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More Contradictions Are Enough to Make Me Sick

Posted in culture, domestic policy, politics, thoughts, tagged Congress, constitution, did the stimulus bill work, does the stimulus bill help my state, find out the facts, hcr, health care, health care reform, health insurance reform, how does the stimulus bill affect us, learn the truth about your country, MSNBC, no more dittoheads, Obama, president, president Obama, Rachel Maddow, stimulus bill, what does the stimulus bill do, what is the stimulus bill on February 18, 2010 | Comments Off

Who needs health insurance reform? Anyone who answers that question with anything other than “We do!” should watch the following videos which explain just a bit of the hypocritical, political games being played in Washington. Note that the clips provide proof of the contradictions directly from the speakers’ own mouths. In trials, we used to [...]

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Some Kids Want You to See The Lightning Thief

Posted in books, children, entertainment, family, fun, movies, reviews, teens, tagged go see the Lightning Thief, Harry Potter is no Percy Jackson, Lightning Thief is good, Logan Lerman, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan wrote the book, we liked the Lightning Thief, you should see the Lightning Thief on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

At their urging, the following is a guest post written by my children: You may have heard of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the movie that came out Friday, February 12, 2010. Many people have been calling it a Harry Potter knock off. To begin with, the book series is not another [...]

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The Lightning Thief – Not Another Potter

Posted in books, children, entertainment, family, movies, reviews, teens, tagged Harry Potter is no Percy Jackson, Heroes on NBC, Lightning Thief is good, Logan Lerman, Percy and Peter from Heroes, Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson is more like Peter, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief, Time to get over Potter on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Have you heard about this action/adventure movie starring a couple teenage guys and a girl who defeat villains in the midst of great special effects? You know, dark haired protagonist, no glasses. Wait…does he wear glasses? NO, he does not. He most definitely does not wear glasses. Were you thinking of Harry Potter, Ron and [...]

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Snow, Snow and More Snow

Posted in dogs, life, photography, photos, tagged Blizzard 2010, Goldendoodle in snow, snow in DC, snowy trees in DC blizzard on February 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »

When the Blizzard of 2010 rocked the east coast with record snowfalls, some northerners on Twitter chuckled at us because they found it hard to understand why a snowstorm would effectively shut down a region. Having lived in more than a few northern states, I can tell you that this area is simply ill equipped [...]

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