The turkey is gone, the shopping has begun, and the festivities have certainly commenced. It’s times like these that I like to sit back, relax and reflect on the year that we’ve had…BUT WAIT! What’s this? Could there possibly be NEWS out there amongst the Holiday Specials, Black-Friday Deals and Spiked Egg Nog? You guessed [...]
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I was recently criticized (on Facebook by a “Useful Idiot” that I was arguing with) that the problem with my posts here at MaverickVoice.com is that there are “too many I’s and Me’s” and that I don’t present alternative points of view in my comments. My response to him was simple: “I’m sorry…were you under [...]
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While the rest of the Nation prepares itself for family, friends and turkey for their Thanksgiving Day traditions, news reports are emerging that the so-called “Super Committee” is on the verge of failure…Big Surprise. In case you’ve forgotten, Thanksgiving is the deadline for this group of House Representatives and Senators to reach an agreement to [...]
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Let’s start today’s post with two definitions from our good friends at the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: DEDUCTION: “1a: an act of taking away; 1b: something that is or may be subtracted.” One of the most common uses of this term is a Tax Deduction, where an expense paid during the year is DEDUCTED from a [...]
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Here are the Headlines: TheBlaze.com – “Porn Star Defends Reading to Elementary School Children After Parents Outraged” TMZ.com – “Porn Legend Sasha Grey Reads to 1st Graders, School Attempts Cover Up” HuffingtonPost.com – “Sasha Grey, Porn Star, Reads to Elementary School, Parents Outraged” Now, if you’re reading those headlines, here’s what you’re probably picturing in [...]
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Let me start off by pointing out that THIS is a day that will not happen again for 100 years. I suppose that is true of all days, really, but this one has the unique distinction of being ALL ONES: “11/11/11.” There will never be a 22/22/22, or a 00/00/00, so, really, this is a [...]
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This post is going to be a short one, and it is going to ask a very simple question: IS CAIN ABLE? Is Herman Cain going to be able to win the Republican Nomination, and then defeat President Obama in 2012? The question is simple: the answer…not so much. It’s clear, though, that Herman Cain [...]
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“What does it mean to be a Conservative?” In 2009, that simple question set in motion a project that consumed nearly a year & a half of researching, reading, writing and examining my own preconceived notions of what being a Conservative really means. By the time I finished my first draft of the FIRST CHAPTER, [...]
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