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• Urine Samples Required From Welfare Recipients In Just-Passed TN Bill

  Source: Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement

  Tennessee StateSenator Stacey Campfield‘s bill requiring drug testing — presumably, urine tests — for welfare recipients was just passed in the Senate by a 24-9 margin. Applicants for TANF — Temporary Assistance For Needy Families —  …

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• Why the NRA pushes 'Stand Your Ground'

  Source: The Washington Post

  It’s understandable if unfortunate that the controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin has polarized the country along both racial and ideological lines. But there is one issue that should not have any racial connotations: the urgency of repealing “Stand  …

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• One "Million" Moms and gun safety and children -- Not Their Issue

  The above organization uses group pressure to get companies to bend to their demands. For example, they tried to get JC Penney's to remove Ellen Degeneres as their spokesperson. JC Penney refused their demand. I wrote to OMM to suggest that they focus on children and gun safety a …

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• War Criminals Bush and Cheney Can No Longer Travel Outside the U.S.

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  Everyone in the world seems to recognize the obvious crimes perpetrated by the Bush/Cheney regime. Their overwhelming negative status in the world has now confined them to personal prisons where they can no longer travel abroad for public events. It appears they’re o …

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• Executive Pay Linsanity

  It is a rare thing on this column for me to cross someone like Kenneth Rogoff.

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