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  1. jimby82

    barry now repeating Depression-era mistakes

    Yep. We would do well to heed what has befallen prior civilizations. (see Rome for starters) We are no different. It would be highly presumptions on our part to think we are somehow "different" or "special" and those things that have happened before can't or won't happen to us. History DOES...
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    barry now repeating Depression-era mistakes

    The trouble is, History is taught in schools, but it is a watered down "version" full of revisionist theories and "half-truths" The "Progressives" saved us from the terrible "Robber Barons". FDR saved us from the Great Depression with his alphabet soup of government agencies and social...
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    Bailout coming to you? (Conditions may apply)

    Just looking at Fox's website just now. These two stories appeared together near the top in the headlines. Taken together, this can't be good. Obama Administration to Order Steep Pay Cuts for Bailed-Out Companies - Political News - FOXNews.com Obama to Expand Bailout to Small Businesses -...
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    CA want to control how you watch TV...

    At some point there won't be anyone left in Kalifornia to even watch TV. You mess too much with the "invisible hand" and eventually you will get smacked!:D
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    Opps...did I say that!?!?

    Actually, I'm glad he hasn't taken any action on some of them!
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    Busy Yesterday?

    Wow, there sure were a lot of you out there on US 30 and I 75 yesterday! (Wednesday Oct 14, 2009). My son and I took a trip from Upper Sandusky, Oh to Middletown, Oh and back, and I don't think I have ever seen so many expediters on the road. I have been making this trip about every month since...
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    Obama wins Nobel peace prize

    I just saw that headline on one of the news sites. Thought I had been redirected to The Onion.:D Wow. As if it wasn't already a joke with some of their past winners. (Gore, Carter, The UN, Arafat)
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    McDonalds are (almost) everywhere!

    Thought this was interesting: Where The Buffalo Roamed Weather Sealed The map is pretty cool looking. Hard to get away these days!
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    College Football

    2125 - Who's crying now?
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    College Football

    2124 days ago. = Last time UofM beat the BUCKEYES! Yes I realize that will probably come back to haunt me, but it sure is fun saying! :D GO BUCKS!
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    Bmi

    Read somewhere that in his heyday, Arnold Schwarzenegger's BMI would have been around 34!
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    College Football

    Lifelong Buckeye fan. We Should have beat USC but we did not. Just did not get the job done. They won, we lost. Not crying about it. If they are one of the best teams in the country, then we should have a very good year. Time will tell.
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    email/pm question

    Left click the user name in the post (upper left hand corner). A menu will appear. Click "Send a private message to XXXXXX"
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    Public trust in US media eroding: Pew study

    Here's a good example for you. No wonder we don't trust them like we used to. (We know better): ACORN Story Grows But Mainstream Media Refuse to Cover It - FOXNews.com IF the mainstream media would have given Watergate this little attention, Nixon would have probably served out his 2nd term...
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    Microsoft Streets and Trips?

    Moderator, moderator.... clean-up in aisle 4.
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    Parental Approved Skip Day

    "The Speech" will not be televised at our school today. Busy trying to educate the students. Little enough time to do that as it is.
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    New jobless claims dip less than expected to 570,000

    Just depends on who is in office at the time. I remember last year right before the election, jobless claims passed 500,000 for the first time. You would have thought the wheels were coming off by listening to the MSM. I think unemployment was at about 6% then? Ah, the good 'ole days. Only...
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    Low Clearance Solutions

    And here is a timely piece: Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com Just makes you wonder what the driver was thinking.
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    August Location

    Stuck at work in beautiful northwest Ohio. Spending the day setting up even more computers. School starts Wednesday. So much fun. :rolleyes: The eldest daughter went back to school yesterday (BGSU). The other two start their senior year this week. The nest will soon be empty. Hopefully by this...
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