From a Birmingham jail, where he was arrested for trying to help blacks exercise their right to vote, MLK wrote: "Remember, everything that Hitler did was legal."
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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21 years ago, on September 10, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning. 343 firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift.
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Perhaps what Independence Day is all about is to reflect on our history and to rekindle our revolutionary spirit every year... our great love of liberty.
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 @ 6:19 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This Memorial Day week-end, we remember the greater than 1,448,900 servicemen who fought and died in our wars and battles over the many years.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 12:48 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Nativity scene, the symbol of Christmas, has become more of a commercial symbol than a religious system.That was the conclusion of the highest court of the land – back in 1984. It got me thinking of the holiday in general and what it really means. Have we succeeded in divorcing its true meaning?
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 12:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The problem right now is that education – public education, particularly - isn't solving some of the problems that we have right now – to truly educate our next generations, to instill a sense of patriotism and love of country, to prepare our children for college and for life in general.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 1:19 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It is, as Ronald Reagan so eloquently put it in the campaign speech he delivered on October 27, 1964 in support of Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. That memorable speech has been titled
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 6:43 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The following is an exchange I had with my US Senator, Thom Tillis regarding a piece of federal legislation – H.R. 8404 (“Respect for Marriage Act”)
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 3:27 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The first occurs during ages 2-7, with a second one occurring during adolescence. At the start of these periods, the number of connections (synapses) between brain cells (neurons) doubles.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 9:32 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Make no mistake, abortion on-demand is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court’s result (referring to Roe v. Wade) has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 12:55 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Mark Levin has called the most recent Supreme Court ruling on the meaning and intent of the Second Amendment “the most significant Second Amendment case since Heller and McDonald.” (landmark Second Amendment cases, 2008 and 2010, respectively). And I believe he is correct.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:16 am
By: Diane Rufino
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There are many people who overlook the brilliance of the US Constitution. They argue that it is outdated and unfit to adequately govern such a modern nation as ours in the 21st century.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 2:54 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Hey Everyone, I have some very exciting news to share.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 3:40 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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These are very troubling times. The federal government shows no allegiance to or understanding of the US Constitution and we, as a nation, are struggling with our political identity and our social identity.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 1:19 am
By: Diane Rufino
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We cannot and must not forget that the brains of school-age children have not finished developing.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2022 @ 8:52 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Human beings come in all shapes, sizes, forms, and appearances, and with the passing of time, we are seeing an even greater diversity, mostly of a progressive nature.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 9:34 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The term “Gerrymandering” refers to the act of manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to achieve some political advantage.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 1:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I have recently become active in my community and most particularly, I've gotten involved in keeping on eye on the administration of the public education system in my county.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:33 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Diane rufino and I attended this Grassroots Get together held in Haw River, North Carolina February 5th.
Published: Monday, February 14th, 2022 @ 3:29 pm
By: Elizabeth Weidner
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Ridley Scott employed the perfect balance of narrative, cinematic imagery and adventure to build the timeless tale of a once great empire beginning its fall into the moral decay that was Rome.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A poem from Diane Rufino, Originally entitled, My Name is Old Glory by Howard Schnauber
Published: Monday, November 1st, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I think of the government as a machine.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 11:16 am
By: Diane Rufino
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There are good citizens and concerned parents (of both races) across the state who are fanatically opposed to CRT being taught in the school system - a school system to which they pay taxes.
Published: Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Woodard
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The following article was written by my friend Marcus Karachun and published in Big League Politics on July 28.
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 4:15 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Do you believe that to try to negotiate and make concessions will only further erode the precarious existence that already threatens the integrity of our once-great republic?
Published: Monday, August 2nd, 2021 @ 1:40 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Here is a copy of the email I sent to ALL NC House reps.
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 5:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Voter Identification Assurances & Election Reforms
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 10:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Constitutional expert and Conservative political activist Diane Rufino takes a seat with Stan Deatherage on "What's Happening NOW" as they try to gain some reasonable perspective of these terrible times in a Democratic Socialist world.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 2:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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his past Saturday I met with a reporter with USA TODAY for an interview regarding the Trump Rally on July 17 in Greenville "and it's aftermath."
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Happy Anniversary America !! This year, 2011, celebrates 218 years since the British signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783, formally abandoning any claims to the United States.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On July 19, demonstrators protested outside Maxine Waters' Los Angeles office, burning an American flag and shouting "Black Power" and "America was never great!"........
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 6:36 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Where was the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Obama promised he "would have more flexibility after his re-election"? Oh, the double standard.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2018 @ 7:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Maxine Waters needs to be impeached and removed from Congress. Her actions are detestable and unconscionable, and her conduct is unethical and un-American and unbecoming a member of the US Congress.
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 @ 4:28 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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