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Let ’em Eat Cake

August 8th, 2010

By Larry Ennis The President’s wife has gone on vacation in Spain. Total cost for her little getaway? How about $375,000? The good news is that we taxpayers aren’t paying for all of it. According to the White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, the First Lady is traveling just like any other private citizen. According […]

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Tags: cost, First Lady, Michelle, press coverage, security, Spain, vacation
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Royalty American Style

August 3rd, 2010

By Larry Ennis When Bill Clinton became President, one of his favorite lines was to assure us all that he felt our pain. Of course, pain is different for different people. Headache, sore back, and, in the case of national pain, it was the economy, stupid — money or the lack of it. Bill and […]

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Tags: Chelsea Clinton, Marc Mezvinsky, money, politicians, royalty, wealth
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The Ruler and Why It Was

July 27th, 2010

By Larry Ennis A recent post concerning “cheating” and the adverse effect it has on society caused me to remember my own guilt. Believe me, I’m guilty of more than one infraction of the cheating rule. However, I think this story has a moral value. You can be the judge. This story, like most of […]

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Tags: affirmative action, cheating, gender, GM, race, training, union, workers
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Old Warriors I Have Known

July 23rd, 2010

By Larry Ennis This tale is based on fact; however, I’ve taken some liberties and woven in some fiction as well to insure continuity. When I was sixteen years old my best friend was a wiry little guy named Gary Navotney. Gary lived with his mom, dad, two brothers, and one sister in a house […]

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Tags: auto industry, Hoffa, labor movement, Reuther, Teamsters, UAW, workers
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Black Militants at Polling Places

July 13th, 2010

By Larry Ennis Two weeks ago a Department of Justice attorney exposed the Obama Administration’s refusal to investigate voting rights violations when whites are prevented from voting by black militants. The charge by former DOJ attorney Christian Adams was serious enough to get a hearing before the federal civil rights commission. Most of the national media has […]

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Tags: DOJ, elections, Ike Brown, New Black Panthers, voting rights
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