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A speedbump that keeps popping up

Barack Obama finally did yesterday what he should have done a month ago, though the damage has already been done. For those of you who haven’t guess what I am talking about, I’m referring to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. After being out of the media spotlight for a few weeks since Obama’s first speech on race, [...]

When monkey business mixes with politics.

I need to create a category on “stupid news.”
Last Saturday, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski was enjoying a nice day at home when she noticed two kids next door climbing in a small magnolia tree in her neighbor’s yard. Being concerned for the kid’s safety (and the health of the tree), she went next door and addressed the [...]

“Rev. Wright’s self-fulfilling prophecy”

By The Fireside Post
Here we go again.  An angry man, whether justified or not, pokes a stick in the eye of the object of his anger.  Then he wonders why the object of his anger does not like him.  Barack Obama says, let us have a healthy dialogue.  Well, get the stick out of my [...]

Reviewing Obama’s speech

Now that we’ve had a chance to digest the speech made yesterday by Barack Obama, I just wanted to go through the speech and provide my thoughts on what was said. It might be a bit lengthy and not overly interesting for the casual reader, so if you wish to skip through the article, I wouldn’t [...]

Text of Obama’s speech on race and racism

I wanted to provide you the full text of Barack Obama’s speech on race and racism, so you would have a chance to read and comment on it.  I will provide my views and comments on the speech tomorrow after I have a chance to digest it all. 
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“We the people, in order to form a more perfect [...]