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fear…

the values voters breakout sessions Obviously, these issues are being concretized in a way that’s pretty inflammatory [black and white]. In a discussion elsewhere, I found myself pondering the first – THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I don’t know much about that. If there’s an agenda, I expect it’s to support homosexual kids and […]

more values voters video…

As Carl pointed out in the comments, it was sort of intrusive to have reporters “on the floor” during that meeting. It was obviously not a “partisan” issue. They did the same thing to Fox – a network that was trying to promote the event…

values voters…

Notice the list of breakout topics: They’re all in the negative – anti homosexual, anti ObamaCare, anti Climate Change, anti Vast Left Wing Conspiracy. I thought values were something you stood for. Not something you stood against. But I really appreciate the upgrade. Last year, it was just the Left Wing Conspiracy. Now, it’s the […]

thanks for noticing…

Former C.I.A. Chiefs Protest Justice Inquiry of Interrogation Methods New York Times By Peter Baker September 18, 2009 Seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency asked President Obama on Friday to shut down the new Justice Department inquiry into past abuses during interrogations of terror suspects, arguing that it “will seriously damage” the nation’s […]

one nation?…

Dominant Ethnicity 2008 Presidential Election   Population Density

so long…

SC gov used European charters Associated Press By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and JIM DAVENPORT September 17, 2009 COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, already facing scrutiny for expensive taxpayer-funded flights, relied on charter jet services costing more than $63,000 when traveling in Europe on two state business trips, an Associated Press investigation has […]

his·story…

Maybe it was just a different time of life, when Peter, Paul, and Mary were on every record player, and, in spite of the killings and the demonstrations, we seemed to be heading somewhere. The past always looks better than it was, I suppose. And the future looked better then too than it looks now […]

logic?…

Rush: … Therefore the question:  Can this nation really have an African-American president?  Or will the fact that we have an African-American president so paralyze politically correct people in the media that the natural scrutiny and process through which all of our presidents are put through and vetted do not occur because of the fear […]

hope springs eternal…

Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton is focus of corruption probeLA Times By Jim Tankersley and Josh MeyerSeptember 16, 2009/div The Justice Department investigation centers on a 2006 decision to award oil shale leases in Colorado to a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary. Months later, the oil giant hired Norton as a legal counsel. The Justice Department […]

Mary Travers [1936-2009]

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72Associated PressBy JAY LINDSAYSeptember 16, 2009   BOSTON — Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" and "If I Had a Hammer," died in a Connecticut hospital Wednesday […]