Race & Civil Rights
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Monday, January 16th, 2012Today is Martin Luther King Day in America – an American holiday that I am happy to celebrate. Dr. King is the only American for whom there is a holiday that was never a president, and I think rightfully so. Sure, I’ve heard all of the jokes and accusations and in my younger days even [...]
Why RNC/GOP need a Rapid Response Force armed with historical facts
Monday, October 31st, 2011This is a perfect illustration of why the Republican National Committee needs a rapid response force to quash lies, hypocrisy and outright idiocy. Before we really get started, ask yourself this question; if, as Republican and Democrat pundits lament the GOP is only a “regional party” too beholden on the South, and Republicans are inherently [...]
Official government censorship in Florida
Friday, August 19th, 2011A school district in Florida has violated the most basics protections in the 1st Amendment. I believe the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was intended to protect citizens from the government censorship of political dissent and speech. Many liberals have a more expansive view of the 1st Amendment and that’s fine. I disagree with [...]
A Conversation About Race
Friday, December 17th, 2010I’m on vacation in Colorado with my Honey visiting our son and his beautiful and talented wife. I’ll write and post what I can when I can, but would also like to rerun some older posts that some of the new readers might not have seen. Hope you enjoy. Attorney General Eric Holder believes Americans [...]
The bogus & bigoted wall of separation between Church and State
Friday, November 26th, 2010I thought I would rerun this piece today because, well, we just had Christmas and there was information in the news about the ACLU sending a letter around to schools telling them not to celebrate Christmas. So, I thought it was important to point out again that the early separation of church and state movement [...]
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