Posted by PurpleSky on 13-08-2010
Category : Church & State, Politics

Apparently Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert supports the threat of “terror babies” enough to mention it on the Congress floor. The phrase refers to a concern that terrorist organizations send pregnant women into the U.S. so that their children will be American citizens who can enter and leave the country at will as they are trained [...]
Posted by PurpleSky on 04-05-2010
Category : Politics

Hampton, VA – Hampton University is pleased to announce that President Barack Obama will serve as the University’s 140th commencement speaker on Sunday May 9, 2010. The historic occasion will be streamed live from the university’s website. “We are honored that President Obama has accepted Hampton’s invitation to speak to our 2010 graduates during our [...]
Posted by PurpleSky on 28-03-2010
Category : Church & State, Politics

Late last year a proposal for new anti-gay legislation in Uganda sparked international controversy. While homosexuality has always been illegal in Uganda the new bill proposes increased punishment. Anyone found guilty of engaging in homosexual sex will be sentenced to life in prison. Persons found guilty of having sex with minors could result in the [...]
Posted by PurpleSky on 14-01-2010
Category : Church & State, Politics

That fact is–it was grossly presumptuous and downright insensitive for Pat Robertson to insinuate that Haiti’s history was the cause of Tuesday’s earthquake, especially while mothers, fathers, and children are still bleeding, buried alive under buildings or worse. Here’s what he said: “They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or [...]
Posted by Ebere Nwankpa on 13-09-2009
Category : Politics

If there ever was a case of over learning from past mistakes this is perhaps one of its most acute and apt examples. So as not to repeat the Clinton era mistake of dumping a “finished product” on Congress and demanding passage the Obama administration did it exactly the other way by turning the policy [...]