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"Agencies serving the homeless in Eaton County will attempt to count every homeless man, woman, and child in the county on July

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Posted on July 20, 2008 - 6:57am at Stone Soup Station
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Interesting that they've chosen the middle of the summer to do this count; to me, this is probably the most appropriate time to actually perform a count, since this is when most folks who are homeless will be out on the street.

The Bush Administration makes bin Laden's wish come true

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Posted on July 5, 2008 - 1:58pm at Loose TN Cannon
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Thanks to GW Bush, Osama bin Laden is smiling somewhere.There is no longer any debate about the fact that bin Laden was allowed to escape when the US had him cornered back in 2002 at Tora Bora (as described in a CIA ground commander's book:

The most intractable policy problem is not... the 47 million uninsured or the fact that insurers have a business model right out

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Posted on May 21, 2008 - 7:01am at Stone Soup Station
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There are a couple of "fundamental human rights" issues that continue

Hell, Thy Name is Candyland

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Posted on March 17, 2008 - 7:05am at Suburban Turmoil
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“Hey Mommy?”

“Yeah?”

“Wanna play Candyland?” Oh hell. It was only the 1,427th time she had asked me this morning, drawing out “Kee-ann-dee-lee-yand” in the way only a three-year-old can. What could I do?

“Okay, Punky. I’ll play Candyland with you.”

“Hey Mommy?”“Yeah?”“Wanna play Candyland?” Oh hell. It was o...

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Posted on March 16, 2008 - 5:05pm at Suburban Turmoil
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“Hey Mommy?”

“Yeah?”

“Wanna play Candyland?” Oh hell. It was only the 1,427th time she had asked me this morning, drawing out “Kee-ann-dee-lee-yand” in the way only a three-year-old can. What could I do?

“Okay, Punky. I’ll play Candyland with you.”

"For the first time ever, the number of billionaires Forbes could identify crossed into four figures, reaching 1,125."

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Posted on March 6, 2008 - 7:49am at Stone Soup Station
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Big Billy Gates and wily Warren Buffet are collectively worth some $118 billion dollars. Let that sink in a minute:

60 Minutes report on Remote Area Medical: Knoxville's Third World emergency room

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Posted on March 3, 2008 - 8:01am at KnoxVIews
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In case you missed it, here's the 60 Minutes report on Knoxville based Remote Area Medical and the recent free clinic they conducted in Knoxville.

Bush plays God

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Posted on November 1, 2007 - 10:36pm at Reason over religion!
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Bush is ramping up the rhetoric again. Here is the video and transcript of his speech today for the Heritage Foundation.

Bush claims:

We are standing with those who yearn for the liberty -- who yearn for liberty in the Middle East, because we understand that the desire for freedom is universal, written by the almighty into the h

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