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21st-Century Pacifist

Musings of a 21st-Century Pacifist is a collection of articles from the perspective of a bilingual, catholic educated, agnostic, combat veteran, pacifist, engineer and jewelry maker.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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    Goldman, Sachs just invested $500 million dollars in Facebook.  If you had $2 or 3 million laying around, would you invest in Facebook?  I don't have this money and I wouldn't invest in it anyway. Photo: My Facebook page
    Facebook: Not a good investment?

    posted at 1:59 p.m.

    Goldman, Sachs just invested $500 million dollars in Facebook. If you had $2 or 3 million laying around, would you invest in Facebook? I don't have this money and I wouldn't invest in it anyway.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

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    Do you think recycling is a bore?  Think twice, especially about what not recycling can mean to your wallet.
    Recycling: Good for your wallet

    posted at 4:21 p.m.

    Do you think recycling is a bore? Think twice, especially about what not recycling can mean to your wallet.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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    Is there any reason why an apparently bright and logical young person would spend twice as much to get the same degree from a private school as compared with a public college? Photo: From the Lincoln Tech site
    Feds to control what private colleges teach?

    posted at 10:48 p.m.

    Is there any reason why an apparently bright and logical young person would spend twice as much to get the same degree from a private school as compared with a public college?

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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    When Joy Miller found out her daughter Nicole had cerebral palsy The Miller family simply proceeded to do what they had to to give Nicole the future that she has. Photo: Nicole Miller, sunshine
    It takes a village and quite a bit more

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    When Joy Miller found out her daughter Nicole had cerebral palsy The Miller family simply proceeded to do what they had to to give Nicole the future that she has.

Friday, November 12, 2010

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    Marco Rubio is the son of a Cuban bartender and a hotel domestic worker.  Does that make him a Latino? Photo: Associated Press
    Marco Rubio: Latino or not?

    posted at 12:32 a.m.

    Marco Rubio is the son of a Cuban bartender and a hotel domestic worker. Does that make him a Latino?

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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    So what happened to the American dream? And will your vote help bring it back? Photo: scholarship@kkc
    Vote for the American dream

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    So what happened to the American dream? And will your vote help bring it back?

Thursday, September 23, 2010

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    It was the end of the first Gulf war, and we were having dinner with friends.  The lady of the house, flush with pride for the easy victory over the forces of Saddam Hussein, made a remark that I recall almost 20 years later.
    War ain't 'Project Runway'

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    It was the end of the first Gulf war, and we were having dinner with friends. The lady of the house, flush with pride for the easy victory over the forces of Saddam Hussein, made a remark that I recall almost 20 years later.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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    The interviews I have seen on TV are very much the same: People first indicate that they are not opposed to Muslims and believe in freedom of religion but then say that it is in “bad taste
    Why not a mosque?

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    The interviews I have seen on TV are very much the same: People first indicate that they are not opposed to Muslims and believe in freedom of religion but then say that it is in “bad taste" or “provocative” for a mosque to open in that location.

Mario Salazar

Mario Salazar

Mario Salazar is a combat infantry Vietnam Vet, world traveler, renaissance reconnaissance man and pacifist. ... more

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Mario Salazar is a combat infantry Vietnam Vet, world traveler, renaissance reconnaissance man and pacifist.  Now retired from the Environmental Protection Agency and living in Montgomery County, Mario will share with you his life, his thoughts, his musing on living in yet another century of change.  He will also try to convey his joy of being old.

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