Susan G. Komen For the Cure is a marvel of modern marketing. It turned the entire month of October pink and even turned the word "pink" into a verb that means, or meant, linking a brand to the multi-billion charity campaign known for breast cancer awareness.
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" so states the first lines of the First Amendment.
While President Barack Obama's spokesman Jay Carney busily publicizes an upcoming White House dinner to honor service members who served in Iraq, the Obama administration is quietly seeking to deprive military families of the right to sue government doctors for malpractice.
Socialist/Communist anarchists, whether through greed, ignorance, ambition or some mix thereof, are seemingly tireless in their subversive efforts.
BY JOSEPH TOMASELLI, Guest columnist
The American people have remained silent while laziness has taken firm root in our society. This acceptance of laziness is contrary to the established "American Dream." Our citizens are given an opportunity to reach their goals through diligent effort, not by being lazy and demanding entitlements. We Americans have worked our way up the ladder, saving a significant portion of our wages for investment in our own future.
Did you hear the public outcry last year about voting having become too easy? Or that early voting offered too much flexibility? Or that letting school teachers help students register to vote made things way too convenient?
It is a tragedy that Planned Parenthood, which masquerades as a support service for women's health issues, could ever have gained a positive reputation in American society. It is an even greater outrage that hundreds of millions of federal tax dollars are funneled into the group's coffers every year.
County commissioners aren't happy being forced to craft another budget with spending cramped by falling tax revenues and costs of everything else going the opposite direction.
As we stumble into the muck and mire of another presidential campaign, the rules of the contest seem more than ever to resemble the cow-pie tossing competitions still staged in rural America.
Maybe it was the Harvard program on Dealing with an Angry Public that prepared Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel for the Tampa crowd that hissed at him during a recent U.S. Senate hearing on election law changes.
Remember the famous line uttered by the "Great One" Jackie Gleason as he intoned "How sweet it is" in one of his parodies of life.
In this modern age of instant communication that we live in politicos are finding it dangerous to indulge in extemporaneous speech.
Facing deep budget cuts every year, privatization has become the rallying cry of Florida's legislative leaders. Private companies have long been needed to efficiently complete government projects, like road construction. But unfortunately today, some lawmakers want to privatize state prisons for the sake of privatization — ignoring real numbers, hardworking correctional officers and public safety.
The Framers devised a Constitution based on federalism, with power being shared between federal and state governments. Logic dictated the need for Article 1, Section 8, (the enumeration clause) delegating a limited number of powers of the federal government, and the 10th Amendment reserving all remaining powers to "the states…or the people." (Many critics deemed the amendment to be superfluous.)
In a controversial move, an Arizona judge recently disqualified a U.S. citizen of Hispanic descent from seeking a city council seat on language grounds. The judge disqualified the candidate after determining, initially "in less than 30 seconds," that her command of the English language was deficient.
What this year's primary election is showing so far, and what the general election will undoubtedly amplify, is that a system already corrupted by money's influence is now virtually owned by it.
BY DOUG PATTON, Conservative Viewpoint
After suffering through our President's theatrical reading of the recent State of the Union speech, I was motivated to rework and again present my view of the state of our once-great nation. Here that is.
OK, I really need someone to explain it to me. I'm just a 30-year Navy veteran with a total of 42 years of service to my country.
Joe Paterno was the number one class act in sports. No one has ever indicated that Mr. Paterno was not genuine or a liar. There was not a phony bone in his body. He was there for his players and their families whenever they needed him and they loved him for it.
In a well-known 1985 science fiction film about time travel, Doc Brown straps Einstein (the dog) into a DeLorean and sends him forward one minute into the future. But if Einstein (the physicist) had been around to experience this cinematic excursion into fantasy, it is unlikely he would have been particularly impressed.
You're not supposed to say the word uterus on the floor of the Florida House. It's offensive, unfit for children, pornographic, almost. Nevertheless, they just can't get enough of this dirty word in the House. When it comes to blabbing about the u-word, they're at it again.
Ratings. The world is mad with ratings. No human activity is free from them today. Everything and everyone is quantified, from movies to plumbers.
The United States of America has a huge and complex problem with illegal aliens. This problem has gone on for several decades and by different government administrations. Why has illegal immigration been allowed to last so long? Has America become tolerant to "illegal acts?"
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