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My son leaves for his volunteer tour of duty in Afghanistan. And I won't be there to say goodbye. Because I advocate a position of peace, my son believes my priorities are off kilter, and for some time now he has believed that he goes to war so whiners at home can keep griping about less critical concerns - like healthcare or economic justice.

http://snipurl.com/ue1tq



Five Million Workers to Exhaust Unemployment Benefits by June

According to the BLS, there are a record 6.31 million workers who have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks (and still want a job). This is a record 4.1% of the civilian workforce. (note: records started in 1948).

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/02/five-million-workers-to-exhaust.html



Rich Getting Richer Rewards as Credit-Card Law Refutes Bankers

Credit-card write-offs, or loans deemed uncollectible, jumped 59 percent to $89 billion last year from $56 billion a year earlier.

http://snipurl.com/ue1ty


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warfare
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=healthcare
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=unemploy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rich+getting+richer