Laurie: Confession: I can be intolerant. I am fully aware that my friends are rolling their eyes and asking “What else is new?” But if you question the power of a blog, I am living proof that sometimes life-altering views can be stimulated by the words of a blogger. I’m a believer that health afflictions...
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elizabeth: The news about Mel Gibson and his allegedly foul and revolting behavior cannot be avoided. If you are living in a cave, the news will make its way to you. And I, for one, find it upsetting that the network and the cheesy “news” programs are all over this like it is V-Day...
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Laurie: Okay, barbeque grills are being soaked, firecrackers have popped and fizzled, and the aftermath of Fourth of July is with us. It occurs to me that we all should have taken time to celebrate the freedoms that we enjoy. If you didn’t, it’s still not too late. I for instance, can celebrate...
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Laurie: I just heard that there are plans to build a mosque two blocks from where the World Trade Center used to be. Let the protests begin! Two city blocks from where over 3000 people lost their lives? How inconsiderate, how in your face, how ridiculous! Yes, the people who flew the planes...
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Laurie: There are some States that just seem to keep needing help. Take poor Louisiana. As I writes thousands of gallons of smarmy oil are oozing their way to the coasts of this still-not-recuperated-from-Hurricane-Katrina land. Of course States in the Gulf of Mexico will be affected but Louisiana is expected to get the brunt...
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Laurie: Early Sunday morning a crime took place. Although there was a mugging and a stabbing, those are not the crimes to which I am referring. Some woman on the streets of Queens was in the process of being mugged when a homeless guy rushed to her rescue. For his efforts he was stabbed. ...
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Laurie: Earthquakes seem to be occurring every week or so and in devastating intensity. Yes, Al Gore will attribute this to Global Warming, but I believe Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi has uncovered the real culprit – Slutty Women. The Iranian cleric has said – and I quote because I don’t want to be credited with...
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Laurie: Move over, English. There’s a new language in town. Teabonics! These pictures are so ridiculous and hopefully embarrassing to them proud sign-toting Teabaggers that I have to share them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pargon/sets/72157623594187379/ . Good grief, no wonder these folks think Sarah Palin is the Second Coming!
elizabeth: Now to be fair, I know some democrats and some...
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This is not the first time I have heard about children being “returned” because they were sort of “sold” without a “buyer beware clause.” Basically, they were adopted by parents who were looking to love a child, but what they got was someone who was so badly damaged to the point of threatening the...
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Phoebe Prince and her family came to this country looking for their piece of our American Dream. I just hope our American does not include being bullied to the point of taking one’s life. For the Prince family, it is exactly what their American nightmare is all about now.
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