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Remembering President Reagan

Monday, June 7th, 2004
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Monday, June 07, 2004
Remembering President Reagan
I met President Reagan twice, both times before he was President Reagan. Merely Governor Reagan. During both the 1976 and 1980 campaigns while he was in Florida I had the chance to meet him and talk with him for a few minutes each time. He was genuinely interested in what [...]

Out-sourcing Jobs? What about the causes?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2004
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Out-sourcing jobs?
The “crisis” in the U.S. about “exporting jobs,” will become a campaign issue. However, the immense impact of the United States’ taxation of exports is being ignored.
Politicians will attempt to dismiss the cause as “greed” by corporate interests which requires more laws from Washington. The fact is that the [...]

Who’s Life is it? The Government’s, according to Reader’s Digest

Monday, December 22nd, 2003
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Who’s life is it?
[December 22, 2003, first published on court.com]
To the editors, Reader’s Digest (letters@rd.com)
We are writing regarding the “Wouldn’t It Be Great If…” article in the January 2004 Reader’s Digest (published mid-December 2003) which suggests forcing people to give a year of their lives to the government. The author writes, “Think of everything they [...]

Bill of Rights of the United States

Monday, July 4th, 1994
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The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, The Bill of Rights:

AMENDMENTS
1st Amendment. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for [...]