Self Hypnosis is the best form of Self Help

I made a startling discovery the other day. I wanted to become more productive, to achieve the goals I set out to do, and to improve my life in several ways. So I analyzed the problems, came up with solutions, and wrote everything down.

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Is Fox News an arm of the Republican party?

The Obama administration struck a nerve by acknowledging that Fox News acts as an arm of the Republican party. It was not a surprise to anyone that Fox News has a conservative Republican agenda.

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Why conservatism went wrong and how to make it right

The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of conserve is "to keep in a safe or sound state". William F Buckley had that in mind when he began promoting political conservatism when he founded National review magazine in 1955.

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How a Public Health Insurance option can LOWER health care COSTS

The major problem with health care is cost. Private health insurance companies aren't solely to blame for costs. As Robert J. Samuelson wrote in his article "Rx for Health Care: Pain" in the Dec 10, 2007 issue of Newsweek, runaway health spending is.

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Loud angry confrontational town hall tactics BACKFIRE for conservative Extremists

I attended a town hall meeting last night. A majority of the people who attended and almost everyone who spoke was a right-wing extremist. The people booed when the Democratic Congressman walked in. They interrupted him and shouted a number of times.

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Are the people who shout and disrupt town hall meetings actually HELPING health care reform?

I went to a rally for health care reform in Green Bay WI a couple of days ago. Information was presented by several speakers and a couple of videos were shown. About a quarter of the people there were against health care reform.

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Is preventing the free speech of others by disrupting town hall meetings a valid form of free speech?

Insurance company lobbyists, Fox News and conservative Republican talk show hosts have been prompting people to attend and disrupt town hall meetings put on by Democratic Congressmen in order to discuss the creation of an option of public health insurance.

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Why we must ration health care

The way we regard rationing in health care seems to rest on the assumption that it's immoral to apply monetary considerations to saving lives — but is that stance tenable?

Reagan's flawed policies started Republican failures

Some Republicans have begun reassessing whether Mr. Reagan today affords the best example as they seek a path back to power. The economic crisis, which Mr. Obama last fall declared a "final verdict" on the anti-government philosophy that George W. Bush and Mr.

Why the Republicans have lost power

- State of the Republican party today The Republican party began a downward spiral right after the 2004 elections. Major party figures have been removed from office on ethics charges and scandals, and others were voted out of office in the lections of 2006 and 2008.

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Obesity blamed for doubling rate of diabetes cases

Does Bush proposal threaten access to the pill?

A White House proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion and some birth-control methods has escalated a debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients' rights.

Shooting suspect hated liberals

Goodell Stepping in on Favre Saga

Wants Situation Resolved

Top Pentagon investigator to resign

The Pentagon's inspector general is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when personnel shortfalls have limited to probe of waste, fraud and abuse probes.

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