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There will be much written and said in the coming days to explain the story of the 2010 election. Much of the punditry will focus on the massive red wave that swept the nation turning much of the U.S. electoral map into Republican hands from Governorships, to statehouses to the historic 60-plus gain in the [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Our shaky economy appears to be growing slowly on sand instead of rock. Finally, the American media is starting to report that although it appears the recession is behind us, there will be a new normal with minimal growth for years if not decades to come. As a CNBC story so eloquently [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Maybe some good can come from Barack Obama’s presidency. Don’t get me wrong – the man has been a disaster for this country. When he stepped into office, the country was loaded with debt, and instead of starting to fill the hole, he grabbed a shovel and started digging us deeper. He [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Well, duh. This is the sort of oversight that occurs when members of Congress fail to read thousands of pages of legislation to overhaul one-sixth of the American economy. The few of us in the American populace who bothered to read the legislation – and yes, my life is that exciting that [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com The time for an honest discussion about the state of American public schools has been ripe for quite some time – even President Barack Obama has noticed. He spoke on Monday to NBC’s Today Show expounding on his belief that the school year should be longer and poorly performing teachers should get [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com If nothing else, we can thank the Rev. Terry Jones for exposing the blatant hypocrisy of President Obama and liberals. The Rev. Terry Jones planned a Quran-burning event in Florida on Sept. 11. The pastor with 50 followers incited U.S. Generals and President Obama to warn that any attempts to burn the [...]
Some things aren’t a right. Like spandex, they’re a privilege. The recipe for health insurance and for home ownership is as simple as the one for spandex. You earn the privilege of wearing spandex in public by working out – a lot – and eating right. So, too, you earn the privilege of health insurance and home ownership. Work hard. Make good choices and you too can own a home and have health insurance.
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com He didn’t do the right thing, but I get it. Steven Slater, a Jet Blue flight attendant, cursed passengers over an airplane’s public address system before grabbing a few beers, yanking open one of the plane’s emergency doors and hurling himself down an emergency chute onto the tarmac in New York’s JFK [...]
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