Saw this on Facebook and thought it was pretty interesting (and beautiful)....




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14 comments (Latest Comment: 06/12/2015 19:44:43 by Scoopster)

Much has been written and said about the Islamic extremists in the Middle East, especially regarding their enforcement of religious law upon the citizenry. In many cases, this is done at knifepoint, by heavily armed zealots who use their religion as a tool to rule with impunity.

I've written previously about what I call the Christian Taliban here in the U.S. In most cases - we don't even have the excuse of being forced to abide by Christian "law" - we can vote. So how does this keep happening?
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28 comments (Latest Comment: 06/10/2015 19:26:39 by Raine)

To Joe and Jill –- just like everybody else here, Michelle and I thank God you are in our lives. Taking this ride with you is one of the great pleasures of our lives. Joe, you are my brother. And I’m grateful every day that you’ve got such a big heart, and a big soul, and those broad shoulders. I couldn’t admire you more.
From of the President's eulogy to Beau Biden.
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31 comments (Latest Comment: 06/08/2015 20:49:25 by Mondobubba)

Good Morning.

Let's start a few hundred miles north of here today, circa 1976. As a ten-year-old boy, I had the tremendous privilege to travel to the city of Montreal to see the Olympic Games. We missed the ceremonies, but I can still remember seeing some gymnastics, and spending a lot of time sitting in the Olympic stadium watching track and field events.

We were in the stadium over several days of the decathalon, and watched Bruce Jenner take home the gold for the United States.



(See me back there in the upper deck??)
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 06/07/2015 13:59:56 by velveeta jones)

“Never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton.”
Attributed as Greener's Law

As someone who has said I will vote for whomever the Democratic Party nominates, I want to say something. I know what I am going to say may piss off a lot of Clinton supporters.
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32 comments (Latest Comment: 06/04/2015 22:44:56 by livingonli)