No Joy in Mudville (USA)
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor- he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals........
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by Sheriff Jim Schwiesow, Ret.
Are You in Touch With Reality?
One of the great problems in today's synthetic world is the inability of people to get a firm grip on reality. Whatever world you live in, real or imagined, it seems real to you. How can you determine if you're living in a real or imagined world? To those who work hard each day, or watch their family break apart, or become a victim of crime, their worlds seem very real. Truth is a great revealer of reality. Failure makes clear that someone made a faulty assumption and it resulted in an altered reality........
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by Marilyn Barnewall
In spite of the growing opposition by the American people, US Senate Democrats rammed an unprecedented climate bill (S. 1733) through a Senate committee on Thursday. California Senator Barbara Boxer, who chairs the powerful Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, had postponed the bill's vote for several days due to her need to address Republican members' protests. The major disagreement is the cost of the bill and its impact on the US economy......
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by NWV News