple had finally [...]

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Cho Seung-Hui: The Virginia Tech Massacre

Posted: Monday, June 2nd, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in Crime, Current, Featured
Cho Seung-Hui: The Virginia Tech Massacre

What really went through the mind of Cho Seung-Hui?

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The General Election May Be Boring

Posted: Monday, June 2nd, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in General
The General Election May Be Boring

The Huffington Post is reporting on  the results of a recent Gallup Poll survey showing that 67% of all Americans agree with the idea of the president meeting with heads of foreign countries, even if they are considered to be our enemy.  The survey shows that Democrats and Independents are more likely to agree, but [...]

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Machiavelli and Augustus Ruling Philosophy

Posted: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in Books, History, Politics
Machiavelli and Augustus Ruling Philosophy

Following up to the post about Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, here is another post about Roman history.  This time from Elizabeth Rathgeber, who also wrote the post What to do about Sudan?.
I believe that Augustus and Niccoló Machiavelli would certainly agree much more so than disagree on how to be an effective ruler. The young Augustus [...]

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