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The floods have been described as epic – more vast than Haiti, Katrina, and the tsunami…
Mercy Corps is an international aid organization based in Portland, Oregon and is right in the thick of things.
Joy Portella is director of communications and leads a
Presented on July 3, 2010…
Let
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Topic #1: Immigration!!!
Okay, okay, okay – the white folks in AZ are scared of the drug cartels. I GET IT!!!
So why do they think that pissing off the entire Latino population is going to help? The police don’t want it either.
Why don’t they LEGALIZE and regulate the drug industry and put the cartels out of business!!!! And, for those concerned about illegal immigrants from Mexico… don’t you think these people would STAY HOME if things were better? So, why aren’t they better?
Topic #2 Stock market plummets, then shoots up again!!! What the heck happened? What does it mean? What does this mean for my retirement? The global economy? Tom Shafer is a former specialist (trader) on the New York Stock Exchange who was involved with automating the exchange. He’ll explain what happened, how it affects us, talk about the battle over regulation, and what we should expect going forward (do you like roller coasters?).
He just might share his opinions on the border issue too (if we twist his arm).
John Loretz: Nukes
Russia and nukes – is the new policy a security threat or do you feel safer than we’re talking with our former enemies?
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What’s on my mind…
“…in The Atlantic, Don Peck reports that last November nearly a fifth of all men between 25 and 54 did not have jobs, the highest figure since the labor bureau began counting in 1948. We are either at or about to reach a historical marker: for the first time there will be more women in the work force than men.”
Fort Hood massacre. Florida massacre. The Dr. Tiller killing. Terrorism? Alienation? Religious? Hopelessness? What do they have in common? What is different? With unemployment is such bad shape, will there be more of these?
What does it mean to be good? And, should it be encouraged? Or, does that make it a career move, something you do like file your taxes or wash your hands in a public restroom? British novelist Tibor Fischer talks about his new novel
