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| America has evolved quite drastically from its original voting restrictions, which allowed only white males to vote. In 1870, the 15th amendment allowed former slaves to cast a ballot. In 1920, women were allowed to participate, and in 1924, Native Americans were added to the list. The most recent changes occurred in 1970, when the voting age was decreased from 21 to 18. |
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I want to relay what I observed last Saturday night around 10 p.m. and again this afternoon around 4:30 p.m. Fire trucks slowed to almost nothing to safely get over these humps, six humps in total. All of the trucks I am referring to had on their red lights. The two from this afternoon and the police car that also responded had on their sirens as well. I am glad that it was not my wife or kids on the other end of that emergency phone call pleading for them to “COME QUICK, I NEED HELP.”
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I have enjoyed following the GOP race. Being that I will be able to
vote, it’s the first time I have actively been glued to the television
for debates, news polls and daily campaign activity.
I’ve seen the media focus on the unpleasant past of many candidates;
however, I’ve also see some quite wonderful things from fellow
Americans. |
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| Being a Republican teenager is challenging at best. Most liberal adults
want to test me based on my conservative values. My peers think my
passion for politics is boring and many don’t know the difference
between Republicans and Democrats. |
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| Last Saturday night I
witnessed a hilarious program on television. No, it wasn’t Saturday
Night Live; it was the GOP debates hosted by George Stephanopoulos and
Diane Sawyer. If you missed it, you’ve got to see it. I suggest you pop
some popcorn, get comfortable and enjoy the liberal media circus! |
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My journey began Monday morning when I awoke in Davenport, Iowa. I
didn’t sleep well the night before in anticipation of my caucus
adventure.
My mom and I arrived at the Mississippi Valley
Fairgrounds early awaiting Romney’s arrival. He entered with his wife,
Ann, and four of his five sons. The crowd was cheering and energy filled
the room. Gov. Romney shook my hand and addressed the crowd. He spoke
about our weakened economy and referenced Reagan’s “shining city on the
hill.” |
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| As we approach the start of a New Year, it is very common to reflect on
our lives and set New Year’s resolutions. These resolutions are usually
based upon self improvement. The most common goals are weight loss,
improved financial status, and often being more helpful and kind to
others. Hopefully our current administration will reflect on its failing
record and will resolve to improve this year. First and foremost our
bloated government needs to trim trillions of pounds of unnecessary
spending. Our debt clock has now surpassed 15 trillion dollars. The
United States currently pays 700 billion dollars a day in interest on
this debt alone. We simply can’t continue down this path in 2012, it
will completely destroy our country. |
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As we near
Dec. 25, many Americans are preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ,
the son of God. Because of this special day, even our government lists
“Christmas Day” as a Federal holiday.
According to
the Pew Research Center’s in-depth study released Monday, there are close to
2.18 billion Christians worldwide, which is almost one third of the estimated
global population.
As many
Christians enjoy this sacred holiday, Christmas lights and festive decorations,
it appears that some people are feeling “left out.” And I’m not even talking
about the “Occupiers” this time. There are actually people out there who use
their God given (yes, I said it) talents, energy and time to rally in protest
of Christmas and other religious holidays.
This is
incomprehensible to me. There are religious signs and celebrations all year for
all denominations. I think a rational,
mature individual would simply accept a celebration of any holiday as a special
time for followers of that faith, not as an offensive personal slap in the
face. |
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President Obama, I ask you to please review your term and failed
promises in the white house and own it. Please refrain from blaming
others, which is incomprehensible as a leader of the greatest nation in
the world.
President Lincoln put it best, “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to
be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light
that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand
with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
It is clearly evident that our very own president has gone wrong.
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I’m happy to announce the drama concerning Lee’s Summit forcing a single trash company is now at a standstill.
“The RFP process is stopped at this time, but the original goal of
promoting recycling is still alive,” said Dave Mosby, council member.
This whole fiasco began when our local government decided they wanted to
encourage recycling in our community. This simple good intention grew
into a monster. It’s one thing to educate and promote something as
beneficial as recycling and another to force a monopoly on it. |
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Block, Lloyd plan a fall wedding
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