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The Body of bin Laden

Posted on May 02, 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden

I was sitting in my 10^th grade Chemistry class on September 11^th of 2001. I remember my teacher, Mr. Sufka telling us what had happened. We were able to see some images from Yahoo, but the internet was overwhelmed that day and our schools TVs were unfortunately down for repair. We discussed what happened and what could happen next. We all knew we were going to war. This weighed heavily with Mr. Sufka who was an Army Reservist, as well as one of our best teachers.

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A Renewed Beginning

Posted on November 16, 2010. Tags: Boehner, Democrats, Elections, GOP, Government, Spending

“This is not a time for compromise, and I can tell you that we will not compromise on our principles,” Boehner said during an appearance on conservative Sean Hannity’s radio show.

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Franken becoming Dems Future Leader?

Posted on November 09, 2010. Tags: Al Franken, Joe Lieberman

Sen. Franken has faced a daunting challenge in his first year as a US Senator. He barely won a highly contested and much publicized election with Norm Coleman and is part of a party/movement that is losing momentum rather quickly. Franken has also had to overcome a number of other obstacles. Many people (Republicans) have argued that Franken is unfit to be a Senator because of his previous employment in Hollywood and on Air America as a Radio commentator.

Posted in Brooks Report, Current Events, Minnesota, Obama Administration, U.S.2 Comments

She’s a Nut Job

Posted on October 18, 2010. Tags: Christine O'Donnell, GOP

Meghan McCain, the daughter of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has made some interesting and enlightening statements regarding Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for Joe Biden’s senate seat in Delaware.

Posted in Current Events, GOP, Mid Term Elections, U.S.0 Comments

Sharia Sharon

Posted on October 12, 2010. Tags: GOP, Islam, Muslim, Sharon Angle, Tea Party

I recently witnessed an astonishing thing. Not so unordinary, but still something to behold. On one of the random political threads somewhere in the vast expanse of internet there was a conservative woman arguing with democrats. Nothing too shocking here, right?

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The new GOP (i.e. Tea Party) lies.

Posted on October 05, 2010. Tags: Michele Bachmann, Tea Party

Many of us believe that the Tea Party is bad for America. That they will send us down a course that our Founding Fathers did not intend.

Posted in Current Events, Glenn Beck, Media, Michelle Bachman, U.S.0 Comments

Wiretapped phones, now Internet?

Posted on September 27, 2010. Tags: Freedom, Internet Censorship, Wiretaps

WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.

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Safe to Assume Naval Power

Posted on September 06, 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.

Posted in China, Current Events, Featured Articles, Obama Administration, Technology, U.S.0 Comments