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Presidential Candidate: Donald Trump
Donald Trump campaign website: Home | Donald J. Trump (donaldjtrump.com) By Ashley Bean Thornton So, I dug through Trump’s speech from the Waco airport and tried to sift out the actual issues and what he is actually proposing from the flotsam and jetsam of a long political speech. Love it or hate it — I…
Read MoreWhat makes my life good?
By Ashley Bean Thornton What makes my life good? I’m not talking about “spiritual good.” I’m talking about “comfortable/easy” good – “warm when it’s cold, cool when it’s hot” good. “Turn the key in the ignition and the car starts” good. “Get pretty much whatever book I want whenever I want it and have at…
Read MoreHow do we become the market for the product we want?
By Ashley Bean Thornton In a 2008 New Yorker interview conservative political strategist Roger Stone is quoted as saying, “Remember, politics is not about uniting people. It’s about dividing people and getting your 51 percent.” I find this quote both chilling, and hard to dismiss. Hard to dismiss because it seems like such an accurate…
Read MoreHoly cow! Can’t we figure out how to vote?
By Ashley Bean Thornton This whole thing with the Texas Voting Bill has gotten under my skin. Good grief! It seems like grown people should be able to figure out a way to work together that does not include a bunch of them having to leave the state, while the rest stand around and crow…
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