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President Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage

May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

First, in an interview with ABC News:

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Then, on a news source people actually care about; Twitter:

While I don’t question his sincerity, as I’m pretty sure he’s supported it for a while, I find it interesting that he does this about the time it’s starting to look like the majority of voters are shifting in favor of same-sex marriage.

What some see as an important shift for our country is pretty much a tactic to switch the focus of the campaign off of the economy.

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Breitbart.com: Occupy Wall Street “Abolish Capitalism” Conference

March 5, 2012 By

I suppose these types of things shouldn’t surprise me anymore, but they do. I’m just baffled by how these people can ignore historic example after historic example of how socialism doesn’t work, and still think it would be different here. Absolutely baffled.

source: breitbart.com

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The Daily Show: Occupy Wall Street Divided

November 24, 2011 By

Say what you will about The Daily Show, this is funny stuff. Also, if anyone wants to let me in on the difference between private property and personal property, I’d be forever grateful!

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Fox News Special: Iran’s Nuclear Secrets

October 2, 2011 By

This aired a few weeks ago, and is worth checking out.

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New Black Panthers: “…the hour of war is at hand.”

September 16, 2011 By

Yeah, this is a little troubling.

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British Nanny State: School Bans Makeup, Bathroom Mirrors

September 15, 2011 By

Story is here: High school bans makeup, removes mirrors to crack down on teen vanity

On a personal level, I’m not a fan of makeup, especially on young teens. I feel it operates more as a security blanket than anything.

However…

It is totally up to the individual and/or their parents in the case of kids as to whether they wear the stuff. It is a troubling trend in western countries that schools are trying to parent the students. If the bathrooms are clogged, you set bathroom rules, you don’t step in with some insane rules about makeup and mirrors.

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O’Reilly: Solyndra Scandal “…is like Enron 2″

September 15, 2011 By

Bill O’Reilly and ABC News’ Brian Ross discuss the Solyndra scandal. Not sure how this will shake out, but it isn’t looking good for the White House at the moment.

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Just Keep Fiddlin’, Nero: Obama: “I Don’t Think We Are In Danger Of Another Recession”

August 18, 2011 By

I’d be willing to bet most people on the street think we’re already in another recession, so in that sense, I guess you could argue the danger has passed. Otherwise, I suspect the President needs some new advisers.

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Death Of Journalism, Exhibit A: Lack Of Impartiality

August 1, 2011 By

Yep, that’s CBS’s Nora O’Donnell lamenting that they, “…gave them everything they wanted, and we got nothing.” Seems Ms. O’Donnell has forgotten that the job of the media is to report the facts, not promote an agenda.

Television’s days are numbered, and TV news cannot survive if reporters choose propaganda over journalism. Something else will take their place, and I’m curious to see what it is.

HT: Breitbart

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Ron Paul Not Running For Congress In 2012

July 12, 2011 By

Seems the good doctor is focusing all his energy on his Presidential campaign. Story is here.

Seems like a smart move on paper, as he has a better chance if he’s not spreading his resources over two campaigns, but I don’t think he has much of a chance to receive the Republican nomination, meaning one of the sane voices talking about how to fix the economy could be out of a job next year. Of course, we’re probably better off without his foreign policy ideas…

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“Just Following Orders:” Rescue Crew Stands By & Watches Man Drown

June 2, 2011 By

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First of all, I’m inclined to believe cutting water rescues was just a scam to get people to accept a tax hike. Sadly, a lot of towns and counties will first cut or threaten to cut stuff that the public sees as essential just to get more money. My city has done it a few time with the police force, yet always finds money somewhere to keep the cops when the tax hike is voted down.

I’m more curious about the first responders. I realize anyone going into the water would lose their job, but is the job market in California so bad that it’s worth letting someone die to stay employed? What am I missing here?

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Reason TV: The Top Five Environmental Disasters that Didn’t Happen

April 20, 2011 By

What does this prove? Ultimately, nobody knows the future. There are plenty of unforeseen variable changes that made these predictions incorrect. It also doesn’t help that politicizing environmental issues led to a big bunch of fear mongering for political gain.

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Explosion At Japanese Nuclear Plant

March 12, 2011 By

This video comes from breitbart.tv.

Things aren’t looking good. Depending on who you want to listen to, this could be as bad or worse than Chernobyl. Even if it isn’t, it’ll still be pretty bad.

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Another Reason Walmart Scares Me: Napolitano Announces DHS Partnership With Retailer

December 8, 2010 By

CBS has the story here, but the gist of it is that several Walmart stores will have monitors at the checkouts playing a video encouraging people to look for, and report, suspicious activity. Sounds harmless enough, but something just doesn’t feel right about it. Can’t quite put my finger on it.

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Rasmussen Reports: Voter Faith in Afghan Victory Hits New Low

December 7, 2010 By

Check it out here.

I’m no military expert, but I’d guess that any war that goes on this long will lose voter support. It just seems to be dragging on with no end in sight, and nobody wants a modern version of the Hundred Years War.

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Reason.tv: Obama Gets Mythbusted!

December 7, 2010 By

Man, I love these guys! Fun little video, with an accompanying piece piece explaining their claims. That second video is after the jump:
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Senate Blocks Obama’s Tax Plan

December 4, 2010 By

Washington Times has the story here.

Seems pretty clear that the cuts need to include everyone to pass, not just those making less than $250,000. Curious to see how this finally plays out, as the Bush tax cuts expire soon, and I’m sure voters of all economic classes won’t like the increase that results from that happening.

HT: Drudge Report

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Fox News: Life Found Near Saturn? Update: Nope

December 4, 2010 By

Even though it’s probably just microbes (let’s face it, sci-fi movies have the average person expecting us to find a human-like form of life when the discovery is made), this is a big deal. Curious to see how this turns out.

UPDATE: This is what I get for being out of the loop most of the week, and assuming video just posted by Breitbart isn’t two days old. Turns out the whole “life near Saturn” thing was just assumption by the media & bloggers, and the NASA announcement had to do with arsenic-based life found in a lake in California: NASA’s ‘extraterrestrial’ announcement gets blown out of proportion

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Breitbart.tv: Letterman’s Mom Doesn’t Believe Son’s Global Warming Hype

December 4, 2010 By

I have to admit, I stopped watching Letterman a while back because he started pushing a political agenda. Sometimes comedy + politics can be funny, but it’s not what I want out of late night TV.

That being said, I believe people, conservatives in particular, are making more of this than they should. Yes, Letterman probably disapproves of his mom’s stance on global warming. However, this is his shtick when dealing with his mom – he asks a question, she says something funny, the audience laughs, he shakes his head disapprovingly. They’ve been doing that for years, which is why it’s my belief he knew her feelings on this particular issue going in, and was just playing it for laughs. It isn’t as big of a deal as people are making it.

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Jim Wallis: “There Wouldn’t Be A Tea Party If There Wasn’t A Black Man In The White House”

November 27, 2010 By

You know, right after Obama was elected, I was one of those people that thought we were moving towards a “post-racial” America. It looked as though we could finally judge politicians based on policies, not skin color. However, we seem to have spun off in another direction; instead of condemnation for skin color, we get accusations of racism for disagreement.

Don’t get me wrong, there are racists at Tea Party rallies that want Obama out simply because he’s black. There will always be people out there that hate others for stupid reasons. However, as a whole, the Tea Party movement came about because people didn’t like the way this country was going (in other words, opposition to big government), and that’s the driving force behind the group to this day.

Jim Wallis is crying racism because it’s a conversation ender. He’s trying to shut up his opponents.

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