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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 5, 2010
ABC News reports this week on Baby Brielle Garrison, who will need several surgeries after being born with a rare condition called anophthalmia. She was born without any ocular tissue whatsoever. No eyes. Startling. I’ve never heard of this condition, and I’m guessing, most of you haven’t, either. This unusual human interest story echoes, for [...]
Category: Health, Holidays and Family, Social and Political Climate, Technology |
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Tags: ABC News, anophthalmia, baby, baby born with no eyes, baby with no eyes, Brielle Garrison, eyes, medical condition, ocular, ocular tissue, proverb, video
Vicki McClure Davidson | February 5, 2010
At the always thought-provoking Flopping Aces, reader Smogasbord wrote this intriguing comment: I’m a little confused. Every other thing or person Obama tells us to stay away from flourishes. For example, Joe The Plumber, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News (they now have 13 of the top 15 cable news shows). Las Vegas should be doubling [...]
Category: Business & Economy, Entertainment, Celebrities, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate |
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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 5, 2010
“Gives us some value” but “not worth buying any more of it” appears to be polite doublespeak for “thank goodness we only wasted $672 million on this before pulling the plug.” What will DHS head Janet Napolitano do now? Claim she “saved” billions of taxpayers’ dollars with this expensive “virtual border fence” project’s pending cancellation? [...]
Category: Business & Economy, Conservatism, Government, Law & Constitution, National Security, Social and Political Climate, Videos, Audio Files |
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Tags: 60 Minutes, border protection, border security, borders, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, fence protections, gun control, guns, Janet Napolitano, Mexican border, Mexico, Team Obama, video, virtual border
