Is The Proposed Minimum Wage Increase Good or Bad For The American Economy?

February 27, 2013 by 1 Comment

During the Presidential State of the Union address, President Obama spoke about raising the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. Specifically he said “No one who works full-time, should have to live in poverty.” When its put like that, its pretty hard to disagree with, how could anyone disagree with that? Well, those people are called Republicans. When it comes to proposing an increase to the minimum wage, their trepidations aren’t exactly unfounded and wrong. There are legitimate reasons why an increase to the minimum wage, especially in this economy, is a bad idea. Read more of this post

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The Final Word on Guns For 2012

December 30, 2012 by 1 Comment

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The subject of heated debate.

Going into 2013, its interesting to reflect back at this past year. A year in which the theme was curiosity, exploration, and advancement, a glaring tarnish must be discussed. With all of the good things that happened in 2012, what cannot be overlooked is how guns and gun violence have left their permanent stamp on this year. Read more of this post

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Blame The Shooter, Not The Gun

December 15, 2012 by 9 Comments

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Children being escorted away from the crime scene

Well I am sure everyone knows by now that there was a horrific massacre in Connecticut yesterday. Twenty children were killed, some as young as kindergarten and none older than fourth grade, along with six adults, and the murderer himself. This is an unspeakable tragedy only made worse because of the ages of the victims. A total of twenty-seven people were killed for as far as I am concerned, no reason at all. As of now, no one knows why the killer went on a rampage at an elementary school. He killed his mother first, and then headed towards the school, so as of now the massacre is completely unexplainable. Read more of this post

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The Evolution of New York City (VIDEO)

December 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This is a slideshow video that shows how much New York City has changed over its long and storied history. The main lesson to be learned from this video is that the city is always changing, and times can get tough, but New York and New Yorkers will always come back newer and better then ever! Read more of this post

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An Atheist Defense of Christmas

December 11, 2012 by 1 Comment

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A War on Christmas?

Recently there has been a lot of news coverage about a “War on Christmas”. This is nothing new, there has always seemed to be some sort of non-existent war going on between Theists and Atheists. I am openly an atheist, but I still get excited about this time of year. It really is a great time of the year, everything changes for the better. Think about how much the winter would suck if we didn’t have the holidays to look forward to. There just seems to be a different type of excitement this time of year that is inexplicable. Read more of this post

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What is The Fiscal Cliff? Is it The End of The American Economy?

December 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Without meaning to sound like an economics or political science professor, we first need to discuss what the Fiscal Cliff is. Many people think that the fiscal cliff is an approaching economic disaster of some sort that has to do with America’s debt and economic policy. That statement isn’t exactly false but the fact still remains the Fiscal Cliff is something entirely different. Read more of this post

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Kevin Clash Officially Cleared of All Charges

November 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

For all of the people who’s hearts where completely broken by even thinking about Kevin Clash (the voice of Elmo) having sex with an underage boy, can all breathe a sigh of relief, because he has been officially cleared of all charges. Read more of this post

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The Freedom of Reason

October 27, 2012 by 1 Comment

A few weeks back I told a story about losing my faith and how I came to terms with it. What I didn’t really discuss is how freeing and more beautiful the world is. I mentioned it, but there really is an immense amount of freedom in using logic and reason. Not that people of faith are incapable of using logic and reason, but if you are capable of applying logic and reason to the universe and at least attempt to understand how it all works, everything becomes more beautiful and precious. Read more of this post

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Why I Still Think Mitt Romney is Going to Lose This Election

October 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Way back in July, I came to the conclusion that Mitt Romney was going to lose this election.

When I came to that conclusion he still had not picked a vice presidential candidate and he was still pretty far behind in the polls. At the end of August I published a re-post that included Paul Ryan’s selection which only reinforced my main point. Read more of this post

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Debate Expectations: Round Two

October 16, 2012 by 1 Comment

So needless to say since the last debate there has been a lot of speculation as to who won the first debate between the President and Governor Romney, as well as the debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. Most of if not all people can agree that the last two debates where some of the most exciting debates we have seen in about twenty years. Read more of this post

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Losing My Religion

October 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This is a cautionary tale and one that is not intended to promote or denigrate a specific religion. I used to be an extremely devout catholic. I taught Sunday school, I was a Eucharistic minister, I was an altar server, and I was pretty active in my church. Below I am going to share with you a story that caused me to completely change my outlook on life. It truly was a moment in my life when I realized that everything I believed might be wrong and that you should never approach anything blindly. Read more of this post

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It Doesn’t Take Common Sense to Know That…Mitt Romney Won the First Debate

October 7, 2012 by 3 Comments

So I went into the debate with an open mind. Not knowing really what to expect, but after watching the debate, I must say that it was a decisive victory for Mitt Romney. The mainstream news and media will undoubtedly take sides but coming from a person in the middle I can say that Romney clearly won. Read more of this post

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2012 Presidential Debate: What to Expect

October 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment

As I stated yesterday, it really doesn’t get more exciting than this. Read more of this post

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2012 Election Debate Week Preview

October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment

As a political “junkie”, it really doesn’t get more exciting than this. It’s really the first time the candidates for president of the United States will be in the same room let alone the fact that they get to argue with each other for two hours. Now yes I will agree with you the debates are not exactly exciting. Most of the time they are pre-scripted questions with pre-scripted answers but still its really exciting because

A) There is a chance something can be said that could completely change the tone of the election &

B) You have both candidates finally standing next to each other saying what they are going to do fix the country. It’s the first time where you can compare them side by side. Read more of this post

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2012 Election Countdown Electoral Map (41 Days)

September 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

So it is 41 days until election day. Now since we are obviously getting pretty close, I personally think this is the time of the election season that is the most exciting. Being the political geek that I am, I downloaded an app on my phone where I can make my own electoral maps. So from now until election day I am going to try to give you real-time updates on any electoral changes and any major election news, that could tip the balance of the election.

So this is the first electoral map I have made. I based it on the most recent poll numbers, personal opinion, and other electoral maps. As of now it seems to be a landslide in Obama’s favor at 343 Obama and 195 Romney. Read more of this post

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