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DEFERENCE: respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another

August 29, 2010

There are some who would identify deference as a weakness.  In an age and society in which getting ahead at any cost prevails, the idea of acknowledging the superiority of another can be seen as a sign of inferiority.  Those who strive for the top of the pile might subscribe to the theory that one [...]

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CITIZENSHIP: a 14th Amendment battle emerges

August 9, 2010

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides citizenship for any baby born in the United States.  As the media has clarified over the past week or so, the Amendment came about after the Civil War to allow for the citizenship of babies born to those who had been brought to this country as slaves.  [...]

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BONDAGE: subjected to a powerful authority

July 12, 2010

Just when we thought the U.S. Congress was on the verge of passing a somewhat-bipartisan bill limiting the banking industry, it appears that the banking lobby has exerted its pressure on needed Members.  The banking lobby having spent millions of dollars to fight this proposed regulation bill, several Republicans and a few Democrats who were [...]

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CONGRESS: another way of looking at it

March 18, 2010

One of the definitions for the word congress is “to assemble together; meet in congress.” Note that it doesn’t say “holding a meeting.” In this definition meet is not a noun; it is a verb: meeting, as in people finding themselves at the same place at the same time.
So…this meaning of congress is something like [...]

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RECONCILIATION: the act of bringing resolution to a debated issue

March 5, 2010

Reaching across a great divide is not a bad image to accompany this blog posting.  It more than adequately represents the phenomenon of reconciliation as we experience it now in Congress.  In order for Congress to accomplish the act of legislating health care reform it is necessary for Members to come to a common agreement.    [...]

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