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Don’t Keep Your Eyes Wide Shut, Mamas…

July 18, 2010
Author: TM Illingworth
Don’t Keep Your Eyes Wide Shut, Mamas…

Remember when you see or hear or read about a “drug addict” or a “junkie,” some other parent sees his or her child. Henry was a child. Henry was addicted to drugs, and his addiction killed him before he reached adulthood. This is what a drug addict looks like:
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Consumption. It’s So Much More Than A Word.

July 8, 2010
Author: TM Illingworth

The average American uses 150 gallons of water per day. The average person in a developing nation struggles to find 5. Perspective. How much do you consume?
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Obama… On Life Before The White House

July 8, 2010
Author: Black Tea

President Obama was asked by Israeli TV what he missed most about life before becoming president: “Taking walks. There is a value to anonymity in terms of just being able to wander around, sit on a park bench, take your kids to get ice cream without having Secret Service and helicopters over you. That part...
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Gettin’ ‘R Done…

June 28, 2010
Author: Black Tea

“Love this administration or hate it… this President is getting a lot done. The last time any President did this much in office, booze was illegal.” - Rachel Maddow via Political Wire
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Our Shermanistic Way of Life … The Daily Shock And Awe

June 26, 2010
Author: TM Illingworth
Our Shermanistic Way of Life … The Daily Shock And Awe

All the advances and technology that could have been our legacy will be nothing to the wasteland we are leaving behind for future generations. If there ARE future generations even around to read the history once my generation is through with its Shermanistic way of living.
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Huckabee Considers Switching Sides. Ahem.

June 21, 2010
Author: Black Tea

“The only thing worse than a torrid affair with sweet, sweet Nancy would be a torrid affair with Helen Thomas. If those were my only options, I’d probably be FOR same-sex marriage!” - Direct quote from Mike Huckabee to the  New Yorker, joking about having an affair with Nancy Pelosi.
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What Would You Do If A Grown Man Sent Nude Pics To Your Teenage Daughter??

June 7, 2010
Author: Black Tea

45 year old father, William Atwood, faces felony charges and prison after taking a stun gun to the grown man who sent pictures of his genitals to Atwood's teenage daughter. What would you do had it been your child???
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A Quick Glance Back To June 1979. Same Leak(s). Same Strategies. Same Fail.

June 5, 2010
Author: Black Tea

“The oil companies keep talking about how technologically advanced they are. But what they’ve gotten technologically advanced at… is drilling deeper. They haven’t gotten any more technologically advanced at how to deal with the risks attached to that. That… and making themselves the most profitable industry the universe has ever seen.”
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Teen Drug Use: Breaking The Comfort Zone Of Stereotpying.

June 4, 2010
Author: TM Illingworth
Teen Drug Use: Breaking The Comfort Zone Of Stereotpying.

Prostitutes, druggies, homeless people... who cares? Right? Good kids don't end up robbed and beaten during drug deals. Right? Decent people don't end up burying their children after a drug overdose... Wrong.
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Knoxville Mother and Writer Begs Other Parents Read Her Story… Son, 18, Dies From Injuries Received During A Drug Deal Gone Wrong

June 1, 2010
Author: TM Illingworth

"Talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol. Talk some more. Do it today. Dig deeper. Look more closely. Trust your gut no matter what your teenager is telling you. Err on the side of doing too much rather than not doing enough. Please. I don’t want H's {death} to be for nothing." -Katie...
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“Don’t Tread On Me. Tread On That Other Guy.”

May 27, 2010
Author: Black Tea

Arizona’s new Immigration Law SB1070, requires local police to check the papers of anyone who is a part of a stop, detention or arrest when “reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States.” Laws like these affect all of us. It means U.S. citizens will have to...
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