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• Long-term unemployed losing benefits as job picture improves

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Companies are making do with fewer people handling more work. Why should they hire anyone??

• North Carolina approves ban on same-sex marriage by wide margin

  Tue May 8, 2012
  • All these screaming headlines neglect to address one basic question: HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED ON TUESDAY?? What percentage of the eligible voters in North Carolina actually decided "overwhelmingly" to pass this amendment?? Unless the numbers represent a real majority of the population, all of this …

• Obama's gay marriage move risky, inevitable

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • He did the right thing. It's about time -- and long overdue. All Americans should have the same rights and protections. It's absurd that we're still discussing this!

• Lessons learned from inmate's challenge to Obama in W.Va.

  Wed May 9, 2012
  • Everyone makes such a big deal about this election result -- yet I wonder how many people actually VOTED in West Virginia yesterday? Oh, yeah, I forgot: you have to know how to read to understand a ballot. Your state is a joke, Hellbilly. Just have to face it!

• Lessons learned from inmate's challenge to Obama in W.Va.

  Wed May 9, 2012
  • I love the statistics on the percentage of the WVa population who receive government assistance...

• Obama: 'I think same-sex couples should be able to get married'

  Wed May 9, 2012
  • Good! I'm glad he took a stand on this issue. It's the right thing to do -- and it's time the majority of us spoke up against the rising tide of these backwoods yahoos who think they somehow have the right to tell everyone else what to do. All Americans should have the same rights. Period.

• French President Sarkozy admits defeat in presidential bid

  Sun May 6, 2012
  • Hey, Homer -- Before you insult people, learn how to spell, ok? It might help bolster your argument. But for now I am amused that you managed to contradict yourself in only 2 short sentences.

• French President Sarkozy admits defeat in presidential bid

  Sun May 6, 2012
  • And as far as the U.S. is concerned: Some of our problems can be laid at the feet of several administrations -- and the astonishingly inept Congresses that have abetted the madness for more than 30 years.

• French President Sarkozy admits defeat in presidential bid

  Sun May 6, 2012
  • Just to be clear here: the French version of "socialism" doesn't mean what most of you think it does. In reality their philosophy more closely resembles traditional Democratic values in the U.S.: a belief that government should invest in public infrastructure and help people when they need it.

• Peoria bishop compares Obama's actions to Stalin, Hitler

  Thu Apr 19, 2012
  • The Catholic Church would do well to take care of their own problems -- like rampant pedophilia -- and start monitoring absurd comments like the nonsense from Iowa. If this is the best man they can find in Peoria to elevate to bishop's rank, then the Church is in more trouble than they realize.