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Advertisers are turning to gay couples and ethnic minorities to sell their products Advertisers are so worried about being accused of racism or homophobia they are shying away from using images of white people and straight couples. Marketing departments are even putting diversity above relevance to their target audience to avoid accusations of bigotry, a survey of 500 companies has found. A third of advertisers questioned said they had used fewer white models and heterosexual couples over the past year. More than a third of these said they were taking this approach to “prevent perceived discrimination”. The findings are likely...

I believe conservatives should be preparing for what is less than 3 months away. We need to be in the political fight with our resources, not wasting on entertainment, vacations to blue states and cities, consumer goods like IPhone. One, if Obama is reelected do you think any of those things are going to matter. Two, be preparing for the huge tax increase that is coming so why would you want to buying Christmas gifts with credit cards 20% interest rates especially in October. I'm talking about spending on needs not wants, if something breaks and you have to fix...

Home prices are falling for one reason – lack of demand coupled with a growing supply due to the wave of foreclosure properties which are adding additional supply to the market. The market interpreted today’s data release as evidence that the Fed’s $600 billion + QE policy would not be ending anytime soon. That brought another surge of fund related buying into the commodity sector with the result that the CCI (Continuous Commodity Index) has now kissed its former all time high made back in the summer of 2008 long goodbye. It shot above 622 and appears to be accelerating,...

Sometimes, government programs, subsidies and entitlements need no embellishment. In 2008, TracFone Wireless of Miami began distributing free cell phones to people who get food stamps, welfare or other government assistance. Recipients of the free cell phones are allowed to earn up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, or no more than $33,075 a year for a family of four. The phones provide 68 free minutes a month and, in the words of The Philadelphia Inquirer, "they're paid for, in part, by charges on phone bills that the federal government allows carriers to levy." The free cells are...

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2009 – Even as coalition and Afghan forces try to stamp out violent extremism in Afghanistan, troops also work to provide a better life for the people who live there. Army Staff Sgt. David Fisher, a sniper with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, hands out blankets, clothing and food to a nomadic family outside Forward Operating Base Altimur in Afghanistan’s Logar province, March 25, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Thompson  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. U.S servicemembers worked alongside Afghan soldiers in recent days to deliver medical treatment to...

HANAU, Germany (Army News Service, July 6, 2006) – Coping with the carnage of war is challenging in the best of circumstances. Arriving at a hospital in a foreign land weak, injured and separated from one’s friends or fellow Soldiers only increases the trauma. Members of the Soldiers’ Angels make it their mission to help service members being treated for injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, as well as other military hospitals. They offer friendship, visits and donations ranging from clothes to backpacks. Founded by Patti Patton-Bader, the mother of a Soldier who...

<p>HARRISBURG - The little guy has few friends in government. This adage is again being demonstrated in the statehouse debate about taxes.</p> <p>To relieve the burden of property taxes, fund improvements in early childhood education and close the deficit, Pennsylvania's General Assembly needs to raise more revenue. According to press reports, an effort under way would do that by broadening the scope of the sales tax. Transactions currently exempt from the sales tax -- such as the purchase of food, clothing and some services -- would be covered for the first time. Along with these changes, the tax rate would be cut from 6 to 4 percent.</p>