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Why Complete Republican Rule frightens me

It should go without saying that no party or person has all of the answers and in order for anyone to grow and mature as a person, the first thing we must do is be willing to admit when we are wrong and modify our stances to reflect our education on that subject. What frightens me most about the New Republican Party is that none of them seem to ever wish to admit that they are wrong.   Many those honestly looking at the entire situation is being chased out of the party and those who are never wrong are taking over.   I witnessed this fact last night as I attempted to hear the other side of the Obama Bashing Debate by tuning in to Sean Hannity’s Show on Fox last night.   His guests were Liz Cheney and Lanny Davis.   The topic was exposing the Real Obama.   It was evident how this conversation would go with the first question by Hannity to Cheney and the amount of time he gave her to speak her mind without interruption.   This was not the same respect...

Recent actions by State Governors and Houses may explains what was meant by “Wanting my country back”

I had often wondered about the statement made at the healthcare town halls of those who decried that “they wanted their country back”.   I think now the actions of some governors and state house may provide us with a clue of what they meant.   Very few have reported on the recent invasion of Benton Harbor by the new governor of Michigan but mainstream media has been all over the uprising in Wisconsin.   I could not help but see how these and all of the other things happening around this nation was linked and nothing made it even more cleared than this Jennifer Page article titled Martial Law Now a Reality in Michigan which reported that “t he Michigan   AFL-CIO   released a   press release   in response to Benton Harbor: "This is sad news for democracy in Michigan. It comes after the announcement of Robert Bobb in Detroit ordering layoff of every single public school teacher in the Detroit Public School system," says Mark Gaffney, President of Michig...