This is a quote from a great blog post I read a few weeks ago:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, [...]

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I write under the name of “VTgirl” since I am, in fact, from southern Vermont. It was a great place to grow up — a small town where everyone literally knew your name. It was definitely a rural community and when we graduated high school some of us went onto college, [...]

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I used to be in politics. Well, maybe I’m still in Politics. . . I don’t know what I want to say about that — it’s a bigger discussion.
I used to follow every vote and every issue in detail daily. However, as I have moved away from working on capitol hill or [...]

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Here is what I learned this morning. . .

Each US Supreme Court Justice makes $200,000 per year ($199,200 to be exact)
The US Supreme Court Chief Justice makes $210,000 per year ($208.100 to be exact)

(via How Stuff Works)

There are 8 Associate Justices and One Chief Justice . . .let’s do the math . . .
($200,000 x [...]

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I find the Abortion debate to be a terribly charged issue thats sole political agenda is to separate and oppress women. I believe the Abortion debate is a distraction to keep us from talking about the important issues for women like equal wages and healthcare. It focuses on women as mothers only (and punishes [...]

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Today, I celebrate small victories (actually it isn’t small at all). The minimum wage has not been raised since 1997. 29 states have already raised their wage above the national minimum by initiative and/or referendum. The bill is expected to pass in the House of Representatives this afternoon and continue through the Senate [...]

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. . .or the hand of the photoshop assistant.
Don’t believe the hype. Fight Back.

You must be the change
you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

Support the Campaign For Real Beauty

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I have written of remarkable people on Bathing Suit Places, but the Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank deserve special attention. The subject is microfinancing. The outcome is amazing. Mr. Yunus should have won the Nobel prize as an economist as well as the Nobel Peace Prize. He deserves double billing and could put the [...]

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In Russia, there are different rules regarding royalty payments. The economy is still slowly recovering it’s strength, buoyed by covert sales of concrete slabs from the Berlin Wall for display under the glass tops of fashionable coffee tables in Paris and New York. Unlike the West, Russia doesn’t pay quite as much when the royalties [...]

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Everybody is talking about it! So I figured I would add my two cents. Come on VT Girl. Be original! So Forbes magazine told men — Don’t Marry A Career Women. Women Bloggers everywhere are going crazy! Check out some great selections.
Does it Never End?, Don’t Marry Career [...]

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