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The mainstream music industry has outlived its usefulness. The cost of creating albums is now so low, artists can do it themselves. And this means better music for fans.

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Halloween is often an excuse for women to wear lots of makeup and little clothing. Some of us men, however, appreciate more, ahem, sophisticated kinds of sexiness. So ladies, for this Halloween The Seminal provides some original suggestions for costumes, for next year.

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I just received the most pathetic email I've ever seen come out of a political campaign. It came, of course, from the Clinton campaign.

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How can any politician, Democrat or Republican, tell Studs Terkel telecoms deserve immunity when he says, "By revealing the truth in a public forum, the American people will have the facts to play their historic, heroic role in putting our nation back on the path toward freedom.

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Then do something about it. The FCC is holding a rare public hearing tomorrow. Show up and tell them how bad America's media really is.

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Bill Richardson's plan for Iraq hews closely to an anti-war viewpoint. It's well thought out, and its international solutions in particular make a lot of sense. There should be no arguments about whether this plan is a progressive one, only whether it will work as advertised.

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Calling a country like Iran a direct threat to the existence of the United States is silly and going on like that from the bully pulpit of the presidency is, at the least, irresponsible.

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The lack of freedom in that country is unacceptable to Bush and he decided he could no longer stand idly by and let tame economic sanctions keep Cubans from enjoying liberty. So, he took decisive action and encouraged stricter sanctions.

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The new children's health care bill submitted by House Democrats will cover the same number of kids & cost the same amount of money as the original, which failed under Republican pressure.

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Venezuela is one of the largest whiskey consumers in the world, Hummers are increasingly popular, and breast implant surgeries are on the rise. President Chavez sees shame in all these trends.

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A soft partition of Iraq, if imposed by the U.S., could never be successful. In fact, a partition of Iraq is something almost no Iraqis support.

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All you need do is obtain a nuclear weapon and you'll be rolling in cash, favors, and prestige. This is the message the U.S. and others in the so-called "first world" are sending. Get a nuke and we'll take you seriously.

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With large percentages of taxes to the military and farm subsidies, the bulk of the hard-working, tax-paying electorate feels like they are getting a raw deal.

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Invite them to peace talks. If they refuse a two-state solution, what would we lose? But if they agree, we may be able to resolve one of the two most destabilizing situations in the Middle East.

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It's also homophobic. Another one of the million reasons government officials and hip hop don't mix.

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Florida Elections Expert Dan McCrea: "Florida is doing a fresh round of business with the same vendors who sold us the last round of failed equipment, before most counties have even finished paying for it."

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At writing, wildfires in Southern California have burned over 420,000 acres, destroyed over 1,100 homes, and displaced nearly a million people.

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The Dallas city council is declaring a war on "sagging." Not sagging wages or quality of life.

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On October 27th in five cities around the country, concerned citizens will be protesting dressed like they are going to the most important job interview of their life. The message is simple. We are intelligent. We are organized.

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Really, enough with this fairy tale already. The Bush Administration began collecting phone and e-mail data without a warrant and/or began eavesdropping on US citizens inside the country without a warrant before the attacks of September 11.

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Right, left...how often do we think about what political labels really mean? Does a spectrum or quadrant really represent your political views? Or is it time to rethink these labels?

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Is education, by itself, an element of social change? Does it dramatically change the landscape of American society? No, no it does not. I won't deny that having an education makes you smarter, more perceptive, and possibly more critical, but all that stuff is for yourself.

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How do you make government programs effectively meaningless without refusing to fund them? Easy. Just appoint people to run them whose philosophies are in direct contradiction to the purposes of the programs.

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What would you say if I told you America has one of the best public school systems in the world? You might think I'm nuts? However, the overwhelming majority of pubic school haters haven't stepped foot in a public school in years.

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Use the Internet to Save the Internet. Comcast is violating the principles of Net Neutrality. Contact them today and tell them you will switch ISPs if they don't honor Net Neutrality.