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Sunday February 28, 2010 · 2:11 PM PST

2010/02/28 · 14:11

I received a letter from my state tax office saying I owed over $12,000.00 in back taxes and penalties for 1999, 2001 and 2002. I didn't even live in this state during the first two years, and only 10 months of 2002.

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Wednesday July 13, 2005 · 8:00 AM PDT

2005/07/13 · 08:00

A friend of mine has a son who has finished his service in the army. He spent time in Iraq. He was in a parachuting accident, broke his arm and was rushed to get medical help for his arm, which will never be fully useful now. His parachute was lost in the confusion and he has recieved a bill to pay for it.
Are there any other stories out there of the military billing soldiers for equipment after being discharged?

The Power of Nightmares

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Thursday May 12, 2005 · 12:21 PM PDT

2005/05/12 · 12:21

Excuse me if there has been a posting about this already.
This is a movie being shown at Cannes that will not be shown in the U.S. since networks won't touch this with a ten foot pole. It is about the use of fear in manipulating societies both here and in the middle east.
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm
Most here at the Daily Kos already know about this, but I still feel that more people should know about this film, and the history of the politics of using fear as a weapon to push policy.

Marla Ruzicka - Medal of Freedom?

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Wednesday April 20, 2005 · 12:21 PM PDT

2005/04/20 · 12:21

On altercation, Eric Alterman's blog, Skip Mendler from Honesdale, PA suggested something that I think is a great idea...
"I suggest to him, to you, and to your readers that it might be eminently appropriate to write to the White House and one's Congresscritters, and request that Marla be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and/or the Congressional Gold Medal. In fact, it might be good to do that a lot, and to suggest the same course of action to one's friends. It's highly unlikely the Bushites would give her a medal, of course -- but I'd say that makes it even more important that we make the request, wouldn't you?"

I apologize if this has been brought up already on Kos. For the record, I wrote the Whote house and my congressman to suggest this after I read Skip's idea. Thanks Skip, I can't think of a better way to honor Marla's work and her life.

Dubya and Wife have living wills

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Wednesday March 30, 2005 · 8:42 AM PST

2005/03/30 · 08:42

Wonder why they don't want to say what THEIR wishes are if they were living vegetables?
I bet I can guess that they would not want to "live" with a condition that makes death a welcome change.
see story: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/politics/30wills.html
I believe that putting pressure on them to make it public information would make life a little more difficult for them.

NY Times - The Corporate Media screws up again...

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Tuesday March 22, 2005 · 4:57 AM PST

2005/03/22 · 04:57

This article fails to point out that BUSH used the term "private accounts" first. Now he says that it is a scare tactic by the dems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/politics/22social.html?hp&ex=1111554000&en=0bc65c699536b3c e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
It is beyond me that the editors let this crap get through without a little research. Maybe they can't be bothered, or worst case, they are on the take by the Whitehouse.
The thing that bothers me that if there is a correction, it will be missed by most people, and all they will remember is the lie that is put out there first. Edit: changed MSM to Corporate Media

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