Seventies Eccentrics

Eccentric personalities were the norm in the Seventies.

Punks...Dead?

After the Second World War, adolescents felt a need for identities, to be identified with their peers. The socialist view is the one mentioned in the question, that the working class are oppressed by the ruling class, which results in social and economic conditions such as joblessness and poverty. This leads the working class to revolt against certain aspects of the social order.

Why Donate a Vehicle?

It is easier to donate a used car, whether working or not, than to sell. One can donate cars, autos, trucks, motorcycles, vans, commercial vehicles, jet skis, snowmobiles, motor homes, buses, and even boats. The first and foremost advantage in vehicle donation is tax deduction. Tax deduction with donation of a vehicle will very well depend upon the market value of the vehicle at the time of donation. One can certainly seek the advice of a tax consultant concerning tax deduction with donation. Sometimes it so happens that the tax savings from vehicle donation will be more than that one may gain from sale. Donation of a vehicle is certainly stress-free. By donation, one can avoid all the headaches of selling a used vehicle such as advertisements, attending phone calls, repeatedly exhibiting vehicles to customers, and price bargaining. Donating will avoid confusing and time consuming paper work. Thus one can save time and money to be expensed to sell the vehicle.

New Charity Car Donation Tax Law

In its pursuit to curb inflated tax deductions, the IRS revised the Charity Car Donation Tax Law. The revision eliminates loopholes and deficiencies that donors have learned to abuse to trade off better value for their old cars. The logic behind this is quite simple: taxpayers would benefit more in giving away their beat up cars in exchange for substantial tax cuts.

Benefits Of Recycling

Recycling is an evolving environmental conservation procedure. It has become one of the best environmental success stories of the century. Recycling converts materials that would otherwise be wasted into usable products. Recyclable materials such as plastics, glass, paper, and metal are collected and transported to facilities to convert them to finished products. Recycling offers a large number of environmental, financial, and social benefits.

JFK Conspiracy and Other Historical Secrets

Morten St. George's theory that some of the Nostradamus prophecies reflect genuine knowledge of the future up to and including who was behind the JFK assassination.

The Real Way to Peace

The past is a warning of how our current civilizations could destroy the environment of the future. We must prevent further catastrophe by making peace a personal thing.

Points System & Fraud - The Drivers License Example in Spain

Systems are used to control a situation. A pension system is designed to control the pension payments, a points drivers license system is used to control traffic and safety. The idea behind the points is that drivers that are recurrently causing accidents are punished with a loss of their drivers license. Such a (memory) mechanism has been introduced in Spain recently but it is unknown what the effect on traffic and safety has been up to now. What does have become visible is the effect on escape routes with the introduction of the points system.

The Overworked Working World: Have We Reached A Point Where It's Too Stressful To Relax?

While Americans spend more money on leisure than anyone else in the world, they take the fewest vacations. The reasons are many, from a lack of paid vacations to an overall profit-driven mentality. So how does one break the cycle?

Pray For Families Of Our Servicemen And Women

With the Christmas holidays upon us, we must think about and pray for the families of the servicemen and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Help them, encourage them to get through this critical time with ur prayers and encouragement. Perhaps people in each state can pray for the ones who made their homes in that state. Lists by state are available on the Internet. The families of these volunteers who put their lives on the front lines for us need as much support as we can give them. All politics aside, we must make the effort to give as much support as possible.

Customer Service Is Dead - Members of The New Middle Aged Let's Revolt

Aren't you tired of not getting a real person on the phone when you have a problem with a product or service that you have purchased? Members of the New Middle Aged let's revolt.

Losing the Chinese Culture

The Chinese culture is one that is going strong in Singapore, a city-state with Chinese ethnic majority. There have been some Singaporeans who have lamented the loss of Chinese culture due to the influx of westernisation. But many of these arguments do not define what culture is.

Media, Meddling, and Suicide

The media has a very important role to play in society. What happens however when those running the media go too far and adversely effect society?

The Power of Supermarkets and Changing Attitudes

More and more concerns have been raised about the impact of the supermarket giants both on food production as well as on workers rights.

Why We Need A Culture of Preparedness

How fast will help come when we need it ? How badly do we need to make sure our homes and families are prepared ?