mikkie on June 14th, 2009

When I watch the news these days, I don’t even recognize my country. Daily, new policies and new edicts from the White House appear to be systematically dismantling the country I grew up in. I feel disenfranchised, pushed out of my American home and lifestyle. Frankly, I feel betrayed by our leadership and appalled that [...]

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mikkie on April 19th, 2009

I think people have just lost their damn minds. A quick search of “murder-suicide” on MSNBC turned up an overabundance of stories on the subject – at least six of which within the last month have included the murder of children. People are killing their entire families (and in one case, even the family pets!) at [...]

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mikkie on April 10th, 2009

Like thousands (if not millions) of other Americans, I struggle to make ends meet. I have a job that I enjoy and that pays me a decent salary and I’m able to pay my bills on time each month, but that status will only continue if nothing happens that requires a large outlay of cash [...]

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mikkie on March 15th, 2009

In January, President Obama warned that we were facing “a crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime” and that recession “could linger for years and the unemployment rate reach double digits” if nothing is done. He predicted trillion-plus budget deficits “for years to come.”
We were all scared. We panicked and battened down the [...]

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