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Syrian Step Solution For The West To Consider To Help The Syrian People

Syrian Step Solution For The West To Consider To Help The Syrian People

Proposal:  NATO or United Nations should perform an invasion of Port of Latakia in Syria  for the following purposes: The current Syrian administration has tried hard to keep this part of their country secure.  Many of the current political and military administration have homes in this city.  This city has taken over a significant portion of the economy and thus functions to support this. Send a powerful message that the western world is in this conflict, wants the current administration…

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November 2010 Election Result Reflections

November 2010 Election Result Reflections

Let me examine some factors that might be behind some of the November 2010 election results.  When I say “behind” I actually mean a bit more behind and less apparent. A very big concern voiced from many corners was the huge government spending which resulted in the Republican party making significant gains.  The American public was close to being incensed in seeing it’s government spending huge amounts of the peoples money on huge projects some of which at times appeared…

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Letter to LA Times, June 2010, Subject is California Primary Election Results.

Letter to LA Times, June 2010, Subject is California Primary Election Results.

The day after the last California election I looked through my LA Times print edition to find the election results.   Where was the results buried?  It is most frustrating that I can easily  find sports scores but not political scores. Do you have to be told why newspaper subscriptions are falling?  I will thus tell you.  It is because newspaper management, at times, is not capable of realizing and thus meeting the needs of its customers.  I think this arrogance…

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Donkeys dyed to look like zebras – news story, Oct. 2009.

Donkeys dyed to look like zebras – news story, Oct. 2009.

Evidently donkeys at Marah Land Zoo in Gaza City were dyed with black stripes because real zebras would be too expensive to bring to Gaza. Let me spin this topic a bit from its original meaning and then turn it back upon itself. I love to drink zebras.  The coffee store, I seem to frequent, simply has such strong coffee that I had to drink mocha’s to keep from having my eyes well up with tears due to the strong…

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WSJ Article – Reflections From Surviving Law Firm

WSJ Article – Reflections From Surviving Law Firm

Prompted by a Wall Street  Journal article Monday, January 26, 2009, front page title “Recession  Batters Law Firms, Triggering Layoffs, Closings”, I sent off an e-mail to a  law firm in San Bernardino County to elicit a response.  Here are some  bullet points: “Yes, a lot of firms are suffering.  The ones doing  the worst are the LARGE firm,s, with 600 $ + per hour rates, and the mega  clients who would write checks to them without a thought and…

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