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Obama’s State of the Union Speech in Tweets

January 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Something new this year:  I decided to tweet my way through President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech and ended with 69 tweets which appear below in reverse chronological order:

OOOH, OOOH, OOOH! he ended early!!! Thank you, Jesus! less than [...]

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Catholics Urged to Boycott 2009 CCHD Campaign

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m not a Catholic, but, like the makers of the video above, I support any and all efforts to prevent groups like ACORN from receiving funding through less-than-transparent means such as the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
In case you’re not familiar with CCHD, the group played a big role in getting Barack Obama elected and [...]

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Video: Obama Leads Chant, ‘S-E-I-U! S-E-I-U!’

October 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In the video above, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama is shown leading a chant of “S-E-I-U!  S-E-I-U!” and talking about owning a purple windbreaker.  The real kicker is the statement he made about working with Service Employees International Union during his days as a community organizer and during his previous election campaigns:
“That’s how we built political [...]

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Halloween: A Teachable Moment About Socialism

October 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments

[Editor's Note: In a post published Oct. 24, 2008, I described what Halloween 2009 would be like for American children if Barack Obama became the nation's 44th president.  In light of the fact that the community organizer from Illinois went on to win the election, I've decided to republish an updated version of that post [...]

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If AIG Officials Take Senator Grassley’s Advice…

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s all over the news in what could be described as the 21st-century equivalent of an angry torch-bearing mob marching toward Dr. Frankenstein’s castle.  It’s the saga of “AIG Bailout Bucks Gone Bad.”
In this saga, the Frankenstein castle has been replaced by AIG headquarters in New York City and the new mob is being led [...]

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