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Eye For An Eye: A History of the Death Penalty

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - October 5, 2011 13

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the...

Occupy Wall Street? Why?

Speakers' Corner Emerald1943 - October 2, 2011 30

A most interesting article from Alternet, looking at the reasons for numbers of young people taking to the streets and risking arrest and possible...

Hidden Democrats

Speakers' Corner Marion - October 1, 2011 13

Toby Keith, Democrat, says:- I don’t know, but I expect the wealthy to write a check ’cause it’s as bad as it’s ever been. It would be...

Why America Fails: One Man’s Opinion

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - September 29, 2011 34

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's words...

Why Is Equality So “Controversial” for Republicans?

Speakers' Corner atdnext - September 25, 2011 21

Last week, I was here in Las Vegas to celebrate the end of DADT. Once (and hopefully future) Congresswoman Dina Titus discussed what happened...

The Pariahs of the Party

Speakers' Corner Marion - September 25, 2011 3

I truly think Californian Democratic "operative" David O Atkins needs to listen to this song:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT7CVDiCDQI If he's a good boy, drinks his milk and goes...

The GOP’s War on Women…at the State Level

Speakers' Corner Emerald1943 - September 22, 2011 14

In recent months, we have seen a drastic and alarming increase in the number of laws passed that would restrict a woman's right to...

What I Learned in Tonopah

Speakers' Corner atdnext - September 22, 2011 3

It wasn't an easy ride to Tonopah on Saturday, especially not since NDOT had construction delays near Goldfield. So many of us from Vegas...

A Word to the Whiners Redux

Speakers' Corner Marion - September 22, 2011 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFg_pnLmq4 It's ironic that this song was out around the time the Democratic Party imploded the first time. That was before most of this generation...

My G-O-TEA Senator Loves Big Oil, But Not Working Class Americans

Speakers' Corner atdnext - September 20, 2011 7

http://youtu.be/Rz15MC69ke4 This was the scene outside Dean Heller's Las Vegas office today. While Senator Dean Heller (R-"Tea Party") continues to oppose anything he considers "not...

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Speakers' Corner

Eye For An Eye: A History of the Death Penalty

Occupy Wall Street? Why?

Hidden Democrats

Why America Fails: One Man’s Opinion

Why Is Equality So “Controversial” for Republicans?

The Pariahs of the Party

The GOP’s War on Women…at the State Level

What I Learned in Tonopah

A Word to the Whiners Redux

My G-O-TEA Senator Loves Big Oil, But Not Working Class Americans

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