26There is nothing to say except that I love this.
I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia.
I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless, nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone: I just miss you, in a quite simple, desperate, human way. You, with all your undumb letters, would never write so elementary a phrase as that;…
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Her lyrics speak to me. There is something about this song that just seems to just lift me up and I feel that no matter what…I can do it. This song…to me, is beyond words.
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This is a beautiful piece of literature that every time I read it reminds to think for myself and not be afraid to be ruled by my passions.
One nightmare after another: In 2008, a seventh grade special-ed student in Missouri told school administrators that she’d been raped by one of her classmates. Rather than fulfilling its legal obligation to report the incident to authorities, the school accused the girl of lying, made her write…
How could something like this be allowed to happen? What about this poor girls rights? Does she not get any? How could a school, a school that is supposed to protect it’s students not care? How could they just brush the poor girl, this young girl away? Do we really think so little of the females in our society? Have our children really become meaningless to the school besides whatever score they can get them on standardized tests? This is wrong.
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From the WSJ:
Federal regulators will propose removing the “Fairness Doctrine,” a controversial, if little used, regulation on political speech from the books this week, the Federal Communications Commission said Monday.
The Fairness Doctrine, which has been around since 1949, required licensed broadcasters to give equal time to differing political views. The rule was introduced during an era in which there were far fewer media outlets and regulators wanted to ensure that listeners had access to both sides of political debate.
The FCC abandoned the policy in 1987 during the Reagan administration, saying it violated broadcasters’ free speech rights, but the regulation remained on the books.
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Even though it hasn’t been in wide use since the days of “Charles in Charge” (when Scott Baio had to give equal time to Willie Aames) it’s still sad to see it suffer such a fate.
I am curious to see how this is going to go for them in the future…
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In June, Florida, America’s flaccid penis, geographically speaking, passed a law requiring all applicants for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to pass a drug test. Last month, that law went into effect. Florida governor Rick Scott says it’s “unfair for taxpayers…
I agree!
