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bhfrik stands for bald headed freak. I work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, in customer service for a major corporation. If you read something I've put out there, it was written in between calls from disgruntled customers all around the nation... so just keep

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Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Will Al Gore bid for 2008 and could he do it?: 1 of 27

We are faced with two questions while considering a possible bid by Al Gore for the Presidency. Will Gore run and can he win? The first part of this equation is the most difficult. Gore has already tasted life in the White House and it is evident that his experience as Vice President did not dissuade him from wishing to make...
Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History The Battle of Gettysburg: Why did Robert E. Lee order Pickett's Charge?: 1 of 15

General Robert E. Lee V.S. General James Longstreet. In the annals of great historical 'what ifs', the debate between these two Confederate generals on the third day of Gettysburg provides a plethora of possibilities, starry eyed predictions if this or that contingency were altered ever so slightly, and thunderous recriminat...
Politics, News & Issues > Homeland Security Why our security and safety is in danger: 4 of 17

If you watch the news on any sort of regular basis, you have grown accustomed to the periodic hair raising alarms coming from the Department of Homeland Security and sundry other government agencies. Just a few days ago the Director of DHS raised an alarm, calling for everyone to be worried about a terrorist attack this summ...
Sports & Recreation > Football (Other) Basic offensive football plays everyone should know: 2 of 7

Let me set the following scene which every home who has a 'mans man' football fan and a television should recognize immediately. The man of the house leans forward in his chair while the little lady (let me apologize to the women folk out there, I'm just trying to nail the flavor of this scene) is sitting back in the sofa, t...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Does the US have a moral obligation to stay in Iraq until peace is secured?: 11 of 28

Ask yourself this simple question. Is the war in Iraq a moral or immoral endeavor. From my perspective the war in Iraq is immoral, so I weigh in on the no side of this question. Why do I consider this an immoral war? The stated reason for starting the war is now proven wrong, the logic and methods by which this nation was ta...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace What is the difference between WWII and what we face today: 12 of 18

There are two aspects of a society at war which affect that society as a whole. The domestic and the military aspects. In both regards the current global "war on terror" and WWII have few similarities, (one notable similarity was the wave of patriotism which swept the nation immediately following Pearl Harbor and 9/11) but t...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona claims that Bush suppressed vital health information during his presidency: 2 of 3

Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona's testimony to a Congressional panel really should scare the poop out of normal people. Administration koolaid drinkers will probably feel heartened, but what Dr. Carmona testifies he experienced as the Surgeon General of the Bush administration sounds like what we would hear from a Nor...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Dr. Jack Kevorkian and the right to die debate: 14 of 19

Before I launch into my defense of doctor assisted suicide let me disclose that I hail from the state of Oregon. We are the only state in which the voters have passed a law allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives in a time and place of their own choosing. The law has been challenged and sustained in ...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Terrorism Are we safer now than we were immediately after 9/11, or have we just been lucky?: 37 of 44

Safe or lucky since 9/11 leaves out the option I would choose if given the opportunity. I am writing on the lucky side simply because it appears to be the side for people who are not enthralled with the Bush administration's response to 9/11. This question apparently deals exclusively with incidents of terrorism on American ...
Pets & Animals > Cats (Other) Interesting cat facts: 6 of 7

The journal Science has published a study tracing the "domestication" of the common house cat to about 10,000 years ago. Every type of house cat known is descended from one of four females in a species of wild cat still present in the Middle East. The authors of the study believe that rather than mankind domesticating the ca...