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BCS selections came out this last Sunday.  Here are the BCS bowl matchups: Championship: Alabama (1) v. Texas (2) Sugar Bowl: Cincinnati (3) v. Florida (5) Rose Bowl: Oregon (7) v. Ohio State (8) Fiesta Bowl: TCU (4) v. Boise State (6) Orange Bowl: Iowa (10) v. Georgia Tech (9) Interesting that even ESPN's Pat Forde ...
I watched Obama's interview with George Stephanopoulos, part of Sunday morning's talk show blitz (he went on five talk shows on Sunday morning), in which he made some incredibly revealing statements about health care and other issues he is currently facing. In the campaign, Obama famously promised not to raise taxes ...
With the recent announcement that the Obama administration has committed to financing $2 billion dollars worth of drilling for oil off the coast of Brazil, a few questions come to mind. It's interesting that in last year's campaign, when McCain was proposing a multi-faceted energy program that included nuclear, ...
We are quickly moving toward a society with fewer and fewer freedoms that is dominated by more and more government intervention. The police in Peoria, IL now have a big truck that they drive around and park in front of suspected (read *unprosecuted, unconvicted*) criminals' houses in order to ...
A new study just published by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine discovered that "overweight people eat more than thin people." :)
My roommate sent me this great quote. It was composed during the Great Depression, but still has great applicability today. "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. ...