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I am a retired TV Photojournalist with 25 years experience starting in the early 60's until the late 80's. I left television when it changed from Edward R. Murrow's "Harvest of Shame" to Martha Stewart's "Harvest of Fame." After television I became a Poker

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Society & Lifestyle > Economic Values Money cannot buy happiness and love: 93 of 140
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you the misery you enjoy most.' It's an old joke, but studies show money can buy happiness, and it's obvious money can rent you love. As the madam says "What a business. You got it. You sell it. You still got it." In his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" Abraham Maslow pr... More..
Hobbies & Games > Card Games Your reactions to the online poker law in the US: 8 of 12
WTO,INTERNET GAMBLING, ANTIGUA TWO, U.S. ZIP The World Trade Organization has once again ruled United States laws prohibiting Internet gambling is a violation of WTO rules by trying to prevent Americans from participating in online gambling. The case was brought before the WTO by the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua in 2004 ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Card Games Evaluating Daniel Negreanu as a poker expert: 2 of 3
Poker players like golfers can be divided into three catagorize, duffers, good players, and the very best like Tiger Woods and the top players on the PGA circuit. In poker, Daniel Negreanu is one of the best of the best. Negreanu was born in Toronto Canada July 26, 1974, and began playing poker in High School. He dropped out... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Should America attack Iran?: 46 of 65
Iran may be one of the "The Axis of Evil" but there is no chance the U.S. will attack that country. The only ones predicting we will attack are those who oppose the Bush administration. They are setting up a "Straw Man" for political advantage. Some believe we can neutralize Iran's nuclear program through surgical air strike... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology American liberalism and the Democratic party critiqued: 28 of 39
NEW MEXICO GET READY, A PLAGUE A COMMIN The once great State of Colorado is being overrun by a horde of Californians fleeing that state's big government and odious regulations. They may be fine folks, unfortunately, like Typhoid Mary they are disease carriers, infected with the Big Government Virus they are fleeing. As soon ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US News Virginia Tech shooting: Should America ban firearms?: 39 of 52
The Virginia Tech shooting was a tragedy, and like most gun related tragedies the anti gun forces go into full moon mode', howling for more gun control. Emotion trumps logic, and they know it. The only way gun control can work is if a Genie suddenly appears, snaps his fingers, and, POOF, all the firearms on the planet disapp... More..
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House: In over her head?: 6 of 8
Pelosi's Democracy: One nation, two governments, two State Departments. "We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from the president that he was ready to resume the peace process," Nancy Pelosi The Democratic Party, not content with winning control of Congress, has now set up it's own State Department. One of i... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq How to end the war in Iraq: 26 of 33
"The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. All influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision." - Carl von Clausewitz This is the situation we face today in Ir... More..
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Commentary: NY Governor Spitzer and the prostitution scandal: 49 of 61
"What a Business. You got it. You Sell it. You still got it." Unknown Madam Ok! The State of New York had a Governor who could afford to pay too much for a Hooker. Big deal! He is a Politician and Politicians always spend too much for everything. if you don't believe that look at the Federal budget Former Secretary of State ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Assessing the limits of democracy: 20 of 24
In a pure Democracy, all citizens vote on every decision made by the society. This was the system adopted by ancient Athens. Even then it was necessary to have someone to make the day-to-day decisions. Democracy is realistic only in small homogenous societies. What we have in The United States and most of the western world a... More..