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Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Talk about family values! Mr. and Mrs. Veillard of Spring Valley New York will be celebrating both their 82nd wedding anniversary and their birthdays this weekend. The groom will be 108 and the bride 105 years old. I'm thinking the republican party ought to be speaking with these remarkable folks to get some pointers on how family values really work. And work well. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Veillard. SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — A husband and wife thought to be Rockland County's oldest married couple will celebrate their birthdays this weekend — with a combined age of 212. Duranord Veillard will turn 108 on Saturday while his wife of 82 years, Jeanne, turns 105 in May. The couple plan to celebrate a milestone few others will see with family, friends and well-wishers at their home, where they live with a daughter, Marie Eveillard. The son of a fisherman, Duranord Veillard was born Feb. 28, 1907, in St. Louis du Sud and grew up in

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Following are remarks made by Camille Paglia, University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies during an interview with America . Her remarks are honest, spot on, and perhaps a bit controversial. The three comments below are but a third of her interview responses, ones this writer found most interesting. Identifying yourself as a “dissident feminist,” you often seem more at home with classical Greek and Roman paganism than with postmodern academia. How has this reality affected your public and professional relationships ? I feel lucky to have taught primarily at art schools, where the faculty are active practitioners of the arts and crafts. I have very little contact with American academics, who are pitifully trapped in a sterile career system that has become paralyzed by political correctness. University faculties nationwide have lost power to an ever-expanding bureaucracy of administrators, whose primary concern is the institution'

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Every so often it is good to take a few moments and review things one once thought etched in stone. As time moves forward and people gain additional experience, additional knowledge, and their wisdom increases it stands to reason that occasionally viewpoints will change. There are really only four things that one can be absolutely sure of; Taxes, death, the hands of time will not stop, and the only real constant is change. We have absolutely no control over time or death and almost zero control over taxes, other than electing folks who may or may not raise our taxes after they are elected. Change, or how as an individual one views change (positive versus negative), reacts to change (positive versus negative), or fosters change (proactively seeking or encouraging change)is completely within our control and therefore offers us the opportunity to grow, modify our views, or completely change direction if believed appropriate based on either ad

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Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Conservatives may suffer a setback in their plan to send a bill repealing the ACA to the President's desk y the end of this year. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has sent up red flags as to whether the senate can use the procedural process known as budgetary reconciliation as vehicle to attempt a repeal of ObamaCare. THE HILL - GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags in response to queries about whether it’s possible to use a special budgetary procedure to repeal the controversial law “root and branch,” as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said. Senate Republican officials have pushed for an interpretation of the rules that would allow for repealing the law with a one-sentence provision on a simple-majority vote. The special process is known as budgetary reconciliation. It can be used to circumvent the Senate’s customary 60-vote threshold to produce changes in

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Jen Wright The daughter of "God Damn America" preacher Jeramiah Wright headed for jail today after a judge revoked a deal that would have allowed her to remain free until her sentencing on a money laundering conviction. U.S. District Court Judge Sue E. Myerscough determined there was probable cause that Jen L. Wright committed another theft while out on bail, in doing so Wright violated the terms of her supervised release. It seems Wright was allegedly involved in a "payroll ghosting scheme during her trial for money laundering. CHICAGO SUN TIMES - Jeri L. Wright, the daughter of President Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, was headed to jail Monday after a judge revoked a deal that allowed her to remain free as she awaits sentencing on a money-laundering conviction. U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough ruled there was probable cause to believe Wright committed a separate theft while on bail, thereby viola

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Senator Mitch McConnell and where the rubber meets the road. THE HILL Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took steps Monday to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security by splitting off legislation attacking President Obama’s immigration actions from the funding fight. The Kentucky Republican is seeking to fast-track legislation to eliminate two new immigration programs launched by Obama late last year, while allowing a 2012 initiative targeting younger immigrants to continue as designed. McConnell’s move sets the stage for separate votes on a measure to fund the Homeland Security Department (DHS) past Friday and to dismantle Obama’s unilateral efforts to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. A House-passed proposal combining those two efforts had hit a wall in the Senate, where Democrats on Monday united for a fourth time this month to block the measure over their opposition to the provisions undoi

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Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth At approximately the 2 minute mark potential republican presidential candidate states clearly and without equivocation that he believes President Obama loves his country. What is puzzling is why he doesn't call out Rudy G. for the charlatan and idiot that he really is. Read the full story BELOW THE FOLD . Via: Memeorabdum

Nope. Not going to train for that one!

Ain't no way. Period!

No defenders but still an absolute WOW

" Americans understand that the game is rigged, and they've had enough of it. They're ready to fight back. They want a Washington that works for them. "People are getting more engaged, politically, and they're seeing through a lot of the rhetoric that politicians have been throwing out there for a long time. They want to see some real change, and I think that's what we need to work on . " Few, at least those who have been paying attention, would disagree with the above remarks. Washington has indeed become a place of special interests, politicians detached from reality, gridlock and obstruction, halls of smoke and mirrors, a symphony of distractions, in short dysfunctional ; and the American people are paying the price. If people are indeed getting engaged we can only hope it will be reflected in increasing voter registration of eligible voters and greater turnouts at the polls. Oh, BTW, the above quote? Senator Elizabeth Warren . Via: Memeorand

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Rudy Giuliani has a way of making matters worse. First he said President Obama doesn't love his country: “I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America. He doesn't love you. And he doesn't love me. He wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up, through love of this country.” As was to be expected Mr. Giuliani drew fire from critics who believe his remark was racist: Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York on Thursday defended his assertion that President Obama did not love America, and said that his criticism of Mr. Obama’s upbringing should not be considered racist because the president was raised by “a white mother.” Mr. Giuliani's full comment defending his alleged racism: “Some people thought it was racist — I thought that was a joke, since he was brought up by a white mother, a white grandfather, went to white schools, an

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Extreme radicalized Islamists/jihadists are without doubt at war with western civilization . Terrorist attacks throughout the west have convinced people of reason that Muslim extremists and terrorists, followers of the faith known as Islam, wish to destroy western culture, philosophy, and religion. This is not to deny there is a majority of peaceful Muslims who simply wish to live their lives peacefully and in coexistence with the west and those who follow other faiths. President Obama, trying to walk a tightrope elevated above events on the ground has said repeatedly, as did his predecessor, that America is not at war with Islam. I buy this statement. I bought it when GWB said it and I buy it now when President Obama says it. Our country is founded on religious freedom and the right to choose ones faith free of government involvement or interference. This very concept precludes going to war with any religious faith, and there are American Mus

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth And that folks, is how it's done.

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth It is not likely much press will be given to the positive actions taken by Norwegian Muslims as they plan to form a peace ring around an Oslo synagogue. This on the heels of the recent attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen. It seems clear the Muslims planning this event are saying that those who plan harm to Jews will fist have to go through them. Indeed this is positive. While a small scale event it surely represents the views of peaceful and tolerant Muslims everywhere. TPM - A group of Muslims plan on forming a "peace ring" around a synagogue in Oslo, Norway, following the recent attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen . Hajrad Arshad, the 17-year-old organizing the event, told Norway broadcaster NRK that the group wants to "extinguish the prejudices people have against Jews and against Muslims." "We think that after the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen, it is the perfect time for us Muslims to distance ourselves

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Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth League of the South President Michael Hill had the following to say about John Wiles Booth's assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The League of the South looks to the present and future. However, from time to time we do look back at our past. This 14th of April will mark the 150th anniversary of John Wilkes Booth’s execution of the tyrant Abraham Lincoln. The League will, in some form or fashion, celebrate this event. We remember Booth’s diary entry: “Our country owed all her troubles to him, and God simply made me the instrument of his punishment.” A century and a half after the fact, The League of the South thanks Mr. Booth for his service to the South and to humanity. Stay tuned . . . Michael Hill Many of us believe Lincoln overstepped his constitutional authority and that the argument for southern state succession, based on the rationale of the Declaration of Independence carried validity. Countering this argument is the

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Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth I am not a believer. I also freely admit I just do not have enough verifiable information (neither the Holy Bible or the Koran constitutes verifiable information) to say with scientific certainty that there is indeed no Supreme Being that controls and guides our vast universe. Given this lack of verifiable information it certainly makes no sense, at least in my limited scope, to state which major worldwide religion is the one that represents "God" mast accurately. However, there is no shortage of folks, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian that somehow, even given the lack of verifiable information, believe they have the inside scoop on all things spiritual. This has, to say the least caused a bit of consternation for yours truly. So much so it was almost an academic requirement even at 62 years of age to do some research on the religion of Islam. Having read some of the Koran (as well as the complete Jewish Old Testament and Christian N

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Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth An increasingly all too familiar occurrence. Yet life goes on and the NRA continues to fight against reasonable uniform firearm regulations apparently believes we have too few weapons on the streets and far too many regs already. COLUMBIA, SC — Authorities are investigating a murder-suicide Thursday inside a University of South Carolina research building on Assembly Street in the first multiple shooting death at USC in more than three decades. The State Law Enforcement Division would not identify the shooter, the victim nor say whether they were part of the university’s on-campus community. SLED spokesman Thom Berry would only say at 2:30 p.m., “There was no active shooter other than the two deceased.” The university at 1:16 p.m. sent a schoolwide text alert that stated: “SHORS (sic) FIRED AT NEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. Seek safe shelter.” The urban college went into lockdown, though some students were walking casually as close as

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth When will it stop? Is the government of a civil society responsible for putting in place regulations that help prevent this kind of violence? Is the government of a civil society responsible for helping to provide protection against such violence and for insuring the safety of its children and adult citizenry? Or are we to leave it in the hands of the NRA who some view as an American terrorist organization ? Whatever your views this sh*t simply must stop . INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 9-year-old was injured in a shooting early Tuesday evening on the northwest side of Indianapolis, officials with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. The incident happened in a neighborhood near North Michigan and Westlane roads. Neighbors say they saw two suspects — one wearing a hooded sweatshirt and the second with dreadlocks — pull up to the side of the Retreat Cooperative apartment complex in a green or blue Expedition. Neighbors describ

Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Give em hell Shep! Fox News host Shep Smith slammed parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids as "science deniers" on Monday during his show. He made the remark during a segment about President Obama's call for parents to vaccinate their children in light of a growing national measles outbreak . Addressing vaccine skeptics directly, Smith said, "Hello, science? A lot of you want to talk about science deniers. That's what you are, people, you non-vaxxers: You're science deniers! That's it!" "A small minority of parents refuse vaccines for their children, citing all kinds of weirdness, including a possible link to autism which science says does not exist," he said witheringly. "Anti-vaxxers are hurting all the other little children by not letting little Johnny and little Janie get their shots," Smith concluded. "Get your shots. C'mon now." Always enjoy Shep