Author: Marie2

Nine Peace Laureates Continue Advocating Peace

A very sad world we live in when it takes a minority of living Nobel Peace Laureates to point out that: WAR ISN’T ENTERTAINMENT– AND SHOULDN’T BE TREATED LIKE IT IS How could tens of millions of Americans have...

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The Importance of Tamale Ladies

I don’t know Juana Reyes, a woman that has been making and selling tamales in Sacramento and is now facing deportation.  What I do know is that there aren’t enough “tamale ladies.”   Sundays and...

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After The Olympics, It’s Todd’s "Star"-Turn

Somehow missed the latest Wesley Clark effort to cash in on his shiny four stars.  Stars Earn Stripes to debut at the closing of the Olympics and with that major star Todd Palin competing at a  faux, excuse me –...

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Built All On One’s Own?

Hah! A True Story The decade from 1985 to 1994 was difficult for California public works construction contractors.  Most of the large and mid-sized contractors survived that period of Republican domination of state and...

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The Romneys Going For Gold!

With all eyes on London 2012, Mitt Romney has had visions of lots of gold.  As Bob Holher reported in the Boston Globe in 2007, he isn’t shy about his efforts to Having been defeated in his Senate race against Senator...

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