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POSTAL SERVICE

7. June 2010

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The United States Postal Service has put a question before Congress. They are asking Congress to decide if they should continue their traditional universal postal service. Apparently, that means mail delivery from any place to any other place, no matter how large or how small, all at a flat rate, which also means using the [...]

CONGRESS ON VACATION

7. June 2010

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What’s new? I tell you we are the best employers in the country. Although, I do not remember telling them they could have 10 days off for Memorial Day weekend. What a job! You get to decide how much you pay yourself, when you work, when you don’t, you don’t answer to anyone, especially not [...]

White House Waste

2. June 2010

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President Obama and the First Lady seem to be the first in a long succession of our President’s and their wives to actually put some of their words into action. President Obama and the First Lady have in many ways showed that they are giving the people of this nation and their personal plights some [...]

T.V. Signal

2. June 2010

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I really would like to know who profited on the changing of our television signal. It had to have been a large haul for someone. It certainly wasn’t to improve our signal. With my basic antenna I used to receive a signal that allowed me to watch uninterrupted channels at any time, even in storms. [...]

RIGHTS TAKEN AWAY

2. June 2010

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The Census I have always in the past been one to fill out all types of polls and have always participated in the census. This year I am getting more leery regarding giving out information of any type on myself or family. The laws of our country are leaning more and more toward taking away our [...]

ELECTRICIANS 8 PERCENT PAY CUT

2. June 2010

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I read an article in a local newspaper about electrical contractors, Local 1 of St Louis, Missouri. They agreed to take over an 8 percent cut in their pay. This is in hopes that it will help with the struggling economy. The last time something like this happened was in 1930 during the Great Depression. I [...]

AMEREN

2. June 2010

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Congress put Toyota on the hot seat for putting profits ahead of public safety, demanding they come before them and explain how they could do such a dishonorable, despicable, horrible thing to their customers. Ameren is a conglomerate utility company located in Missouri and Illinois. My question is, why hasn’t Ameren been called in on the [...]

GOOD BYE HAPPY MEALS

2. June 2010

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Here we go again, now our government wants to take away Happy Meals for the kids. Where is it going to stop? Or is it? Step by step, little by little, law by law, the government is meddling in every aspect of our lives. Right now they are using the excuse that this is all [...]

COAL MINING TRAGEDY IN WEST VIRGINIA

2. June 2010

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As the wife of a coal miner it appalls me when I hear coverage on tragedies like this. The owners of these coal mines come off as if they are doing everything possible to avert tragedies like this. That just is not true. They have excuses and reasons for everything from the reason for the [...]

The Horrors of Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft

2. June 2010

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This is a horror story you can tell while you are sitting around a campfire some day. This is one of the worst crimes on the books, and also one that you will never get any help for. From personal experience I can tell you that there is not a law enforcement agency out there [...]