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Vicki McClure Davidson | November 16, 2010

H/t to Bob at The Camp of The Saints for this headline photo from yesterday’s New York Post — as Bob points out, sometimes the headline tells the whole story. Today, Rep. Charlie Rangel was found guilty of 11 of the 13 ethics violation charges against him. Good. But I have a number of questions. [...]

Category: Government, Law & Constitution, Social and Political Climate | 4 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | November 16, 2010

  Famous last words… “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” (Love Story). “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” (Gone With the Wind). “You would think they’d be saying thank you” and “I knew it must have been an Australian because my folks never say thank you” (Barack Obama in the Chronicles [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Government, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate, Videos, Audio Files | 3 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | November 16, 2010

A lot to report on the new controversial TSA security procedures at airports. The original video of this first frightening event has been yanked several times from YouTube (of course), but here is some background information on the 3-year-old girl who was hysterical last week when a TSA airport security employee tried to perform a [...]

Category: Government, National Security, Social and Political Climate, Videos, Audio Files | 1 Comment »
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