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Election Day

On November 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In in the news, nablopomo, politics

I told myself weeks ago that I didn’t care as much as I have in the past about the outcome of the presidential election.

Still, I find myself parked on the couch tonight, laptop in my lap, with Brian Williams on TV giving me up-to-the-minute news on the results. And I am anxious.

I […]

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Decision 2012

On October 8, 2012 · 6 Comments · In obama, politics

If  you’ve been reading my blog since circa 2008 (or before, wowza!), you might remember the last presidential election, and my semi-regular and passionate rants and raves on the subject. I was dedicated. I paid close attention to the primaries. I read political coverage. I debated with friends and family in the months leading up […]

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F*ckwad

On April 16, 2011 · 3 Comments · In politics

A new favorite word!

Regardless of political leanings, I think we can all agree that Donald Trump is a joke… right?

And I hope we can all agree that the conspiracy theory that claims that President Obama is not an American citizen is ridiculous. Disagree with his politics? Sure. But to believe that his birth […]

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Crime and Punishment

On November 10, 2009 · 11 Comments · In in the news, politics

Let’s talk capital punishment.

John Allen Muhammad (perhaps better known as the “D.C. Sniper” or “Beltway Sniper”) is set to be executed in Virginia tonight. Although I was still in college and was living approximately 400 miles from Washington, D.C., I was gripped by the story of these random shootings, and remember following the […]

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Disgusted.

On September 8, 2009 · 19 Comments · In obama, politics

Pardon me while I dust off the corner of my blog labeled “politics.” Because wow… it sure has been a while, huh?

But it’s time.

I have been watching in shock… disgust… HORROR even…over the last several days, as the media and the citizens of this country talk about the speech that President Obama will […]

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