Speakers' Corner

This category is for more personal posts about the lives and interests of members at PlanetPOV

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, April 13, 2011.
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Our congress has made known one path to a balanced budget and what they refer to as "prosperity" for the American people.  It is a...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, April 11, 2011.
Oftentimes in the media, newspeople talk about the economic crisis as though it were a natural phenomenon, like a drought or a flood. They speak about it as though no one really caused this to happen, as though it were not a human invention. But it is, of course.
Every week, there's something new which some 24/7 cable big mouth has to use as a stick with which to beat this President about something else.
Sunday Sundry edition: Stuff I Like from around US-opolis for Sunday, April 10, 2011.
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Saturday, April 9 2011. Best stories of the week edition.
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, April 8, 2011.
- Text: foxisms; Illustration: B. McCue - “Question 67 and 68”...and 69...and... The questions that need to be asked (and plenty of people are asking them)...

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