I hate to beat this dead horse, but it seems like something new pops up in the news everyday about government officials making things easier for those who cross our borders to live here who refuse to learn to speak English. Occasionally, you’ll have one who takes a stand, as was the case in this story:
As a follow up to my last post where I ranted a bit about how the images we see have influences on us all, especially when we were younger – I neglected to add in there comments about the music we listen to influencing us to some degree … probably a good thing I didn’t, considering tonight as I was making a CD of favorite older songs from an online "jukebox" I have, three songs I downloaded were Bell Biv DeVoe’s "Do Me", Prince’s "Darling Nikki", and Sly Fox’s "Let’s Go All The Way"
I think I am turning into my mother.
I’m pro-death penalty, but I’d bet even some of the most ardent opponents of it would reconsider after reading this:
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the topic of race relations has once again stirred contentious debates amongst liberals and conservatives in this country, considering that the racial make-up of the victims we saw on the news channels broadcasting scenes from New Orleans everyday was/is overwhelmingly black.
DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s slips of the tongue in the past have been well documented here. A few examples before I proceed to the latest are:
