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Top 10 GOP Comments at Town Hall Meeting

March 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Anytime you have thousands of voting-age people assembled in one room, you can count on politicians to be there, too.  That was the case Wednesday morning when more than 2,200 people gathered at the St. Charles (Mo.) Convention Center hours ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival in the St. Louis suburb. Below are the Top [...]

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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 20 seconds ago from web Only 10 minutes to go. Can I open [...]

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Will More Early-Childhood Education Funding Improve Young People’s Fitness for Military?

November 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Not surprising because he’s a liberal, Arne Duncan believes throwing more money at early-childhood education programs will ensure that a more-qualified pool of applicants will be available for future military service. On Thursday, according to a media advisory, the former head of the failed Chicago Public Schools-turned-Secretary of Education will precede a call for more [...]

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Rubber Room Movie to Expose NYC’s Dirty Secret

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments

I’ve heard a lot about the so-called “rubber rooms,” places operated by the New York City Public Schools to house teachers — at full pay, mind you — who are alleged to have violated school rules, students and/or the law in general.   After watching the trailer for “The Rubber Room” movie (below), I feel as [...]

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Billboard: ‘SHARIA LAW THREATENS AMERICA’ (Updated)

November 21st, 2008 · 11 Comments

The United American Committee had a 48-foot-wide billboard* erected yesterday along I-75 in Luna Pier, Mich., about 10 miles north of Toledo and 20 miles south of Detroit.  It’s message (above):  SHARIA LAW THREATENS AMERICA. Though I was unfamiliar with UAC until after reading this post today, I found myself in agreement with the message [...]

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Writer Says ‘Something Monumentally Large Afoot’

November 13th, 2008 · 31 Comments

“There is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis,” reads a comment published today at PatDollard.com. “Yes these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus.” [...]

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Post-Election Statements Offer Glimpse of Future

November 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The presidential election is over, but many still wonder what the future might hold for them in terms of a Barack Obama presidency.  Below are some post-election statements issued by leaders of nonprofit and labor groups which offer a glimpse at what that future might hold.  Each observation is followed by an observation of mine [...]

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