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Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... In addition to the obvious, if you read the article that so shocked Dreher for reasons other than the people being butchered with swords in their beds is that the the alleged "bisexual culture" he adduces at a suburban Dallas high school is ...
Consider The Source
JustOneMinute —
... a train wreck with this post that is a little bit about a ghastly home invasion and murder in a small Texas town and more about a comment made by one of the victims. This is from the Dallas Morning News : Erin came along the next year, followed three years later by Matthew, who they called Bubba, and Tyler, who was born in 1999. Penny home-schooled the children soon after the family moved from Celeste, population 800, to Emory, population 1,200, about three years ago. The transition to a larger school district was bumpy. "I guess you'd call it culture shock," Caffey said. ...
Rod Dreher Finds the Subtle Nuances in Mass Murder
Jon Swift —
Rod Dreher was shocked by the story of a Texas man whose wife and children were slaughtered by his daughter and her friends. But he wasn't shocked by the brutal murder itself. Murders happen all the time. Big deal. What shocked him was a passing remark by the father who survived the attack by Erin, his little murderess. After he moved his family from the small Texas town of Celeste (pop. 800) to the liberal Emory (pop. 1200) his daughter was subject to the horrors of big city debauchery. "Emory has a lot of bisexual kids; it's like it was almost cool to ...
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
... until we know where it goes. Transparency in the use of taxpayer dollars is such an obvious concept, that it's unconscionable we have to fight the Obama Administration to get it. Did you hear about the latest manufactured controversy? The one in which Obama is somehow stupid because he uses a teleprompter? Yeah, only idiots use teleprompters. The Census won't count gay Americans because it's a "lifestyle" choice. What a horrible nightmare. And what a weird conservative reaction to it. ...
