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Not Sure What To Make Of This
Yesterday, my 13 year old daughter told me she had deleted her Facebook account. When I asked her why, she said… It was taking up too much of her time and, while she’d miss it, Facebook was pretty lame. Needless to say, I was surprised. I check her FaceBook account several times a week – […]
Mum’s The Word When It Comes To Defining “Forcible Rape”
Earlier this week I wrote about the redefing rape as “forcible rape” in H.R. 3 (No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act). Today we discover that the “Pro-Life” contingency is unusually quiet, which is quite interesting given how much “Pro-Lifers” love to talk about abortion. Talk about jobs? Not so much. Actually… not at all. Now […]
Nothing To See Here, Folks. Just (Another) Isolated Incident
Via TPM: Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old Army veteran from California who was reportedly angry at the U.S. government, was arrested by police in Michigan and charged with allegedly threatening to blow up a Mosque in Dearborn. Dearborn police allegedly found Stockham inside his vehicle outside the Islamic Center of America with a load of M-80s […]
Redefining Rape In A Good Girl, Bad Girl Sort Of Way
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger […]
Why We Won’t Be Considering Arizona Universities
It’s college search time in the Pandora household, and while we compared various universities by programs we didn’t expect to have to factor guns into the equation. Arizona House Bill 2001 which was filed mid-December would allow faculty to “possess a concealed firearm on the grounds of a community college … a provisional community college […]
More Charter Schools For Delaware
I have mixed feelings about Charter Schools. My main problem centers on the Charter School of Wilmington and its Admission Placement test and the way their success is touted – as if CSW teachers/staff/administrators have accomplished an amazing academic feat, instead of the truth: If you only accept the best and the brightest students the […]
Children Rarely Want What Their Parents Want
The fact that Generation Y isn’t interested in McMansions is hardly surprising. Strikes me more as human nature, and something the real estate/construction market should have considered. From music to technology we draw generational lines. It’s a given. And this generation’s offspring will probably rediscover the McMansion. Such is life. The question is: Can the […]
Joe Scarborough Makes The Point
I can’t stop thinking about the Tucson shooting. I have even started talking to myself as I go about my day. In my one-on-one conversations I always come back to the same point about violence and rhetoric. Joe Scarborough, in a letter calling out Palin and Beck by name, puts my thoughts into words: You […]
Politics And Religion
Imagine if something like this was said by a non-Christian governor: ”Now I will have to say that, if we don’t have the same daddy, we’re not brothers and sisters,” he said. “So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not […]
Comment Rescue: Andye Daley (Tom Kovach’s Campaign Manager) Sets The Record Straight
May I chime in here guys? I am not sure who Republican Dave is…But I know who I am, I was Tom’s Campaign Manager and I could not be further from the Tea Party. I (as is Tom) am a moderate Republican. We had very little support from anyone from the “Tea Party” and Far […]
When The Term “Blood Libel” Just Isn’t Enough
What the hell is wrong with these people? After alienating African Americans and Hispanics they’ve decided to alienate Jews? Josh Marshall says it best… I thought Sarah Palin’s “blood libel” comment was crude and stupid. And I understand that many found it offensive, though I can’t say I was really offended in any personal way. […]
Breaking: Steele Drops Out Of RNC Chairman Race
Granted, it wasn’t looking good for Steele. Michael Steele just dropped out of his race for a second term as RNC chairman and threw his support to Maria Cino, who came in second place after the fourth ballot here at the GOP’s winter meeting in National Harbor, MD. “I will step aside because I think […]
Armed And Thinking
I think Joe Zamudio was very lucky and very wise in his split second decision making. Please read the entire article. If you haven’t heard about Mr. Zamudio, he’s the guy who heard the shots fired and ran toward them. He was armed. But before we embrace Zamudio’s brave intervention as proof of the value […]
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