Time to share a few of my favorite tweets over the past few days. Twitter becomes more fast-paced as you follow more people, so I thought I’d pluck some blurbs out of the real-time stream and show them off in my little aquarium.
When reporting on the War on Christmas, avoid giving away troop movements or [...]
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President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo, Norway. In my opinion, this was one of the best speeches Obama has given since being elected President.
Watch the video of his entire speech: CNN (w/ transcript) NY Times
Here are a few select quotes that resonated with me:
I understand why war is not popular, but [...]
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“No Viet Cong ever called me nigger.” -Muhammad Ali
But al-Qaeda murdered my friend.
3,000 innocent civilians were killed on 9/11. They didn’t deserve it. Over 7,000 innocent civilians have been killed in Afghanistan. They didn’t deserve to die either. The difference is that al-Qaeda kills civilians on purpose. And that is a huge difference.
My country has [...]
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