As the Democrat primary season heads into next month the race between Senator Barack and Senator Hillary Clinton is all but officially over. Senator Obama has what appears to be a commanding lead... Read More
Posted by: 9ofHearts on 2008-05-22 11:30:05
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1. You have viewed the diocesan video “Legacy of Leadership” which shows the wide scope of responsibilities of the Bishop of the Diocese of Texas. Tell us about specific positions you... Read More
Posted by: JimStockton on 2008-05-21 13:08:57
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I am so tired of hearing John Mccain and his straight talk bull XXXXX. The guy is one big flip flopper. There are two John Mccains. One was before he was the Republican nominee and the other the... Read More
Posted by: adamatrood on 2008-05-21 01:22:47
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If you are a voter in the 2008 fall election, I advise you to vote for Barack Obama. On the other hand if you are having a dandy of a time with a war thats bankrupting the country, an economy... Read More
Posted by: adamatrood on 2008-05-20 22:11:41
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I'm Jim Stockton, and I want to be your bishop. I love the Diocese of Texas. I love the community of the Diocese.  I believe our diocese is today what it was when it was first begun... Read More
Posted by: JimStockton on 2008-05-19 13:31:11
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I include people who are only part way there, but are still trying for that first billion. I call them bil's. It's faster to say, and it's a four letter word, like many swear words. They... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-18 18:06:46
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Record prices, Why? The politicians like to blame our dependence on foreign sources. Whose fault is that? The politicians. They haven't allowed any new refineries to be built in this... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-18 17:16:59
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Illegal Immigration is rampant. There are at least 20,000,000 illegal immigrants in the U. S. now. More are coming in every day. Most of them are basically honest working people, but they are... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-18 16:02:31
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Why have the credit card rates gone up so much in the last few years? Billionaires and politicians. Every state has laws to control the interset rates and fees that credit cards can charge.... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-18 07:48:21
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Fewer good paying production jobs. More low paying service jobs. NAFTA, CAFTA, and Most Favored Nation trading status for China. All the good jobs were given to foreigners, and we were left... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-18 07:29:28
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Social security is failing. It will be out of money by the year 20??, depending on which politician or expert you believe. For many years it took in more money than it paid out, building for... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-18 06:41:27
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How many tax laws are there? 60,000 pages and counting. Most of it is tax breaks and loopholes for the very rich and the businesses they own. The billionaires that have incredible control... Read More
Posted by: GaryR on 2008-05-17 19:26:35
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    Barack Obama's rise to fame is akin to the "New Kids on the Block" phenomenom of the 1980's. He is merely a product of a brilliant marketing campaign: all glitter, no... Read More
Posted by: URthere4IM on 2008-05-13 22:12:52
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So Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee.  I am not worried in the least - in my opinion the Democrats are fighting for the right to decide whom McCain is going to spank.  And for... Read More
Posted by: contraeverything on 2008-05-08 09:04:25
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The primaries are under way and everbody is wondering who is going to win. Well, I don't think this world is ready for a woman president or a black president. There are so many things wrong... Read More
Posted by: wiccanwarrior2 on 2008-05-07 07:56:23
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This is a short post on something that deserves a lot more space. It's hard to know what's really going on in Zimbabwe - the media from my country has been banned from reporting directly from... Read More
Posted by: rose22 on 2008-05-05 18:00:42
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There are so many different views on politics. I try to stay away from this subject because so many people have so many different views. I can tell you this. Believe nothing you hear and only... Read More
Posted by: wiccanwarrior2 on 2008-05-05 10:11:26
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We're mid-count in the London mayoral election.  It's hilarious. The 24-hour rolling news culture can't cope with the fact that if you use a proportional system (the mayor is elected in a... Read More
Posted by: rose22 on 2008-05-02 19:06:50
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Barack Hussein Obama stands for hope and change. Hope, of course, for the future, because it is not here yet. Leaving behind former things like the past, because that is so very yesterday. It is,... Read More
Posted by: contraeverything on 2008-04-25 13:18:52
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Dear Colleagues and Kindred in Christ, I ask your prayers for my discernment and faithful response to God around my sense of call to seek nomination for election as bishop coadjutor of our... Read More
Posted by: JimStockton on 2008-04-14 13:14:51
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My plan to accomplish the goal of focusing the diocese on mission and ministry as an icon of God’s Love for all includes the following actions that I will take as diocesan bishop:... Read More
Posted by: JimStockton on 2008-04-14 13:13:40
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Just a few days to go for the Elections in nepal and very excited about what this election going to bring to the people of Nepal. Its high time that the political atmosphere settles in... Read More
Posted by: jhapali on 2008-04-07 13:21:53
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I read a few articles today about the presidential races. Truthfully, each piece was nothing more than a bashing of the other side's candidate(s). Of equal truth is that neither article shed any... Read More
Posted by: deaconblues on 2008-03-31 19:25:00
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 The two top President/Vice President candidates in the Student Government elections are Dixon/Oaks and Roberston/Bates. The popularity of the election is growing by day and more... Read More
Posted by: eande17 on 2008-03-26 13:58:45
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March 23 2008 Recently, I was imagining two of the Democratic Party's "super delegates" meeting for lunch, sometime in the near future.  For the purposes of my fantasy, let's... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-03-23 10:23:13
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