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Congress really doesn't want our feedback
Have you seen poor, poor Arlen Specter, babbling about how hostile the crowd was at his Philadelphia-area town hall meeting on healthcare?
‘Green' cars can create different foreign dependency
For years, without success, efforts have been under way to try and create a national energy policy so as to relieve our nation of its dependence on foreign oil.
'We salute...'
Each Saturday, L’Observateur will recognize individuals and businesses in the River Parishes who have gone “above and beyond” in their efforts to make this a better place to live, work, play and raise a family.
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There’s a lotta blue lights in the air and wondering how turnabout’s going
If you’ve gotten behind the wheel of a motor vehicle in the past six weeks or so, I’d be willing to bet you’ve seen at least one set of blue lights flashing every two or three days.
Candidate Obama's catchy campaign phrase turns into Orwellian doublespeak
During the run-up to the election candidate Obama said again and again, “If you are a family making less than $250,000 a year you will not see your taxes go up. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” It was a catchy statement. He was aiming it straight at the middle class, the bulk of the voters at the only time we really have any power, which is right before an election.
Favre soap opera never ends for Vikings, fans
I told myself I wouldn’t be writing this column.
Muslim principal persecutes Christians in Dearborn, Mich.
When Minister Trey Hancock baptized a teenage friend of his son, he had little reason to believe he was unleashing a jihad of bigotry. The teenager had attended his church for over two years, but when the teenager entered high school the baptism would set into motion the persecution of a string of Christians. Did these Christians live in Indonesia, Iran or Saudi Arabia? No, they live in Dearborn, Mich.
Acting without the facts; A presidential pattern has emerged
Last week, President Obama was almost finished with his nationally broadcast press conference when he was asked to comment on the arrest, and subsequent release, of renowned Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by the now-famous Cambridge, Mass. police Sgt., Jim Crowley.
Was 'Clunkers" too successful or just poorly planned
“Cash for Clunkers,” the $1 billion taxpayer-funded infusion for the new car industry is out of cash after four days.
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