December 2010
“When you get, give. When you learn, teach.”
– Maya Angelou (via patrickllyspeaking)
theknottytruth asked: I couldn't submit this using the submission link, so here is a link I ran across in my twitter travels:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-facebook-lawsuit-settlement-20101227,0,1323557.story
About the Facebooking student case.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-facebook-lawsuit-settlement-20101227,0,1323557.story
About the Facebooking student case.
theknottytruth asked: Where does the cycle of teen pregnancy start? How can we break it?
theknottytruth asked: Where does the cycle of teen pregnancy start? How can we break it?
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Who's The Grown Up? →
In my opinion this has been the constant issue throughout the President’s term in office. His critics have continually acted as children. Rather than engaging in meaningful discourse and debate, the President’s opponent’s have resorted to name calling, half-truths and out-right lies. Who pays? The American people.
Given the rhetoric of the last two years, I don’t hold...
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Rationing Social Justice?
My heart soared as the Senate finally passed the DADT repeal. It had been a long time coming in starts and stops, but finally they did the right thing….then they turned around and stuck it to the DREAM Act. What’s really going on up there?! Is it physically revolting to doing the right thing more than one time in the same day?
While I rejoice over the legislative repeal of DADT,...
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Holding Out Hope for DADT and DREAM →
Well, a vote has been announced for Saturday. Here’s hoping it doesn’t hit the fan and fall apart tomorrow.
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The Down-Side to the Federal Pay Freeze →
When President Obama pledged this two year federal pay freeze, the issues discussed in this article immediately came to mind- I just wasn’t able to discuss them as clearly.
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Why Any Conversation Concerning Social Security...
When I was 17, our government began to suggest very strongly to me that I would never see social security. Over the last 13 years, the government has reinforced this position by steadily raising the full social security collection age to 67 AND the amount paid has begun to cover less and less of living expenses. Now, we are discussing raising the age again- to 72. The average life expectancy in...
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The Curious Case of Michael Steele
I don’t generally agree with his point of view, but has anyone been paying attention to the drama over Michael Steele’s re-election as head of the RNC? If not, you should. His treatment by the majority of the Republican party has been fascinating to say the least. Let me fill you in on the saga so far.
In 2009, as an answer to the election of Pres. Barrack Obama (remember that...
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Deal or No Deal
So, the drama over the tax bill is heating up and becoming more and more entertaining. Why you say? Well, as we know the liberal Dems have been against this deal since jump, but now the Tea Party block is starting to call for the deal’s demise lead by the trumpet of Rush Limbaugh. They think the deal is too sweet for the President and the deal will turn out to be a victory for him rather...
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Dear Michele Bachmann:
I want to thank you for illustrating why America is in sore need of educational reform by instituting your congressional civics course. There are two reasons I have a problem with such a course. The first being that the creation of such a course is an acknowledgement that you were not familiar with our nation’s founding documents (namely, the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and ...
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Is President Obama Playing Chess with National... →
Though I have often gotten frustrated by the process, I still think that my president is much shrewder than the American public perceives. Apparently, I’m not alone in this thought. The above links to an article by Andrew Sullivan that focuses on the tax deal reached this week.
Here is another article which makes a similar claim about the President’s course against DADT. I like the...
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Does America Have Stockholm Syndrome?
Over the last few days, I’ve been struck by the language our President has used in describing his reasoning for making the tax deal with the Republicans. He referred to the tax negotiations with the Republicans as a “hostage situation”. It got me thinking: This hostage claim could be right on point. Aren’t American’s showing signs of Stockholm Syndrome?
If you are...
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The "White" Is Silent
Students at West Chester University in PA were shocked to find out that an all-white student union, advertised in wide flier dissemination was a hoax. The flier had piqued the interest of several students who, for the life of them, could not understand why there couldn’t be such a student union. I mean, the Black kids have one! We should have one, too. Why isn’t there a white...
“I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone to just sit there...”
– Margaret Thatcher 