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...should probably backtrack just a little further to explain how I got the idea of flying to flyover country in the first place...
...January, news surfaced that Israel secretly approached the Bush administration last year seeking flyover rights in Iraq and bunker-busting bombs to use in a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear sites. This should be cause for grave concern, because, given America’s ties to Israel, if Israel were to launch a preemptive strike against Iran, America would almost certainly be drawn into an explosive conflict. Furthermore, a nuclear Iran poses a potential threat to its neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia, with which it is jockeying for control of the region and has longstanding religious disagreements. A bomb in Tehran...
...progressivism—an aspect of Midwestern culture as significant as publishing newspapers with no news or responding to “thank you” with “you bet.” Every election cycle, the national media lumps Iowa together with every other so-called flyover state into a place named “the heartland” and emphasizes how strongly we believe in “family values,” which means they can count on us to be fanatically religious, vote Republican, and, naturally, hate gay people. Even after the court decision...
...regeneration of Canning Town and Custom House over the next few years that will provide 10,000 new homes - some on the estate of Calado's - transform the two town centers, and create jobs and community facilities. In a new pink and green building nestled next to the concrete flyover launching traffic into central London, locals can view competing designs for Canning Town's next town center. The building also offers locals help with job searches, skills training and a weekly police surgery...
...Harvard University Band leading scores of tone-deaf revelers in an exultant rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” preceding a chorus of “U-S-A” which typically one would expect to hear at a Republican Party rally in Flyover Country. With the election of Obama, otherwise only tepidly-patriotic liberals could not contain their affection for America...