Today is Veterans Day. This is a day to remember and recognize those who have and who continue to serve our nation. After the attacks that took place at Fort Hood, we have another example of how important our soldiers, airmen and sailors are to our country. Everyone who dons the uniform plays a part [...]
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I used to look through my mom’s vinyls from time to time as a child. They included a lot of folk music such as Gordon Lightfoot, Simon and Garfunkel, and one of my mom’s favorite groups, Peter, Paul and Mary. Due to my mom’s appreciation for them, I was exposed to their music and learned to [...]
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There’s been an endless supply of material as of late and I haven’t posted a damn thing in the past week. Well folks, I was pissed off with the direction that the health care debate has taken that I had fled to Canada. Okay, not really on the pissed off part. However, I did end [...]
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I considered writing about the crazy lady who brought her birth certificate in a Ziploc bag to a town hall meeting in DE to demand answers about Barack Obama’s status as a native-born citizen, which was then by the crowd breaking out into the Pledge of Allegiance (because their minds are like those of ignorant [...]
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Let this be the last word about Michael Jackson from someone who knew him a hell of a lot better than any of his critics:
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Elvis was the King to my parents’ generation. His death was the shock in the music industry for them. Michael Jackson was the King of my generation and now it’s my turn to be in shock. I grew up running from the living room when the zombie scene in Thriller appeared on television, screaming for [...]
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I received the following from the Holocaust Museum and figured I would pass it along in case any of you would like to help out the family of Officer Johns and would like an alternative to donating through the American Jewish Committee. The email is as follows: “Dear Museum Friend, On Friday, June 19, our [...]
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It is a rarity for me to post about the same subject two days in a row, however my thoughts still remain with the death of Officer Johns and this will be pretty brief. As you are probably aware, the museum closed its doors and lowered its flag to half-staff in honor of Officer Johns, [...]
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I was sickened to hear the news of a shooting at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that left Stephen T. Johns dead after a man, full of the same hatred was behind the Holocaust, stormed in and started spraying bullets. I’m not going to discuss the murderer, as you have probably read or heard [...]
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Two postings back to back about Michael Steele!! I couldn’t resist posting this video of Jon Stewart reacting to Michael Steele’s latest mouth diarrhea where he claims that gay marriage is bad for business. If you missed it last night, here’s your chance to see Jon Stewart’s take on it. more about “Gay Marriage Is Bad [...]
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Some people on the crazy right-side of the aisle took issue with Wanda Sykes and a few of her comments at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. She joked that Limbaugh was the 20th terrorist. I found it to be quite amusing and unlike the ball-less wonders who have criticized Limbaugh in the past, Ms. Sykes will not [...]
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As you have read or heard, Justice Souter is going to retire this year. Selected by a Republican, Justice Souter has been one of the more liberal faces of the Supreme Court albeit, not too liberal. His vacancy leads the first of a potential three nominations that President Obama will make for a Supreme Court Justice. [...]
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If you didn’t catch this last night, you should check this out. Jon Stewart effectively called Jim Cramer and CNBC on their shit. more about “Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1 …“, posted with vodpod more about “Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 2 |…“, posted with vodpod more about “Jim Cramer Pt. 3 | The [...]
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I would like Riot Kitty for my latest tagging, who changed her permissions on her comment page so that I can no longer leave comments since it’s only open to gmail and blogspot folks… just thought I would mention that last part in a subtle manner. 1. You’ve got to post a link from the [...]
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Since the day I picked up my first part-time job, I have paid taxes. Come February of each year, I look forward to sending my tax forms out and waiting for my envelopes to appear from my state and from the federal government. (Yes, I’m old fashioned when it comes to taxes.) As I have [...]
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