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Marie Cocco seems to be one of those people who will never get it. Well, not as long as it involves Bush, or anyone else she doesn't like. I guess she feels he should've denounced himself, claimed all of America's woes were his fault and his alone and asked for America's forgiveness. That he...
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Poor Rob Badewitz. The D.A.'s office has decided not to prosecute Ken Mettler for his part in their scuffle. I don't hear Rob whining about not being prosecuted for HIS part either. Well, maybe that wimp will keep his wits about him next time. If you decide to harass another...
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I cant believe it! Oh, what am I saying. Of course I can! The number of black Americans who believe Obama's election is somehow going to make their lives better is astounding! I mean, I understand the general elation, but that should be more a matter of change in attitudes than in expectations....
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I knew from the moment I heard about what would eventually become Prop. 8 that it would succeed. Not because I am a hater or a homophobe, but because I am a realist. I understand the view of traditionalists and tradition is a difficult thing to put aside. Whether or not it would be right or wrong...
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I really haven't felt very political lately. I know who I am voting for and nothing I read here or see in the news is going to change my mind. I know why I am voting for my candidate and why I am not voting for the other guy. I know how I am voting on what measures and why and I am not confused...
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http://bakersfield.wikispot...
So, WikiSpot is a place where one can easily create a Wiki page, for free. I decided to go ahead and generate one for Bakersfield. It's just bare bones right now, but I'd be really interested to see what a bunch of 'fieldians can accomplish with...
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Japanese anger as U.S. takes North Korea off terrorism list
www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2008/10/japanese_anger.html
Posted by: Ian Rowley on October 12
With Japan playing an important role in the current financial crisis, not least Mitsubishi UFJ’s $9...
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Behind the panic: Financial warfare over the future of global bank power
By F. William Engdahl
Online Journal Contributing Writer
onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3857.shtml
Oct 10, 2008, 00:30
What’s clear from the behavior of European financial markets over the...
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Run on the System
Black Friday
By MIKE WHITNEY
www.counterpunch.org/whitney10122008.html
Stock markets across the world are in a state of hysteria. The tidal wave of sell-offs, which began when Henry Paulson announced the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout plan for the...
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Rogers: Global Bankers Have Unleashed Inflationary Holocaust
CNBC hosts unable to grasp basic economic principles
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, October 10, 2008
Legendary investor Jim Rogers warned during a CNBC...
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You Saw It Here First; Economic Crash, Banker Stick-Up Predicted Long Ago
While mainstream corporate media lied to Americans claiming economy was strong, we were warning about a “global crash” and a faux solution of...
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I have been boycotting Bank of America since they decided to hand out credit cards to undocumented persons. It was a ridiculous idea ideastically(to me anyway)but actually a sound business move well worth the risk to BofA. I'm no financial genius(just have a peek at my bank account), but I...
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Panic sweeps 300,000 British customers of Icelandic internet bank after it stops withdrawals and deposits
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:47 PM on 07th October 2008
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Fed May See Companies, States as Next Crisis Fronts
By Scott Lanman and John Brinsley
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may find the next fronts of the financial crisis to be just as chilling as last month's downfall of Wall...
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Ron Paul: Bailout Unconstitutional, Special Interests Forced Bill Through Congress
Texas Congressman Ron Paul has warned that the amended bailout legislation that passed Congress on Friday is not only far worse than the original...
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October 6, 2008
A Futile Bailout as Darkness Falls on America
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
www.counterpunch.org/roberts10062008.html
America has become a pretty discouraging place. Americans, for the most part, will never know what happened to them, because they no longer have a free...
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I can't believe how one sided, narrowminded, inflammatory and uninformed some people are. I don't know if some of these folks really believe what they are saying or if it is just blind hatred that drives their opinions, blanking out the part of their brain that harbors common sense and...
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The scorecard in the recent “sign-gate” debacle is both sad and disturbing.
From my perspective, it reads like this:
Holy-rolling Kern High School District trustee Chad Vegas and KERN 1410 AM radio talk show host Scott Cox: 1.
Media and public: 0.
Only two people benefited from...
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A recent study published by the International Journal of Eating Disorders reveals that university undergraduate women who actively participate in sports and exercise-related activities tend to have higher rates of attitudes and behaviors related to eating disorders compared to...
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It seems the democrats just love making their detractors right. They love to prove themselves to be disingenuous and manipulative and they have done it again. Their bill to open up the coastlines for oil drilling as a gateway to energy independence is no more serious than the promises they made...
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As of yesterday, there is a new 4-way stop sign at (of all intersections) Merle Haggard Dr and Saco Rd/Quinn Rd/Northbound 99 off-ramp. I understand there is construction here (bridge project) and that there's been some accidents there, but, c'mon, the road department thinks...
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You see it everywhere. People smiling at the gas stations because prices are falling. It's a warm fuzzy feeling because now they can take the wife to dinner or the kids to the beach. Then they get there and reality sets in. The twenty they saved at the pump isn't the same twenty they were holding...
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Chrysler in the seventies, the S&L's in the eighties and now Freddie, Fannie and possibly the Big Three and American Airlines. I'm speaking of bailouts. The excuse? They're too big to be allowed to fail. What about letting them fail and allowing those interested in rebuilding the markets in...
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FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
NEW YORK — When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen. Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the...
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Well, it happened. Fannie and Freddie are now, for all intents and purposes, under the control of the government who has pledged unlimited backing of bad loans held by the two corporations. In the beginning it was said the cost of the bailout to the taxpayer would be in the neighborhood of 100...
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It is important not to deny that you have a problem. For years, while struggling, I (as well as so many other girls/women) would brush off the known consequences of an eating disorder. Little did I know, that these life-changing issues can, and WILL, occur if left unchecked....
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two largest mortgage holding corporations in America holding over three TRILLION dollars in mortgages are nothing more than crooks. Everyone knows it. So where is the call to arms by the masses and the congress? Where are the senate hearings and investigations by...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two largest mortgage holding corporations in America holding over three TRILLION dollars in mortgages are nothing more than crooks. Everyone knows it. So where is the call to arms by the masses and the congress? Where are the senate hearings and investigations by...
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On August 15, 2008 a Sasquatch was reportedly discovered by two men from GA. Their findings included tracks, sightings of other Sasquatch creatures and wouldnt you know it, a dead sasquatch? Which was photograped laying inside of a freezer. One hollywood mask and costume maker...
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HERE IS THE DIRECT LINK TO VOTE!=)
http://www.mtscproductions....
I ONLY HAVE 1 MORE DAY (IT ENDS AUGUST 20TH, AT MIDNIGHT) SO GET VOTES IN PLEASE!!!! ALSO YOU CAN VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE.
I'M IN THE 9TH ROW, THE 4TH GIRL OVER=)
THIS IS MY ORIGINAL PIECE...
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Always the giddy follower of the latest and greatest of the Web, The Pulse now has a Twitter page!
To read it go to http://twitter.com/The_Puls...
For those unfamiliar with Twitter, it is like a mini-blog. Users post short bursts of info that are 140 characters or less. These are called...
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Entertainers voicing their opinion is nothing new and they certainly have the right to do so. I don't think their opinions should carry any more weight than mine do, but I digress. They voice their opinions on talk shows, TV series', in films and in song, which brings me to the point of this...
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This blog provides an early look at state, national and global stories The Californian is considering for inclusion in the next day's paper (or beyond). We subscribe to numerous news wires which means we have access to stories from many newspapers in America, both large and small.
GUANTANAMO-BIN...
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I see that Kern County is considering a "Dark Sky" policy. I love it! As a long time amatuer astronomer this is wonderful news! It may or may not pass, but it is certainly worth consideration. These laws and/or policies are actually aimed at energy conservation and not the back yard...
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I imagine most of you heard about the lights being turned off in the House of Representatives by Nancy Pelosi. She had them turned off, and ordered the press out. Thid kind of behavior is totally unacceptable. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who sees a problem with these...
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The left and it's lapdog, a.k.a. the media, have proven me right once again. Not that that makes me unique. Their predictablilty makes many people look like psychics! Yes, once again shiny objects have taken their attention away from, what was just a few short months ago, the most important...
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Age seems to be in the news a lot right now.
Teen and young adult women were "rescued" from a polygamist group in Texas, only to be returned because they were deemed old enough to be able to make their own choices.
Now teen girls in Massachussetts — who may have participated in...
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I never really noticed it that awful much when I was growing up. I mean, I knew it was there, but it had nothing to do with me or my life..Yet. I was more interested in the vacant lot across Green Street where we would gather as teens and hang out, planning our escapades for the evening. Not...
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I love Hugo Chavez, He makes me feel either smart or psychic..or BOTH! I have derided this pinata ante distator since his..um...election(for reasons of simplicity I will henceforth refer to it as that)I guess that's what it was, I can assure the next one won't be called that! I predicted after...
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This is the guy I voted for twice. I am not a man who lives with regrets in any area of my life. Regrets are for the weak and the pitiful, of which I am neither, I simply take what I learn from mistakes and apply that knowledge to future decisions, hopefully avoing the same mistake more than...
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A new tax to lower gas prices? Please tell me they are joking! As the senate grilled the heads of Americas largest oil companies as to why prices are so high and what they intend to do about it, they hung thinly veiled threats (probably culled from Obama's speech which he stole from Hillary...
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I do not like Hillary Clinton. I disagree with 99.99% of everything that falls from her megalomaniac driven piehole. I believe she is a socialist who would like to see everyone(with the exception of her and her family)in America in the same boat. Her ideas genuinely frighten me as do most short...
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I am sick of the "War For Oil" mantra of the uninformed people who blame everything from gas prices to the lastest supernova on Bush. If this war is for oil, where is the OPEC glut that would flood the market to drop oil prices as it did in the 80s and again in the 90s? The Arabs may...
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I don't know why, but it still amazes me at how thoughtless, mean and immature so many liberals can be. I suppose I should be used to it, but I am not sure that one should ever get used to such things. I actually hope I never do.
I recently sent an e-mail about the personal struggles,...
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Who in Hell is Jimmy Carter other than the worst president since Andrew Johnson? Well, it's painfully obvious that HE thinks he is still a President! Who gave this nit-wit, closet anti-semite the authority to represent anyone in any country or any government anywhere in the world? I know, to be...
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I hate being wrong. Worse than that I hate admitting I was wrong, but I am not above doing so. SO..I was wrong. It pains me even to pen the words. I had to practice..do a few rough drafts, check the spelling. I have yet to say it aloud, but I know that, at some point, I will have to do it.
I...
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Sadly enough, Geraldine Ferraro was right. Everyone who knows anything about me and the diversity of my family cannot call me a racist, but my family does know I am a realist, and a damn Politically Incorrect one at that, but hey, the old gal was right.
Obama is where he is today because of what...
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The authorities just raided a polygamist cult compound in Texas, "Fundamentalist Mormons" who are decried by the true LDS church they profess to follow. Law enforcement agents are in the process of relocating the slaves [read: women and children] imprisoned in this compound, or as...
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ASA Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The Amateur Softball Association, the national governing body for softball in the U.S., is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2008. Founded in 1933, the ASA has become one of...
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Looks like the tape wasn't even off the painted leaf when someone snapped this newly unveiled Bakersfield city sign. What do you think of the new logo?
See something newsworthy? Take a photo with your cell phone and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com. Save the e-mail as a contact in your phone...
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