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Ricky Perry is the Governor of Texas and a shrewd politician that masterfully crafts the image he portrays to the public. Would you like to meet the real Rick Perry?     Video Source: TomoNews Funnies on YouTube Featured Image Source: Southern California Public Radio

50th Birthday Message to President Obama Dear Mr. President, Happy 50th Birthday! I am on this journey because I am still fighting for change and I know that despite all of the unbelievable challenges we face, you are the right leader to inspire the American people to achieve it. I remember the first time that I heard of you. I was in Chicago training to organize in Detroit for the…

Kevin Durant gets it in at Rucker Park on 08/01/11.     Video Source: Thanasis Petrakis on YouTube Featured Image Source: Opencourt Basketball

    Ted James – Paixão (feat. Jennifer James) M7, the movement never sleeps Rhime Divine The storm in my head is so thick All in all it was just another brick Writing is my passion, the bastion that I last in My spirit everlasting, alive in every fraction Of a thought my pens impacting, I’m dead if I’m not asking My head to break bread, and my hands not…

In loving memory of William Douglas Hooker, my dad. I loved to study the way my father wrote. There was a rhythm to his writing. Sometimes I would catch him deep in thought, pen and legal pad in his lap. I imagined him auditioning words in his mind. I imagined British vernacular dancing leisurely in his head with American didactic terminology, Each word tranquilly searching for its place in his…

War Story World War II adventures of a former Southwestern professor are published in a new book Fifty-six years after World War II ended, the wartime story of a Southwestern University professor is finally being published. Douglas Hooker served as a psychology professor at Southwestern from 1961 to 2004. Among his former students was Jake B. Schrum, who is now president of Southwestern. Before Hooker died in 2006, Schrum encouraged…

Shared Sacrifice Dear Mr. President, This is a pivotal moment in the history of our country. Decisions are being made about the national budget that will impact the lives of virtually every American for decades to come. As we address the issue of deficit reduction we must not ignore the painful economic reality of today – which is that the wealthiest people in our country and the largest corporations are…

More Info: http://www.toms.com/corporate-info/ TOMS is a bright example of philanthropy, but is not a non-profit or a charity; nope, it is a for-profit corporation. Only this corporation has a unique twist: it has branded itself as a socially conscious organization. Now, many corporations do this sort of ‘branding’, but not quite like this; TOMS socially conscious branding is front and center of their brand rather than some side-story product of…

My wife and I just started re-watching the seventh season of Seinfeld on DVD this past week. I have seen every episode of the series at least three or four times each. In my opinion, Seinfeld is the best television sitcom ever made. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld created a masterpiece that has stood the test of time. Despite the fact that it has been thirteen years since the show…

The San Antonio Spurs have tradeed 6th man George Hill to the Indiana Pacers for the draft rights to 6-7 San Diego State forward Kawhi Leonard, 6-10 Latvian forward Davis Bertans, and 2005 second round pick Erazem Lorbek, a 6-10 center playing in Spain.  Leonard the cornerstone of the Spurs end of the deal is an athletic, tough-minded small forward who can play lockdown defense and rebound.  Perimeter defense and rebounding were both…

As a native of upstate New York, I have been closely following the latest installment in the fight for marriage equality–and the equally passionate fight by right-wing Christians against it.  I constantly find myself having to prioritize all of the issues of the day in my own mind, and often this issue is considered by some to merely be a devisive distraction.  While I understand the argument by those who may or may…

President Obama Addresses the Nation on Afghanistan – 06/22/11.     Video Source: The White House on YouTube Featured Image Source: Fox News