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Mitt Romney’s misfire on the national anthem - The Washington Post
Busted. I love when people in the public spotlight make stuff up that sounds good. It’s great, cause it’s so easy to check with the intertubes freely available. It’s just sad that so many people don’t bother checking…
Anyhow, getting back to the anthem: our hand-over-our-heart thing is not only not original, but also FDR never asked for it. We changed this around the time of FDR to keep it from looking like the Nazi / Italian Fascist salute. (Before the hand-over-heart it was the Bellamy salute, named after and suggested by the author of our pledge of allegiance.)
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I’ve given up being “concerned” about politics, … , or the antics of our many non-sentient fellow citizens. That concern is wasted energy, …
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Behold! What the Stop SOPA blackout managed to accomplish in 24 hours.
See our story behind the SOPA blackout.
(via conscientious)
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I have my owner up here talking about a Stanley Cup. That’s a bunch of (expletive). We need to take it one game at a time.
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Wikipedia to black out Wednesday in protest
Congress can be lame. Can’t we just move with progress and inovate rather than trying to trim rights to “fix” issues? We’re barely climbing out of the digital media decade long setback from previous legislation…
(thanks to Cyrus for the link)
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Tiny Eyes
It’s fun trying to see the world through my little man’s eyes.
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Win.
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in this context, I can’t help but agree…
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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong
— Benjamin Franklin
