Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Pledge to Mexico by US Students
A high school Spanish class in the border town of McAllen, Texas is forcing it’s students to recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance and the national anthem. Each student was required by their teacher, Mexican national, Reyna Santos, to wear the Mexican national colors of white, red and green while making the recitations individually. This…
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Nancy Pelosi and Subsidized Abortion
Former speaker of the house and current minority leader Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that if the federal government does not pay for the murder of unborn children that it will cause doctors to allow women to die on the floor. While Pelosi’s statement sounded like gibberish, it was grounded in the idea that women should…
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Iranian Assassination Plot
Iran is alleged to be involved in an attempt to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States. The response from the Saudis is that someone in Iran will quote pay the price. This attack was to take place on US soil with the help of a Mexican drug cartel. The plot was uncovered…
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The borg are taking to the street
The spirit of Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin and Sal Alinsky is alive and well in the occupy wall street protest that are rising up across the nation. While many of the people involved in the protests have little idea of why they are there, the more radical elements involved are calling for a revolution of…
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Occupy Wall Street and Work
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain is criticizing the occupy Wall street protesters as jealous Americans who are playing the victim card and want to take somebody else’s Cadillac. Mr. Cain said that the protesters should take the protest to the White House and Barack Obama’s failed economic policy. While former speaker of the house Nancy…
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Paying a Fair Share or Coveteousness
President Barack Obama is pushing for the passage of his jobs bill, but he is being blocked by fellow democrat, and leader of the Senate, Harry Reid while the president blames republicans. What is at stake is a greater tax on the rich. Senate democrats continue to demand a surcharge of 5%(more, if they can…
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