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It is always a worthy cause to help those who are going through a difficult time. For any number of reasons people can find themselves in circumstances where they can barely survive. It is right and good for us to share what we have with those in need. On the other hand, it is not right and good for me to steal from your pocket to give to the poor.

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Andrea Mitchell is the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News and she is along on the Obama Publicity Tour to Europe. She is a liberal as you would expect, but apparently it is possible for a 'reporter's pride and principles' to break out of that mold.

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The Vision of The Anointed
Written by Thomas Sowell, 1995

I found this book to be truly enlightening. Truths revealed about the last 50 years and more in the United States reveal how we ended up where we are today and hint at where we will be tomorrow. The truths revealed in this book are sometimes disturbing, but then you realize that you are better off to know the truth – even if the truth is not pleasant.

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This comedy fiction is made up of eight stories, all written by P.G. Wodehouse (1881 – 1975). He was born in Surrey England and eventually became an American citizen in 1955.

“From the moment Jeeves glides into Bertie Wooster’s life, providing him with a magical hangover cure, Bertie knows he has found the gentleman’s gentleman. Jeeves saves the chronically befuddled Bertie from every jam, even going so far as to follow him to the wilds of New York City.”

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Today is Mother's Day in the U.S. so I want to wish all Blogger Party Moms a wonderful day. Hopefully your children will bless you and you can rejoice in the special role you have had to play.

If you were expecting a little gift, here is a special website for the occasion. You will find a free Mother's Day song and the "Top 31 TV Moms" list.

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Many of us have heard Bill Clinton referred to as the first Black President. I never knew who had said it, but always understood it to mean that Bill Clinton supported policy's perceived as beneficial to the Black Community.

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On September 11, 2001 the New York Times published an article by Dinitia Smith entitled, "No Regrets for a Love of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen". The protester was William Ayers, friend of Barack Hussein Obama. The first sentence of that article goes like this:

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Once they grasped the imminent danger facing the global community, U.S. decision-makers had no choice but to act quickly, and so they did. Petroleum-based fuels are possibly the largest source of man-made carbon so it was only logical to reduce gasoline consumption. The solution proposed was to start blending ethanol (produced from corn) with gasoline. This has been going on long enough now that we can access the impact of this program.

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She was the only female running in the race. She poured every ounce of her being into this race - running her heart out. But, alas, she came in second. She finished with head held high, but she was quite injured and subsequently euthanized on the track.

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There is a lot of media attention recently regading the 20 month old boy in the U.S. who ate some of the Aqua Dots craft/toy and was apparently made sick by a chemical breaking down into something like GHB, the date rape drug. Certainly this is a terrible thing and everyone is glad that the little boy is fine now.

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