North Korea appears to have ramped up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S. by turning to Twitter and YouTube - websites that most citizens of the reclusive communist country are banned from viewing.
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http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/08-17-2010/20100817040501_12.html
In April 1866, the Congress passed a Civil Rights Act declaring that people born in the United States were to be considered citizens.
The bill was designed to extend citizenship protections to freed slaves. President Andrew Johnson promptly vetoed the law � only to have the Radical Republicans in Congress override him in one of the first great show
Facing large budget shortfalls and unwilling to raise general taxes in a slow economy, states are looking for creative ways to raise a little extra revenue here and there, including crazy things like taxing shoe repair.
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http://kiplinger.com/tools/slideshows/slideshow_pop.html?nm=state_taxes
Video of Gordon Howies remarks at the On the Right Side� event in Rapid City recently.
Howie talks about where the blame lies for the decline in public morality in our country, threats to freedom, education reform, disengaged citizens, and what needs to happen to change all this.
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http://www.dakotavoice.com/2010/07/gordon-howie-on-the-right-side/
A Chinese government whitepaper released on Tuesday praised the Internet for improving access to information and giving citizens a way to better oversee the behavior government officials, but reaffirmed the need for policies aimed at controlling access to online content.
