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Category: Obama
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As a teenager during World War II, I recall vividly how the entire population was involved in the War: my uncle who lived with us was drafted in 1940, my dad was air raid warden on our block, we contributed valuable pennies and dimes to War Stamps and Bonds. There was no escape from the…
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As a longtime radio announcer on a former classical music station here used to say on a cloudy, dreary day as we have this morning, it’s an “introspective day.” My introspection today tells me that President Obama would show real courage by getting our troops OUT of both Afghanistan and Iraq soon, rather than later.…
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I fear for democracy. To survive, a democratic nation needs an educated citizenry and a citizenry that appreciates the values that created that Society. In the USA, we all praise our Founding Fathers (there were no women in the early forming of our government nearly 225 years ago) for setting a vision that has created…
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I can’t help but reflect on how difficult the world is becoming. President Obama is trying his mightiest, but the problems he is trying to resolve seem insurmountable. President Bush left this nation in a terrible state, due largely to two things: our involvement in unwinnable and unnecessary conflicts in the Middle East and a…
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