Posted By: Michael Sweeney
Nov. 23, 2009
Tyler and I discussed this topic pretty deeply and long on today’s radio show…inspired (at least in part) by the "And, in the News…" e-mail issue I sent out to my subscribers earlier today. (The twice-weekly newsletter is completely FREE…AND your e-mail address is NEVER revealed or used for any other purpose; contact me at m_l_sweeney@hotmail.com to begin receiving these issues – hey, I’m already up to issue #199!)
…So – why is the "Blue" state vs. "Red" state divide so deep (and particularly thorny) in the US right now? And where will all of this schismatic separation likely lead us? I think it’s a very complicated, multiple-variable division…and it looks fairly hard to bind or solve anytime in the near future. After our on-air conversation on this subject today, I realize that Tyler has also thought about this subject…and that he has identified one of the contributing factors I chose as his believed primary cause of this current condition afflicting our country. I strongly hope that he expands upon this and explains his theory of the ever-widening "Blue" / "Red" philosophical gulf in a subsequent post out here – or perhaps even in a reply comment to this piece (which would be posted below)…
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Posted By: Michael Sweeney
Sept. 11, 2009
I didn't want this important day to pass without some comment on this out here on The Stonecipher Report, so...as I occasionally do, I am going to share today's edition of the e-mail column - And, in the News... - that I send out (for free) to interested subscribers; if you wish to join them and receive the issues twice a week, just drop me a note at m_l_sweeney@hotmail.com. Thanks...
And, in the News...#178
September 11, 2009
Eight Years On From 9/11: The Echoes That Never Die...
I first thought distinctly about today a few weeks back, when commercials for movies opening today (such as "Whiteout" and the latest Tyler Perry-dressed-up-as-a-fat-old-lady flick) started running, ending with the film's start date: "Opening September 11th." That date - those words, "September 11th" or "9/11" - has come to mean so much that hearing them semi-casually tossed out (especially in regards to some light pop-culture attempts at entertainment) can be a bit jarring.
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