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I never took an economics course in college and this is something that I deeply regret. Recently, China announced that they would allow their currency (the Yuan) to float more freely. In their economy they have tighter controls and restrictions, specifically; they have artificially devalued their currency.  This means that their Yuan is worth less then what it would be if they did not devalue it.

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Many of you have heard of the horrible violence that has recently erupted all over Kyrgyzstan. Overall, hundreds of people have been murdered and many more are homeless and living in refugee camps in Uzbekistan.  Atrocities have been committed by both sides and an appeal to Russia for peace keeping forces was denied.

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This is thoroughly disgusting. It was bad enough that we went to war with Iraq almost solely to spur the defense industry. It is bad enough that we had a vice-president who was head of this company.

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Ignorance is one of the leading problems in the world of politics. It has been for a long and most likely will continue. To many, this sounds harsh, dismissive and arguably ignorant. But, let me explain.

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This is why I have a problem, in general, with the Tea Party. They do not even represent this country, in fact, it seems that they are very un-American.

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Almost all of you know about (hopefully) Arizona’s new immigration law SB1070. This law is in place to combat the growing problem of illegal immigration. The original intent of this law was to allow police officers to use race, ethnicity and nation of origin as a determining factor in detaining a person. If they were Mexican, they could be stopped and asked to prove they are US Citizens.

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Recently, the GOP of MN announced that Tom Emmer would be their candidate for Governor.  Emmer, known for being in the far-right of the Republican Party, is a big shift in thinking for the MN GOP. No longer is the MN GOP a party of fiscal responsibility or moderate politics. Instead they are the victims of an orchestrated takeover of the party by the most extreme elements of it.

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The military has traditionally been used for killing purposes. In US history we have used the military for many different reasons. These reasons vary from “The British are coming” to “Let’s declare war on Spain to prove we can fight.”

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