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Political Bullying

Ilinap · July 26, 2012 ·

I was driving Deal to camp in Cary yesterday afternoon. At the Harrison Avenue exit on Highway 40, a silver Toyota 4Runner was playing lane changing games with me and didn't let me over to get to my exit. He did the whole speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down dangerous dance. … [Read more...] about Political Bullying

Tags: America, children, North Carolina, politics

Obama Still Rings True – (Not Quite) Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · July 17, 2012 ·

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9D5QcQli-W4 … [Read more...] about Obama Still Rings True – (Not Quite) Wordless Wednesday

Tags: America, children, election, Obama, parenting, politics, responsibility, values

America vs. Italy – Health Care Bills

Ilinap · July 12, 2012 ·

I don't care if you sit on the red or blue side of the aisle, there is no question that our health care system is broken. The bottom line is that the operative word, CARE, is missing from our attitudinal vernacular. I write a lot about politics and get a lot of hate mail. It … [Read more...] about America vs. Italy – Health Care Bills

Tags: America, family, health, travel, vacation, values

We Met Jimmy Carter

Ilinap · June 12, 2012 ·

  What an honor, what a privilege, what a mind trip to meet the person whom we admire so deeply.  I die! While sipping margaritas in Key West many years ago, Mac Daddy and I agreed to name our firstborn child after Jimmy Carter. Somehow Carter had come up in … [Read more...] about We Met Jimmy Carter

Tags: America, Bird, children, family, Jimmy Carter, politics, president, thankful, travel, vacation

Hate is a Sin

Ilinap · May 24, 2012 ·

  I've been taking a little jog down Memory Lane. It's really the only jogging I do. I wrote this post in March 2008 and was astonished how it rings ever more true today. Our world is full of goodness, grace, and generosity. I know it is. I see it and experience it from … [Read more...] about Hate is a Sin

Tags: America, equality, love, politics, values

Stir It Up – Student Loan Interest Hikes and Same Sex Marriage

Ilinap · May 20, 2012 ·

  Shockingly, I have some things to say about two very different issues - one that affects me personally right where it hurts and one that affects me as a citizen and human being. Republicans voted to double student loan interest rates. Ouch. That's the one that hurts … [Read more...] about Stir It Up – Student Loan Interest Hikes and Same Sex Marriage

Tags: America, children, community, education, equality, love, North Carolina, politics, values

Amendment One Helps No One

Ilinap · May 10, 2012 ·

Did you really think I was going to sit back with nothing to say about the message North Carolina sent to the world on Tuesday? I weighed in over at The Broad Side. Please read it. I think you will see that I am not hateful and bullying and offensive as some have claimed. … [Read more...] about Amendment One Helps No One

Tags: America, community, equality, North Carolina, politics, values

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