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Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms Catholics: Is it time for women priests: 1 of 9

Excommunicate Me Too! Growing up in the Catholic Church, and having been indoctrinated into the teachings of the only door to Heaven possible, I grew up fearing that anything I did could send me to an immediate and fiery eternity of damnation and torture. This belief stayed with me as I entered my teen years, but I began to ... More..
Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) How to rent DVDs online: 1 of 8

The Best Of The Best It's a Sunday afternoon with overcast skies, not really a conducive atmosphere to jet off to the movie theater. Bored with cable television and not willing to pay $3.99 a pop for pay per view movies, what's a body to do? In this day and age we of course turn to the internet, due to the various web sites ... More..
Health & Fitness > Nicotine Dependence An objective look at smoking bans: 2 of 15

Leave My Cigarettes Alone! From The Bat Cave There are currently 124,273 American farms, in 23 states on which tobacco is grown. Altogether, the combined total of U.S. production of tobacco products comes out to 487 billion cigarettes, 2.5 billion large cigars and cigarillos, 14.2 million pound of pipe and roll-your-own toba... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Fighting homelessness: 2 of 14

America's Most Compassionate City Using a criteria based on several factors, such as a population of 250,000 or more, services available per capita, quality of services, and access to services, I have come up with America's Most Compassionate City. It's not a city that most would think of in this day and age of made up divis... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Explaining the national budget: 2 of 14

The President Lost His Mind Over The Weekend From The Bat Cave While everyone in the country was watching the Super Bowl or preparing for today's critical primary and caucus votes, the President of the United States was busy plotting the destruction of our country. Attempting to sneak his 3.1 trillion dollar budget proposal ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Views on George Bush: 11 of 73

Bush's Policy: Steal From The Poor Perusing the major stories making headlines in the world today, a story caught my eye that should make every American with one iota of compassion in their souls shrink back in horror. The headline read, " Bush Urges Permanent Social Security Benefit Cuts" The entire gist of the story is how... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Europe Reflections: Russian intervention and the conflict in South Ossetia, Georgia: 2 of 13

Was Russian/Georgian War McCain's Doing? If this were a trial, and John McCain and his advisers, including Randy Scheunemann, the McCain campaign guru who is the founder of Orion Strategies, the lobbying firm for the country of Georgia were the defendants of that trial, for criminal conspiracy,there would be enough circumsta... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study How to judge a false prophet by the Bible: 2 of 13

And By Their Fruit I Shall Know Them These few words spoken by Jesus should be all the knowledge required to be able to discern between the false prophet and the ones who truly can lay claim to the title of Christian. There were no caveats to this statement, something that said unless you claim to be a leader of politics or ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Memorial Day: 2 of 13

The Empty Seat At The BBQ Hot dogs and chicken wings. Pork ribs, shish kabobs, burgers and roasted corn. The endless array of delectable dishes whipped up today by Americans grateful to have an extra day off of work, will be cooked over the traditional coals of many a backyard or public park BBQ pit. Oh, the joy in the eyes ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Views on President Bush: 6 of 38

Mr. Bush, A Moment Of Your Time Sir! Watching three of the five largest investment banks in America either collapse or be bailed out to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, it crossed my mind today that this very same White House has time and time again slashed the piddly little budgets for the most vulnerable Americ... More..