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The Fatal Attraction of Sarah Palin – Prose and Thorn
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The prick that makes you think (TM). The Fatal Attraction of Sarah Palin. May 31, 2011. It’s no secret that the press still has its crush on Sarah Palin. She’s the girlfriend who uses you, but couldn’t care less about you. You know who I mean – the one who bats her little wink at you, says I’m not finished with you yet. The New York Times said. 8221; You scamp, you –. She’s a coquette with a carbine, a bright red lipsticked pit bull. She’s a heels-and-slacks, motorcycle ridin’ mama grizzly. Eric Cantor, ...
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Of heroes and liars – from Atticus Finch to Rachel Dolezal – Prose and Thorn
https://proseandthorn.net/2015/06/14/of-heroes-and-liars-from-atticus-finch-to-rachel-dolezal
The prick that makes you think (TM). Of heroes and liars – from Atticus Finch to Rachel Dolezal. June 14, 2015. June 14, 2015. When Harper Lee published. To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1960, the concept of the White, Southern country lawyer defending a Negro accused of touching a White woman was inspirational. It showed how commitment to a moral cause could overcome social norms and bring justice to a community hungry for it. The way to get past this willful ignorance, according to the hero of Lee’s sto...
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Yes, losing the Confederate flag really means something to South Carolina – Prose and Thorn
https://proseandthorn.net/2015/07/15/yes-losing-the-confederate-flag-really-means-something-to-south-carolina
The prick that makes you think (TM). Yes, losing the Confederate flag really means something to South Carolina. July 15, 2015. July 16, 2015. When I posted on Facebook last Thursday, that I was thinking about going to Columbia, South Carolina, Friday, to watch them finally furl the Confederate flag, I got a little pushback from some of my conservative friends. They cynically insisted that the historic event I was going to witness was no big deal and its impact way over-hyped. After witnessing that anachr...
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The evil that police do – Darren Wilson and the family of Michael Brown – Prose and Thorn
https://proseandthorn.net/2015/08/05/the-evil-that-police-do-darren-wilson-and-the-family-of-michael-brown-ferguson
The prick that makes you think (TM). The evil that police do – Darren Wilson and the family of Michael Brown. August 5, 2015. August 6, 2015. Ferguson protests in New York City, Novemeber, 2014. By The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA (Ferguson Protest, NYC 25th Nov 2014) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ( http:/ creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0. 5D, via Wikimedia Commons. 8220;He’s evil.”. Evil is blind, too. It draws conclusions in shallowness because it lacks the vision, or the compulsion, to look deeper. Wilson t...
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Voter Information Tool – Prose and Thorn
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Huckabee’s monolithic view will get him shoved to the exit door – Prose and Thorn
https://proseandthorn.net/2015/07/29/huckabees-monolithic-evangelical-view-will-get-him-shoved-to-the-exit-oven-door-trump-2016-elections
The prick that makes you think (TM). Huckabee’s monolithic view will get him shoved to the exit door. July 29, 2015. July 29, 2015. The oven doors in a crematorium in Auschwitz. Poland, 1989. For Christian evangelicals like Mike Huckabee, support for Israel is, and has always been, of a single purpose: to bring all the Jews to the tiny Mediterranean country so that they can make them convert or die, and prepare the world for the Second Coming. As “leftist” and “pro-Democrat” ̵...I’d hate to bur...
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About – Prose and Thorn
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The prick that makes you think (TM). Prose and Thorn points a sharp stick at political issues that are in the news. Prose and Thorn gives readers insight into how our Congress is accountable to We the People who elected them, how we each have personal responsibility for understanding the civics behind our highly imperfect process of government, and how government corruptibility leads to moral misbehavior, criminal malfeasance, cognitive dissonance and the rationalization of greed. Follow Blog via Email.
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Bernie Sanders heats up record crowd in Phoenix – Prose and Thorn
https://proseandthorn.net/2015/07/21/bernie-sanders-2016-feel-the-berne-heats-up-record-crowd-in-phoenix-arizona-political-revolution
The prick that makes you think (TM). Bernie Sanders heats up record crowd in Phoenix. July 21, 2015. September 8, 2015. 8220;We’re feelin’ the Bern,” exclaimed Mara Prato, of Phoenix, using the unofficial hashtag slogan of Sanders’ campaign. Why would so many come from across the southwest on a triple digit desert day to hear this man? Because people all over the United States know the truth about the growing wealth disparity and the shrinking middle class. Americans want it to be.”. 8220;Are we content ...
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Rightfully suppressing the toys and the tantrums of the unreasonable – Prose and Thorn
https://proseandthorn.net/2015/07/09/rightfully-suppressing-the-toys-and-the-tantrums-of-the-unreasonable-confederate-flag-charleston-nine-roof
The prick that makes you think (TM). Rightfully suppressing the toys and the tantrums of the unreasonable. July 9, 2015. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) signs bill that permanently removes the Confederate Battle Flag from a pole on the grounds of the state capitol in Columbia, July 9, 2015. She is surrounded by former governors and families of those killed in Charleston’s June attack. Photo credit: Janice McDonald. Used here with permission. 8220;All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle: tha...
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