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Turning Point for America........Victory or Defeat

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Today marks a turning point for America; a serious day in which many lives will be marked or scarred - a day of decisions that will choose the fate of the United States of America. Vote in good conscience knowing the man you choose will be the one who makes life-threatening, country changing and world shaking decisions on YOUR behalf.  Read More »

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Patchwork Nation: Do You Match Your Patch?

According to Patchwork Nation, I live in a Monied Burb. Those of you who’ve followed my blogs may be thinking, “What? I thought you lived in the ‘hood?” I do. I don’t exactly match my patch. Patchwork Nation is a project by Dante Chinni that attempts to expand the political categories in the U.S. beyond red and blue. The project categorizes every area of the United States using the same kind of market research that the candidates’ speech writers use: income, education level, profession, and religion. Though it has its limitations, the Patchwork map of the U.S. is a much more vibrant quilt than the Blue State/Red State map we’ve all seen so many times!  Read More »

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Why I Will Not Vote.

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Throughout this past year, I've been following the primary very closely. I have noticed many ups and downs with the candidates for each party. Watching CSPAN became the norm for me.  Read More »

Where Do You Fit? -- Political Attitude Survey

I'm taking AP Government this year (Go SENIORS!!! lol)Right now we're looking at liberal v. conservative v. everything else.  We took this little survey, and saw where everyone came out, and our assignment is now to find out where other people that we know fit.  So...  Read More »

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US Reading Habits Poll Yields Dismal Results

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How many books do you read in a year? If you're like 25% of the American adult population, you didn't read any.

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll released last month studied the reading habits of Americans, and found that one in four adults say that they read no books in the past year. Blame it on the Internet or our fast-paced lives, but 25% of the population is not reading books.  Read More »

Abortion and Crime

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The following blog is partial taken from the book Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. There argument will be placed in part 1 and mine will follow in part 2. I will not cite any sources in part 1 b/c i am telling you now that it is from Freakonomics, see their cites if you have questions.

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