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Vicki McClure Davidson | August 30, 2011

Every single photo posted on the official White House website during Pres. Barack Obama’s vacation in his rented $20 million farm estate at Martha’s Vineyard was careful to always show Pres. Obama hard-hard-hard at work. Not one pic on the site showed him smiling, or golfing, or eating ice cream, or biking, or swimming at [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Government, Social and Political Climate | 2 Comments »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | August 30, 2011

  Norman Rockwell, one of America’s most beloved and prolific artists, has one of his more compelling, controversial paintings expressing social commentary on display in the White House. “The Problem We All Live With” captured a historic moment during the 1960s Civil Rights movement — Rockwell’s shows first-grader Ruby Bridges on November 14, 1960 being [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | August 30, 2011

  Wisconsin’s liberal “gimme more!” teachers’ union/government workers zealots had no qualms hijacking and trashing the state capitol in February when they were protesting — with their Hitler-esque and profanity-laced signs — Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts and pruning back on WI taxpayer-funded union goodies. They’ve lodged death threats against the governor, as well [...]

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