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In order for us to go forward we must quit trying to pretend the past was always better.

Is it just me or do a lot of folks want to go backwards instead of forwards? As a youngster I did not have a wonderful peachy keen childhood. It was a life filled with many struggles, worries, discomforts and failures.

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Poll: Is Apple Screwed without Steve Jobs?

To me, the headlining news of the day today was not the hurricane bearing down on my home, nor the cleanup of the devastation left by the earthquake yesterday (estimated to be in the $0.10 range), nor the reports on the highest-earning celebrity couples.

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Should NV get out of the race?

Of course Newsvine is free to advertise for anyone who pays for an ad, but wouldn't it be better for the wider Newsvine community if they didn't throw their support behind one candidate or another by advertising for them? As a liberal leaning 'Viner who does try to be fair, I'd l …

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What about the front runner?

American politics may always be the same old and tired game, but it never gets boring. This go around, it seems we have a new phenomenon: the invisible front-runner.

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Poll: Is the Government to Blame for Another Recession?

Fortunately for many citizens, the economy rebounded today and stocks rose sharply to cover the enormous losses from yesterday, caused by the S&P's downgrade of the American economy.

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An Open Letter To Standard and Poor Concerning The Recent Downgrade of Our Nation's Credit Rating

 To: Standard and Poor Financial Services (a McGraw Hill corporation)  Credit Ratings Agency  From: Concerned Citizen(s) of The United States Re: Your recent downgrade of our nation's credit rating.  To Whom It May Concern,  After review of your rece …

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As Usual, Government Wants ME to Deal with Their Problems

This debt deal doesn't really affect me in any sort of way immediately. Whatever your concerns may be, they are totally irrelevant to me.

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Opinion: The Tea Party is Damaging America

I suffer from Tea Party envy. There is little about the actual party I like and there are some members I abhor, but I am jealous of its sense of purpose, its determination and its bracing conviction that it is absolutely right.

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