Not Now, Not Ever

Posted By Brie Austin In Category: Opinion , Thoughts From News

Stephen Laffey, the mayor of Cranston Rhode Island, who is now a candidate for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Rhode Island, recently stated that he regretted writing homophobic columns for his college newspaper some 20 years ago. He goes on to say that he is sorry he had written the “sophomoric political satire” and that the columns didn’t reflect his views “… not now, nor then, or ever.” That is almost as stupid as the famous “yes, but I didn’t inhale” comment we heard from our […]

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Fear Serving Fear

Posted By Brie Austin In Category: Opinion , Thoughts From News

“Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society,” president Bush said in his weekly radio address. “Government,” he went on “by recognizing and protecting marriage, serves the interests of all.” Is it just me that sees the absurdity of this statement? How could denying equality to one minority under the law serve the interests of all? What president Bush meant it seems is that denying the right […]

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Blinders for Two

Posted By Brie Austin In Category: Opinion , Thoughts From News

Becasue First Lady Laura Bush doesn’t believe the poll numbers doesn’t mean that they’re not true. But it just shows that the blinders syndrom isn’t something her husband alone suffers from.

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Delete If You Disagree

Posted By Brie Austin In Category: Opinion

I received an email forward the other day on the immigration issue. It went on and on about America; we have our OWN culture we don’t need yours, we have our OWN language we don’t need yours, etc, etc. Some of it hit on some points I do agree with, such as learning the national language when you live in another country — as I have. However, what I found really odd was the last sentence of the email which said “If you agree pass this on, if you don’t […]

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Political Change?

Posted By Brie Austin In Category: Opinion , Thoughts From News

As the world listened to the President’s State of The Union, and will now spend days more trying to analyze his words, manner of tone and vision for the furture, I can’t help but wonder, “Do politicians really change?” Especially this politician? For good or bad the President has done one thing consistant since he arrived in Washington: stood his ground. The State of the Union is words, not actions, and what a President says is meaningless. It is what he does that counts. Our President’s an idealog; a guy […]

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