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Dec.23.2012
There is a saying that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Some years ago Moses was pushed into leading the people out of Israel. He had this passion and this move to change the peoples lives. Moses' people were the Egyptians, Obama's people are Americans. The Egyptians had lived...
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Nov.26.2012
photo: Movie poster, from its Wikipedia page
A few comments about Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which you should go see:
--I was pleasantly surprised to find myself sitting in the second row from the front for this film. Spielberg film or not, historical films or biopics do not...
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Nov.19.2012
Photo: Todd Akin's official 109th Congress photo, from his Wikipedia page.
[This entry is the second half of the most recent one, below, posted a few days ago.]
So, a few things:
According to his Wikipedia page, Akin graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
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Nov.14.2012
Recently a Facebook "friend" said that it does not matter who our President is. He insisted that no matter who has this "Top Dog" job, nothing will change. I disagree.
The "Top Dog" does matter. The "Top Dog" appoints judges. The "Top Dog" sets priorities and agendas. The "Top Dog," in Bush's...
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Nov.12.2012
November 6th election day. I awoke sleepy and tired, having stayed up way too late listening to every station possible to try to find someone that could say something to make me believe that our president would remain our president. I was anxiety ridden thinking about what it mean to our country if...
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Nov.12.2012
After the recent election, it is very clear to me, we now live in two very different countries within our shores.
I was born in 1962. JFK was President, Johnny Carson had just begun The Tonight Show, The Supreme Court voted to ban school prayer, the median fixed income was $6,000, a house costs $15...
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Nov.12.2012
Photo: Todd Akin's official 109th Congress photo, from his Wikipedia page.
And so this begins a long series of blog entries chronicling the recent election. There's a lot I want to go over here, including, in no order, why Obama won, why Romney didn't, the election results, the nine...
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Nov.11.2012
One of the most frustrating parts of the past few months of presidential campaigning wasn't the name calling or friendships breaking up, but the constant blame game.
For the past four years, Obama has consistently blamed gridlock, transigent Republicans, and (mostly) President George W. Bush for...
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Nov.09.2012
Happened across, in a ``junk'' store, always among the best places to find unexpected literature as well as unxpected anything, Russell Freedman's 1987 book ``Lincoln: A Photobiography.'' Winner of the Newberry in the category of literatre for young adults. Alas, not a young adult but sped through...
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Nov.08.2012
Our teens vote with their voices on Express Yourself!™
November 6, 2012
Hosted by Youngjoo Ahn, with the Express Yourself! STAR On-Air Team
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It’s an election year and the Express Yourself!™ teens may be too young to vote, but they certainly have...
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