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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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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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Well, the first year or so of Obama’s administration has been interesting. The healthcare battle seems to finally be over as the Democrats have successfully pushed through the much needed reform bill. But, the war for reform has just begun and if the previous battle was any indication, it will not be easy.

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Recently there has been fuss over a “joke” made by a Democratic congressman. He made a remark to a Navy Admiral that Guam might capsize if more US military is positioned there.  Obviously, the congressmen did not truly believe that the island would capsize. But it is still pretty funny.

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The tone around the US has been rather negative over the past year and it is almost entirely coming from the extreme right wing. Whether it is Palin with her lies about death panels, her attacks on anyone (Letterman, LL Cool J, etc), her recent targeting of certain politicians, Glenn Beck’s claims that Obama is not a US Citizen, Rush Limbaugh’s threats against democrats, the Barack the Magic Negro song or a recent letter sent out by a GOP group threatening to “remove”  a lot of governors from office (both dems and repubs).

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Now that Health care reform has passed it is clear that the Obama administration is moving forward on a number of other reforms. As I was looking through various news reports today I found a surprising, but pragmatic news story.  Obama has announced his intention to free up land to allow oil drilling off the shore of Virginia.

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