1) invest 10% of everything you earn. history shows that stocks double in value about every 7 years. so, don't put all of your eggs in one basket, but across the board. ignore fluctuations in the market, you're in it for the long haul. be sure to pay yourself first, and then the bills ( Read more... )

A fundamental premise of democracy is that the public is informed and that they're honestly informed.

"My theory is that employers prefer college grads because they see a college degree chiefly as mark of one's ability to obey and conform. Whatever else you learn in college, you learn to sit still for long periods while appearing to be awake. And whatever else you do in a white-collar job, most of the time you'll be sitting and feigning attention. ( Read more... )

1) "Mission Accomplished"

2) "Brownie, you're doin' a heckuva job"

3) "Our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-term."

4) "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God.

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"In New Mexico in 2004 Kerry lost all precincts equipped with touchscreen machines, irrespective of income levels, ethnicity, and past voting patterns. The only thing that consistently correlated with his defeat in those precincts was the presence of the touchscreen machine itself." Leave a comment  1 

HEALTHCARE ( Read more... )

a 1998 unicef report stated that apporoximately 250 people, including 150 toddlers and infants, die every day in Iraq because of the sanctions.