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Obama Does Something Right! by Mark W. LaPointe

In January 2004, President George W. Bush announced his intention for NASA to send a manned mission to Mars. I disagreed with this initiative, and remarked to a colleague: “There’s no point in going to Mars, we landed there in 1997, we are there now ...
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‘Highest Court in the Land’ No More by Mark W. LaPointe

So much for 'highest court in the land', NSA now calls the shots. For those of you following along, the accretion of power by the legislative and executive branches of government (Congress and the Prez) is alarming, increasing, and might I add...
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All That’s Jazz by Mark W. LaPointe

As a casual jazz listener, I cannot audibly discern the various jazz genre; the most common being Jazz, Light Jazz, and Smooth Jazz. To complicate matters, there do not seem to be genre titled Heavy Jazz nor Rough Jazz for comparison. I can only conclude...
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Terran Singularity and Little Green Bioforms — Primers by Mark W. LaPointe

To prepare the reader for a pending article, I am publishing a series of primers that will provide a foundation of terms and concepts that will be required to navigate the primary article with minimal nebulosity. The primers are not seminal works, but...
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Concerning Intelligence by Mark W. LaPointe

While browsing Facebook, I saw an advertisement that declared one of my FaceBook friends has an IQ of ninety-two. That is only seventeen points higher than Forrest Gump’s! I am certain no one in our regular classes had such a low IQ and even the kids...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Says China has a Big Stick by Mark W. LaPointe

And it’s pointed at us! See the article from Reuters on 4 May 2009 .
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Smile! You’ve Just Been Profiled! by Mark W. LaPointe

Read the attached Domestic Extremism Lexicon from your friendly neighborhood DHS to see what your profile is. I have not had time to draft a commentary, but here is one from Ed Morrissey .
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DHS Targets the Right Wing by Mark W. LaPointe

ow many times have you heard or read, ‘The government does not want you to know this.’? Most of these statements can be dismissed as reactionary, ill-founded, or mythical in origin and proportion; but occasionally one discovers the exception that proves...
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Guess who noticed the United States borrowing trillions of dollars from the Chinese? by Mark W. LaPointe

The Chinese did! BEIJING — The Chinese premier Wen Jiabao expressed concern on Friday about the safety of China’s $1 trillion investment in American government debt, the world’s largest such holding, and urged the Obama administration to provide assurances...
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A Note About the Rearranged Commentaries by Mark W. LaPointe

I was originally posted commentaries on the 2009 Stimulus Package in the forum U. S. Economy , but the forum mode made chronologically tracking the commentary difficult. Those articles have been moved to a blog for easier perusal. Mark LaPointe Tags:...
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U. S. Senate Chokes Down the Stretch by Mark W. LaPointe

On Thursday, the U. S. Senate was on pace to pass legislation to spend one trillion dollars in a single bill – a world record! After a ‘visit’ from B.O.’s Chief of Staff on Friday, the Senate caved, and ceded $110B in spending to meet B.O.’s seemingly...
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No new price tag today, but the Dazzling Ignorance is in full blaze by Mark W. LaPointe

Yesterday, the senate voted to expand the 2009 Stimulus Package by adding a tax credit for homebuyers, up to $15,000. Onstensibly, this would increase home buying and help the economy. This bright idea was conceived and supported by the Republicans to...
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Senate Doesn't Disappoint: Stimulus Package $900B and Climbing by Mark W. LaPointe

As if in response to my challenge from yesterday, the Senate has added more than $75,000,000,000 to the 2009 Economic Stimulus bill initiated by the recently crowned inaugurated B. O, bringing the total to more than $900,000,000,000. NY Times Come on...
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We have $885 billion, do I hear one trillion dollars? by Mark W. LaPointe

For those of you keeping track, the cost of B.O.'s stimulus package is now $885 Billion. AP Thus far, the only part of the economy it's stimulating is antacid sales. Originally posted 20090203
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And the Winner of 'Mixed Metaphor Monday' is … by Mark W. LaPointe

Senator Claire McCaskell, Missouri Democrat: "Whether it is the National Endowment of the Arts or some of the [sexually transmitted disease treatment] funding or contraceptive funding, all we did was just tee up ammunition for the other side to tear...
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