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Question for the White House

Q: I wonder when President Obama is going to tell the Middle East to stop clinging to their “guns and religion?” source: (@wizdom4you) — Ξ BLACK REPUBLICAN Ξ (@blackrepublican) September 21, 2012 ✏

David Schweikert Frustrations

In my congressional district, AZ’s CD 6, we have the joy of two sitting representatives running against each other. David Schweikert, the elder statesman, has been running (or having run on his behalf) embarrassing, low, whiny attacks. In running such a despicable campaign, Schweikert makes it very difficult to even consider casting my vote his […]

This Is A Muslim Community Center

This is a Muslim Community Center. Specifically, this is the Islamic Community Center that has been built near one of my rental properties. I’m not sure what makes it a community center, rather than a Mosque, as it has no swimming pool or basketball courts. Those are always cited to prove the Park 51 project […]

Lucky Me

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook today. Thanks, Kelley, what a great song and a great reminder. ✏

That Day – revisited

(reposted from 2004) Cox & Forkum Go see the image at their site I was asleep when the first plane hit. When I woke up I went to my computer and logged on – it’s just what I do. No radio or TV turned on yet, so I am still completely in the dark. Then […]

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    Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
    In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
    True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
    Emma
    The Walls Have Ears : The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
    Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
    I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
    B is for Bubblegum
    How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
    License to Parent: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids
    Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
    On Liberty
    Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
    Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
    The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
    Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
    Hallowe'en Party
    If You Really Loved Me
    I Don't Need Therapy: and other lies I've told myself


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