June 9, 2011 - Page 8 of 8

We’re pretty darn broke

With the loss of the garment industry and the flat tourism market of around 400,000 tourists a year bringing in less than we need, our islands need some new income. Not the same old money that is already here being recycled but some fresh new money.

Posted On Jun 09 2011 18:04

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The CNMI’s dropouts and homeless: Protest

The title of this letter speaks volumes of the condition that many youth from the CNMI are facing in the mainland due to the delay in the CNMI and SHEFFA scholarships. We ask these kids to go off to school and to come back and contribute. We also let them know that our government...

Posted On Jun 09 2011 18:01

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Sticking it to the oil man

If you'd like to see the concept of "vertical," you don't need a geometry text. All you have to do is look at yesterday's oil prices. I'm eye-balling the graph right now. Yesterday's action saw oil move straight up, I'm talking T-square vertical, by about $3 a barrel. Subsequent...

Posted On Jun 09 2011 17:59

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Na Li, ni ge Li Na

Ni ge (pronounced, ni ga) is not the N-word though it sounds that way. It means “your, or, you are,” but functions in discourse like the ubiquitous juvenile “like” we hear in youthful celeb interviews, or, “uh-uh” of my stuttering generation.

Posted On Jun 09 2011 17:57

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We’re pretty darn broke

The CNMI’s dropouts and homeless: Protest

Sticking it to the oil man

Na Li, ni ge Li Na

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