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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | News and Society |
I had always thought that being a racist was a bad thing. The dictionary defines a racist as someone who expresses "hatred or intolerance of another race or races." In my understanding, a racist considered a certain set of people to ALL have the same negative or undesirable characteristics, without exception. Hate, intolerance, stereotyping some people as being all the same without considering, respecting, and celebrating the individual, all very nasty stuff.
But now I am not so sure my ...
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 | News and Society |
The purpose of this rally is to restore the principles this country was founded on, namely truth, honor and integrity. It is also to honor those men and women in the armed forces and other notable citizens that embody these virtues.
The rally was also controversial though. Glenn Beck, the organizer and a conservative commentator was accused by some of dishonoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by having the rally at the same location that 47 years ago he made his well-known "I Have a Dream" ...
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Monday, July 4th, 2011 | News and Society |
Anger is not my favorite topic. I don't think this is because I am an angry person, resisting a subject that might hook into my own issues. Its just that the subject of anger seems so dull, so elementary. I like to be creative, to think about cutting edge issues, to anticipate the future. Like every counselor, I learned about anger in Psychology 101. Why spend much more time on something so basic? Today, people may express their anger in ways that are different from those of the past. Some ...
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 | News and Society |
In the United States, the month of December is the Christmas Season, not the Holiday Season. To the best of my knowledge there is only one holiday in December recognized by our government. December 25 was made a legal holiday in order to celebrate the birth of Christ. There are no other legal holidays during the month of December. Chanukah, Hannukah, or Hanukah is a celebration and, some say, a Jewish Holiday but it is not a legal holiday. Kwanza is a celebration and not a legal holiday. ...
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 | News and Society |
Hi friends, here's an amazing list of home based beauty tips'Save your money on beauty parlors '..Cool right?
Mix equal quantities of cucumber juice, rose water and lime juice. Wash the face and apply it overnight. Rinse off in the morning. This clears the complexion and keeps it healthy. Take 50 ml. of raw (not boiled) milk and mix a pinch of salt and two teaspoonful of lime juice in it. Use it as a cleansing lotion. It helps to clean the deep pores of skin. Mix equal quantities of lime
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Friday, July 1st, 2011 | News and Society |
Young members of the Seattle chapter of Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) are working to make human rights a fact in their city, with a human rights education campaign and petition drive to support the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Last month, on the Martin Luther King Day of Service, members of the group came out in force to show their commitment to the purpose of this special holiday and to bring their human rights message to people in their city. In 1994 ...
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