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Election Day USA

November 7th, 2012

By Jan Barry The young woman walked up to the closed, dark community center and burst into tears. “Where can I vote?” she said to an older woman standing in the virtually empty parking lot. “This is my first time.” And so began a conversation among strangers that led to my being asked to drive […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: assistance, community, election, New Jersey, storm, voters, voting
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Stormy Weather

November 3rd, 2012

By Jan Barry Nobody was prepared for the force of Hurricane Sandy when it smacked into the Jersey shore on Monday: Not the barrier island towns turned into miles-long piles of mangled houses, buried cars and burning gas lines, and their dazed, defiant old-timers who’d weathered previous storms, but had to be rescued by police […]

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Tags: Christie, FEMA, hurricane, New Jersey, NY, Obama, Sandy, storm
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President Obama’s Negotiations Avoided Storm Damage

October 28th, 2012

By Dan Miller The World’s smartest and firmest negotiator, President Obama has already secured agreements to spare critical metropolitan areas from significant damage due to Hurricane Sandy. President Obama, having previously demonstrated his superb negotiating skills in causing The Seas to halt their rise as soon as he took office, once again negotiated with them […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: donations, election, hurricane, negotiate, Obama, satire, seas, storm
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Oil Is Not the Only Mess in the Gulf of Mexico

June 28th, 2010

By Dan Miller Based on the various media accounts I’ve read it’s a mess, reminiscent of Robert Heinlein’s little ditty, “When in danger and in doubt, Run in circles, scream and shout!” The danger and the doubt are certainly present — probably as much of the latter as of the former, and the screaming and […]

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Tags: Alex, BP, depression, Gulf, hurricane, oil, spill, storm
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