Name: Jet Gardner
Dateline: Columbus, OH
Weblog: jetsnewsviews.blogspot.com
Articles: 92
First Published: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Last Published: Saturday, October 18, 2008
Jet is the not yet published author of two spy novels, SYSTEM 10 and its sequel GHOST OF A CHANCE, and a professional artist. He likes to collect books, music, chess sets, and friends. Favorite quote: "Evil only succeeds when good men do nothing."
In 2004 his "good life" came to an abrupt end with a robbery and near-fatal beating. He now works as a writer/artist on disability.Currently listing articles 92-51:
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Levi Stubbs (1936–2008): One of Motown’s Greatest Soul Brothers Is Gone— Lead singer Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops has left the world without one of the greatest soul R&B voices ever to come out of
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Is The News Media Guilty of Intentionally Manipulating Recent Elections?— Is the media intentionally causing close elections in the name of big ratings, and even bigger revenue?
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Wilson Sisters To RNC: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around!"— Ann and Nancy Wilson of the rock group "Heart" infuriated at the use of their '70s rock anthem.
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Obama's Recent Remarks Could Derail Democratic Campaign For The White House— Now that Obama has his presumptive nomination, has he begun to show his true colors? Will religion still stain U.S. Policy once he takes office?
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The Ultimate Theory of Science, Religion, Faith, Opinion, Facts, and Eternity?— Can anyone really understand eternity? What makes a fact a fact and not simply a widely accepted opinion?
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Blindly Navigating a Maze of Bureaucracy, Depression, and Suicide— Trapped in a spider's web of just barely being out of reach of help, be it government programs or financial assistance.
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Bush Demands More Surveillance Powers as Presidential Candidates’ Travel Records Compromised— Another blow against a citizen's right to privacy has been struck.
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Bush Plays Target Practice With Falling U.S. Spy Satellite— What don't we know about the Bush Administration's attempt at resurrecting Reagan's "Star Wars" follies?
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Waterboarding Resurfaces— U.S. official confirms that the Bush administration endorses waterboarding enemy detainees, but also as a training method for U.S. soldiers.
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FOX News’s Gibson Mocks Ledger As Phelps Group Announces Hate Protests— Heath Ledger's family must now endure heartless hatemongers' wrath while they prepare for his funeral.
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Ever-Earlier Primary Campaigns and "No New Taxes" Won't Fix Our Problems this Time— With candidates tearing eachother apart so early in the campaign, how can anyone actually support them?
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Two Years Later, Ohio Finally Admits To Security Problems with Voting Machines— Two years after Ohio as much as handed the 2004 election to George Bush, Ohio admits to security problems with its voting machines
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Harry Potter Author "Outs" Dumbledore: Why Should It Matter?— Harry Potter's headmaster was gay. Why all the fuss?
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Music Review: The Essential John Denver— A new collection from one of my favorite composers has just been released.
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Music Review: Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue: 30th Anniversary Edition— This "Blast from the past" is well worth owning.
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DVD Review: The New Brokeback Mountain Collector’s Edition Leaves Questions Unanswered— This new edition of Brokeback Mountain isn't what I'd hoped for — not the movie, the extras that were left out.
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Yvonne De Carlo Was More Than Just Lily Munster— There was a lot more to Lily Munster than met the eye... but boy, what met the eye!
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Music Review: Patti LaBelle - Beautiful Ballads— Frankly, I'll be using my copy of this CD as a fancy drinking glass coaster.
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Music Review: The Isley Brothers - Beautiful Ballads, Vol. 2— The tale of a very enjoyable Christmas party featuring the music of the Isley Brothers' new CD compilation.
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The O’Jays - Beautiful Ballads Series— I think only a die-hard O'Jays fan could like this collection. Then again what do I know?
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President Gerald Ford Was One Of Us— My political hero has passed and the nation has suffered a great loss.
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Music Review: Gladys Knight and the Pips - The Beautiful Ballads— The unforgettable music of this incredible group has been released in a new CD.
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Music Review: Earth, Wind and Fire - The Beautiful Ballads Series— Unlike a few rip-off CDs, these are the original glorious recordings, all clear and beautifully flawless.
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Who Among Us Has The Right To Rewrite Religion, History Or Science?— The moon landing, ecology, American history, the Holocaust, astronomy and AIDS are taking a beating by those who want to rewrite history
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Heisman Goes To Troy Smith - McFadden, Quinn and Slaton Never Had A Chance— Troy Smith wins the Heisman with a record number of points, bested only by O.J. Simpson. God help Columbus Ohio if he doesn't beat Florida.
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GOP Lawmakers Outraged Over Dems Doubling Their Work Week!— The Republican Party is trying to brand the Democrats "anti-family" because they are scheduling a five-day work week for congress!
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New Dollar Coin Hides “In God We Trust” And Will Feature Nixon And Others— The new dollar coins will be distributed February, 2007; one will feature Nixon.
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Florida To Investigate Tens of Thousands Of Missing E-Votes In Four Counties
— Here we go again! Huge numbers of votes are missing from E-voting machine tallies in Florida. Is anyone surprised?
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Ed Bradley Passes Away and America Loses a Journalist’s Journalist— The great CBS correspondent Ed Bradley dies at 65.
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Anti-Abortion Act Defeated In South Dakota— The Religious Right gets their hats handed to them in a conclusive defeat to South Dakota abortion law.
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Major Publisher Of Influential Military Publications Calls For Bush to Fire Rumsfeld— A popular publication with U.S. soldiers to call for Sec. Rumsfeld's resignation in an editorial on Monday
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Evangelists, GOP Congressmen, And Now Doogie Howser M.D. Is Gay! Is Nothing Sacred?— Doogie Houser star Neil Patrick Harris has denied his publicist's denial that he's gay.
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They're Feeling Haggard Over Bush Evangelical Advisor’s Gay Drug Scandal— Is the GOP in danger of becoming the Gay Ol' Party? Another Bush spiritual advisor in trouble.
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The GOP Voter Vault’s Data Resources Put The FBI, NSA, And Santa Claus To Shame!— A Republican not-so-secret weapon could win them the election if they catch the Democrats under-prepared.
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Will Diebold And Mistrust Of Voting Machines Spell Trouble Or Salvation For GOP 2006 Midterms?
— Is it time to have the United Nations keep an eye on our elections?
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DVD Review: Spaced Invaders, My Favorite Halloween Treat— This hilarious Halloween story never fails to make me laugh no matter how many times I've seen it!
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TV Review: Meerkat Manor - A Guilty Pleasure On Animal Planet— Animal Planet has a winner in this soap opera/adventure/nature show well deserving of a look-see.
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North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon: How Will Bush React?— North Korea defies world threats and tests a nuclear weapon. Time to see if Bush has the balls to put up or shut up!
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Urgent Legislation (H.R.6054) Contains Hidden Retroactive Presidential War Crimes Pardon... Why?— GOP Congress is rushing legislation through with a hidden ploy to retroactively pardon Pres. Bush of war crimes!
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TV Review: Life On Mars on BBC America-An American’s Point Of View— A British drama series with an entertaining twist
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Louis Farrakhan Warns Nation Of Islam Against False Reports He Is Dying— The leader of the Nation Of Islam asks his church to step in while he recovers from radiation therapy.
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To Brad Pitt From Paramount: Your Mission - Should You Choose To Accept It— Paramount Empire strikes back at Tom Cruise and courts super-hunk Brad Pitt for the next Mission Impossible flick.
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