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Or should I say I have "realized" the secret. Please bear with me for a moment...

At this point, I believe most people are familiar with the books, movie, and discussion surrounding "The Secret". If anyone has not, the movie site is here: http://www.thesecret.tv - the book can be found on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Extended-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/B000K8LV1O - and discussions abound. However, there is a secret to "The Secret"!

My life so far, has been much like most I suspect, full of s… Continue

No, that's not a typo. The recent election again raised the issue in my mind that IMHO, there's something wrong with our election process. I am not commenting on the outcome, just the process. Specifically, the process of selecting the Vice President, the person a heartbeat away from our highest office. The issue I have is that we, the people, don't get to select the person we feel is best to be in the second highest position in our government. We used to:

"Under the Constitution's original pro… Continue

What happened to professional journalists? In the olden days, journalists were taught how to speak with proper grammar and use proper English. It seems those days are long gone. It's one thing for advertising to mangle the language but a completely different matter when one is getting paid (especially those that get paid LARGE sums) to communicate.

Just a few of fairly recent 'flubs':
CNN 1/3/09 10:22AM "both sides they are"
NBC 1/14/09 6:34 "a big hunk of cold air has broken off"
NBC 1/14/09 6… Continue

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/01/let-the-america.html

Congress has a long history of excluding itself from the laws and rules it enacts for everyone else. It is time to end that practice in its entirety. It is not acceptable to enact laws of the type “Do what I say, not what I do”. If Congress is not willing to abide by its own laws, how can it expect the rest of America to? What message does that convey to our citi… Continue

The US Constitution & Bill of Rights protect AMERICAN CITIZENS; those protections do NOT automatically extend to every human being in the world. US Citizens are entitled to a fair trial by a jury of their peers, foreign terrorists are not. The world should adopt a Human Bill of Rights that all countries adhere to that includes the outlawing of torture and a basic set of ‘laws’. This HRB would apply even if the government of a foreign citizen does not adhere to them (confusing I know). Furthe… Continue