Random Thoughts of a Muddled Mind

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Akhenaten was an exceptional family man in Egyptian History.
“Akhenaten had an extensive family, which was well represented in the art from his reign. His parents were Amenhotep III and Tiye. Akhenaten’s name was originally Amenhotep IV, which he changed later. Akhenaten was married to Nefertiti, who is now famous because of [...]

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The Battle of Fallujah will be one of the topics we will be studying soon in 11th Grade US History. This battle was one of the most intense in recent history. If you are interested, you can get a little advance look. Go here for an incredible satellite image of [...]

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Shouting it loudly is the new way of elevating the debate, because apparently, leaking reports is not working well enough.
btw…the article has a real problem…since it states
In late July, Democratic lawmakers requested the intelligence community to write a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, noting that such a report had not been done in over two [...]

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I am currently reading the incredible book The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright.
There has been an interesting debate of late due to the story in the NY Times this weekend about a leaked portion of the most recent NIE…which the President today partially declassified.
The debate right now is whether or not the leak accurately expressed [...]

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The week that was included an amazing few days at the UN in NYC. It started with the speech by President Bush…okay, decent speech, nothing really new, just a restatement of purpose. Then the fun began. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave his speech, which included the words
0, Almighty God, all men and [...]

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The Tigers today clinched a spot in the 2006 playoffs…and can now concentrate on trying to win the AL Central, and possibly wrap up the best record in all of baseball.

For perspective, the last time the Tigers participated in the post season was 1987. 19 years ago, I was a Senior in College, unmarried, [...]

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As expected…the Yankees have, for the 9th consecutive time, clinched the AL East title. Nice to know that George can still find a way to stay competitive in the East.
I am all for capitalism….but 78 million more than any other team, seems excessive.
btw…my team, with a payroll over 116 million less won tonight, taking [...]

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While the media has been distracted with antics of Larry, Moe and Curly at the UN (Chavez, Mugabe, and Ahmadinejad…I will comment on their antics later), the House Panel, that has been resisting the President’s proposals on detainee interrogations, have come to a compromise, and will now support legislation formalizing the rules [...]

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Under the category of rampant electoral pandering comes this gem of excessive litigation by our State Attorney General.
The state has set the emission standards, some of the toughest in the world, and the companies have met them…and now they are getting sued for doing so? My favorite part of the article might be this [...]

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