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Care, attention bring decision

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During a recent outing with my family we ended up discussing the upcoming presidential election. I heard one of them say that the only way we will ever accomplish anything is if Republicans and Democrats work together. Even George Washington himself warned us about dividing into political parties. I dislike talking about politics because it leads ... [Read More…]

Spin doctors for president

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I don't pretend to be an expert on politics. I'm pretty ignorant and apathetic like most college students. But I think the reason I'm so disenchanted with it all is because what I want is honesty. Transparency. I want candidates to be utterly truthful to us. And I'm just not seeing that happen. During the debates, several websites fact check what ... [Read More…]

Can’t we all just get along?

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I'm not a Democrat. Or Republican. I think politicians are overpaid and don't fulfill their promises. Instead of watching the debates and the candidate's inspirational promotional videos, I prefer to watch the Bad Lip Reading versions of these videos on Youtube. I don't agree with President Obama about a lot of his political agendas and views. I ... [Read More…]

Issues over ‘left’ or ‘right’

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Politics is something that we can never escape. It is always around us. Some of us just accept what we hear. Instead of actually looking deeper at the candidates and researching what they believe, we make up our minds on who we are voting for purely on what we hear about them from others. When I was younger I was one of those people. I would ... [Read More…]

Political ads favor attack over platform

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In a recent debate, presidential nominee Mitt Romney told the moderator "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually I like you, too. But I'm not going to - I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for." Though Mitt Romney spoke only a few ... [Read More…]

Baldness no longer my schoolyard bully

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When I was young, I thought I was going to go bald. It started with a conversation I overheard when I was six. My Mom was talking to a lady at church about my hair. I had very impossible, curly hair. "Kids usually lose their curly hair when they get older though," my Mom said. Of course she was referring to the fact that hair loses its curl, but ... [Read More…]

Science proves ‘Jurassic Park’ an impossible dream

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Nothing is cooler than dinosaurs. They ruled the planet for millions of years, then, mysteriously, they all died. But they left all of their awesome bones in the desert for us to find and daydream about. As a kid, nothing captured my imagination as much as the movie Jurassic Park. It was the perfect movie. They brought dinosaurs back to life, ... [Read More…]

Fashion advice for the changing seasons

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Wal-mart has been promoting Halloween decorations for about a month and a half. And you can't go anywhere near a coffee shop these days without being bombarded by pumpkin-flavored this or that. It must be mid-October. For most people in this country, it means the leaves change to red, orange and yellow and shorts can be put away until March. It ... [Read More…]

Apparently, everything is like Facebook

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Remember when we tackled that MySpace trailer talking about its new design and such? Well, the next week Facebook decided to release their own commercial, if you can call it that. Coming out just after their announcement of 1 billion active users, it could easily be read as a battle cry to claim the other 5 billion on this planet. Let's start with ... [Read More…]

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