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- Cuban embargo should remain in place
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It seems that there are many people out there ill-informed about the Cuban embargo. The first false assumption people make is that the U.S. initiated the embargo because Cuba became a communist country. The truth is that the U.S. enacted the embargo because when the Castro regime took power in 1959, it expropriated all of the properties of the U.S., including that of American citizens and corporations. Castro enriched his regime with the millions of dollars he stole from the U.S. and has never paid the money back.
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- Cuban embargo should remain in place
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It seems that there are many people out there ill-informed about the Cuban embargo. The first false assumption people make is that the U.S. initiated the embargo because Cuba became a communist country. The truth is that the U.S. enacted the embargo because when the Castro regime took power in 1959, it expropriated all of the properties of the U.S., including that of American citizens and corporations. Castro enriched his regime with the millions of dollars he stole from the U.S. and has never paid the money back.
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- Pray for less fortunate at Thanksgiving
- Updated: 11/18/2009
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While driving Oprah to her highest ratings in two years, Sarah Palin asked that we cast aside our petty sociopolitical differences and as a united country pray for the everliving soul of Levi Johnston.
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- Trials give terrorists better treatment than they deserve
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This is in response to Matthew Christ’s Monday column, “US should give terrorists civilian trials.”
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- For friends in need, love can ease pain
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It’s difficult when a friend tries to take his or her own life.
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- Gay marriage is inevitable
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Gay marriage recently suffered a devastating setback in Maine. This loss was made all the worse because it not only amended the constitution to outlaw gay marriage, it was also in a state that previously allowed it.
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- US should give terrorists civilian trials
- Updated: 11/15/2009
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On Sept. 11 we lost not just lives and concrete buildings, but a way of life.
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- Muslim beliefs not reflected in shooting
- Updated: 11/12/2009
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May Peace be Upon You.
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- New policies could cut Web freedoms
- Updated: 11/11/2009
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First they came for the digital pirates, and I did not speak out — because I was not a digital pirate.
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- ‘Support the troops’ not just a phrase
- Updated: 11/09/2009
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Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Support the troops.
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