edward sjolin
Born in Charleston, SC 65+ years ago. I spent 1st 7 years on a farm in North Dakota before my parents moved to my mother s home in Camden, SC. I grew up went to school and, eventually was conscripted into the US Army in time for the Viet Nam debacle. After my discharge (honorable and as a sergeant) I returned to school at the University of South Carolina where I ALMOST graduated. In the intervening years from then until now my life has been varied and....interesting. I am retired and disabled (arthritis in my knees from sports) but still manage an active life. My wife of 25 years, Penny, and I live on the footprints of Gen. Francis Marion, the ol Swamp Fox himself. I speak enough German to get in trouble and relatively fluent Spanish. I want to do this to keep my mind active and contribute my ideas and opinions in a larger forum than is currently available to me.
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3 years University of South Carolina, 2 years Florida Keys Community College and various technical courses in several subjectsInterests
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The U.S.-Cuba Trade Embargo: 50 Years of FutilityA report on the on the voiced opinions of Latin American and Caribbean leaders at the Summit of the Americas conclave in Cartagena, Colombia
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Obama: "No Silver Bullet for Gasoline Prices". That Statement Doesn't Mean We Have No Other Options!The United States' and Canada's proven oil reserves are adequate to meet the needs of citizens of both countries through 2200 C.E.The following article demonstrates the fallacy of Middle Eastern oil dependency.
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Are Canada's Immigration Woes Coming to the US?The manner legal immigrants are stressing the economy in Canada and how it reflects upon the potential impact of illegal emigration in the US.
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The NAACP and the Contoversial Voter ID Laws in SCAn argument in favor of certain basic means of voter identification at polling sites.Also published on:
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The US, China, Canada and the Keystone XL PipelineWhy are we hesitating on coming to agreement with our largest trading partner about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline?
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An Attempt at Understanding Minds Filled with HateWhy would a group of people commit an act so heinous that the inevitable backlash would render the whole Islamic world viewed with hate?
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The Best Truck I Ever OwnedIs a truck a track or is a track a truck? The have many things in common the tasks they perform overlap. You may not haveseen the areas they share common ground with but this article may be enlightening.
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The Black Pearl of the Grand Strand - Atlantic Beach, South CarolinaWe have political intrigue, vicious Town Hall in-fighting, corruption and conspiracy charges hurled in all directions and even sleazy lawyers and hit-men. You can't afford to miss this one.
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Grassroots Revolution at the PollsA cross-section of US vacationers caught expressing their dismay at the level of representation of our elected leaders.
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Can Drugs Have a Positive Affect on Current US Debt Crisis?This contains possible partial solutions to the debt ceiling facing the US. There are no quick fixes here but the viability of solutions for stemming the river of revenue leaving the country is unassailable.
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Global Warming - Fact or Fiction?An approach to a common sense view of climate change, how it is affected by the present political climate, where and how it started and a brief comparison to past collisions of science and pseudoscience.