I care for kids, families, the sick and the elderly, working class, middle class, and every American. To end poverty and advance the American Dream, I am Libertarian Girl.
I hosted some guests last weekend, including a teacher in the Newark, New Jersey school system. She described to me how she is constantly having to buy school supplies for her students, especially notebooks– if she tells them they need a notebook for class, the kids’ reply (every single one) is “I can’t get a [...]
Amy King was just doing her job that day, like John William Perry and so many other people. She was a flight attendant on United Airlines Flight 175 bound for Chicago, which was crashed into the south tower that would ultimately collapse on Officer Perry. She was 29 years old and working the flight with [...]
Eight years have passed since that day, a day we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard the news. So many lives killed, thankfully not as many as the initial estimates, but still so many lives, souls and people that it’s simply beyond comprehension. People generally have a difficult [...]
The Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine recently launched an ad campaign on the DC Metro system featuring Jasmine Messiah, an 8-year-old Miami girl who is a vegetarian and says her school has no vegetarian options available for her. From Animals The ad garnered more attention for asking why Obama supports different policies for his children [...]
Before I saw Ron Paul speak at Wake Forest University Monday night, I had not heard more about the Rick Perry secession story other than coming across a few stray headlines. Congressman Paul mentioned that news outlets had been eager to talk to him about the story, because he is from Texas and because he’s [...]
On my recent trip to Austria, I was amazed to find that dogs were allowed in restaurants. Not just Paris Hilton-style lapdogs, either. I’m talking huge German shepherds and Rottweilers, walking around the restaurants and pubs, on no leash. No one except my American companions and I paid them any mind, as if it was [...]
One thing that disgusted me equally about Sarah Palin and Joe Biden last night was their proclamation of a “passion” and deep, abiding “love” for a foreign country during an American presidential campaign. I turned to those watching with me and said, “Could they get away with saying that about any of our other allies? [...]
You can almost never go to a bank without seeing it. You can’t see a bank commercial without hearing it. “Insured by FDIC.” The bailout bill that the Senate will vote on tonight is different than the one the House voted down two days ago. It raises the FDIC cap from $100,000 to $250,000, among [...]
Since 1906, the United States Department of Agriculture has employed more than 60 “tick riders,” federal workers who patrol the Texas-Mexico border on horseback and inspect cattle and livestock herds for signs of Mexican livestock and the resultant infestations of the “fever tick.” Apparently the fever tick is a really bad thing that we don’t [...]
Andrew Olmsted kept a blog for close to five years, before he stopped posting around last February when he realized that his writing may have gone against Department of Defense guidelines for military personnel. He was sent to Iraq in July, and while there, he started posting at the Rocky Mountain News with DOD approval. [...]