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spectator.org - 3/18/2009
St. Patrick for Adults
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A friend sent me a flyer his employer had sent employees. Included in it was a description of "St. Patrick's Day" intended for a diverse and, apparently an under-10, audience. "He is the patron...
thinkprogress.org - 3/18/2009
Lou Dobbs attacks St. Patrick’s Day: ‘How about an American day?’
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday on his radio show, anti-immigrant crusader Lou Dobbs attacked St. Patrick’s day as a needless “ethnic... holiday.” “How about an American day,” he proposed. He also wondered whether other groups, like Jews or ... (more) Lou Dobbs attacks St. Patrick’s Day: ‘How about an ...

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The Real St. Patrick
markdroberts.com - 3/17/2009
The Real St. Patrick
— markdroberts.com — In my youth, St. Patrick’s Day was most of all a day to wear green. Be caught... without green and you got pinched by your friends, maybe even your teacher. (That was a long time ago, when teachers dared such things!) To my youthful self, St. Patrick seemed to be the patron saint of ... (more) The Real St. Patrick

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moelane.com - 3/17/2009
A special St. Patrick’s Day message for Dodd, from the NRSC.
— moelane.com — It takes a lot for me to admit to the existence of St. Patrick’s Day; like virtually... everybody else who can legitimately claim full-blooded Irish descent (15/16ths, in my case), I despise this holiday. Drunken non-Celtic buffoons with bad ... (more) A special St. Patrick’s Day message for Dodd, from the NRSC.

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The Real Saint Pat
Neptunus Lex — A brave fellow, who may have helped save civilization.

Gettin' Your Irish Up
The American Spectator — Reader Mail Reader Mail Gettin' Your Irish Up 3.18.09 @ 6:01AM IF YOU'RE IRISH AND YOU KNOW IT Re: James M. Thunder's St. Patrick for Adults and G. Tracy Mehan, III's The Solitude of St. Patrick : Lá Fheile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! May Messrs. Thunder's and Mehan's stirring tributes to St. Patrick, a true giant of the Western world, be that desperately needed germ which brings even only a few Irish Catholics, preferably politicians, to the acknowledgment that claiming the mantle of the Celtic culture and faith, while living and legislating more like the ...

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