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    Memorial Day 101

    MAY 25, 2012 3:09PM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: honor, battle, war, combat, veterans, decoration day, memorial day, politics, news, family, belief/religion

    • 2 Ratings
    • 120 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Adventures in Potty Training

    MARCH 13, 2012 10:24AM

    By mmbennett


    Topics: growing up, battle, willpower, potty training

    • 25 Ratings
    • 685 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    A Christmas Gift to O/Sers

    DECEMBER 23, 2011 12:21PM

    By toritto


    Topics: christmas music at carnegie hall, battle, von stade, music, poetry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 1761 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Prenatal Murder and Unjustified Miscarriages

    JULY 3, 2011 2:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, abortion, innocent until proven guilty, burden of proof, choice, pro-choice, anti-choice, life, pro-life, anti-life, abortion, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, invasion of privacy, women's issues, women's rights, men's issues, men's rights, free, freedom, less free, less freedom, controlling, controlling women, if it were a man, if it happened to a man, men, women, reducing, restricting, limiting, chipping away, roe v. wade, battle, battleground, fight, attack, intimidating, intimidation, abortion rights, right to life, murder, prosecution, criminal, criminalization, criminalisation, miscarriage, proof, prove, prenatal, prenatal care, prenatal murder, chip, schip, red tape, lifeboat ethics, hypocrisy, inconsistency

    • 0 Ratings
    • 491 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Savoring Meditation #106: Healing... God's Way

    JUNE 6, 2011 10:16PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: belief/religion, family, health, healing, doctor, god, faith, book of wisdom, pain, battle, retaining fluids, call, prayer, cemeteries, children and spouses, photography, science

    • 8 Ratings
    • 596 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Will You Fight?

    MARCH 1, 2011 3:16PM

    By Noahvose


    Topics: unions, teachers, justice, fighting, battle, gov. walker, wisconsin, politics, budget bill

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1247 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Facing the Truth (with bonus comic)

    DECEMBER 7, 2010 11:26AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, gray matters, grey matters, graym, grey, cartoon, comic, republican, conservative, democrat, democratic, liberal, progressive, capitulation, caved, sold out, sell out, unilateral surrender, betrayal, humor, parody, satire, one of the club, ego, desire to fit in, purple, red, blue, moderate, middle of the road, too far right, too far to the right, too far left, too far to the left, plutocracy, oligarchy, bargaining, compromise, comprimising, surrender, surrendering, battle, war, lost, funding, campaign ads, windfall, gift, rich, super-rich, ultra-rich, wealthy, super-wealthy, ultra wealthy, 98%, 2%, 1%

    • 1 Ratings
    • 360 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Looming Battle

    AUGUST 21, 2010 11:09AM

    By DJohn


    Topics: congress, prepare, agenda, people, america, freedoms, republicans, progressives, democrats, battle

    • 5 Ratings
    • 403 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Forgotten Battle

    MAY 22, 2010 1:55AM

    By DJohn


    Topics: breakfast, battle, tank, sabot, commander, platoon, charlie company, tank battlion, gulf war, iraqi, marines

    • 3 Ratings
    • 298 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    No April Fool's Joke

    APRIL 1, 2010 12:10PM

    By PlannerDan


    Topics: fighting, heritage, battle, history, patriots, remembering, father, pacific, marines, okinawa, war

    • 2 Ratings
    • 316 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Poetry: Battle

    MARCH 13, 2010 12:04AM

    By Kim Bentz


    Topics: faith, depression, fear, doubt, trust, battle, poetry

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1216 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    #102 "Black Hawk Down"... make the choice, make it right.

    JANUARY 20, 2010 8:40AM

    By N. Jordan


    Topics: black hawk down, battle, soldier, man, mission, hope, comrade, belief/religion, movies, open call, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1274 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    #96 "I'm eating your chocolate cake" - Joseph Donnelly

    JANUARY 14, 2010 8:47AM

    By N. Jordan


    Topics: family, movies, open call, travel, chocolate cake, confidence, dreams, goals, battle

    • 2 Ratings
    • 198 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Within or Without

    DECEMBER 29, 2009 1:50AM

    By Georgia Girl


    Topics: madness, sanity, horrifying, love, battle, life, soul, light, peace, whisper

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1148 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    UPDATE: Dumb War?

    DECEMBER 2, 2009 10:06AM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: afghanistan, crisis, pakistan, iraq, bush, obama, surge, insurgency, war, troops, battle, karzai, politics

    • 6 Ratings
    • 22526 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Letter from an American World War II Soldier to His Parents

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 9:41PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: chicago illinois, jack gallagher, john gallagher, larry riordan, lawrence t. riordan, captain j. gallagher, second lieutenant l. t. riordan, 82nd squadron, 436th troop carrier group, glider pilots, germany, rhine river, melun france, dakota, c-47 skytrain, c-47 pilot, european theater, faith, courage, battle, letters in wartime, letters home from the war, open call, second world war, wwii, american soldier, soldier, pilot, world war ii

    • 0 Ratings
    • 255 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    On Music

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 12:24PM

    By animalogue


    Topics: fiction, submission, emotion, battle, war, sound, music

    • 5 Ratings
    • 466 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    The Wound Still Bleeds

    AUGUST 31, 2009 11:40AM

    By PlannerDan


    Topics: soldier, prayer, battle, father, marine, american, forgiveness, flag, okinawa, japanese, war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 199 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Letter to the Manufacturer

    AUGUST 19, 2009 4:50PM

    By Creative Tutors Cypress


    Topics: short story, battle, fight, strongholds, failure, life, man, god, struggle, sin

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1950 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Outpost Detroit

    JUNE 5, 2009 3:00PM

    By rwnutjob


    Topics: sacrifice, battle, korea, veteran, open call

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