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It may cause me physical pain to admit this, but Bill O’Reilly has a point. Not that Jennifer Aniston herself is destructive to society (although her movies are another matter entirely), but the sentiment that she expressed in support of her new film, The Switch, may be. There is a huge difference between the situation [...]

30 Jul, 2010

Keep Beach Driving in Volusia County

Posted by: arabellasays In: Around Florida| Media Frenzy

Maybe I’m just too rational. It’s not that I don’t sympathize with the families of Aiden Patrick and Ellie Bland. I do.  Both children’s deaths were tragic accidents. But that doesn’t mean that we should automatically ban vehicles from Volusia County beaches.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, five people have been killed being struck by vehicles [...]

29 May, 2010

Mosque Near Ground Zero

Posted by: arabellasays In: Media Frenzy| Social Issues

Do we really want a moderate Islam? Islam is not going to go away. We obsess over the radical Muslims who, clearly, are the enemies of America. But we do little to encourage and engage Muslims who want to be a functional part of America.
There is a huge uproar over the proposed development of a [...]

John Dickerson over at Slate wants to know what Obama promised to Joe Sestak if he would drop out of the Senate race.  Sestak claims that an administration official offered him a job if he would drop out.  I don’t know what some unnamed administration official said to Joe Sestak.  John Dickerson doesn’t know, and [...]

23 Apr, 2010

Arizona Immigration Bill

Posted by: arabellasays In: Media Frenzy| Politics as Usual

So if I’m planning on speaking Spanish in Arizona, do I need to carry my passport? Maybe my birth certificate? What if I don’t have one? Guess I’m going to jail. Doesn’t sound quite fair to me.


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