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THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11 – PART TWO (END)
September 11, 2011, marked the tenth anniversary of the worst terrArabist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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YOU GET WHAT YOU CHEER FOR
Texas Governor Rick Perry is shocked–shocked!–that his Tea Party supporters would openly cheer the notion of society’s allowing an uninsured patient to die. Just that happened during the September 12...
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THE MARK OF (HERMAN) CAIN
“Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big banks. If you don’t have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself!” That’s the message that businessman-GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has for...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11 – PART ONE (OF TWO)
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 marks eleven years to the weekday since Islamic terrArabists slammed planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center, killing more than 3,000 Americans. World Trade Center –...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11 – PART TWO (END)
September 11, 2012, marks the eleventh anniversary of the worst terrArabist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But...
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TAXING CRIMINALS FOR REVENUES: PART ONE (OF TWO)
The power of slumlords throughout the Nation calls to mind the scene in the 1987 movie, The Untouchables, where Sean Connery’s veteran cop tells Eliot Ness: “Everybody knows where the liquor is. It’s...
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WHY REGULAR JOBS PROGRAMS DON’T WORK
Imagine this: A future President seeks to disband the FBI—and offer bribes to career criminals to not rob, rape and murder. And to sell his proposal, he chooses as his slogan: “Let criminals be...
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HELL IN “THE RENTERS’ PARADISE”: PART ONE (OF THREE)
To hear slumlords tell it, San Francisco is a “renters’ paradise,” where obnoxious, lazy, rent-evading tenants constantly take advantage of hard-working, put-upon landlords. Don’t believe it. And in...
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HELL IN “THE RENTERS’ PARADISE”: PART TWO (OF THREE)
The “war on drugs” has some valuable lessons to teach the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI) which is charged with protecting tenants against predatory landlords. Consider: At least...
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HELL IN THE “RENTERS’ PARADISE”: THREE (END)
Slumlords would have everyone believe that San Francisco is a “renters’ paradise.” A place where hard-working landlords are routinely taken advantage of by rent-avoiding bums who want to be constantly...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART ONE (OF THREE)
It’s that time of year again–yet another anniversary celebration of September 11, 2001. Yes, today marks 12 years after Islamic terrArabists slammed planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center,...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2013, marked the 12th anniversary of the worst terrArabist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART THREE (END)
Colonel Brandt: “I wonder what we’ll do after we lose the war.” Captain Kiesel: “Prepare for the next one.” –”The Cross of Iron,” film by Sam Peckinpah On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush...
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THE DOOM OF MEN
In ”Excalibur,” director John Boorman’s brilliant 1981 telling of the King Arthur legends, Merlin warns Arthur’s knights–and us: “For it is the doom of men that they forget.” Not so Steven Pressfield,...
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WHY THE POOR SUPPORT THE RICH: PART ONE (OF TWO)
On July 22, 2011, the Pew Foundation, analyzing voter identification, found that the GOP had gained strength among white voters, most specifically “the young and poor.” A seven-point Democratic...
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WHY THE POOR SUPPORT THE RICH: PART TWO (END)
Republicans have long tried to prevent or eliminate programs that aid the poor and middle-class, including: Social Security – since it began in 1935 Medicare – since it began in 1965 Food stamps –...
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THE UNINDICTED AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART ONE (OF THREE)
September 11, 2015, will mark the 14th anniversary of the greatest act of terrorism on American soil. As that tragedy recedes ever further into the past, its impact on Americans continues to wane....
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THE UNINDICTED AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2015, marks the 14th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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THE UNINDICTED AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART THREE (END)
Colonel Brandt: “I wonder what we’ll do after we lose the war.” Captain Kiesel: “Prepare for the next one.” –-“The Cross of Iron,” film by Sam Peckinpah On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush...
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THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS SUFFICIENT: PART ONE (OF TWO)
You don’t ever have to frame anybody, because the truth is always sufficient. –Willie Stark, in All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren When one politician wants to truly hurt another, the weapon of...
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