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Russ February 3, 2009 Why Republicans Blame Democrats For Taxing And Spending

I had an interesting thought as to why Republicans always blame Democrats for taxing and spending like mad...In my life, I have been witness to the Republican Presidents of my 30 years who take a surplus, cut taxes (more for the rich), increase military spending dramatically, and then our country's ......Continued...>>>

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Russ February 5, 2009 It's Possible I Could Have The Hantavirus

So I know I'm just being paranoid, but so you know I set a mouse trap the other day and killed a mouse/rat. Well now I'm getting a cold and a friend (Tim) got me all paranoid that it could be the hantavirus: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/ which is pretty scary stuff...The bad part is the fac......Continued...>>>

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Sonya February 6, 2009 Our Dwindling Male Workforce

I was listening to NPR on my way to the gym this morning when I heard more news about the job losses. Most of the job cuts are positions held by men. Apparently, if this continues, we will have a women dominated workforce for the first time in history. Now if women could just make the same average e......Continued...>>>

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Russ February 10, 2009 Just Signed Into the Biggest Debt of Our Lives Thus Far...

So today, at 2:30pm Russ and Sonya signed the documents putting them into the biggest financial responsibility of their lives so far. That's right, we are now days away from being first time home owners! We're so close! In days we get the key and can move in!......Continued...>>>

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Russ February 10, 2009 The Economic Stimulus Plan Helps Who Again Now...?

So a couple weeks ago, amidst our adventure of buying our first home, Sonya and I found out that there's a program in place to help stir up the housing market which provides a $7,500 15yr interest-free loan to first time home buyers! This loan works like this: if you buy a house between April 9th 20......Continued...>>>

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Sonya February 13, 2009 Kill Everybody?!?

I saw this post from my friend Mason through Myspace. It is a video of an American soldier, Darrell Anderson, sharing his experience of the Iraq war starting from his life situation prior to the military. He explains how he realized that the reasons he was sent to the war were all lies. He also expl......Continued...>>>

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Russ February 17, 2009 Colorado Woos California Businesses Like Pitiless Gigolo

Check this article: coloradoindependent.com/21664/colorado-woos-california-businesses-like-pitiless-gigolosCalifornia is facing some major problems in the coming years. Our inability to balance our budget coupled with the already extremely expensive cost of living and high tax rates is making compan......Continued...>>>

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