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Opinion August 21, 2009  RSS feed
The Second American Revolution has begun
      The natives are restless. The third shot of the "Second American Revolution" has been fired. History is being made. But just as with the first two shots, the third shot is not being heard. America is seething. Not since the Civil War has anything like this happened. But the protests are either being intentionally downplayed or ignorantly misinterpreted.
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When will the real health care debate begin?
      I'm waiting for the health- care debate to start. The preliminaries have been spirited and loud, but how about a debate? You may think there's been a debate, but if you'd been listening carefully, you'd realize it's a fake, like professional wrestling.
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It's not a criticism; It's an observation
Madness about politics
      The incident happened during a town meeting held by SC Representative Bob Inglis. An irate citizen shouted out, "Keep your government hands off my Medicare." When the Congressman tried to explain that Medicare was already a government health care program, the man wouldn't listen.
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Thirty- something speaks
First day of school again
      Why does this keep happening to me? I am a veteran of almost 20 years of my very own first days of school, and I've had plenty of trauma added by life's little curveballs. My mom peeled me off her leg when I entered kindergarten, and I switched schools before the fourth grade.
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A Viking's farewell
      This week's column is not about cops. It's about a subject the feds are telling millions of us how we should handle our health care. According to the proposed Universal Health Care — all 1,000 plus pages of it — citizens 65 and older may be interviewed every five years by a government agent about their "end of life" plans.
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