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Christmas 2011 – Birth of a New Tradition

As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods — merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is […]

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Earthquake Map – See Where The Earthquake in VA Hit Today

The east coast experienced something that it hasn’t seen in a long time.  A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit in the central Virginia area just before 2 p.m. today.  And the tremors from the earth quake were felt up and down the east coast. The image map shows the central point of the 5.9 magnitude earth […]

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Gov. Rick Perry (R) Wows The Crowd As He Announces His Presidential Candidacy (Video)

And just like that, out of nowhere, here comes a Presidential candidate for the Republican Party that has quite possibly elevated himself to the forefront with just one simple speech. Texas Governor Rick Perry visited South Carolina today to give a speech where he announced he’ll be running for President of the United States. His […]

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31 Navy Seals (And Others) Die When Their Chinook Gets Shot Down Over The Weekend

In the deadliest single attack against U.S. troops and allies in the history of the war in Afghanistan, 38 people – to include 31 Navy Seals – were shot down  and killed this weekend when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter was ambushed by the Taliban. It was around 3am, early Saturday morning.  US Army Rangers were […]

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Groupon In Lawmaker’s Crosshairs

Groupon made an update to their privacy policies last week where they will begin collecting more information about users of the group buying site to share with business partners. Groupon also stated in their new privacy policy that they will use geo-locational information to market its online deals to users. All of the above has […]

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And here’s President Barack Obama’s First Tweet…

Earlier this morning I wrote about how President Barack Obama will start personally tweeting from his Twitter profile @BarackObama. Well it didn’t take very long for us to see the President’s very first tweet, and it didn’t have anything to do whatsoever with his Presidential re-election – it was actually to wish all the dads […]

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NBC Edits Out “Under God” From ‘U.S. Pledge of Allegiance’ Twitter Erupts

During NBC’s coverage of the U.S. Open golf tournament, a video was played that featured the reciting of The United States Pledge of Allegiance. Ironically, during the video segment, “Under God” was omitted twice – and during the second omission, the phrase “one nation” was also omitted. This instantly caught the attention of the Twittersphere where […]