In a recent conversation with an individual, I asked them what they knew of America’s history. Their response was more disheartening than being gang-raped in prison. They said, and I quote, “History, man, that’s just a bunch of crap that already happened. It’s so boring.” History is boring? I never got any memo informing me [...]
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Recently on the CBS program Face the Nation it was reported that the total combined cost for the race to the white house will be almost $2 billion. Why would anyone want a job that costs $2 billion dollars to earn, but only pays $400,000 annually? Even if the Presidency is the most powerful office [...]
Red-State, Blue-State, you hate, I hate… In the current political climate, it becomes difficult to understand someone with opposing political views. Why someone wants to vote for Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain is the biggest dividing line in our country, or so the media would have us believe. The left-wing views the right-wing [...]
My grandmother mowed her own lawn (no, this is not a playful uphamism) until she was 80 years old. She walked her dog everyday, paid her bills, went to church, and could hold conversations for hours on end covering a wide range of topics. My grandmother is now 91, her body cannot do many of these things [...]
The short answer to this question is yes. The long answer to this question is absolutely. This show was initially started to compete with 60 Minutes as a reputable news program. The “cast” of news anchors on Dateline was younger, hipper, and much better looking than their counterparts at 60 Minutes. Now, that’s not saying much [...]
The cover of The New Yorker was a perfect depiction of how the right-wing media wants to portray the Obama family. The cover evokes emotion, which is the entire purpose. The United States, as a nation, has allowed itself to be dumbed down so much over the course of the last 8 years, that we [...]
