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Topic: The Political Gospel of Pain |
The Political Gospel of Pain
American Thinker, by Glenn Fairman
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Posted By:Desert Fox, 1/29/2013 8:35:46 PM
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| Experience, C.S. Lewis tells us, is "that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." I have been getting more than a few e-mails as of late whose gist runs in the vein of intense dissatisfaction at what has occurred since November. It seems that many a patriot has gone to his house, locked and pulled shut the blinds and is awaiting that cattle car ride to the district FEMA camp. Many have eschewed the news like a plague and have instead opted for an intellectually diabetic diet of "Storage Wars" and "Pawn Stars."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
zzzghy, 1/29/2013 8:59:44 PM (No. 9147357)
This is good. He got a little overexcited there towards the end, but this is still a very good read. A Must-Read, maybe, but my recommendations usually go unnoticed.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/29/2013 11:27:19 PM (No. 9147569)
#1 I´m with you. It was a very, very good article. A grand suggestion for a "must read".
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
zzzghy, 1/31/2013 9:07:31 AM (No. 9150158)
See? Nobody listens to me.
Or you either, evidently.
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