"ST. PETERSBURG — Defense contractor Conax Florida Corp. is open for business today, one day after federal agents raided its St. Petersburg complex.
Conax's offices on 75th Street N were closed Wednesday to allow agents from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service...
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ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA-- Federal agents raided Conax Florida Corp., a defense contractor that provides equipment for the military and NASA, early Wednesday. The Defense Criminal Investigative Service...
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According to General Stanley McChrystal, who commands the NATO troops in Afghanistan, the troops must make a cultural shift from conventional warfare to protecting Afghan civilians. If troops are under fire from the enemy, and if there's any chance of creating civilian...
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Does anyone know what happened to George W. Bush and what he's been up to lately? I've been searching the internet and various news sources, recently, and haven't come up with anything ...
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No beat-up intended on President Obama in the following, nor do I have an ideological axe to grind. Indeed, I've criticized President George W. Bush a hell-of-alot-more than I've criticized President Obama. I'm just calling it as I see it from the perspective of a...
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There are alot of you, out there, that are upset with President Obama's handling of the American economy. Don't give him a bum rap just yet, for he's only been in office for six months, and he's following the lead of virtually all U.S. presidents that have come...
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Nothing that occurs in "private clubs" throughout America surprises me. Some of the most despicable/racist/anti-social Americans sit on the boards and comprise the membership ranks of America's "private clubs". Indeed, many Americans gravitate toward...
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Ten days from now (July 20, 09) marks the sixth month of President Barack Obama's presidency. Today, according to the latest Rasmussen tracking poll of voters, 30% of U.S. voters strongly...
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Summary of a July 7, 2009 piece in The Wall Steet Journal:
Pfizer, the U.S. pharmaceutical giant, is targeting what it calls the "bottom of the pyramid" in an effort to gain a larger market share in emerging markets and to offset the recent decline in...
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A two-year-old Floridian was killed by her family's eight foot pet Python, last Wednesday, while she was sleeping in her crib. It was ruled "death by asphyxiation". The little girl lived in a...
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Two-hundred-and-thirty-three-years sounds like a long time, but in terms of a nation's existence it's not. And relatively speaking, America is still in its adolescent stages. I think that many people, in America and throughout the world, have forgotten...
Mr. and Mrs. America . . . do you have any idea as to what the Washington D.C. political establishment has been up to lately? In other words, do you have any idea as to what your...
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I've been a registered Republican for almost thirty years. Nowadays, however, I consider myself an independent, because the Republican party is way out of touch with the concerns of average Americans. When I hear talk radio hosts such as Limbaugh, Medved, Hannity, et. al...
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Talk radio host Michael Medved, and those of his ilk, is the last thing that the Republican Party needs if it ever wants to be taken seriously again by the American electorate. Medved's spiel is essentially that of an elitist and idealogue. . . and like all...
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