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01.20.09

Oh won’t we miss the glory days of George W. Bush as the President of the United States. Nearing the end of his second term, Bush’s approval ratings are setting all-time records. His international reputation is continuing to increase in the direction it has for the past few years. And yet, sadly, his last day in office will be the first day of change for the United States of America. January 20th, 2009 could not come a day sooner. Hopefully you were catching on to the sarcasm in my tone above. ...

The Transition

. With the election decided, President-Elect Barack Obama has a long road ahead of him. Walking into a deep hole, one that has been dug deep the past eight years, Obama has outlined and already begun work on bringing change to this country. Cabinet positions are being discussed, and Congress is already being called upon to enact legislation that will jump start the Obama administration’s efforts. Obama is the first President to be declared a technology junky. He carries his BlackBerry everywhe...

Change Is Possible

Developing story... Check out the Digg widget on the Social Interaction section [Linked] in the time being for top stories. -------------------- If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never...

An Outcry for Regulation

With the economy in shambles, for the past seven years we have seen gasoline prices rise uncontrollably, and somewhat unexplainably at the pumps. It’s been no secret that oil prices are in large part based upon speculation and future forecasting. It’s also been no secret that when barrels of oil are sold at rising prices, those rises are exponentially reflected at the pumps almost immediately - though the gas you are pumping was sold and refined on average of a few weeks prior. It takes a minimu...