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Even though the technology isn’t there, Congress is pushing it and we will be stuck with expensive, substandard cars: Many members of Congress believe they know what the car company of the future should look like. “A business model based on gas — a gas-guzzling past — is unacceptable,” Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said…

I came across some more interesting articles I thought I’d share: Here’s a very fascinating article about a woman who was trying to make a decision whether to go into the abortion field or not. I’m going to spoil the ending and tell you that she decides against it: The things she cared about —…

Well, you always knew your elected officials weren’t the sharpest knifes in the drawer, here’s confirmation: US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday. Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent…

So, I was reading some interesting stories over breakfast this morning and I thought I would share. Here’s a funny story about how modern technology makes stealing a phone a hazard (if you aren’t tech savvy): Ashlee Hutchens, 18, stopped to reorient herself while driving through an unfamiliar Cincinnati neighborhood this fall. A young man…

Well, it’s about time! Why the heck did it take them this long to understand that God isn’t a respecter of persons and that we’re all created in the image of God and therefore all have equal worth and value: A fundamentalist Christian University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial…

In his weekly address, Obama lets us know that he’s finally put his economic team to work to come up with a plan to create news jobs (road construction, school upgrades and making alternative energy): President-elect Barack Obama announces he has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or…

Looks like the Vatican is ready to fight against Obama and Catholics who support the FOCA. The possible signing of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) by President-Elect Barack Obama would be “the equivalent of a war” an unnamed senior Vatican official recently told TIME magazine. The startling comments make the second time this week…

Very funny! Evidently, humor about Michell’e butt is OK but not jokes about pit bulls, who knew? (via) Update: I fixed the link. Sorry about that!

Or would you lefties call him a chicken hawk? Isn’t that what you guys call hawks who haven’t served in the military? Evidently, the anti-war lefties are miffed that Obama’s filling his cabinet with…er…neo-cons? When is Obama going to appoint someone who reflects the progressive base that brought him to the White House? He won…

They’re worried that the nation expects him to heal the economy right away but they don’t see an economic upturn in the near future. What about his economic plan? Wasn’t that supposed to fix the economy? He made the promises and now he’ll have to deliver. Too bad he packaged himself as a new kind…

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