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Helping Haiti

January 14, 2010
By Dan Chmielewski
Helping Haiti

On Tuesday, a catastrophic earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed, but the death toll — already in the thousands — is climbing fast. This is the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years. Entire communities have been ripped apart and as many...
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Yes Virginia, There IS a Santa Claus

December 24, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski
Yes Virginia, There IS a Santa Claus

My baby is a confident 10 year old girl who loves Christmas.  Last season, around New Year’s, we had a honest discussion about the season and, as her Dad, there’s a certain amount of grieving over another passage of childhood.  I can’t read the final pages of The Polar Express to her without my voice breaking and...
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Crazy Dana and the Wing-Nuts on Climate Change and e-mails

December 10, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Crazy Dana and the Wing-Nuts on Climate Change and e-mails

"This is about centralizing power into the hands of global government, that’s what Kyoto and Copenhagen are all about, that’s what the globalist alliance is all about;" said Rohrabacher "We must fight the globalist clique that is trying to shackle generations of Americans."
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President Obama’s Speech Receiving Nobel Prize In Oslo, Norway

December 10, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
President Obama’s Speech Receiving Nobel Prize In Oslo, Norway

"I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility," he said. "It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations -- that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.
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Wonder if the Yes on 8 Folks would endorse this marriage?

December 4, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski
Wonder if the Yes on 8 Folks would endorse this marriage?

I can hear them now; it's a marriage between a man and a woman so it must be OK. But according to this story, a man in Japan has married a female video game avatar. The bride didn't wear white; she arrived in a red plastic game case. God save their virtual half breed...
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Obama To Lay Out Afghan Strategy

December 1, 2009
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“The 30,000 additional troops that I am announcing tonight will deploy in the first part of 2010 – the fastest pace possible – so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers. They will increase our ability to train competent Afghan Security Forces, and to partner with them so that more...
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Obama’s Weekly Address: Traveling Abroad for Our Economy at Home

November 22, 2009
By Chris Prevatt

WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama described the progress made during his trip to Asia, and detailed steps the administration is taking to spur job creation.  The President explained how increasing exports to Asia Pacific nations can create hundreds of thousands of jobs in America and described the upcoming jobs forum...
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