Category: America

In just six days

God’s Blog By Paul Simms, August 8, 2011 … UPDATE:  Pretty pleased with what I’ve come up with in just six days. Going to take tomorrow off. Feel free to check out what I’ve done so far. Suggestions and criticism (constructive, please!) more than welcome. God out.   COMMENTS (24)   Not sure who this …

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We are the change that we seek

If Obama is Not Your Boyfriend, Why are you Playing Hard to Get? By Wendy Gittleson, August 8, 2011 … It’s tough being a Progressive these days. Hell, it’s tough being an American these days, but I digress. As Progressives, there is a lot we agree upon – We want fair/progressive taxation. We want multinational …

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A faithful man

The Christian Faith of Senator Mark Hatfield By Rev. Chuck Currie, 8/8/11 04:37 PM ET … The United States of America lost an incredible political leader last night when former U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR) passed away after a long illness. He was 89. In his two terms as Oregon’s governor and five terms in …

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Exceptionally common

The US military’s secret military By Nick Turse, 08 Aug 2011 06:05 … Somewhere on this planet a US commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done … for the day. Without the knowledge of much of the general American public, a secret force within the US military is …

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What happens

Hiroshima’s Lessons: The Air Force, Just War and Nuclear Weapons By Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, 8/7/11 12:21 AM ET … Faced with secular activists’ furor over the separation of church and state, the Air Force recently shelved a mandatory ethics training for nuclear missile officers following a report that the session employed Christian theology and Bible …

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Given the choice…

A utopian response to the Obama administration By Clancy Sigal, Sunday 7 August 2011 18.00 BST … A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at. – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism … OK, it’s done, the party’s over. For the umpteenth time, President Obama …

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Send in the clowns

Yes, Congress Is in Session (for a Few Seconds, Anyway) By Jennifer Steinhauer, August 5, 2011 … WASHINGTON — “Thonk!” That’s the sound of the gavel smacking down as the people’s business got underway Friday in the United States Senate. It was also the sound, 59 seconds later, of the end of the workday. Mission …

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