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Bristol Palin Graduates, Obama Notre Dame Speech Video Contrasts

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May 162009

The story of the day is Bristol Palin graduates from high school, which is ironic considering that Barack Obama’s speech at Notre Dame occurs one day later, May 16th, 2009. See Obama’s Notre Dame speech video here and contemplate the interesting connection with Bristol Palin’s graduation.

Bristol Palin Graduates High School
Barack Obama Speaks at Notre Dame University

Barack Obama was born not with a silver spoon in his mouth initially because that came a few years later. His mom and dad abandoned him, leaving the impressionable Barack to the well-meaning but spoiled natures of two doting grandparents. They sent him to the best schools with the best education, and according to Obama’s memoirs, required no discipline or sacrifice of him. Obama was adopted by figurative sugar daddies.

On the other hand, Bristol Palin’s graduation reminds us that she became culturally interesting as the daughter of a popular state governor. She was born in a blue-collar family which pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, as the old adage goes. When she became pregnant as a teenager, she kept the child and decided initially to marriage. At the same age, Obama was playing basketball and shooting heroine in high school.

But America, the greatest land on earth, is not always about rewards for achievement. Sometimes we get the luck of circumstance. Obama’s rise to power has so little to do with achievement and so much to do with the spoils of circumstance. Equally interesting perhaps, Bristol Palin was not responsible for the notoriety thrust upon herself by a presidential campaign. And yet the young girl comported herself with equal maturity to the future president.

So Bristol Palin graduates high school while Barack Obama speaks at Notre Dame. One young girl has been mostly forgotten while one young president is the scorn of Catholics today for his speech.

What do readers think about Obama’s Notre Dame speech? And what about Bristol Palin’s graduation from high school?

Photos

Obama Notre Dame Speech (Video)

Bristol Palin Graduation (Video Interview)

Photos: Patricia Schlein/WENN.com

Army’s Oldest Soldier, Viet Nam Vet, Maj. Hutchison Killed in Iraq

Battle of Iraq, Our Soldiers, Soldier Families 3 Responses »

May 162009

The Army’s oldest soldier, and Vietnam war veteran, was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb. Maj. Steven Hutchison died in Basrah, Iraq on May 10, 2009 when an explosive devise detonated near his vehicle. See photos and a video below.

Army’s Oldest Soldier Dies – Major Steven Hutchison

Major Hutchison’s story is one of valor and service to our country. He re-enlisted in the Army after his wife, Kandy, died of breast cancer in 2007. He served one tour of duty in Afghanistan and then was sent to Iraq in October 2008 to train Iraqi soldiers. That mission ended and he was tasked with securing Iraq’s southern border with the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas.

Military Votes Not Counted: 98,000 Lost Military Ballots

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May 132009

Six million American citizens abroad were qualified to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. It is estimated that one-fourth of all military votes were not counted. At least, 98,000 lost military ballots were mailed back to the U.S. but not counted. See photos and a video below.

Military Votes

In the time I began writing this report, the details have changed. Fox News said this morning that one-fourth of military votes were not counted – that’s one out of four votes uncounted. A few minutes later, that estimate was raised to possibly one third of all military votes went uncounted – 1 out of 3 votes uncounted. Active duty and reserve troops make-up the largest portion of ballots received by eligible voters abroad. Some 441,000 ballots were requested. Of those, 98,000 were “lost.”

Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh is Indian Man Goes 35 Years Without Bathing

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May 122009

Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh is from the village of Chatav outside the holy city of Varanasi. He is 63-years-old and the father of seven daughters. He has gone for 35 years without bathing apparently in an attempt to have a son. Read about it below and see his photo.

Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh

One of Singh’s neighbors, Madhusudan, says that a seer told Kalau years ago that if he didn’t take a bath, he would be blessed with a male child. It seems that many Indians prefer sons for financial reasons. Sons are breadwinners. Girls have to have the matrimonial dowry for the grooms family when they marry. Also, in Indian culture, all their earnings go to their husband’s family. For those reasons, girl children are considered a burden.

So for 35 years Singh hasn’t bathed. It appears his efforts are not working so far.

This has been costly for him. He used to own a grocery store, but had to go out of business when customers quit coming to his store because of his ‘unhealthy personality’. He now works in the fields. He also incurred the anger of his family when he refused to take a ritual dip in the river Ganges even after the death of his brother five years ago.

In spite of what his neighbors have said, Kalau claims he doesn’t remember how it all began. He claims his pledge to not wash is in the ‘national interest’. ‘I’ll end this vow only when all problems confronting the nation end,’ he said.

Even though he refuses to take water baths, he does take fire baths. That involves standing on one leg next to a bonfire, smoking marijuana and saying prayers to Lord Shiva. He claims its just as good as using water to bath and the fire kills germs and infection in the body.

Oh, and he doesn’t brush his teeth either.

Considering this whole scenario its not surprising that he hasn’t had a male child. The surprising thing is that he’s had any children at all.

55% of Americans Support Carrie Prejean, Including Barack Obama

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May 122009

While the main stream media and the far left have been having a blast with mean-spirited attacks on and attempts to destroy the reputation of Miss California, Carrie Prejean, it turns out the most American support her, including Barack Obama. Read about it below, see photos and a video of the report.

Carrie Prejean

I’m actually surprised that the polls only show 55% of Americans support Carrie Prejean, but then I often wonder who ‘they’ call to do those polls. I know I’ve never been called, but I have a friend in Boston who tells me he gets called often to answer poll questions. Maybe ‘they’ are more interested in the opinions of Bostonians than they are of Southerners. That wouldn’t surprise me at all.

Despite the fact that there seems to be a ridiculously low margin of people who are willing to say that they support Prejean, its still a majority of the people. It seems to me that this isn’t a moratorium on whether or not homosexual people should have the same rights as heterosexual people. Its not about whether Prejean showed some class and … dare I say it … courage, to say something that was certainly not the politically correct thing to say in a forum that is not conducive to those kinds of firebomb questions. Its not even about the lack of class and dignity exhibited by the pageant ‘judge’, Perez Hilton, who took it upon himself to interject his own activist agenda into a fluff pageant and then use it to promote his blog, himself and go into very nasty and mean-spirited rants degrading Prejean as best he could. Well, its the drama that keeps his readers coming to his blog.

Air Force One Flyover Cost: Louis Caldera Resigns

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May 102009

The latest cost of the Air Force One flyover of New York City is the job of the Director of the White House Military Office. That would be Louis Caldera who resigned, taking the fall for the embarrassing gaffe perpetrated on the people of lower Manhattan last week. Read about it below and see THE photo, an uncropped photo and a video.

Air Force One Flyover

Barack Obama has taken responsibility for the almost unbelievable gaffe of sending Air Force One careening over Lower Manhattan with two Air Force jets chasing it. As you might recall, this incident on April 27, 2009, scared the living pee doodle out of the people of New York City, sending people fleeing their offices for fear of their lives. When I say that the President took responsibility, I mean that he took the responsibility of placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of his Director of the White House Military Office.

I’m really kind of surprised he didn’t say that he inherited the problem from George W. Bush. After all, the attacks of September 11, 2001 happened when Bush was president. But I suppose one of his advisers probably told him that excuse was wearing a little thin.

Read the rest of this entry and see the uncropped photo and the video.

Alan Keyes Arrested: Notre Dame Protests

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May 102009

Alan Keyes

“If we don’t wake up and work to see that it happens, we will not see another election” ~ Alan Keyes

A lot of people are very unhappy at the idea that Barack Obama will be delivering the 2009 commencement address at Notre Dame on May 17th. The fact that the Catholic university invited the pro-abortion president to speak at the commencement exercises. There is a severe dichotomy between the beliefs of the Catholic Church and the beliefs of Obama. There have been a number of Notre Dame protests of one form or the other. More are planned for the day of the speech. Among them is former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 other people who protested the university with him.

Read the rest of this entry and see a video

Top 10 Baby Names 2008

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May 082009

The Social Security Administration has released the government’s data on the top 10 baby names of 2008. Here they are ….

Emma

I wanted to name my children unusual names. I didn’t want weird names, but names that every other kid didn’t have. I wanted pretty names, old fashioned names perhaps. Names that were theirs and they didn’t have to share with every other child in their age group. I failed miserably at my quest for the perfect, uncommon names.

I named my son Joshua and my daughter Amanda. When the Social Security Administration released the most popular names for the years they were born, both of their names topped the lists. Actually, they topped the lists for several years in a row at the time. I didn’t know. I didn’t know any little kids at the time and had not heard of other people naming their children these names. As it turned out, both of my children spent their school years having to go by their first and last initials to differentiate them from the other children in their classes with the same first name. Well, I still like those names, but they weren’t uncommon by any stretch of the imagination.

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