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H.R. 899: To terminate the Department of Education. Introduced by Thomas Massie (R-KY), Justin Amash (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jody Hice (R-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Raul Labrador (R-ID) This bill is quite simple. The above congressmen are seeking to terminate the Department of Education in its entirety. It's latest action has been a referral to the House…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "In that moment I loathed America. I loathed the entire country. And it was my 117th visit to the country so I know that most people are very generous and warm-hearted. They have been wonderful to me over the years. I got over that hatred within a day or two. But this is not the way to win friends, to do this to someone who…
In 1987, I had the great fortune to travel to both East Germany (the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) and the USSR. Both of these countries, at the time, were very restrictive in their travel. The DDR was still under Russian control and supervision with the wall separating the Divided Germanies still intact and the Iron Curtain of the USSR had still not fallen. I've lost count of the number…
Time seems to pass by so swiftly sometimes that the realization that two weeks, a month, or even a year has passed seemingly unnoticed as one long streaking blur of events that we often forget to take the time to stop and reflect upon the course that we're traveling. In today's world, it seems that there is no time to stop at points where the road that we were traveling upon diverges and splits…
Occupy Seattle Lately, I've been seeing consistent debate over whether or not an armed protest could be perceived as being a "peaceful" protest or not. Probably the most common argument justifying the bearing of arms during a protest is that, unlike unarmed "peaceful" protests, armed protests are dealt with differently. Or, as one individual put it in the comments on Oregonlive.com, "Do it…
People are running scared after the recent attacks in both Paris, where 130 lives were lost, and in San Bernadino, which resulted in the loss of 14 lives. It's not hard to imagine why either. The very nature of a terrorist attack is to instill terror and what better way to instill terror than to attack when and where we least expect it. It is the most paranoia inducing form of warfare against…
Today I was poking through the news and spotted this article on the BBC, Is the Pope a communist?. I about spat out my coffee in laughter. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time that I'd seen the allegations of being a communist get launched at the Pope. In fact, that seems to be the primary insult thrown at the man and Ed Stourton, the author of the article, makes sure to peg one of those…
My Godzilla Princess playing with dinosaurs Just a couple months ago, my 13 year old daughter came home to inform me that one of her best friends, who was 12, had decided that she was a lesbian. And the boy that lives not too far away that is her same age? Well, he was pondering whether or not he was gay. Being someone who has never really made someone's sexuality or gender identity be a gauge of…
There have been a number of times throughout our nation’s history where the question of whether our civil liberties that we prize so dearly should be impinged upon in the name of national security. Civil liberty was so paramount in the Framers of our constitution’s minds that the wish to secure our liberty is within the very first line of its preamble. When we go to war with other countries, it is…
There's been a lot of controversy surrounding "50 Shades of Grey" on numerous levels of what it actually depicts. Some say it's just a kinky romance novel. Others argue that it's a novel that romanticizes domestic abuse, obsession, and stalking. The level of difference in perception of what the book itself depicts is pretty telling that it very much hits on what may be a perceptual "grey zone" of…
