Posted on September 27, 2008 by Lauren
Obama voted for a 2005 energy bill supported by President Bush that included billions in subsidies for oil and natural gas production. McCain opposed the bill on grounds it included unnecessary tax breaks for the oil industry. Obama voted to strip the legislation of the oil and gas industry tax breaks. When that failed, he [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2008 by Lauren
The following is taken from an email from Governor Mike Huckabee regarding the economic crisis and the proposed bailout bill:
Frankly, I’m disappointed and disgusted with my own Republican party as I watch them attempt to strong-arm a bailout of some of America’s biggest corporations by asking the taxpayers to suck up the staggering results of [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2008 by Lauren
It is hard to believe how anti-war the United States Congress has become. Just this last week the Senate blocked a vote on a bipartisan resolution that thanks our troops for the “strategic success of the troop surge in Iraq.”
(Photo I took at U.S. military base in Iraq to give our troops
one of the Move [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2008 by Lauren
Elections are coming. While most people are focused on the Presidential elections, there are still local elections taking place too. Congressmen re-election, propositions and measures, and city laws are all in play. And while who we choose to run our nation is important, just as important are the local measures on the ballot this November.
California [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2008 by Lauren
Maverick—a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.
Sarah Palin is not a maverick. So stop calling her one.
That is all.
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Posted on September 14, 2008 by Lauren
Since when did we start playing God? Have we taken our freedoms so far as to supersede the highest form of authority—God Himself? Whether you believe in God or not, you have to believe in some sort of moral absolutes—stealing, lying, and killing are all wrong. So where do we draw the line? Where does [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2008 by Lauren
The world’s greatest musician. Science’s greatest mind. America’s greatest President.
Know what these three people have in common? Because of the freedoms of America’s citizens, they never existed. They were conceived, but shortly thereafter their lives were ended. Never given the chance to succeed. Never given the chance to accomplish great things, to live out their [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2008 by Lauren
My friend sent me this story about his talk with an innocent little girl:
I asked my friend’s little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, “If you were President what [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2008 by Lauren
Posted on September 12, 2008 by Lauren