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Patriot Act Used to Lock Up Homeschooler?

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Was a home-schooled 16-year-old boy from North Carolina treated like a terrorist and unjustly locked up at a federal facility for juvenile criminals in Indiana?  That’s the claim made in the video above.  Before you swallow the whole story, however, I suggest you read this Wired.com report.

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Obama Branded as ‘Inexperienced’ in First Debate

September 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A simple, often-used persuasion style, frequently used in establishing brand identity in the marketplace, helped Republican John McCain gain an edge over Democrat Barack Obama in the first debate between the two presidential candidates, according to persuasion expert Randy Sparks.

“A very common persuasive tactic is that if you repeat something often enough, people start to [...]

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Post-Debate Polls Offer Few Surprises

September 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After last night’s presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., every news web site seems to have a poll, asking who won.  Of course, some are biased, some are not.  In reality, none of the results really surprised me.
Not surprisingly, the MSNBC online poll showed Obama won with 80 percent.  That was probably either a product of [...]

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Expert to Listen for Debate ‘Ers’ and ‘Ums’

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

When presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama meet in the election debate tonight at the University of Mississippi, it will be style and smoothness that will catch the ear of persuasion expert Randy Sparks.
Sparks, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Dayton, will be listening carefully to the styles of the candidates [...]

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John McCain Suspends Campaign!

September 24th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Fox News Channel’s Carl Cameron just broke news that Republican presidential nominee John McCain said he is suspending his campaign in order to return to Washington, D.C., and help craft a better solution to the nation’s economic crisis than the one now on the table.
Furthermore, Cameron reported that McCain has challenged his opponent, Democrat Barack [...]

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