Posts tagged america
Posts tagged america
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, first Congressperson to officially describe her religion as “none,” is sworn in not on the Bible, but on the document she’s actually supposed to be protecting and upholding—the Constitution.
She’s also the first openly bisexual Congressperson.
[Fun fact: James Madison remains the only president to take his oath of office on a book of laws, rather than the Bible.]
This week, Newsweek came under an onslaught of criticism for publishing a cover story titled “Hit the road, Barack: Why we need a new president.” (See image.) Written by conservative historian Niall Ferguson, a Harvard professor who served as an adviser to the John McCain campaign in 2008, the story is a litany of complaints against Obama, blasting him for his poor economic stewardship, fiscal irresponsibility, broken promises, and foreign policy weakness.
The problem? The article is riddled with so many errors and misrepresentations that it prompted scores of corrections and complaints from other publications, including a full fact-check from rival magazine, The Atlantic.
(Source: theweek.com, via huffingtonpost)
So this is actually happening. You can now buy mugs with Obama's birth certificate on them on the Obama for America site [x]
theselfproclaimedultimatenerd:
- Show up
- Take gold
- Leave
College students show their patriotism

#preach
And I’m proud to be and American,
Where at least I know that we
Have the most decorated Olympian
In all history
And I will stand up next to him
and defend his integrity
cause there aint no doubt I love this man
God Bless the U.S. swim team!
-e.s
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