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Observations: “Coming to America” in the 21st century: Stupid is as stupid does!
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015. 8220;Coming to America” in the 21st century: Stupid is as stupid does! If you come into the United States without proper documentation, without following the approved procedure, you are a federal law-breaker. If you come into the U.S. legally and over-stay your Visa, you are a federal law-breaker. 8220;Some 62 percent of these offenders had a prior criminal history,” of whom about 3,000 were felons. “Of the 8,100 aliens who were released to the streets instead of t...Kathryn Stein...
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Observations: America’s tendency toward over-spending leading to catastrophe
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. America’s tendency toward over-spending leading to catastrophe. Many years ago Beatle John Lennon compared America to Rome. Some interpreted his statement as being complimentary, that America was like the Roman Empire in its glory days: the place to be. Others took it to mean that like Rome’s eventual fate, America was declining and headed for the dustbin of history. Many will see the increase in these numbers as necessary support from the government for Americans in trouble. ...
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Observations: Are greedy oil companies responsible for higher gasoline prices?
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Are greedy oil companies responsible for higher gasoline prices? When something unpleasant happens, it’s helpful to have a scapegoat, and when there’s an economic crisis during a presidential re-election campaign, assessing blame is campaign strategy. With the recent rise in gasoline prices, the finger-pointers have been giving their digits a vigorous workout telling us who they want you to believe is responsible for the rising gas prices. As world economic growth picked up, s...
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Observations: Scientists demonstrate more fallacies of “manmade global warming”
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Tuesday, June 09, 2015. Scientists demonstrate more fallacies of “manmade global warming”. It seems that every few weeks we hear or see some scientific data that seriously challenges the politically correct notion that the activities of man, burning fossil fuels for energy, are irreversibly and catastrophically damaging the Earth’s atmosphere and causing global temperatures to rise to dangerous levels. However, in a story in The Washington Post, a group of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmosph...
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Observations: Holy Abundance, by Michael Belk
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Friday, April 24, 2015. Holy Abundance, by Michael Belk. My friend, John Britt sent me something I want to share with you, that is different from my usual political posts. I hope you will find this beneficial. Recently, a friend gave us a copy of a book titled, ". Journeys with the Messiah ." Michael Belk, a successful fashion photographer, felt God's call to write and photograph this book, paraphrased around the parables of Jesus. Holy Abundance - God's Provision Gone Awry. The World Health Organization...
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Observations: Should the USA Patriot Act be renewed, amended, or replaced?
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Should the USA Patriot Act be renewed, amended, or replaced? Congress is trying to decide whether or not to extend the USA PATRIOT Act, and GOP presidential hopeful Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is so strongly opposed to doing so without at least substantial changes that he conducted a filibuster of sorts last Wednesday. In explaining his action, he said, “I’ve chosen to filibuster the Patriot Act because the Patriot Act is the most un-patriotic of acts.”. Sen Paul’s libertarian t...
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Observations: It’s been a troubling time recently for President Barack Obama
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015. It’s been a troubling time recently for President Barack Obama. Policy problems, legal challenges, failures to make progress on important international issues, being abandoned by Congressional Democrats on an important legislative measure, President Barack Obama’s recent problems mount daily, it seems. Among those weaknesses, as reported in the Washington Free Beacon. Perhaps the president needs a refresher course in American government. The Judicial Branch, led by the Supre...
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Observations: Important bedrock fundamentals of the American culture are dying
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Tuesday, June 02, 2015. Important bedrock fundamentals of the American culture are dying. Liberals/progressives may be celebrating the results of a new Gallup poll. The culture upon which America was founded and which allowed it to thrive for nearly 200 years has been seriously weakened over the last few decades. Social strictures are falling by the wayside, as responsible behavior takes a back seat to personal pleasure and convenience in some important areas. 5 percent are very conservative. The poll sh...
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Observations: Forty years after Roe v. Wade, abortion is still a national disgrace
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Forty years after Roe v. Wade, abortion is still a national disgrace. An abortion-related event occurred last week, and if you were paying close attention to the news, you might have been aware of that. Hundreds of thousands of abortion opponents gathered in Washington, DC for the “March for Life,” protesting the grisly process that has terminated about 55 million future Americans in the womb since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. A fact sheet published by the Guttmacher Insti...
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Observations: Thoughts on the Supreme Court: Same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Thoughts on the Supreme Court: Same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act. Today we see that the Judiciary has become politicized, putting Constitutional concerns on the back burner, as demonstrated by two decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. First, the Court turned plain language and constitutional law on its head, for the second time, to deny challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And then it redefined what marriage has been for centuries. The Chief Justice pr...
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