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Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) March 5, 2010 — Buckeystown, Maryland — Maryland businessman Michael Parrotte was outraged to learn that, in January 2010, his state, in pursuit of big-government control, had trampled the US Constitution with Senate Bill 129 and House Bill 65. He discovered that these unconstitutional twins, birthed by feminists, were intended to restrict “romantic” contact between Maryland men and foreign women. Ironically, by couching the misandrist legislation in gender-neutral language, Maryland lawmakers stomped on all American women in Maryland who date foreign men. Parrotte provides details at http://Maryland-Dating-Law.com.

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In the process of advocating men’s issues, it becomes inevitable that I will wind up in a debate with those who feel advocating for men’s causes is a waste of time and resources because men are living in a state of blissful privilege. Instead, these people feel that valuable time and resources would be much better spent helping women’s issues, because according to them, it is obvious men are not the ones who have any real issues, rather it is women who are facing numerous personal and societal crises.

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ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Team Grill™ - the premier manufacturer of professional-quality gas grills for sports fans – is calling the world’s attention to the gradual and increasing mistreatment of members of the male gender on St. Valentine’s Day.

In many places Valentine’s Day is recognized as a day for the exchange of tokens of affection, yet in reviewing societal behaviors, the holiday is vastly weighted towards the fairer sex. Research conducted by various firms and published in media outlets including CNNMoney, cite statistics that indicate men are treated half as well as women on the holiday.

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Are men really only after sex? Commercials, ads, sitcoms, reality shows and popular magazines certainly tell us so. There are guys in beer commercials ogling babes. Characters in sitcoms who thrive on double entendre jokes showing they are always on the prowl to score. Steamy hot tub scenes and couples rushing into the bedroom on singles-themed reality shows. Even guys who cheat on the "Bachelorette." Newspapers and popular magazines feature male politicians or celebrities who are cheating on long-suffering wives right on their covers. Tiger Woods being the latest and not the greatest.

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There's a basic tension in the true-ish docudrama Extraordinary Measures that lifts it above the formula disease-of-the-week picture. Brendan Fraser plays John Crowley, a Bristol-Myers Squibb executive with a daughter and son born with the rare Pompe disease, a cousin to muscular dystrophy that fatally weakens muscles — including the biggie, the heart.

But though Crowley works for Big Pharma, there's no discussion in the movie of his particular company doing research for a cure. Pompe is an "orphan disease," which means a giant pharmaceutical and biotech entity like his employer has little financial incentive to pursue a treatment.

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