Ever laid awake at night wondering where that thing came from and what its componenents mean? Our founding fathers were very spiritual and symbol-driven, and this is no exception.
#3
When I was young and believed in such things, the "$" was in memory of the snaked-staff of the Celts who were driven from Ireland by the great warrior/christian Patrick in return for a sainthood.
Another similar mythical reference is the Rod of Asclepius, a son of Apollo and a great healer.
...and the torah has Moses leading something of a snake cult for which he mounted a bronze snake on a staff. By gazing upon it, the followers of Moses were healed of snakebite.
The White House threw open its doors to Bob Woodward but the unflattering portrait could not have come at a worse time for Barack Obama, argues Toby Harnden
#1
Reporters were not impressed by Axelrod's demand in a Washington Post opinion piece that the press needed to investigate Republicans. These days, the White House press corps is feeling unloved by Obama's inner circle and a tad embarrassed about 2008.
The press corp needs to feel a lot more than a 'tad embarrassed.' I personally hope that 2013 is the year when this albatross of a presidency is hung around their necks.
#2
Embarrassment would be a small price to pay for what amounts to treason; for abusing their privileged position to foist their choice of an incompetent hard-left buffoon on the USA as President.
#6
He ran pretty fast and hard out of the gate. Unfortunately it was in the WRONG direction. No pitty here. Bugger off swart nationalist, commie bastid!
ABC's Bianna Golodryga Goes Undercover to 'Expose' Secret Muslim Bias in America, Doesn't Find Much
ABC on Friday did its best to find secret discrimination against Muslims, sending Good Morning America's Bianna Golodryga undercover in a hijab (Islamic head covering). Yet, despite the misleading graphic, "Life Under the Veil: TV Experiment Exposes Bias," the morning show didn't find much bigotry.
Late in the segment, Golodryga admitted, "Overt discrimination is the exception." When an ABC producer tried the experiment in New York, the correspondent acknowledged, "Everywhere, people went out of their way to be friendly."
#3
How about they dress up as an American tourist and have a go at walking around Mecca. Or dress up as a vicar or sadhu, and take a stroll around Riyadh, for that matter.
#4
AHMAD: It's part of their Muslim identity. They are true American-Muslims. And they exercise their right as an American-Muslim and they decide to wear it.
Unlike some Muslim countries, where they wear it...or else.
"Religious police", anybody?
#5
To do justice to this article, put up one of the correspondent's glam shots. What is stupid about this "expose" is they put some babe in the hijab. We're primates. We are deferential to good looking female primates even if they are wearing some scarf. Of course everyone was nice to her.
Hell, half the people probably thought she was a nun from some liberal sect.
#6
I would've been polite and courteous, til I found out the sack contained a network reporter
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09/26/2010 10:48 Comments ||
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#7
Frank, that just proves that you are a reporterphobe.
Which will probably be the next made up phobia in the news.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
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#8
Phobias are usually irrational fears or hatreds. In the case of the MFM, it's not irrational but brought on by their own unceasing irrational bigotry and false sense of superiority borne by their ignorance [as amply demonstrated by the article above].
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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ABC's Bianna Golodryga Goes Undercover to 'Expose' Secret Muslim Bias in America, Doesn't Find Much
