Written by Melinda:

Senator Obama just said in the presidential debate that he wants to unite around common ground in preventing unwanted pregnancies. Frankly, I can never take that apparent olive branch seriously as long as the person offering it wants to expand federal funding of abortion, eliminate any existing restriction on abortion, and actually…

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California’s largest teacher’s union has given another $1 million to defeat a Nov. 4 ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in the state.

The contribution recorded Tuesday makes the California Teachers Association the largest institutional donor to the No on 8 campaign. CTA also gave $250,000 in August to Equality for All, a coalition of gay advocacy and civil rights groups opposing Proposition 8.

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We can’t have the cake and eat it too.

Americans want to be prosperous, enjoy the luxuries of life, and complain to the energy company if their air conditioning is down for a few hours. But at the same time, they want to lower their energy usage. It just doesn’t work that way. A prime is example is how Al Gore lives vs what he says about global warming.

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There is a Chinese phrase with no English translation that I know of.

My literal translation of the phrase is “diffused heart” or “scattered heart.”

My mom used to say that to us when we don’t want to study when school started in September. “You have a ‘scattered heart’ after the long summer vacation.”

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