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How employers make it hard to find good workers
Mon Oct 22, 2012
- > 2 years of unemployment, had lots of experience and skills, no college degree. Got bumped out until 1 person chose to actually talk to me
The 47 percent: Here's who pays no federal income tax
Tue Sep 18, 2012
- I'm comfortable with what I pay, but am deeply offended that ANYONE making $200K+ pays NO federal income tax or a net lower rate than me!!!
Rhode Island school bans father-daughter dances, says they break the law
Tue Sep 18, 2012
- This is stretching gender discrimination concern to a painfully, ludicrously extreme degree. There are worse abuses ACLU should be addressi
Richer communities get more US funds from EPA to clean up toxic brownfields
Sun Sep 16, 2012
- Actually, @hdrider-1765193, you are wrong about asbestos and wrong about the author's credibility. I worked for a decade in Brownfields technical assistance and would like to share some informational points with you. #1: the asbestos in the "shuttered textile mill" was most likely to have been prese …
Many jobless Americans dipping into retirement savings
Wed Jul 18, 2012
- Unemployed for 2 years, patched together unemployment benefits & independent contracting, still needed retirement funds just to get by!
US priests reportedly behind Vatican crackdown on nuns
Thu May 10, 2012
- Just another chapter in the Church's lifelong demeaning and devaluing of women; a crass attempt to draw attention from sex abuse by priests
What is torture? Ex-CIA official renews debate
Thu May 3, 2012
- His narrow definition of torture is probably all that lets him sleep at night; doesn't mean it's accurate or shared by most.
Peoria bishop compares Obama's actions to Stalin, Hitler
Thu Apr 19, 2012
- It is beyond me how it is that this man, this bishop, keeps his head from exploding while containing the delusional contradictions it seems to. In an act that violates the founder's intention regarding the First Amendment, of the separation of church and state, he stands within the shelter of a love …
Republicans seek to pin GSA spending scandal on White House
Tue Apr 17, 2012
- I find the indignation of the Congressmen toward this egregious misconduct commendable, but I see opportunism and hypocrisy at work, as well. They're so indignant about hundreds of THOUSANDS of dollars being lost to American taxpayers via this behavior that they want to examine the GSA records at a …
Military board: Tea Party Marine who slammed Obama on Facebook should be dismissed
Fri Apr 6, 2012
- For all of you bleating about this "poor" Marine who's getting discharged for publicly expressing his disdain for his boss and shouting about "free" speech and then not liking the consequences ... welcome to the realities of the Right to Work legislation so many of you support. In a Right to Work s …

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BlackHillsLaura's Recent Activity

Latest Comments

How employers make it hard to find good workers

The 47 percent: Here's who pays no federal income tax

Rhode Island school bans father-daughter dances, says they break the law

Richer communities get more US funds from EPA to clean up toxic brownfields

Many jobless Americans dipping into retirement savings

US priests reportedly behind Vatican crackdown on nuns

What is torture? Ex-CIA official renews debate

Peoria bishop compares Obama's actions to Stalin, Hitler

Republicans seek to pin GSA spending scandal on White House

Military board: Tea Party Marine who slammed Obama on Facebook should be dismissed

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