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But eventually let it go….
A child diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes? I have to wonder at what point and for what reasons doctors started giving so many vaccines at once anyway. How would they be able to determine which of the vaccines caused a negative reaction if there was a problem? And parents - [...]

A new VirusHead tradition begins here. Now.
Every Saturday I will post another of Laurie Anderson’s public service announcements. She actually calls them personal service announcements.
Just a few little tidbits for you to ruminate upon. (Please make more, Laurie.)
The first PSA that I’ve chosen is called “National Anthem.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cE6Pg2q3lI

The words are great though..just a lot of [...]

In the words of an English teacher at Wellesley College…
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Oh beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! [...]

Oppose the “Flag Anti-desecration” Amendment.
First off, notice the language of religion and the sacred here. To “desecrate” is to violate the sacredness of something. To be “anti-desecration” is to be against the violation of the sacred. This assumes that the flag is holy, sacred, sanctified, blessed, consecrated.
The American flag should not be made [...]

Not hearing “Independence Day” much this year, so let me say it loud:
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!
It’s about a revolution against the tyrannies of old King George.
How could so much of our hard-won independence for our freedom and democracy been so senselessly squandered?
How could Independence Day be represented the way I’m seeing it this year? I [...]

One of my relatives sent me one of those email thingies intended to sway you into some sort of feeling or other. It was about the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and what happened to them.
“Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had [...]