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What You Don’t Do

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on January 3, 2012 Apathy is the playpen of the devil. If you think you don’t have time to pay attention to politics, you are contributing to the demise of this country. Don’t just blame the … Continue reading

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Privacy Problems

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on January 2, 2012 With more data collected on us in a week than on our grandparents in their lifetimes, technologies like multi-source data aggregation, contextual analysis and Facebook image recognition can reveal addresses, social sercuity … Continue reading

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Theodore Roosevelt Quote

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on January 1, 2012 “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business … Continue reading

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The Fear of the 1%

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 31, 2011 Consider this: is there a problem with dividing the country into the 99%’ers and the 1%’ers? Originally, this divide might have been used to make tax distinctions: tax the highest 1% of … Continue reading

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Wilson Quote

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 30, 2011 “We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled development, and we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments … Continue reading

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Advertising Bashing

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 29, 2011 We need a new way of learning about the people running for office. Do you really know anything about a candidate who puts a one minute “spot” on television? When a candidate … Continue reading

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How In Debt Are We?

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 28, 2011 “To put the numbers in perspective, imagine if your family had an income of $21,700 with no prospect of increasing your pay. Imagine that your bills total $38,200 per year and that … Continue reading

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Make Sure Your Write-in Vote Counts

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 27, 2011 In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a local paper reports: “Diane Skilling, interim chief of the county Board of Elections, said paper ballots provide a write-in option for every office. But “in order for the … Continue reading

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The Meek Will Speak

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 26, 2011 In case the Democrats and Republicans haven’t already proven that they aren’t always acting in our best interests, go ahead and vote for one or the other this coming election. The Republicans … Continue reading

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Does New Hampshire Care?

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on December 24, 2011 Does NH care about the environment? If they do, they would know that environmental regulations CREATE jobs. See this article for specific examples. Do people in NH “believe” in global warming? If … Continue reading

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