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Attacks vs. Truth

April 15, 2012
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Attacks vs. Truth

Apparently because some people took issue with some of the things said about Michelle Obama I am supposed to, nay required to, be squinty about the Rosen comments.  That is what invisible people on the internet keep telling me. It might even be almost true if I had ever weighed into anything said about Michelle Obama. But I haven’t. Search my archives. I have never once weighed into defending her from anything. Frankly she can hold her own. She doesn’t need me to point out Limbaugh or Hannity’s stupidity. But even if I had? No one attacked Ann Romney....

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Owning A Vagina Does Not Confer Wisdom (The Romney vs. Rosen Kerfuffle)

April 13, 2012
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The Romney vs. Rosen Motherhood is Hard kerfuffle has brought to mind something that has niggled at me for a long time. What is that? Well, and this might ruffle feathers, it is the tendency we have as a culture toward deification of motherhood....

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Fear and Voting in America

April 9, 2012
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Fear and Voting in America

An online friend of mine posted part of an email from his son where his son railed against stupid people voting. Because, I assume, he believes it is stupidity that will be the cause if the far right gains Presidential office this coming election....

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Social Media and Sociology

March 26, 2012
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Reaching out

Social media is a funny thing. It has taught me things I never thought to learn. Recently it has shed a spotlight on the fact that the people in...

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Brushes with Death and Fame. Sort of.

March 23, 2012
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This is the kind of thing you cannot make up. What a day. First my stepson and daughter in law come over and inform me that Robert Powell was...

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Finding Love for Lincoln

March 21, 2012
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finding love for lincoln

I am going to take a break from my current need to post political ramblings and post something a bit on the lighter side.  Back in September of 2010...

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