All Posts Tagged With: "representative"

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WalMart Sweat Labor – The Case for Tariffs

My son and I agree on just about everything philosophically – but we differ in problem solution.  He and his friends are on a big toot to boycott WalMart in protest of Chinese sweat labor.  There is no argument from me on the atrocities of the Chinese labor market.  But the idea of boycotting WalMart [...]

2Jan2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
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Declaration of Independence – 2008

Declaration of Independence
2008
(All comments in italics are direct quotes from the United States Declaration of Independence penned in 1776)

“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal [...]

4Mar2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 5 comments | Continued
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Representing US to the World

Son,
We live in a Republic.  Our government represents us.  Taxes, infrastructure, social justice, law, common defense – all of that traditional stuff.  Stuff that is defined in the preamble to our constitution.   But we live today in a global community.  Someone has to represent us to the world.  That someone is the President.  Who [...]

6Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued