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In Dallas, participants listen to speakers at a rally held to applaud President Obama's support of gay marriage. (Brad Loper / Dallas Morning News / May 9, 2012)

ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas The declaration of support by US President Barack Obama for gay marriage last week has revived the long-drawn controversy over unions between two persons belonging to the same sex. For almost two years now, the gay marriage debate has been eerily quiet while both sides awaited the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth District Read More …

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Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz As a popular adage says, “A dog is man’s best friend.”  And this is truer if you’re running for President of the United States because Americans are fond of having pet dogs.  Study shows that one in every three Americans own dogs.  Since dog owners tend to identify with one another, it is not surprising that a lot of American Presidents Read More …

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A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako By Jesse Jose   I am a Knight.  No, not that “Knight in Shining Armour.”  I am done with that role.  I’ve rescued enough damsels in distress in my lifetime.    I am a Knight of the Knights of Columbus of our Holy Family Catholic Church here in Auburn, Washington.  And a heated debate rages between my fellow Knights and myself.  I am Read More …

A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako By Jesse Jose THIS SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT!!!!!!!!! Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming, Co-Chair of Obama’s deficit commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared “Social Security” to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. August, 2010. Here’s a response in a letter from a unknown fellow in Montana… I think he is a little ticked off! He Read More …

A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako By Jesse Jose He speaks from the gut, they said.  He’s got a lot of gut alright.  Lotsa gut.  Big protruding gut.  Big belly.  Fat belly.  Rolly polly.  Would you want a president that’s a rolly polly?  Not only is his belly that’s fat about him.  He’s also got a fat ego.  Y’all know who I am talking about, right?  Yeah, Newt, the Grinch, Read More …

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz The battle for the Republican presidential nomination has taken a path never before traveled by presidential contenders in recent history.  Not only did they violate Reagan’s 11th Commandment — “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” – they’re hurting and making fools of themselves each single day.  They’re like a circular firing squad and whoever survives the bloodbath to Read More …

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz When businessman Herman Cain entered the Republican presidential race in April 2011, he was at the back of the pack.  Then he started peddling his 9-9-9 tax plan and since nobody else in the eight-person race had a tax plan to offer, his simplistic formula caught fire among Republicans who saw it – or failed to see it – as something Read More …

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz It was a bloody week for the Republicans… that is, politically speaking.  And to borrow President Barack Obama’s depiction of what happened to Democrats in the 2010 elections, the Republicans were “shellacked” in the elections last November 8. Who could have imagined that a year after the Republicans took over the House of Representatives and virtually gained the upper hand in Read More …

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz It was a crazy week to begin with.  But it got crazier when two Republican presidential wannabes – frontrunner Herman Cain and previous frontrunner Rick Perry – got themselves whammied! Perry’s bizarre behavior during his speech at a fund-raiser in Manchester, New Hampshire on October 28, 2011 raised eyebrows and made people wonder if he was drunk or high on drugs.  Read More …

Watch Rick Perry’s bizarre speech in Manchester, New Hampshire on October 28, 2011.  Was he drunk or high?   CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO >>  Is Rick Perry drunk??? Full Cornerstone speech