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I was watching an episode of "Cops" and a sergeant was telling his officers before they went out into the field to remember that it's 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. It dawned on me that this was life itself. I try to remember that as

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Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 US elections 2008: Comparing Senator Obama to Senator McCain: 1 of 18
The best way to examine Obama is to contrast him to the person he may run against, McCain. 1. McCain has a 20 year track record of bringing Dems and Republicans together, in fact, he is considered the most accomplished politician in Washington for doing this. -Obama has absolutely no track record of bringing people from both... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) Technology and the future of the military: 1 of 6
An idea to improve combat efficiency for our ground forces' operations, as well as provide a solution to the upcoming challenge of securing our borders here at home. It is a surveillance/weapons system like the predator with a hellfire. However this system may be more practical and useful in many ways than the Predator or Gl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Reflections: 'One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist' as a false statement: 1 of 5
You may have heard the utterly obtuse slogan- "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." This is so dumb it's breathtaking. A true freedom fighter seeks to MINIMIZE civilian casualties. A terrorist seeks to MAXIMIZE civilian casualties. That is how you tell the difference between them, anytime, anywhere. However... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Broken love: 60 of 277
A SELF MADE WIDOW Instead of fix problems you'd rather see them fester In the court of sense you are the jester For yourself and others you have not a shred of piety You are the wizard in the court of anxiety You are a master of causing undue strife In the court of back-stabbing you're a herald with a knife You are a killer,... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) A look at Obama's decision to ban torture: 6 of 20
President Obama's position on torture is clear. By his decree, the United States will no longer torture captured terrorists, it is against "our values". My question is: Since when is self defense against our values? One thing I've noticed about Obama (from his obtuse denial of the utility of the surge strategy in Iraq and su... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy Ideas for improving the United States education system: 31 of 99
This is a revolutionary idea to reform and enhance the education system in our country. Every child in grade school, all the way up to grade 12, should have an electronic tablet which is called a "Virtual Teacher". Where these tablets will come from, including the money to make them, is addressed further in this proposal. Bu... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology How the people are lost in the extremes of 'right' and 'left' in politics: Toward a lost 'middle': 13 of 40
Why is it that far left folks, especially creative types, like actor Tim Robbins or Sean Penn, never cried out publicly about the mass slaughter and torture of innocent Iraqis during Saddam's reign, but immediately ooze sympathy for innocent Iraqis caught in the crossfire of the war from it's outset? Why seemingly are they s... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 US elections 2008: Obama's radical "baggage": Rev. Wright and the 1960s radicals: 5 of 13
Some supporters of Obama say he did not empathize with or relate to the teachings of Black Liberation and Rev. Wright. It was simply necessary for him to be a part of that church and even associate with the likes of Bill Ayers because that was and is the political environment of Chicago. That would of course make Obama a pol... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders US elections 2008: Decoding Obama's appeal: 6 of 12
He says he didn't know for 20 years what his spiritual mentor's crazy world views were (and wasn't curious enough to ask). He didn't know that he was fund-raising in an unrepentant terrorist's living room (when everybody else in Chicago did). He didn't know Resko was a crook (Obama now admits he entered into a real estate tr... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders Is Obama up to the job?: 9 of 12
Obama is a sociopath, and therefore not up to the job of leader of the free world. Any reasonable, intelligent and ethical person would agree that, whether or not we should have invaded Iraq, once we were there, we had an obligation to leave it a better place. We should not just remove a tyrannical government and then leave ... More..