Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: Christian, Founding Fathers, Glenn Beck, History, Religion, Restoring Honor Rally, Texas School Board
Mr. Glenn Beck held a rally on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. He held his rally for ‘Restoring Honor’ at the same location as MLK did 47 years ago as well. I watched the whole speech and was surprised by his out-of-character appeals for unity, positivity and cohesion amongst all people.
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Posted in Current Events, Featured Articles, Glenn Beck, Media, Philosophy, U.S.
Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: Founding Fathers, Quotes, Religion
Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787
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Posted in Miscellaneous, People, Philosophy, U.S.
Posted on 30 August 2010. Tags: Christian, Glenn Beck, United States
Glenn Beck, as well as a number of other Conservative commentators, have recently made claims that the United States is a Christian Nation, that we are in a religious war and that our Founding Fathers wanted us to be a Christian Nation.
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Posted in Question of the Week, U.S.
Posted on 27 August 2010. Tags: Finland, human right, International Politics, Internet
Finland has become the first country in the world to declare that high speed internet access is a legal right. Finnish telecommunications companies will be required to provide the 5.2 million people of Finland with internet access at a speed of one megabit per second.
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Posted in Featured Articles, Finland, Technology
Posted on 06 August 2010. Tags: China, Military, Navy, United States
The highly anticipated arrival of the new Chinese Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is finely upon us and (predictably) many in the US are unnecessarily fretting over this development.
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Posted in China, Current Events, Featured Articles, Obama Administration, Technology, U.S.
Posted on 30 July 2010. Tags: Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Target, Tom Emmer
Emmer smash! Emmer mad! Grrrr! Emmer unable to form complex human emotions. Emmer Sad.
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Posted in Current Events, Featured Articles, Minnesota, Philosophy
Posted on 28 July 2010. Tags: supreme court, Target Corporation, Tom Emmer, United States
I got a response from Target and this is a good one.
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Posted in Business, Current Events, Democrat, Featured Articles, GOP, Government, Minnesota, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Politicians, U.S.
Posted on 13 July 2010. Tags: Barack Obama, Coast Guard, Media, Oil Spill
Recently, the US Coast Guard has created a rule to ban anyone from coming within 65 feet of the oil containment booms. Without Coast guard approval, of course. They originally tried to make the exclusion zone 300 feet. They claim that this is done to ensure the safety of the public. However, it is currently preventing reporters and members of the media from reporting the conditions down in the Gulf.
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Posted in Barack Obama, Current Events, Featured Articles, Obama Administration, U.S.
Posted on 13 July 2010. Tags: AP, Barack Obama, Bush, Debt Commission, economy, Government, Spending
The Debt Commission that was appointed by President Obama earlier this year came out with a startling report.
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Posted in Current Events, Featured Articles, Government, Health Care, Obama Administration, U.S.
Posted on 11 July 2010. Tags: Nobel Prize, Paraguay
Anthony Carranza recently had an opportunity to interview Nobel prize nominee, Nestor Amarilla.
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Posted in Featured Articles, Miscellaneous, South America
Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: Arizona, immigration, United States
It has begun. The lawsuit we all have been waiting for, sort of. The Federal Government has officially sued Arizona over their Immigration law. This was to be expected.
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Posted in Current Events, Featured Articles, Obama Administration, U.S.
Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: Business, Corn, economy, Ethanol, Farming, Food, Fuel
Normally, I would do some research on an issue and then give my two cents and move on. Living in MN we get a lot of the pro-ethanol propaganda and to be fair, I am not very knowledgeable on the subject.
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Posted in Business, Current Events, Featured Articles, Government, Nutrition, U.S.
Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: economy, GOP, Recession, United States
The rumblings of the double-dip have been growing recently, if you can’t tell already. Many “experts” are divided on this issue, but it is clear that we are not back up to par just yet.
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Posted in Barack Obama, Current Events, Featured Articles, GOP, Health Care, Obama Administration, U.S.
Posted on 06 July 2010. Tags: France, Government
Well, it keeps getting more interesting. For all those people who like to put France or Europe on a pedestal that the US should admire, remember this.
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Posted in Current Events, Europe, Featured Articles, France, Miscellaneous
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