g Barack Obama has said from the beginning of this campaign that it is the people who must believe— not just in his ability to bring about change in Washington— but in theirs. He has couched these exhortations in what he calls the fierce urgency of NOW. It’s as rousing a call to the responsibilities of citizenship you’re likely to …
If you are a parent, or have had the responsibility of raising a human being from infancy through childhood, you have had the opportunity to observe language become comprehensible to mind. It is truly an amazing process to behold to watch mind achieve self-conscious understanding. And it teaches you this: Every human being born into this world has spoken in …
“Hate is the shadow of fear; revenge the mask of cowardice.” —Jesus Sam Stein “Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain. It is clear that Barack Obama just doesn’t understand regular people and the issues they care about. He dismisses hardworking middle class Americans as clinging to …
Fear and anger weaken character, and destroy happiness. Is that so hard to understand? And just like hate, anger is a destructive influence on the human soul. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRvXguUeTQ&NR=1[/youtube] “That one” who suffers from PTSD; “That one” who should never have responsibility or authority for launching deadly force on the people of other nations. • [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYJbFPYArM&feature=related[/youtube] Aww; what a sweetie! Ignoring …
One of the greatest attractions of patriotism— it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling we are profoundly virtuous. — Aldous Huxley “Country First” John McCain: “I am not a perfect vessel.” I’ll see your “Country First” and raise you a …
If the karma fits, you must convict Hall of Fame football player and former Ginsu Knives spokesman O.J. Simpson was found guilty yesterday by a Las Vegas jury of a number of felonies, including armed robbery, guaranteeing that he will spend at least five years in the Big House. The verdict comes exactly 13 years from his acquittal in a …
Palin is “Religulous,” but Maher is “RiDICKulous.” Bill Maher‘s new mooovie, Religulous, is not going to make it on Sarah Palin’s “to do” list this year, or any other. And it’s a shame too, because Sarah Palin, if she had been willing to talk to Maher, would have been just the sort of interview he should have put in the …
