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    Open Season on the American Housewife

    APRIL 29, 2012 9:02AM

    By MOMSACOMIC


    Topics: duty, sex, beauty, weight loss or gain, treatment, pay, slanted arguments, feminism, liberation, taboos, employment, classification, from the beginning of time, ancient art

    • 25 Ratings
    • 1086 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Accepting Hate and Ignorance Doesn't Make It Go Away

    OCTOBER 25, 2011 6:06PM

    By Safe_Bet's Amy


    Topics: duty, respect, human right

    • 0 Ratings
    • 238 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Our Nation's Birthday Began With an Idea Born of Tryanny

    JULY 1, 2011 10:44PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: duty, honor, vigilance, freedom, liberty, political process, founding fathers, revolution, bill of rights, equality, constitution, rights

    • 1 Ratings
    • 111 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Monday: Not Again

    MAY 9, 2011 9:39AM

    By Spike The Chicken


    Topics: fatigue, duty, daily, living, time, life

    • 6 Ratings
    • 365 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Lost in Obligationland

    JANUARY 7, 2011 12:02PM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: parents, duty, helping others, feeling overwhelmed, midlife issues, being a good daughter, belief/religion, family, feminism

    • 0 Ratings
    • 218 Views
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    Duty Bound -- a brief story of Mike Weston

    DECEMBER 16, 2010 2:02PM

    By Rob Bracknell


    Topics: compulsory service, draft, all-volunteer force, social contract, patriot, service, stanford, harvard, weston, combat, afghanistan, military, marine corps, duty

    • 10 Ratings
    • 727 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Obama Needs to Fish or Cut Bait

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 10:05AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: barack obama, obama, stepping aside, step aside, stepping down, step down, 2012, 2008, re-election, reelection, role model, role, spin, vision, picture, terminology, imagery, metaphor, duty honor country, country, honor, duty, fighting for their political lives, fighting for her political life, fighting for his political life, fighting for their lives, fighting for her life, fighting for his life, fighting, sacrifice, war, philosophy, politics

    • 19 Ratings
    • 559 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Fighting for their Political Lives

    NOVEMBER 18, 2010 7:55AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, philosophy, war, sacrifice, fighting, fighting for his life, fighting for her life, fighting for their lives, fighting for his political life, fighting for her political life, fighting for their political lives, duty, honor, country, duty honor country, metaphor, imagery, terminology, picture, vision, spin, role, role model

    • 4 Ratings
    • 343 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    I Voted Today... Woo Hoo!

    OCTOBER 22, 2010 8:30PM

    By Blu Speck


    Topics: duty, politics, vote

    • 18 Ratings
    • 645 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Just Too Fat to Fight

    AUGUST 31, 2010 4:00PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: fat, terrorists, health, duty, fitness, recruits, military, army

    • 10 Ratings
    • 492 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    assignment (dedicated to scylla and one who is lost)

    JULY 27, 2010 11:34AM

    By Foolish Monkey


    Topics: the dead, poetry, poem inspired by scylla the rock, duty

    • 1 Ratings
    • 2435 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The South Will Rise Again

    APRIL 10, 2010 10:09AM

    By amittaizero


    Topics: ancestry, family, duty, loss, death, military, patriotism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 61 Ratings
    • 3848 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    Permission to Die

    AUGUST 10, 2009 1:05PM

    By Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield


    Topics: hope, death, hospice, dying, permission to die, christianity, religion, compassion, love, god's love, chaplain, calling, duty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 2970 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Military Leaders: Grow Up and Let Them Tell

    JUNE 27, 2009 1:21PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: gay, dont ask dont tell, don't ask don't tell, don't tell, dont tell, don't ask, dont ask, politics, code of honor, ethics, religion, belief, belief and religion, panel, courage campaign, hearing, support, letter of support, letter, petition, choi, dan choi, lt. dan choi, army, boyfriend, who one loves, who he loves, partner, lover, soldier, tribunal, honesty, honor, duty, national security, fluent in arabic, arabic, iraq war veteran, veteran, iraq war, military academy, west point, transaltor, moral and professional dereliction, professional dereliction, moral dereliction, dereliction, unconscionable, civil rights, lesbian rights, gay and lesbian rights, gay rights, lesbian, dishonorable, honorable, fire, trial, discharged, discharge, our country, serve our country, service, serving, serve

    • 2 Ratings
    • 753 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Problem is: People Aren't Willing to Die

    FEBRUARY 7, 2009 4:02PM

    By Alcibiades Today


    Topics: society, belief, religion, duty

    • 0 Ratings
    • 530 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Open Letter to Members of Congress and US Attorneys

    JANUARY 27, 2009 11:24AM

    By Robert Flynn


    Topics: constitution, convention against torture, duty, honor

    • 1 Ratings
    • 387 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Fathers and Sons

    JANUARY 14, 2009 10:27PM

    By Sean Paul Kelley


    Topics: open call, duty, obligation, famiiles, sean paul kelley

    • 2 Ratings
    • 495 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Are You Corrupt or Not? Pick One.

    JANUARY 10, 2009 3:27AM

    By Tracey Bushman


    Topics: corruption, politicians, sin, everyone, insanity, representative, duty, c-span, lies

    • 27 Ratings
    • 2395 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Whatever Should Be, Should Be

    DECEMBER 17, 2008 8:01AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: proportionality, proportion, profit, rudeness, rude, politeness, polite, semantics, modal, must, should, shall, imperative, duty, obligation, weakest, weak, poor, strong, well-to-do, wealthy, wealth, rich, breach, social contract, contract, class warfare, class, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 349 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Will Hilary be a straight shooter?

    DECEMBER 12, 2008 9:00PM

    By JackM


    Topics: health:mental and otherwise, spirituality, patriotism, duty, honor, health, gossip, news, politics, sports

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