Author: Alexa Shrugged

On The Economy, Obama Doesn’t Know His “Stuff”

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Cross-posted from AlexaShrugged.com: The man with the plan!:  Real Clear Politics has this clip of Obama demonstrating his economic genius: Obama: I Want An Economy “Where We’re Making Stuff And Selling Stuff And Moving It Around” “On Tuesday at the State of the Union, I laid out my vision for how we move forward,” President […]

 

The Greatest Role of All: Motherhood, Feminism, and Natalie Portman

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Sunday night at the Oscars, Natalie Portman was giving her acceptance speech for Best Actress when she thanked “my beautiful love, Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given me the most important role of my life” – motherhood.:  It was a beautiful moment, but this Salon writer, Mary Elizabeth Williams, found Portman’s […]

 

Church, State and the First Amendment: What Coons needs to know

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I read this article by Ken Paulson, the President of the First Amendment Center and had to respond to almost everything he wrote. Church, State and the First Amendment: What O’Donnell needs to know Sometimes political debates generate light as well as heat. Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s question “Where in the Constitution is […]

 

Wanted: Another Massachusetts Miracle – Beat Barney Frank!

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Two things I never thought I’d see in my lifetime: the Red Sox win the World Series (and it happened TWICE!!!) and a Republican in Kennedy’s seat (the PEOPLE’s seat!)I am now a believer in miracles! Never say never – anything can happen, you just gotta believe! Now we have a chance to send Bahney […]

 

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Just More “Hope” and “Change”

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Told ya so! Adult stem cells are actually successful while embryonic is all “hope” and “change” and no substance or results. What is it about people fixating on promoting scientific research that kills a unique human life and has no evidence of curing anyone? Why has this been a cause celeb? Is the culture of […]

 

Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads of the Day 7/7/10

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Study Confirms Abortion Triples Breast Cancer Risk Among Sri Lanka Women LifeNews The Sri Lankan study is the fourth epidemiological study in fourteen months to report an abortion-breast cancer link, including studies from the U.S., China and Turkey. The studies are piling up. How long will the pro-aborts be able to continue to keep this […]

 

Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads of the Day 7/6/10

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Son pleads for help as mother awaits stoning in Iran CNN “Legally, it’s all over, and we have no chance. It’s a done deal. Sakine can be stoned at any minute. But we have experienced again and again that when we organize events world-wide, when we protest world-wide, and in particular when we contact European […]

 

Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads 6/30/10

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Why Obamanomics Has Failed WSJ The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible. But they want new stimulus measures–which is convincing evidence that they too recognize that the earlier measures failed. EXACTLY! Instead of blaming […]

 

Census Workers Sensing Danger?

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I in no way condone acts of violence or threats of violence toward Census workers, or anyone else, but this article over the weekend really got to me. An unexpected result for some census takers: the wrath of irate Americans Since they began making follow-up house calls in early May, census takers have encountered vitriol, […]