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Written by Sean
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
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For those of you who don't know me I work in the food industry. This means that I deal with OSHA, FDA, USDA, and other government acronyms. But something rather disturbing has occurred that truly scares me in a way that none of these agencies ever had. The state of Florida is buying U.S. Sugar for $1.7 billion. |
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Written by Jay Edgar
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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It seems more like he recorded this on his own and a Ron Paul supporter used it in a Ron Paul video. RIP George.
Note: some foul language.
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Written by Jay Edgar
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
Wealth, and the desire to preserve it, is what drives citizens of rich nations to demand an increasingly punitive justice system
by George Monbiot
Published on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 by The Guardian/UK
Written from the point of view of the United Kingdom.
As ever, Britain appears to be chasing the United States. In both
absolute and relative terms, the US’s prison population is the highest
on earth: 1% of its adult population is behind bars. This is five times
our preposterous rate and six times Turkey’s. It is over twice the rate
of the nearest contender, South Africa. If you count the people under
community supervision or on probation, the total rises to more than 7
million, or 3.1% of the adult population (all references are on my
website). Black men who failed to complete high school in the US have a
60% chance of ending up in jail. I feel I need to say that again: 60%
of unqualified African-American men go to prison. It’s beginning to
look as if the state has stopped imprisoning individuals and started
locking up a social class. Is this what we aspire to?
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Written by Sean
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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Solar panel installation companies are laying off workers and NJ residents are waiting years for solar panels to be installed on and around their homes. Why? Because NJ has a rebate program to promote clean energy but they don't have the money to back it up. These installation companies have to wait years to get checks for work that they are doing and they can't afford to install solar panels and not get paid for their work. There are over 700 applications for solar power rebates still backlogged and now NJ is going to have to pull the plug on the program. And it gets even worse... they are funding this failed program with a tax on every one's utility bill! So as the price of oil is going up the NJ government is trying to promote clean energy use by making electricity more expensive? This does not compute!
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Written by Sean
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 |
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Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) authored the most recent bill that modified NJ's current housing policies. It passed in the senate yesterday by a vote of 21-16. One of these changes was to stop municipalities from paying poor cities to take on the burden of offering affordable housing on their behalf. Half of these Democratic senators must be in the pocket of the developers because that is the only reason I can think of behind these types of bills.
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Written by Sean
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
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The City of Newark is spending $9,300 to offer etiquette classes to its citizens. This is the kind of absurdity that is hard to laugh at. Not only is this an insult to the people of Newark but also a wanton waste of taxpayers' money that could go to something much more useful and necessary. Table manners will not help add jobs to the city of Newark.
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