Stranger in a Strange Land

I have been blogging about McCain and Obama a lot lately as well as posting items and making comments on Facebook about the upcoming election. I have been getting LOTS of grief from friends and even people I don’t know because I have been supportive of Obama/Biden and critical of McCain/Palin. I wanted [...]

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With all the talk this election and convention season about patriotism and flag pins, I wanted to address one of many “targets” in the patriotism debate, The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. First, let’s read it together since many of us haven’t said it since elementary school:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of [...]

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The Associated Press has released an article in response to an 18 minute “rant” (for lack of a better word) by Jimmy Dobson broadcast on his “Focus on the Family” radio program. As the AP has a record of suing bloggers over using their articles, you can read the article yourself via the Denver [...]

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This month, Christianity Today Magazine published an article entitled Evangelical Leaders to Support McCain. I encourage you to go read the article, not because it is at all profound or surprising, but because many of the comments and reviews of the article are.
I will be voting for Barak Obama [...]

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1) The next time Hillary Clinton accuses someone of being “mean-spirited” we need to force her to watch her speech from Tuesday night. Usually you have to be a member of a long-suffering minority to achieve that level of bitterness; to see it from an uptight, wealthy, white woman is a little off-putting.
2) I [...]

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Here in the Strange Land, we want to send our hearts, thoughts and prayers to Sen. Kennedy and his friends and family. So many tragedies have hit the Kennedy clan over the years, yet they have stood up for the poor, the oppressed and the down-trodden with courage and honor.
Dear Father in Heaven, be [...]

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It was 5 years ago today that George W. Bush stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier and proclaimed that major combat operations were done in Iraq. He did this whilst standing in front of a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished”. Of the 4000+ US service men and women who have died in [...]

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Ok… after much thought… here goes:
Yes, I am proud to be an American. I am not always proud of America.
Thoughts?
SDG,
Matty

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Michelle Obama said, in a recent speech, that “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country” and this started a lot of chins wagging and fingers typing. Columnist Michelle Malkin wrote a response to Mrs. Obama which you can read here: http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/20/michelle-obamas-america-and-mine/ I was emailed [...]

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I was anticipating much discussion on my economics post… it’s gotten fewer page views than my “Social Networking” page!!! Oh well, not everyone is into macroeconomics, I guess. Are all of you thriving in this economy so it just doesn’t matter to you? Am I the only one who’s broke and battered [...]

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