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President Obama's Speech during the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's I have a Dream speech

#PresidentObama #MartinLutherKing #MarchOnWashington #Equality

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people...

John Adams

President Obama defends NSA surveillance and policies.

What are your thoughts?

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it...

Kathleen Casey Theisen

Dear Supreme Court, Innocent Till Proven Guilty or is it Guilty Till Proven Innocent?

President Obama goes on the defensive about revelations of surveillance by NSA on citizens

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf...

Walter Lippmann

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self...

Aristotle

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use...

Soren Kierkegaard

The misconduct of the IRS may have major implications in the weeks ahead; keep an eye out

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again...

Maya Angelou

Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing Las Vegas-styled casinos being built in the Upstate regions of New York. New York City would be left out of this proposal for at least five years in an effort to allow six upstate regions to fully establish their facilities. In the proposition, resorts would also be built around the casinos in order to attract more tourism. Cuomo says that in a time where Upstate New York is in dire need of jobs, this is one of the biggest assets that can be brought there. New York State does have Indian tribes who run their own casinos, however they have not upheld their part of the bargain which states they pay the state a portion of their earnings. Governor Cuomo says that if the tribes do not honor the contracts they have with the state, he will be free to locate state casinos right on their turf. The six upstate regions which will turn into casino regions have not been chosen, but there is a committee in place to accept bids for this proposal. Leaving New York City out of the equation for at least five years is for the purpose of giving the upstate regions a chance to thrive first.

#PreaChPieCe #Casinos #NewYorkState #Cuomo #NewYorkCity #LasVegas #NewYork

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops...

Henry Adams

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks on President Obama being elected

Russia may be the key to getting answer’s regarding April 15’s Boston Bombings, but is the Cold War tension still too thick for cooperation between the U.S. and the former Soviet nation. One of the bombing suspects was being wiretapped by Russia in 2011, and Russian Officials have told the media of a conversation where he was vaguely discussing Jihad with his mother. Russian authorities previously brought Tamarlan Tsarnaev to the FBI's attention, however there wasn't enough material to keep the case over. The FBI is saying if they had received notice about the wiretapped conversation, they would have continued their investigation on the older brother. Many have wondered now if the U.S. and Russia will build a working relationship to get to the bottom of this; and even to stop any future plans against either nation.

#PreaChPieCe #Russia #Jihad #FBI #Tsarnaev #Wiretapped #ColdWar

North Korea sentences an American citizen to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for crimes against the state. Kenneth Bae was detained for nearly six months in North Korea, and was finally put on trial to get his sentencing. Bae is the sixth American since 2009 to be detained by North Koreans. Many believe that North Korea will use Kenneth Bae as bargaining chip for negotiations since the nation has been giving tough talk regarding using nuclear weapons as of late. So far, the U.S. State department has not made any comments regarding this situation. Bae is described by friends as a Korean American devout Christian who often would travel to North Korea from China to feed orphans in that nation. North Korea trialed Kenneth Bae, stating that he committed "hostile acts" against the state.

#PreaChPieCe #NorthKorea #AmericanCitizen #Negotiations #NuclearWeapons

Senior Army officials have stated they do not require money for new tanks. However, Congress is acting persistently in attempting to make sure new Abrams tank will be produced. It comes as a shock that both sides of the aisle have been working tirelessly in pursuing this goal, despite the discouragement to do so from military aficionados. The Army's Chief of Staff has already expressed that if it were up to him and his colleagues, the money would be used in various other manners besides for producing tanks. Elected officials have been accused of pursuing this strictly for political reasons. Abrams is conveniently located in the most sought after presidential swing state, Ohio. Many believe that Congress is trying to ensure that one of the highest employers in the swing state is well funded, in a manner which would erase the impacts of the sequester on that particular company, Abram. Senators and Members of the House have stated that this has nothing to do with politics, but it is strictly about national security and protecting jobs. The Army's plan for the sequester was to stop buying tanks until 2017, when the new Abram models come out. But it seems like Congress has a different idea in store for the direction of the military's purchases.

#PreaChPieCe #Congress #Army #Sequester #Military #Abrams #Tanks #Politics

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