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...defense—but it is clear that any tenuous association is enough these days. Earlier this month, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, was sworn in as a member of the 110th on a copy of the Qur’an that belonged to none other than Thomas Jefferson (Why do you think the $2 bill was phased out?). Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode criticized Ellison’s oath as a threat to traditional American values and warned that more Muslims could (God forbid!) be elected unless America tightens its immigration laws...
...Romantic comedy does not require elaborate explanations of human behavior; the genre needs only to provide an efficient resolution of some silly situation that none of the characters - if only they thought it through for a minute or rationally talked it over - should be in. It is nice, of course, for them to wear good clothes, live in pretty places and offer up the occasional funny line. This is not much to ask, but it is surprising how often these modest boons are withheld from the yearning audience. Because I Said So is not a divine lunacy like, say, Bringing...
...legally shoot you with Botox or a body-hair laser. Urologists and gynecologists nip and tuck at the naughty bits of both sexes. Today any doc can turn a pretty dollar getting hair to grow, pounds to melt off or aging private parts to work like new. None of this has much to do with relieving the suffering of the sick and disabled...
...this, as I kept saying over and over again, the Iowa way. I will go back. I will answer people's questions. I will make them feel more comfortable and open to me. And hopefully, get a positive response. You know, I know I have to earn every vote. None of that worries...
...black man. In calling Obama the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," the implication was that the black people who are regularly seen by whites - or at least those who aspire to the highest office in the land - are none of these things. But give Biden credit - at least he acknowledged Obama's identity...