Posted on July 25, 2008 by westtnliving
The following is a truly outstanding explanation of everything in play here (written by Scott Sullivan at his scholastic philosophy page, read article below here or click to see other articles of Scott’s), and a good guide to see if one’s own tendency is towards moral relativism and if that is constructive or destructive:
The Problem [...]
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Posted on July 22, 2008 by westtnliving
Posted on July 16, 2008 by westtnliving
Posted on July 16, 2008 by westtnliving
Bush Lifts Ban On Offshore Drilling
Bloomberg
July 14, 2008
President George W. Bush said today he’s lifting a presidential ban on drilling for oil and natural gas on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, setting up a showdown with Congress over a separate ban it put in place in the 1980s.
“Today I’ve taken every step within [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2008 by westtnliving
Posted on July 16, 2008 by westtnliving
U.S. Economy: Consumer Prices Up 5%, 17-Year High (Update2)
By Shobhana Chandra and Timothy R. Homan
July 16 (Bloomberg) — U.S. consumer prices surged 5 percent in the past year, the biggest jump since 1991, just as households struggled with falling home values and the credit crunch.
Spiraling expenses for food and fuel spurred the increase in [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by westtnliving
for reference, here is former title holder, Laura Caitlin Upton’s answer (who deserves the crown??? ….you decide, vote in the comment section here ) hit play button below ::
Click here to see a transcript and more on Laura Caitlin Upton’s national TV PR campaign to [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2008 by westtnliving
Anti-immigration fanatics always seem to point to porous borders and the lack of a “big fence” around the country as the reason our labor market is flooded with workers (see my previous post about this issue for more back ground and research on the trend towards non-enforcement of illegal employment laws over the past 20 [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2008 by westtnliving
I would like to meet “8-time world memory champion,” Dominic O’Brian….and by ‘memory champion,’ they don’t mean the toddler’s card game, they mean the human with the greatest capacity for memory on Earth at that moment.
Currently, he is training others via “Peak Performance Training” (go figure) but he has written several books on [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2008 by westtnliving
Ok so I’m not a Buddhist (yet:)), but I thought this was an interesting way to help someone focus on improving their behavior, the choices they make and probably the quality of their life….The big view.com has a nice page about this, the following is from their site:
The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to [...]
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