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Over the holidays right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh suffered sharp chest pains and was admitted to Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu.  Rush despite his record for clean living (sarcasm intended) did not suffer any real medical emergency and was released a couple of days later.  Upon his release from the hospital, Rush never one to waste an opportunity to look ignorant stated to the press:  "Based on what happened to me here, I don't think...

When I think of Christmas Carols I think of happy songs about time with family or rejoicing the birth of Jesus.  Songs like The Little Drummer Boy, White Christmas, Silent Night, and Frosty the Snowman will always bring me back to my childhood and will hopefully become cherished holiday songs for my young sons.  I feel many of us in this country feel the same way, but apparently not everyone feels the same way.  The right-wing...

The Salvation Army and the Outreach Program Inc., a charity that distributes toys for the Houston Fire Department, are now checking the immigration status of children receiving toys this year.  Both the Salvation Army and the HFD have a long history of charitable action.  I would ring the Christmas bell for the Salvation Army during my college years.  I also try to give to the boot for the Fire Department as well.  These organizations for...

Today's political world is based on "he who pays gets to play".  Corporations have learned that spending money on Washington gets results.  Recent lobbying efforts by the healthcare industry has helped push thru watered down healthcare reform measures that will guarantee an increased customer base without any real protection from price gouging by the insurance companies.  Sure the insurance companies have fought tooth and nail over reform, but they know if reform does pass they...

The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported that the latest unemployment rate is 10.2%.  This represents the highest unemployment rate since the early eighties when the rate hit 10.8%.  The unemployment rate since 1995 has consistently been below 6% (except for a period after 9/11) and Americans have come to expect those types of unemployment rates.  Economists consider a 0% unemployment rate unattainable; rates of 4% to 6% are considered full...