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Former Democrat, Born Again Republican by David
March 09, 2010 09:07 AM | 43 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
I hope this blog speaks for those in Queens County who feel isolated politically due to the domination of the borough by a small cabal of Democrats who have dominated our elected representation fo...
9ALK_Prospect_Heights_Blizzard_NYC_2_12_06_2.jpg A Little About the Big Snow by Michael J.
February 11, 2010 01:12 PM | 43 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
  Yesterday: Very picturesque…until the inevitable slush and ice and resulting misfortune set in. NYC received about 12-inches of snow and, even as I write, the storm is tapering ...
3 Ways to Get Over Rejected Freelance Writing Woes by Kimberly
August 18, 2009 01:29 AM | 437 views | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Freelance writing can be such as a drag that no matter how one is into writing once the computer screen is on, there are just days that nothing comes into mind. And this is the scenario that is...
The bad, the ugly, the Good. by Christopher
July 26, 2009 11:48 PM | 2608 views | 0 0 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
So its been a while since my last post, but I'm back to fill you in with the good news, well sort off.  Theres a reason to be a little happy with the Metropolitans coming off this disatrou...
Lets Try to Turn the Corner by Getting Brave by Christopher
July 14, 2009 10:53 PM | 2334 views | 0 0 comments | 59 59 recommendations | email to a friend
After the tragic Dodgers Series, the Mets finally saw their offensive need and did something about it. Losing the first game against the Reds, Mets had to push the red button. Mets traded Ou...
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US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.


Wed Mar 10 19:09:53 -0600 2010

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.


Wed Mar 10 19:09:58 -0600 2010

Wearing her WASP uniform from World War II, Eleanor Brown of Victoria, Texas, attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.


Wed Mar 10 19:10:03 -0600 2010