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Entries from January 2010

Which State of the Union Will Barack Obama Visit?

January 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

With President Barack Obama set to deliver his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, many Americans are wondering which states he might visit.  Below are some of the possibilities: STATE OF CONFUSION — The State of Confusion is where President Obama has left many of his liberal followers after one year in office. [...]

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Last on Americans’ Priority List: Global Warming

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments

As President Barack Obama begins his second year in office, the public’s priorities for the president and Congress remain much as they were one year ago, according to the folks at the Pew Research Center.  Global warming, however, rates at the bottom of 21 items receiving votes. In Public’s Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism, [...]

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Girl Spends $5,000 to Fight McDonald’s Lawyers

January 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Three recent headlines convinced me that the Happy Meal® has been replaced with the Politically-Correct Meal® at your neighborhood McDonald’s®. Recently, I came across the story of Lauren McClucky, a big-hearted 19-year-old who lives in the Chicago area and has been using “McFest” as the name for her charitable concerts that raise $30,000 for Special [...]

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Video: ‘No Rulez for Radicals’

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments

“No Rulez for Radicals” is a well-made music video (above) by JoeDanMedia that highlights the dangerous playbook being used by those on the liberal Left to destroy the American way of life. I share it almost one year after publishing a post about conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s appearance on Fox News Channels’ [...]

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Celebrate Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Today is International Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day and marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of the useful and, when in the hands of some people, sometimes annoying packaging material.

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Forecast: Cloudy With Chance of Sunshine Law (Update)

January 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Having worked as a public affairs professional for many years, I understand when I’m being stonewalled.  Such appears to be the case now: On Jan. 11, I filed a Missouri Sunshine Law request with the St. Louis County Police Department; The following day, I received confirmation via e-mail that the request I made Jan. 11 [...]

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Double-Standard at Saint Louis University?

January 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Does a double-standard exist at Saint Louis University? Recent events at the Jesuit university might cause you to believe one does. This weekend, SLU’s Muslim Students’ Association hosted a three-day conference, “Saving Our Deen: Living a Muslim life in a not-so Muslim world,” at the school’s Busch Student Center. Part of the conference agenda — [...]

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