On October 09, 2013, Calvin Woodward and Jennifer Agiesta wrote on HUFF POST website POLITICS, which was posted on October 12, 2013, the day of this writing, an article entitled: Government Shutdown Blamed On Republicans: Poll.
Keeping in mind the ongoing poll assessment is a very fluid gauge of how Americans feel about their governmental shutdown, nevertheless, it is obvious they feel the Republicans are primarily to blame for the shutdown.
Woodward and Agiesta report that “Overall,
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On August 19, 2013, FoxNews.com, reported NJ Gov. Christie signs ban on controversial gay conversion therapy. That bill that the governor signed “bars licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, though the Republican said in a statement he did so ‘reluctantly.’”
Why he did so “reluctantly” was initially puzzlement to me.
The reason I say that is because he gave several excellent reasons for banning gay conversion therapy,
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Our Founding Fathers were remarkable men – which, of course, was because of what they did for our country. More specifically, I learned to appreciate them for being able to put aside their own petty self interests for the greater good. An example of doing just that was their ability to put our fledging nation on the right track by coming together to write the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Considering their diverse backgrounds, divergent interests and passionate concerns,
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