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This is an essay written by my daughter Jackie Rae:
The institution of the Miss USA Pageant seems so simple on paper. Pick a pretty girl from each state, have her parade around in gowns and bathing suits, have her perform her best talent and ask her a few human interest questions, and after some contemplation, announce a winner.
By electing Barak Obama, and rejecting the Evangelical Christian/Neocon coalition that had usurped power and rule for the past 8 years, the United States took a step back from the path to a Totalitarian future that we have been treading for decades - a future that had had recentl …
Obama's national security team and the failure of American democracyObama, who insisted that Clinton's foreign policy views made her unfit to be president, has now nominated her as his chief foreign policy official.
Baseball, Mom, Apple Pie, Home of the Brave and Land of the Free ... the American Homestead of core values.
Obama in Leftland- Don't know much about history... Barack Obama is America's first major party presidential candidate to have come of age after the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and '70s. Americans who reached adulthood before or during the Cultural Revolution often differ over the big events of recent history.
Crossposted from Axis of Logic - If not inhibited by a wise and loving upbringing, human beings certainly turn out to be the cruelest of animals. Other animals kill for food and possibly to save their own lives or the life of a loved one.
Torture began at the topUntil now, administration officials have insisted to other congressional panels that the government approved the use of "harsh" interrogation methods only after the military commanders at Guantanamo asked for permission to get tough with recalcitrant prisoners and only after seri …
Outright Barbarism vs. The Civil SocietyA calm, clear-eyed consideration of incivility in American society: how it serves strategic aims of the Corporatocratic (mainly Republican) wing, and how it defeats putatively cherished American Ideals.
AZ Law Will Allow The State To Defund Schools That "Overtly Encourage Dissent"Arizona schools whose courses "denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization" could lose state funding under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a House panel.
Political Correctness is a Killer At the confluence of America's two most pressing concerns-illegal immigration and Islamic terrorism-lay two equally pressing questions: First, how will proposed immigration reforms affect our ability to fight terrorists and protect America?
The "Flying Imams"lawsuit: A matter to be taken very seriouslyMake no mistake. This lawsuit forces our courts and our community to firmly clarify our rules of engagement and the tools we can and cannot use to stay safe and maintain our freedoms.
Heil Americana!The pax americana is on the move, as I am sure some of you are aware of this group that's headed by William Kristol (runs weekly standard and regular guest on Fox News) and this group is named PNAC (Project for a New American Century).
Blur Those BoobiesThis article on breast censorship on American television is funny, well written, and thought provoking.
US to unveil new citizenship testFrom the article: BOSTON – To gain American citizenship, immigrants must be able to answer such questions as: What was the 49th state added to our Union? What color are the stars on our flag? And who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
A shameful retreat from American values by Garrison KeillorNone of the men and women who voted for this bill has any right to speak in public about the rule of law anymore, or to take a high moral view of the Third Reich, or to wax poetic about the American Idea. Mark their names.
You are at a family dinner. Your brother in law is spouting ideas and misinformation that you know he is parroting from the likes of Limbaugh and O'Reilly. What do you do? Your lunch date with the college roommate you haven't seen in ten years has turned awkward.
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