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    Politics is the influencing and exercising of power, especially in government policies.

    Boston Bombing and Texas Fertilizer Explosion Effects
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    Boston Bombing and Texas Fertilizer Explosion Effects

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    The Texas disaster was worse in than Boston horror, but not unique and beyond our control.

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    Meaning, Political Decision

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    What does it mean when someone claims that it was a political decision? That the power of one group is used to convince another group to go along with a decision that the second group…

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    Political Mandate
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    Political Mandate

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    The Republicans used their mandate as a trump card. The Democrats threw theirs into the discard pile.

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    Paul Ryan Rhetorical Skill

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    I was very impressed with Ryan's rhetorical skills and corresponding disappointed in that of his interviewer.

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    Topsy-Turvy

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    WikiLeaks overturns initial, brush political definitions

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    Benefits of Tea Party

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    Stop earmarks. Although many argue it is small potatoes compared to the deficit, it is not small potatoes to corruption.

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    Voting Decisions in a Democratic Republic
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    Voting Decisions in a Democratic Republic

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    Arranging political factors: The danger of climate change swamping us in the remainder of our life is low while the chance of bankruptcy due to health care costs is much higher.

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    Only People
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    Only People

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    “Corporations are people, too” is double-dipping on citizenship rights. Their leaders already have a vote and the means to voice their opinions.

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    Representation Must Match Votes
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    Representation Must Match Votes

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    Pennsylvanian House representation (13 R, 5 D) reflected the views of the minority, not the majority.

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    Mass Media Campaigning Role
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    Mass Media Campaigning Role

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    Only listen to a single news outlet which holds a decided perspective, never see the full range of features affecting the outcome.

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    I worked in software design for thirty years, until I retired in 2010. Before that, there was a stint in the Marines, a job as a stock clerk for a data processing shop, and then college under the GI Bill. In the work force, I got trained in programming, moved up to tech analysis, and after night school at Johns Hopkins APL, shifted into software architecture and data warehousing. During those years, married with a growing family, I stuffed my ideas and projects into folders and file cabinets—for when I retired. Now, these years.

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    I also post on the mind’s working. I’ve been a Mensan since 1973, studying the mind as an interested observer. Visit the Mental Construction site. How does neural characteristics of the brain affect our thinking? Mainly by abstraction, similarity, and association driving the non-logical aspects of our mind.

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