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Sept. 11: another commercialized tragedy

A belated “Happy Patriot Day” to all. Sadly, September 11th has officially gone commercial. This day was designated and named by Congress to remember the victims of the World Trade Center attacks...

Can you hear me now?

I have many weird idiosyncrasies. I am terrified of shower drains. I cannot stand the fact that cucumbers smell good but taste bad. It bugs me when people do not shut their blinkers off after turning. I gag at the smell of pencil erasers. And there are many T.V. shows that I don’t watch because the characters do not say “goodbye” before...

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U.S. finds scapegoat in FEMA’s ex-director

With the year anniversary of the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina now having come and gone, many people still know who was to blame for the lack of aid given to victims in the Gulf Coast. Or at least they think they do. Former FEMA director Michael Brown was tagged...

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MTV killed the music video star

Is it really necessary for MTV to have an award show for music videos when they don’t even play them that often? Sure they have TRL but the videos are only played for 20 seconds before they go back to the VJ and crowd. Furthermore, TRL is a three ring circus with the VJ and guest-stars “performing” for their audience. Today, the basic MTV...

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