mikkie on September 18th, 2009

Obama campaigned on a platform of hope and change – well, he’s definitely following through on the “change” part, anyway. He’s changing the foundations of this country in a headlong rush that can’t possibly be good – such a huge undertaking should be given serious thought and planning, since it will affect so many people [...]

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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 May 4th, 2009

Well, it appears that the latest hyper-reaction to current events is quieting down somewhat, and it looks like we just might survive another onslaught of deadly disease that was supposed to wipe out a significant percentage of the population.
I think the press and television media are as responsible for the swine flu panic as anyone [...]

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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 January 10th, 2009

I’m not a believer in all this “global warming” mania. People focus on the last hundred years or so and act like Chicken Little, crying that the sky is falling. What they’re failing to understand is that there have been periods of alternate warming and cooling throughout the earth’s history, LONG before humans were making [...]

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