Words: The Aspirations of a Great Nation or the Failure of an Empire

By: Jeff Swanson (Diary) | November 17th at 06:49 AM |

Words are the tools by which a great leader can move a nation, a people or an idea. The power of words, even a single word, can be both the inspiration for greatness or the accelerant of our greatest evils. Words can be the intoxication of wonderment and the damning of our worst impulse. Yet the value of a word in these modern days is | Read More »

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RMConservative: Big Ag is shooting for two goals this week -price supports in the farm bill and wage supports in the amnesty bill #rsrh
moelane: #rsrh Wait. Hurricane Katrina was *BAD* for the GOP, right?: http://t.co/jtO1dNTGoo
moelane: #rsrh Is the IRS *unduly* targeting pro-Israel groups for scrutiny?: http://t.co/0srzbOXIEe
moelane: #rsrh QotD, The Answer To "Who Is Obama?" Is "Disinterested" Edition.: http://t.co/hKfYYNN3WB
presjpolk: Oh man, those anti-Science Republicans. Oh wait, this is the Obama administration again. http://t.co/GixzLhYv4j #rsrh
moelane: #rsrh So, basically, a staffer has made @SenWhitehouse look like an absolute idiot: http://t.co/gKliIJhmCW Rookie mistake, that.
moelane: #rsrh Eric Holder's permanent seat in the barrel.: http://t.co/KmpsBXikGs
moelane: #rsrh Connecticut stops offering Hollywood a luxurious tax break.: http://t.co/Zij2OOVVs9
moelane: #rsrh QotD, I Would Pay Twenty Dollars To See Darth Cheney Do This Edition.: http://t.co/b4aWf51X3y
moelane: #rsrh #DNC flirting with insurance fraud?: http://t.co/HJK7th9A2M
moelane: #rsrh Gee, I wonder how many people who hate GMOs also drink beer?: http://t.co/0KF3ZD0f0j
moelane: #rsrh The war for "Happy Birthday.": http://t.co/FIb2iD8EUU
moelane: #rsrh Bankruptcy endgame for Detroit?: http://t.co/wNCLTbc2GE
moelane: #rsrh Chuck Schumer lectures Mike Bloomberg on gun control message.: http://t.co/BoCGQvSafK
VladimirRS: MT @algore: Welcome to arrivals at the #Climate Leader training in Istanbul ... [] Yep, Turkey's accepting Magic Unicorn passports. #rsrh
moelane: #rsrh "Founding Founders.": http://t.co/CJ3jSZlU6E
moelane: #rsrh Nancy Pelosi: my Roman Catholicism requires me to be pro-choice!: http://t.co/iBhmAdBqQW
RMConservative: I think Mark Pryor already knows that Tom Cotton will crush him. He is now jockeying 4 place on K street, hence his amnesty vote #rsrh
RMConservative: Memo to Landrieu: dumb fences work because they are not smart enough to be subject to prosecutorial discretion like a "virtual fence" #rsrh
moelane: #rsrh The IRS and Barack Obama: mission, as they say, accomplished.: http://t.co/ZjSc5MyYI8
RMConservative: Rubio just voted to kill Grassley amendment which would have placed border security before legalization #enoughsaid #rsrh
moelane: #rsrh Ulysses S Obama?: http://t.co/6bYW1WIaa8
moelane: #rsrh I expect that Jan Brewer is going to have an interesting primary.: http://t.co/MjDb3XATlM
moelane: #rsrh Actually, this Cook Political Report is even MORE problematical for Democrats...: http://t.co/bkbjEVhNkA
cayankee: That's all we need with all the Obama scandals: CIA’s deputy director to be replaced with White House lawyer. http://t.co/FvWS2uGVZL #RSRH
RMConservative: If Cornyn really wants good policy to pass and not just "something" why not place triggers before RPI status? #rsrh #tcot
RSBooBooKitty: Ghost RT @AmbassadorToLibya: @HillaryClinton, cool tweets but why weren't you following me 9-11? http://t.co/nwAafxoWrh #rsrh #Benghazi
VladimirRS: RT @Mark_J_Perry: The Shale Boom Is Immunizing US Oil And Gas Production From Hurricanes #rsrh http://t.co/ZHellUFs2E
moelane: #rsrh KILL IT. KILL IT WITH FIRE.: http://t.co/uDXrSBU2u8
VladimirRS: Please, frack beneath my farm http://t.co/hLD0QKQhOH || Maybe anti-fracking farmers shouldn't use #natgas based fertilizers .... #rsrh

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