The Daily Skunk

Last night I watched “An Inconvenient Truth.”   I am going to state for the record that I disagree with Al Gore’s politics for the most part and that I have never been an alarmist about anything in my life (except gun control).  However,  I am finding myself confused by the unsettling feeling I got seeing the facts [...]

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www.tripadvisor.com
You need to check out this site. Planning a trip isn’t the reason I’m suggesting it to you though.
There is a section titled “Rants and Raves”. This is a review section from people who have taken a pacakge trip or stayed at a particular hotel, etc. I’ve only read the “Rants” and [...]

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How far are we going to let the media go? How much do we deserve to know? What will it take before we realize that many times the media is more of a problem than a valuable informational resource. I can’t believe the evolution within the media world that I have observed in my [...]

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The exploration of outer space, we are approaching 40 years with the shuttle program, 50 years of NASA and billions upon billions of spent dollars for what?
It is hard for me to believe that the government should be spending so much money exploring space when there are so many issues that need to be [...]

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Maybe I’m just missing the hot topics of the recent midterm elections, or maybe I just want to complain.
What could be better than someone else paying your medical bills? You slice yourself open, get stitched up, pay your deductible and the rest is covered. Great right? I’m not so easily convinced.
Now, I’m not saying that [...]

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Traditionally, the day after we sit down and celebrate Turkey Day, throngs of people will descend on local shopping malls at 4:00 in the morning to save $12 dollars on a toaster oven in an event that has become known as Black Friday. This is “officially” the green flag of the Christmas Shopping Season 500, sponsored [...]

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O.J. Simpson is a glorified gootball hero to some loyal football enthusiasts, to others he is the antichrist. Personally, I am leaning toward antichrist. For those of you who have been living in a cave for the past week you are probably unaware of a two-part interview Fox News is broadcasting, elegantly titled “If I [...]

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In 1934, as a reaction to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, congress passed and the president signed into law the National Firearms Act of 1934.  This law was the first gun control legislation of any significance in this nation.  The law sought to prevent further crimes from being committed with a certain group of firearms.  The [...]

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I want to start this off by saying “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is a great book. The information or “book report” that I’m giving you is how I have interpreted what Mr. Covey has written, and my application might not be the way he intended. If you get the book you [...]

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Due to formatting requirements this essay must be posted as a PDF file, available at the link below.
File: Identity, America, and a Nation of Words

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